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Our Newsletters, Books, Driving Tours, Tote Bags & More

                    Below you'll find items for sale as well as several documents ready to download in a single click.

• Items for sale below  can be purchased at:
  1. The Red Brick Schoolhouse & Museum the first Sunday of each month from 2-4 p.m. 
  2. You may also send us an email via our CONTACT US page if you'd like to receive items by mail. 
  3. Several of our books can also be purchased at:
    The Chatham Township Municipal Building, 58 Meyersville Road, Chatham, NJ during office hours.
    The Library of The Chathams, 214 Main Street, Chatham, NJ during open hours. 
• Items ready to download and printout  are also available below: 
  1. Our driving tour of Chatham Township historic makers.
  2. Our Historical Society 2013 - 2015 newsletters.

Books, Maps and Specialty Items:

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Chatham Township
by John T. Cunningham
Published: 1997
Publisher: Arcadia, Images of America Series.
- Members of the Chatham Township Historical Society assisted the author in creating this history of Chatham Township, NJ with historic black & white photographs detailing events from the past.
• 128 pages; soft cover.  Price: $20.00


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Memories Entwined with Roses
by Ruth Pierson Churchill   
Published
: 1984
- Through vignettes of life in the early 20th century, the author tells of the rich history of the Madison-Chatham-Chatham Township NJ area.  Born in 1896, the author, who has lived through the entire 20th century, has fitted together pieces of her own family history into the “bigger picture”.  She remembers nearly all of the 20th century recalling fine details.  She is a historian in the best sense - she writes of what she knows, of what she has experienced.  • 190 pages; hardcover.  Price: $15.00


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Chatham Township, NJ: Secrets from the Past
by Bert Abbazia
Published: 2011
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.

- This is the story of a small group (70 families) of predominately Eastern European & Russian Jews who, in 1924, began a rural community in Chatham Township, NJ as told by the author who grew up in “the Colony”.  Living in New York City, these recent immigrants were seeking a better existence for their families & craved a life style of living in a natural environment & enjoying the benefits that nature could provide. Like the author, he lived in "the Colony" section of Chatham Township.  • 190 pages; soft cover.  Price: $17.00


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Niagara Rapid Transit
by Bert Abbazia
Published: 2006
Publisher: Three Daughters Press
- This is the odyssey of one man who, in July 1933, survives an epic battle with the most treacherous, deadliest white water rapids and whirlpools in the world – the Niagara River Gorge.
• 24 pages.; soft cover. Price: $1.00


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Collage of 3 Chatham Township Maps: 1845, 1867, 1978
Designed by Carl Riker
• Price: $10.00


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Ceramic tile with Chatham Township seal (6” x 6”)
• Price: $5.00

Tour of Chatham Township Historic Markers:
• Download with a single click below.
historicmarkertour.pdf
File Size: 386 kb
File Type: pdf
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Newsletters:

2013-2015 NEWSLETTERS:
• Download with a single click below.
a-mar2013.pdf
File Size: 1516 kb
File Type: pdf
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b-sep2013.pdf
File Size: 1395 kb
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c-nov2013.pdf
File Size: 858 kb
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d-apr2014.pdf
File Size: 9616 kb
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e-sep2014.pdf
File Size: 1423 kb
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f-dec2014.pdf
File Size: 1755 kb
File Type: pdf
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g-may2015.pdf
File Size: 1594 kb
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Tote bag: (red & cream) with Red Brick Schoolhouse logo
• Price: $10.00


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Mugs with Red Brick Schoolhouse logo
• Price: $1.00


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Notepaper & envelopes (5)
with Red Brick Schoolhouse logo

• Price: $3.50


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Postcards (3)
with color photo of Red Brick Schoolhouse

• Price: $1.00


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Paper napkins (25 cocktail size) with
Red Brick Schoolhouse logo

• Price: $3.00

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