The library’s New Jersey History collection is housed in the lower level History Lounge. The collection was started by Jean Lee, a longtime and much loved librarian with the Boonton Holmes Library.
In addition to a great trove of newspaper clippings, photographs, and local history books, the collection also includes an almost complete set of Boonton High School Yearbooks, dating back to 1928.
The Boonton Times Bulletin may be found on our online database and on a hard drive available at the Circulation Desk. The collection is divided by year and is in .pdf format. Research must be done in the library. Stop by the Circulation Desk to sign out the drive containing the Boonton Times Bulletin.
The following years are digitized on disk:
1870s: 1872-1878
1880s: 1882-1889
1890s: all years
1900s: all years
1910s: all years
1920s: 1921-1929
1930s: all years
1940s: all years except 1943
1950s: all years except 1958
1960s: all years
1970s: all years
A digitized copy of Old Boonton and the Jersey City Reservoir is also available.
Submit a question to localhistory@boontonholmeslibrary.org to find out what we can do for you!
WANTED: Boonton yearbooks
The Library and High School are looking to complete their collections of yearbooks. Both collections have missing years. If you have any of the following years and are interested in donating, please contact the library 973-334-2980
Anything before 1927
1931 1942
1932 1943
1933 1945
1936 1950
1938 1984
1939 1994
1940 2004
1941 2005
1943 2013