{"id":170,"date":"2020-04-08T15:58:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/?page_id=170"},"modified":"2022-09-13T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T18:45:55","slug":"library-and-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/library-and-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Library and Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-170\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-170-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-170-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-170-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The artifact, archive, and library collections at the Burlington County Historical Society are important resources for researchers interested in exploring New Jersey, Burlington County, family history, and genealogy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT:<\/strong> Due to COVID-19 we can only accommodate 2 researchers per time slot. You must book an appointment, we will not accept walk-in researchers. In addition all researchers must wear a face mask and show proof of vaccination. Please contact us if you have any questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE BOOK APPOINTMENTS AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Hours are:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday: 10am to 12pm,* &amp; 1:30pm to 3:30pm&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Thursday: 10am to 12pm,* &amp; 1:30pm to 3:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Friday: 10am to 12pm,* &amp; 1:30pm to 3:30pm<\/li>\n<li>Saturday: 2pm to 4pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;* 12pm to 1:30pm is lunch hour and we ask that researchers who have booked both the morning and afternoon time slots to observe our break.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/research-and-genealogy\/\">Research &amp; Genealogy Page<\/a> to learn more and book and appointment!<\/p>\n<p>The Historical Society\u2019s collections are the physical witnesses to Burlington County and the region\u2019s rich past.&nbsp; &nbsp;They are the storytellers. They offer us a way to touch and explore our shared past. Highlights from the collection include a beautiful marble mantle that once graced Joseph Bonaparte\u2019s estate in Bordentown, a chair crafted by William Penn\u2019s son John, a rickshaw from the Birch carriage company, 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century photographs of veterans of the American Revolution, the beautiful and expansive Lippincott family tree, a touching collection of Civil War letters written by a young soldier to his sister, tall case clocks crafted here in the 18<sup>th<\/sup>-century, and the door handle of the print shop that employed a young Benjamin Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>The Burlington County Historical Society collections include a wide variety of diverse materials.<\/p>\n<p>Museum collections include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decorative Arts (Quilts, samplers, decoys and paintings)<\/li>\n<li>Furniture<\/li>\n<li>Tools<\/li>\n<li>Household Artifacts (The Aline Wolcott Collection)<\/li>\n<li>Architectural artifacts<\/li>\n<li>Transportation artifacts (Birch Rickshaw)<\/li>\n<li>Costumes<\/li>\n<li>Toys&nbsp; and recreational artifacts<\/li>\n<li>Military artifacts<\/li>\n<li>And much, much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Archive and library collections include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prints and Photos<\/li>\n<li>Maps<\/li>\n<li>Manuscripts (Letters,&nbsp; business records, manumission papers)<\/li>\n<li>Deeds<\/li>\n<li>Genealogical sources (Family albums, marriage certificates, family files)<\/li>\n<li>Business Records<\/li>\n<li>Rare books<\/li>\n<li>And much, much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The collections are displayed in exhibits throughout the historical society campus, used by researchers exploring their local and family history and preserved for future generations to enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The artifact, archive, and library collections at the Burlington County Historical Society are important resources for researchers interested in exploring New Jersey, Burlington County, family&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-170","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":529,"href":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burlingtoncountyhistoricalsociety.org\/2020Temp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}