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This page contains information concerning our efforts to keep our website updated. When something new is added, or modified, it will be posted so you don't have to search the site for new things. The most recently posted item will always appear on top of the list.We look forward to hearing from you. Please use the "Feedback Form" to let us know what you want included/added to the site and your thoughts about the site. Just click on the link below. Our Feedback Page
E-MAIL CONTACTS
The museum has received several e-mails in the past requesting a reply. The replies return as undeliverable. We have been unable to trace the original sender. If you have not heard from us within a week, please call (609)-965-4677 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER.Most recent problems: J Spurlock
Added on November 13, 2010
Mayor P.M. Wolsieffer Memorial
In early 2010 it was announced that the final resting place of Egg Harbor City's first mayor, Philip Mathias Wolsieffer has been located in an unmarked grave in Lawnview Cemetery, Rockledge, PA. The members of the society present at the meeting approved the production of a memorial stone for the Wolsieffer family interned there. They had originally rested in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at 24th and Diamond St. in Philadelphia until it was closed in 1950 to create the Raymond Rosen Housing Project. This was an especially emotional meeting for member Helen Young, who is the great-grand-daughter of P.M. Wolsieffer and sister of PEACE PILGRIM. The headstone has been created and donated by the Sarceno Funeral Home of Egg Harbor City and once the foundation has been prepared by the cemetery, a formal placing of the stone will be made.Added on September 12, 2010
Do you have a picture of.....
The museum computer is always adding a new dimension to its support of local history and aid its visitors' quest for information. Many times a visitor would ask if the musuem has a photograph of a relative or their house. Many times we have been able to answer their request rather quickly, but addition of more material makes that task more daunting every day.Beside the two new Excel spreadsheets started last summer, a third is being prepared that will aid our volunteer staff in rapidly answering these requests.
The first is a continuation of the newspaper project described below. Dates and page numbers of scanned newspapers have active hyper-links to each listed page that opens in Photoshop that allows magnification and movement throughout the entire page.
The second was prepared in conjunction with our Arcadia Publishing book on Egg Harbor City. Our photographs are now having captions added to each before storage in a large file folder. Names of any person identified in these photographs are being added to a spreadsheet that contains active hyperlinks to the photographs that open in a Photoshop program. Presently (18DEC2009), there are over 1000 names in the list, many of which appear in multiple photographs dating back to the 1880s. A large number of names has been due to the donation of scanned images and lists of early photographs from the archives of Zion's Lutheran Church. The museum is making prints available as hard-copy prints on photo-grade papers or on CD-rom at a nominal cost. Visit the museum and look at the past. Maybe you can help identify even more people that remain unknown in our archives.
The third spreadsheet will be used in conjunction with the Obituary Files taken from The NEWS. Many times visitors ask directions to a family cemetery site, but our newest printed source is from 1980. This summer, a computerized index to this source is being prepared as an Excel spreadsheet. A walk-thru of each section (1-8, A-G & Y in the old part of the cemetery) is entered and an update of interments file is also created. Currently, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and D have been completed. The museum has also be given permission to digitally scan the existing maps of the various sections, a copy of which is being given to the City Clerk. Anyone wishing to help with this project, especially if you have a laptop computer with Excel and a flash-drive, should contact Mark Maxwell at 609-965-4677.
Added on June 21, 2010
Book About Egg Harbor City is now Available!.
In 2008, the Egg Harbor City Historical Society signed a contract with Arcadia Publishing, Inc. to prepare a new book in their series of small local history books. These are the 128-page books with a sepia-toned cover that are seen in Borders, Barnes & Noble, Sam's Club and other book-stores.We would like to thank our supporters that allowed us to copy their old photos (pre-1960) for inclusion in our archives and use in the book "Egg Harbor City" that focuses on the first 100 years. The first book signing took place at the Roundhouse Museum on 17FEB2010. Purchasing this book at the museum will support the historical society and maintain the Roundhouse Museum as the entire purchase price goes to the museum itself. Many good reviews have been received and there may be a sequel to this book.
Added on June 20, 2010
Major Donation to the Society
At the annual dinner meeting of the Egg Harbor City Historical Society in July, 2009, it was announced that the Roundhouse Museum was a beneficiary of the Herbert Stockinger Trust and had received $18,500. At present, we are looking at ways, in addition to the following, to use these monies and at the same time honor Mr. Stockinger, a former society member.In early December 2009, the society purchased an OPTOMA projector for use with our computer systems. This will make it easy to make Powerpoint presentations and other computer projects on a large screen in the museum or take our museum "on the road".
In May 2010, a 10 x 10 tent was purchased for use at outdoor events such as the annual Nights in the Park celebration. An effort is being made to create a darkened corner for use with the projector and our Powerpoint shows.
Added on August 2, 2009
Digitization Grant
The Egg Harbor City Historical Society and the Atlantic County Library was jointly awarded a grant in 2005 to digitize various documents that relate to the "German Experience" in America. These documents include immigration records, early EHC tax records and newspapers. The projected plans to digitize "The NEWS" (1928 through 1935) and some early tax books from 1862 to 1900 were scaled back due to the high cost of producing Metadata files. The newspaper files were to be converted to searchable PDF files and placed on the New Jersey Digital Highway (NJDH). An alphabetical index of the 1862 tax book has been prepared and the tax book is on the website. There are also old photographs and U.S. Declarations of Intent that have been placed on the NJDH. Many photographic holdings of the museum have also been placed on the NJDH.We have recently opened a package of rolled Egg Harbor Pilot-Tribune newspapers from 1921 and 1922 and plan to digitally archive their images in the future. A lot of forgotten material has been brought to light again with each new page we view. The opening of the "new" White Horse Pike with its Welcome Arch, Atlantic County OKs paving Philadelphia Avenue with Warrenite, Egg Harbor City Hospital opens its doors, preparation begins for the construction of a new school on Philadelphia Avenue. These and many more stories have been hidden within these pages.
Added on January 7, 2009
Local Author's Book focuses on the Roundhouse
Local author and society member Roy Carl Weiler, Sr. has had his first romance novel published by iUniverse. The title of the book is "Secrets of the Museum" and prominently features a photograph of the Roundhouse Museum on its cover. The story focuses on a terminally ill Cynthia Dobbs who refuses to give up. Family lore relates to her grandmother's miraculous cure at Dr. Smith's health spa, so she returns to Egg Harbor City in search of "The Doctor Book" and its secrets. In her search of the museum archives, she meets Kyle Dwyer and a romance blossoms.Autographed copies of the book is available at the museum and local shops. It is also on the shelves of Borders Bookstores and can be found on Amazon.com. Believing in the mission of the EHCHS, he is donating a portion of his royalties from the sale of each book to the upkeep of the Roundhouse Museum.
Added on August 6, 2008
Historical Display at Dr. Smith's Site
The museum has updated an outdoor photographic display with more period photographs taken at the Dr. Smith's Neutral Water Health Resort. The purpose of this display is to provide the casual passersby with some information about the site before them and also to invite them into the museum.The 26" x 26" color display is attached to the London Ave. footbridge across Landing Creek. The photos include views of the various buildings on the site, a view before the resort's construction and some of the visitors with Dr. Smith present. The display is a fiberglass-backed display on laminated plastic that is not prone to the water damage that destroyed the previous display.
The display design was prepared by the The Gotham Group, a Winsome Digital Company.
Added on February 7, 2008
