Local History

 

 

Local History

Local History

  Madison’s Local History Center, located at the Library, houses the collections of the Madison Public Library and Madison Historical Society. The collections include extensive paper and photographic records related to the history of Madison and environs. In addition the Library maintains a Local History book collection devoted to Madison, Morris County and New Jersey, [...]




Rushmore Golden Hind Press

Rushmore Golden Hind Press

Golden Hind Press Timeline Rushmore Harper Imprints Personal Library, Papers, and Publications of Private Pressman Arthur W. Rushmore Arthur W. Rushmore (1883-1955) and the firm of Harper & Brothers were in fruitful collaboration for a period of some forty-five years. Rushmore started with the firm on January 4, 1904, at first working under Joseph W. [...]




Rushmore Harper Imprints

Harper & Brothers There are one hundred Harper imprints that were hand-set at the Golden Hind Press, and printed in the main by the Haddon Craftsmen of Camden, New Jersey. The Harper-Golden Hind collection includes the limited editions of Edna St. Vincent Millay and other mid-twentieth century literary notables such as Frederic Prokosch and Genevive [...]