Browse Collections (39 total)
Trankovich Collection of Smith L. Putnam Papers
This collection contains records dating back to 1898 and comprises both town records from Putnam's time as the town's clerk/treasurer and Putnam’s…
Contributors: Town of Garrett Park
Thomas S. Wilson Baseball Collection
This collection contains materials related to Wilson’s role in organizing and managing Garrett Park’s youth baseball club in the mid-1950s. The bulk…
Contributors: Montgomery County Boy's Baseball Association
Senator Frank Shore Waverly-Schuylkill Park Collection
This collection features over 200 photographs, with descriptions, taken by Shore and a colleague of the clean-up efforts at Waverly-Schuylkill Park.…
George and Norah Payne Collection of Personal Papers
This collection contains the couple’s personal papers, including correspondence; written works of George Payne (a former Mayor of Garrett Park), such…
Contributors: Payne, Norah
Garrett Park Women's Club Collection
This collection contains documents and records dating from 1926 and comprises general, but brief, information on the creation of the Women's Club…
Contributors: Civic Study Club
Donal McLaughlin Collection
This collection contains the personal papers, photographs, artwork, and memorabilia of long-time Garrett Park resident Donal McLaughlin, the designer…
Nancy B. Schwartz House Collection
This collection includes materials related to the histories and architectural features of Garrett Park’s older and architecturally significant…
Contributors: Garrett Park Historic Preservation Committee
Nancy B. Schwartz Penn Place Collection
This collection includes documents and records related to the history and architectural features of the Penn Place building and the large renovation…
Contributors: Town of Garrett Park
Millard Collection on Chisholm Property
This collection contains records Millard received from Haile Chisholm at the time Millard purchased Chisholm's property. The collection includes…
Contributors:
Town of Garrett Park
Millard, Bill
Town Record Collection: Chisholm Property/Waverly Crossing
This collection contains official Town Records related to the Haile Chisholm property that was located across the railroad tracks in what is now…
Town Record Collection: Nuclear Free Zone
This collection contains official town records related to the town’s decision to become a Nuclear Free Zone in 1982.
Town Record Collection: Ordinances
This collection contains originals and copies (the bulk) of ordinances passed by the Garrett Park Town Council from 1898 to 2013. For some of the…
Town Record Collection: Penn Place
This collection includes documents and records related to the ownership, management, and transfer of Penn Place to the Town of Garrett Park. The bulk…
Town Record Collection: Town Hall
This collection includes official town documents, records, and drawings related to the history, acquisition, ownership, management, and refurbishment…
Eugene McDowell Collection
This collection contains the personal papers of Eugene McDowell who served as President of the town's Citizens Association and led the town's efforts…
Contributors:
Garrett Park Citizens Association
Town of Garrett Park
Galloway Collection
This collection contains more than 20 digital photographs and print reproductions of Garrett Park in the 1890s. These are the earliest known…
Arboretum Collection
This collection contains documents, photographs, and databases related to the town's official designation as an arboretum. This collection is not…
Citizens Association Collection
This collection contains records, correspondence, photographs, and other materials from the town's Citizens Association, which serves as a forum for…
Oral History Collection
This collection includes approximately 150 oral histories collected in the 1970s, 1990s, and early 2000s of Garrett Park town residents. The oral…
House Files
These research files contain information folders for every house in Garrett Park. Some folders contain only a few documents; whereas others are thick…
Techbuilt Houses Collection
This collection contains information about Techbuilt houses, which were prefabricated structures designed by architect Carl Koch and built mainly in…
Contributors: Garrett Park Town Archives
Town Record Collection: Lot and Block Files
These research files contain town maps showing the blocks in which the town was divided and the lot numbers of individual properties, as well as…
House Tours Collection
This collection comprises 14 folders pertaining to house and garden tours that various town citizen organizations have sponsored since about 1973.…
Little League Collection
This collection comprises three t-shirts from the Garrett Park Little League Team, the Gnats, from the 1956 and 1957 seasons. These items were found…
Town Record Collection: Town Council Meeting Minutes
This collection includes original and transcribed copies of Town Council meeting minutes dating back to the first Town Council in the late 1890s. The…
The Bugle Collection
This collection comprises Garrett Park's town newsletter, "The Bugle," a publication of the Citizens Association since the 1950s. The collection…
Contributors: Town residents
Garrett Players Collection
This collection contains programs, photographs, scripts, and administrative records of Garrett Park's theatrical group, the "Garrett Players," which…
Memorial and Obituary Files
These research files contain obituaries and memorial programs and documents for town residents. The files were compiled (and are updated) by Archives…
Photograph Collection
This collection comprises hundreds of photographs depicting people, places, and events in Garrett Park over the years. Examples include celebrations,…
Swimming Pool Collection
This collection contains materials from the Garrett Park Swimming Pool Association and includes historical information about the creation and…
Cal Baldwin Collection
This collection contains the papers of town resident Cal Baldwin, largely related to his efforts on a hiker-biker trail. It also includes some…
St. James Chapel Collection
This collection contains records for St. James Chapel, which eventually became Garrett Park's Town Hall. The chapel opened in 1897. Records include…
Contributors:
Garrett Park Chapel Board of Managers
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church Committee
Town Record Collection: Sibyl Griffin Indexing System
This small collection comprises a handwritten, paper indexing/cross-referencing system created by former Town Clerk Sibyl Griffin prior to the town's…
Resident Files
These research files contain biographical information about Garrett Park town residents (mostly former residents), with special emphasis on noteworthy…
Garrett Park Elementary School Collection
This collection contains correspondence, programs, photographs, and other documents related to the Garrett Park Elementary School from its creation in…
Contributors:
Garrett Park Mother's Club
Parent Teacher Association
Town of Garrett Park
Robert W. Freer Collection
This small collection contains selected papers, photographs, and memorabilia of former town resident Rob Freer, including photographs of the Gnats and…
Community Center Collection
This collection contains photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other records related to the Garrett Park Community Center, which was…
Contributors: Town residents
Sally R. Korobkin Collection
This small collection contains Korobkin’s personal papers, photographs (mostly unlabeled), and memorabilia from special events and programs during her…
Town Anniversaries Collection
This collection includes planning documents, correspondence, flyers and announcements, programs, photographs, and memorabilia and objects associated…