The Historical Society of Haddonfield has received a new challenge grant in support of its planned new Archives Center building: starting in May, all donations made in honor of past president Pat Lennon will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a donor who worked with Pat at the Historical Society and admires …
The Historical Society is co-hosting a book launch for Jan Twitchell’s new book, A Fortunate Life. The event will be held on Thursday Dec. 7 at 3 pm at Brandywine Living, 132 Warwick Rd, Haddonfield. Jan began the book as an oral history for the Historical Society, before it turned …
The Historical Society of Haddonfield plans to build a new Archives Center on the site of an existing garage on the Society’s property at 343 Kings Highway East, just steps from Greenfield Hall and the Mickle House. The new two-story building was designed by Haddonfield resident Eduardo Guzman of DCM …
Help us build a new Archives Center! Use this form to make an online donation to the new building, or contact us to discuss other giving options.
The Historical Society remains temporarily closed to visitors until further notice due to ongoing COVID-19 safety concerns. Our staff are responding promptly to phone calls and emails, and we hope you’ll join us for one of our upcoming virtual programs. You can also explore our curated list of “Haddonfield History at Home.”
The Historical Society’s Book Club is planning a virtual get-together for its January 25, 2021 discussion.
We’ll be meeting Monday January 25 at 7 pm via Zoom.us, in conjunction with the Haddonfield Public Library’s Book Club. We’ll be discussing The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson.
This nonfiction book chronicles the decades-long “Great Migration” of African Americans fleeing the South for northern and western cities in search of a better life. Wilkerson’s book is a National Book Critics Circle Award winner, and at least 12 publications named it one of the best books of the year when it was published. The New Yorker calls it a “deeply affecting, finely crafted and heroic book,” and the Wall Street Journal calls it a “brilliant and stirring epic.”
The Book Club discussion will be held as a Zoom.us video chat. If you’re interested in joining us, please RSVP to info@haddonfieldhistory.org and we’ll send you the Zoom link (and some basic instructions) the day of the discussion.
11/14/20 UPDATE: The registration links to Eventbrite are now fixed!
Our next virtual general membership meeting will feature a presentation on Alice Paul and her work for women’s equality.
We hope you can join us on Wednesday November 18 at 7 pm for this presentation via Zoom. (Please notice the earlier than usual time!) The event is free, though online donations are always welcome. You can register for the free Zoom event here, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event.
“Alice Paul: Crusader for Equality” will be presented by Theresa Harris on behalf of the Alice Paul Institute. Theresa will be sharing more about Paul’s life, her roots in the local Quaker community, and her fight for women’s full participation in the political and civic life of the nation.
Please join us on Nov. 18 to learn more about this equal rights crusader. Register here, and we will send out the Zoom information by the day of the event. Questions? Email us at info@haddonfieldhistory.org or call us at 856-429-7375.
The Historical Society has opened up tickets for one extra Haunted Haddonfield Walking Tour on Sunday November 1, starting at 7 pm. This was our “rain date,” but even after accommodating one rained-out tour, we still have space for some new tickets too.
All tickets must be purchased in advance — no walkups. You should act fast to buy your tickets on EventBrite before they’re gone!
Unlike past years, we are limiting tour groups to 25 guests due to COVID-19 concerns. You can read all the details about the tours here.
As of October 14, we are almost entirely sold out for this year’s Haunted Haddonfield Walking Tours! We still have a couple single tickets left here and there, as well as a handful of tickets left for Sat. 10/31.
If you’re hoping to attend, you should act fast to buy your tickets on EventBrite before they’re gone!
Unlike past years, we are requiring all tickets to be purchased in advance — no walk-ups — and we are limiting tour groups to 25 guests due to COVID-19 concerns. You can read all the details about the tours here.
The Historical Society of Haddonfield is holding a free, family-friendly, socially distant Halloween Scavenger Hunt in downtown Haddonfield for the entire month of October.
We’re hanging a series of posters downtown so that you can help “Lizzie the Witch” figure out the answer to our Halloween riddle.
You can complete the scavenger hunt online, or click here for a PDF that you can print out and take along on your walk. (Each poster also has a QR code that will take you right to the Halloween Scavenger Hunt page.)
All of the scavenger hunt posters will be visible from the sidewalk, so participants can maintain social distancing.
The posters tell a story, so we recommend visiting them in order starting with poster #1. Each poster also has a secret word. Once you’ve found them all, you can unscramble those eight words to find the answer to the riddle. Then, submit your answer to the Historical Society either online, via email, or on paper before November 1 for a chance to win a $50 Haddonfield gift card. Free to enter, but only one entry per person, please.
Questions? Feel free to contact the Historical Society at info@haddonfieldhistory.org or 856-429-7375. You can read the Historical Society’s Health and Safety During the Pandemic statement here.
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Public hours are temporarily suspended through March 31, 2020
Public research hours are temporarily suspended through March 31, 2020
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Greenfield Hall and the Archives Center are both CLOSED Saturdays & Sundays except as noted above for the first Sunday of the month.
We are closed in August, on major holidays, and for the week between Christmas and New Year’s.