Personal & Family Papers & Collections
The Plainfield Public Library’s manuscript collection is housed in our Local History Department. It is composed of manuscripts, personal papers, oral histories, vital records and certificates, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, ephemera, and other unique material belonging to a particular person or family - usually connected to Plainfield, NJ. Some of the collections have not been fully processed, so please contact the Local History Department about gaining access to them. Use of all collections is by appointment only.
TITLE |
FROM |
TO |
 Plainfield Families |
1796 |
1993 |
| Robert L. Bender Papers |
1959 |
2001 |
Reverend Burton C. and Dr. Shirley B. Seabrook
Cathie Family Collection |
1954 |
2015 |
| Anne Louise Davis Collection |
1973 |
1991 |
| Dix-Lawrence Family Papers |
1840 |
2004 |
| John Grady Collection |
1840 |
2011 |
| David W. Hardy Papers [IN PROCESSING] |
1953 |
2002 |
| Frederick F. Lenneper Papers |
1946 |
1980 |
| Jean Mattson Collection |
1977 |
1999 |
| Sgt. Eleanor F. M. Olmstead Leiss Papers |
1943 |
1990 |
| Marjorie Patterson Papers |
1947 |
1999 |
| Albert D. Pittis Papers |
1926 |
1958 |
| Trask Family Collection |
1843 |
1988 |
| Barbara T. Sandford Papers |
1919 |
2010 |
| Sterner Family Collection |
1903 |
2018 |
|
Marjorie & Roger Vail Family Collection
|
1772 |
2005 |
| Van Fleet Family Papers |
1856 |
1982 |
| Ethel M. Washington Papers |
1942 |
2018 |
| Barbara Wilson Papers |
1967 |
1993 |
updated 04/22/2013
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