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April 6, 2026<\/span>Transcribe-a-thon at the Jane Addams Papers<\/a><\/h4>
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Some of the participants at the transcribe-a-thon.<\/p><\/div>\n

On March 27, the Jane Addams Papers Project<\/a> hosted it’s first transcribe-a-thon. Ramapo students, guests, and members of the community came to the Learning Commons to try their hand at reading historical documents and transcribing them. Project Director Cathy Moran Hajo<\/a> introduced the project’s work and the tool, From the Page, that volunteers use to add their text. Students Chris Flug and Amanda Haenelt told the audience how working at the project and interacting with these documents changed the way that they think about history and historical research.<\/p>\n

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Regina Coyle and Emma Wunder puzzle over some words.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fueled by bagels, muffins, and coffee, our volunteers got to work. The handwriting was challenging, but Cathy, Chris, Amanda, and other student employees of the project, Emma Wunder and Olivia Ha, helped out, as Victoria Sciancalepore, Ramapo’s Digital Scholarship Librarian and a former Assistant Editor with the Project. It was a fun event that we plan to repeat.<\/p>\n

If you would like to try your hand at transcribing, you can find the documents at the Project’s From the Page site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We would like to thank two generous donors, Libby Ortiz and Regina Coyle for making this event happen<\/p>\n

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October 15, 2025<\/span>The Gilded Age in the Ramapo Valley Opens at Mahwah Museum<\/a><\/h4>
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Grace and Chris in front of the completed exhibit.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ramapo students and faculty worked together to develop and mount an exhibit at the Mahwah Museum<\/a> on the Gilded Age in the Ramapo Valley<\/em>. Cathy Moran Hajo<\/a>, Sarah Koenig<\/a> and Marion Brown of the Museum worked with students Chris Flug (American Studies), Grace Martinez (History) and Alex Samieske (History) who conducted research in local archives, used newspaper databases and historical sources and the Museum’s rich collection of photographs. They also rolled up their sleeves to paint the exhibit walls in a faux damask pattern that gives it a unique look.<\/p>\n

The exhibit looks at the impact of the Gilded Age on local history, showing how the influx of wealthy industrialists changed a rural community. The exhibit covers the years 1870 to 1899, and features the Havemeyer Family (on whose farm the College was built), the Darlings (of Darlington) and others and the families whose lived were impacted. Rare photographs from the 19th provide a unique look at who lived and worked in Mahwah.<\/p>\n

The Museum is open on Saturdays until the end of June, from 1 to 4pm. It is located at 201 Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah, NJ.<\/p>\n

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May 23, 2025<\/span>Road Trip To Yale<\/a><\/h4>
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Students visit museum and libraries on the Yale campus.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Saturday, April 5, Professors Sarah Koenig<\/a> and Stephen Rice<\/a> traveled with a group of students to New Haven, Connecticut to visit several museums on the Yale University campus. The group included members of the History Club as well as students in Professor Koenig\u2019s American West<\/em> class and Professor Rice\u2019s Museums in America<\/em> and Honors Studies in Arts and Humanities<\/em> classes. Highlights were a tour of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and visits to the Yale Peabody Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery. Everyone had a chance, too, to sample New Haven\u2019s great food options and take in other sites around campus. Thank you goes to Dean Susan Hangen for providing Platinum Funding for the bus. It was a soggy spring day and lots of fun, and we look forward to more trips like this in the future. Pictured here are the students gathered in front of the Beinecke Library.<\/p>\n

April 17, 2025<\/span>Congratulations to Our Scholars Day Students!<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t