Grant Focuses on Burden/Twombly Archival Project
Friends of Florham has received a grant of $2,869 from the Morris County Heritage Commission for the second phase of the Burden/Twombly Papers archival project at the College at Florham.
In order to encourage “a knowledge and appreciation of the diverse history of Morris County,” the Morris County Heritage Commission seeks to preserve historical information, and “provides resources to increase awareness of the people, places and events that have given our area a special place in the history of New Jersey and America.” Funds for this grant came from the commission’s Re-Grant Program, which is funded by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the New Jersey Department of State.
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Eleanor Friedl, center, reference librarian (Flor), discusses the recent grant for the Burden/Twombly Papers archival project with Linda Meister, left, and Walter Savage, right, emeritus, English (Flor), both board members of the Friends of Florham. |
The Burden/Twombly papers are essential to the history of Florham, former estate of Florence Vanderbilt Twombly and Hamilton Twombly and now Fairleigh Dickinson University’s College at Florham. This grant will help to continue the archival work on these papers, which was financed by the commission’s 2005 grant of $2,000 and by additional support from Friends of Florham. Antonia Moser, archivist, will continue to direct the project.
One of the highlights of the archival collection is a group of vintage photographs, approximately 100 in number, most of which were taken in 1955 before the estate sale. The photographer was Shirley Burden, Florence Vanderbilt Twombly’s grandson.
There exists very little written detail on the furnishings and other interior details of Mrs. Twombly’s home as it was during her 46 years of residence. These photographs remain one accurate record of the interior and exterior of the house at the time. The second phase of the archival project will consist of professional digital documentation, analysis and storage of these photographs. Walter Savage, emeritus, English (Flor), and Richard Simon, members of Friends of Florham and long-time historians of Florham, will assist.
According to Moser, making a digital record of the photographs will preserve the originals from the hazards of too much handling. The originals will be stored in acid-free boxes, leaving the digital copies in files to be studied by the researcher.
The Friends of Florham, formed in 1990, is a University organization of committed and enthusiastic area residents whose goal is to advise and assist the University in the care, maintenance and historic preservation of the historically important buildings and grounds of the College at Florham.
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March 2006
| · | Commencement to Honor Internationally Renowned Figures |
| · | Middle States Update |
| · | Students Study in England, Spain, Switzerland |
| · | Grant Focuses on Burden/Twombly Archival Project |
| · | ‘Hot Topics’ is Hot! |
| · | Arts Critic Simon to Speak |
| · | Knights to Play in NIT |
| · | Rosalind Russell Film Series |
| · | New Members Chosen for Heritage Hall |
| · | FDU Press Publishes Nine New Books |
| · | Holiday and Time-off Schedule |
| · | Faculty/Staff — Update, Announcing, Welcome |
| · | College Happenings |
| · | Spotlight — Kohn, Petracco, Salzman, Tantral |
| · | This & That |
| · | Photo Stories — U.S. Secretary of Education Visits, Black History Month Events, Art on Exhibit. |
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