1. First Presbyterian Church of Dover
2. First Presbyterian Church ("Hilltop Church") of Mendham
3. General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church
4. Jewish Historical Society of Metrowest
5. Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF DOVER
51 West Blackwell Street, Dover 07801; Tel (973) 366-0216

This historical collection comprises 1 1/2 cubic feet of records pertaining to churches and voluntary associations, plus photographs, oral history tapes, and a miscellany of other materials, some in microform. Materials relate mostly to Morris County, principally Dover, seventeenth through twentieth centuries. It is open to researchers by appointment with the church historian.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ("HILLTOP CHURCH") OF MENDHAM
14 Hilltop Road, Mendham, NJ 07945; Tel (973) 543-4012; Fax (973) 543-0958 Email

The First Presbyterian Congregation, established in 1738 by Ebenezer Byram, proprietor of the Black Horse Inn in Mendham, maintains a church library at "Hilltop House" near the church. The collection includes: Session and Trustee records from the 1700s; an exhaustive history of the congregation; three centuries of marriage, baptismal, and membership listings; biographical information and published writings of many of the church's pastors; historical artifacts, tombstone inscriptions, periodicals, photographs; and the singular collection of information about the Second Presbyterian Church of Mendham, an abolitionist congregation that broke off from the First Presbyterian Church in 1860. The collection is regularly accessible from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. weekdays (9 A.M. to 12 Noon, summer). Other arrangements can be made by telephone. Visit the church web site at www.hilltopchurch.org.

GENERAL COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
P.O. Box 127, Madison, NJ 07940; Tel (973) 408-3189

The General Commission on Archives and History manages the central archives for the United Methodist Church. The Commission's purpose is to gather and preserve the history of the United Methodist Church and its antecedents. Its approximately 12,000 cubic feet of material includes records from many agencies of the United Methodist Church and its predecessors. Such records include missionary correspondence and photographs from around the world; also documents relating to administrative and financial matters, architectural history, and social concerns (such as education and health). The collection includes correspondence, reports, journals, diaries, minutes, audio-visuals, and artifacts relating to the history of United Methodism. The bulk of the collection covers a period from the 1880s until the present, although there are some records as early as the 1840s. Besides the denomination's records, many personal papers have been donated to the Archives. An introductory guide to the collection is available from the Commission. Visit their web site at www.gcah.org.

JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF METROWEST
901 Route 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981-1156; Tel (973) 929-2995; Fax (973) 428-8237; Email

Holdings include 320 cubic feet of materials relating to the history and culture of the Jewish community in northern New Jersey. Records include correspondence, minutes, engineering drawings, bulletins, newspapers, newsletters, brochures, posters, maps, microfilm, photographs, negatives, slides, movie reels, video tapes, audio tapes, ephemera, scrap books, audits, ledgers, pamphlets, books, and phonograph records. Visit their web site at www.jhsmw.org.

SISTERS OF CHARITY OF SAINT ELIZABETH
P.O. Box 476, Convent Station, NJ 07961-0476; (973) 290-5417 Fax (973) 290-5335 Email

The archives contain 550 linear feet of records relating to a congregation of Catholic women, the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, established in Newark, New Jersey, in 1859 by Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley (first Bishop of Newark and nephew of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, foundress of the Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 1809) and Mother Xavier Mehegan. The records include those of the congregation, its governing body, and various administrative entities and charitable institutions. Personal papers and collections include diaries, scrapbooks, and oral history tapes documenting missionary work, congregational activities, and the early history of Morris County and the congregation.