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Newsletters & Books

We’re happy to announce you can now purchase certain items from our Museum Bookstore online where items are SHIPPED directly to you. For a specific request that you’d like to PICKUP at The Brick Academy, please email us to request more information.

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Come for a visit to our Bookstore at the Brick Academy Museum. The Brick Academy Museum is open typically the first Sunday of each month from 2-4pm. For more information about the Museum Store, please call (908) 221 – 1770 or email us.

THSSH in Print

Annual Reports
A printed copy of the current annual report is available at the Brick Academy.  It is also included in the February newsletter, Inside the Brick Academy.  For archived reports, please Contact Us.
 
Newsletter – Inside the Brick Academy
THSSH publishes a newsletter three times a year:  February – May – October.  THSSH Trustees and members contribute history-related articles, photographs and illustrations to Inside the Brick Academy, the official publication of The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills.  Our newsletter seeks to engage the public, fostering a love of history, as well as a deeper appreciation of the Somerset Hills rich cultural past.  Through this publication, THSSH advances research, supports education, and serves the local community.

Bestsellers

  • Brick Academy Note Cards with envelope (set of 6)

    $5.00 / ea.

    Brick Academy Note Cards with envelope (set of 6)

    $5.00 / ea.

    Sepia drawing of historic Brick Academy on 4-1/4″ x 5-1/5″ folded-over note card on heavy marbled cream stock. Blank inside.

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    Historical Booklet of Bernards Township, N.J. Published to Commemorate the Bicentennial: 1760-1960

    $5.00 / ea.

    Historical Booklet of Bernards Township, N.J. Published to Commemorate the Bicentennial: 1760-1960

    $5.00 / ea.

    Full of History, photographs, maps, stories, and more. It’s a great collectors piece and a great read.

    Limited Copies Available: Size: 8 1/2 x 11″; 64 pages; illustrated; original printing 1960; reprinted in 1976

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    Images of America – Around and About Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, and Lyons

    $15.00 / ea.

    Images of America – Around and About Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, and Lyons

    $15.00 / ea.

    The re-release commorative edition “Around and About – Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, and Lyons will be a limited release and only available from the Historical Society of the Somerset Hills at their Brick Academy home starting on May 15, 2010 commorating the 250th Bernards Township Charter Day celebration.

    This 146 page collectible will contain over 150 classic historic images, while history, and storytelling come alive in this commorative reprint of the 1995 sold out book from Arcadia Publishing.

    The Historical Society’s limited edition will include a new update written by Bernards Township’s Town Historian June Kennedy to celebrate Bernards’ 250th Anniversary, covering the fifteen years since her book was first published.

    Size: 6 1/2 x 9, 146 pages; illustrated, Printed 2010.

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  • Lord Stirling – William Alexander

    $8.00 / ea.

    Lord Stirling – William Alexander

    $8.00 / ea.

    Author: George Helmke

    Country Gentleman & New Jersey Military Leader in the War for Independence

    From the Early Years thru his military career, capture, and close relationship with General Washington, as well as his life in Basking Ridge; by George E. Helmke
    Size: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″; 33 pages, illustrated; published 2000

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  • Schoolhouses of Early Bernards Township, A Photographic History of Schools

    $27.00 / ea.

    Schoolhouses of Early Bernards Township, A Photographic History of Schools

    $27.00 / ea.

    A wonderful hard covered beautiful coffee table first edition full of history and stories. Over 200 photographs and images covering each of the five hamlets of Bernards Township. Includes a dedication to THSSH’s own June O. Kennedy. Photos are courtesy of THSSH and the Bernardsville Public Library.

    Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 160 pages; illustrated, Printed 2007.

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  • Watercolor Celebration – Liberty Corner

    $12.00 / ea.

    Watercolor Celebration – Liberty Corner

    $12.00 / ea.

    Original Watercolor by Linda M. Arnold celebrating 7 iconic symbols of the Liberty Corner area.

    Size:11″ x 14″ Matted US Postal Service celebrating Liberty Corner. Stamped May 15, 1999 @ Charter Day Station, Basking Ridge.

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  • Watercolor Celebration- Basking Ridge

    $12.00 / ea.

    Watercolor Celebration- Basking Ridge

    $12.00 / ea.

    Original Watercolor by Linda M. Arnold celebrating 6 iconic symbols of the Basking Ridge area.

    Size:11″ x 14″ Matted US Postal Service celebrating Liberty Corner. Stamped May 15, 1999 @ Charter Day Station, Liberty Corner.

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