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- Collection: Bergenfield Cemetery Restoration Cedar Street
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1 schematic 12 x 17 titled Negro Church Cedar St. Bergenfield NJ drawn from memory by Fred Tuers with handwritten notes and hand drawn map on back
A hand drawing of the former African American Baptist Church on the site of the slave cemetery in Bergenfield drawn by 72 year old Fred Tuers. Includes written description and a hand drawn map.
Thank you note from Mr and Mrs Harry J Johnson to Raymond Guellich on cemetery restoration
A rhyming thank you letter written by a local woman who lived next to the restored cemetery, thanking the Boy Scouts and other workers for the restoration.
1 black and white photograph 5 x7 two men chopping tree two men observe
A black and white photograph of two men chopping down a tree as two other men look on
1 black and white photograph 8 x 10 dedication of restoration project slave cemetery
A black and white photograph from the dedication of the cemetery restoration project.
1 black and white photograph 8 x 10 exterior woods and clearing
A black and white photograph of a plot of land with a pile of branches of trees removed from the site.
1 black and white photograph Grounds at Slave Cemetery after clearing by the local boy scouts
A black and white image of the cemetery grounds after being cleared.
Announcement of preparation for restoration of slave cemetery authored by Raymond Guellich February 11 1964
Two documents about the planning of the cemetery restoration project, including the clearing trees and trash by the local Boy Scout troop in preparation for the borough's Tercentenary.
Boy Scouts Tercentenary Celebrating Program meeting agenda
An agenda for Boy Scouts concerning potential Tercentenary celebration activities, including the restoration and rededication of the African American Baptist Church Cemetery, thought to entomb former enslaved people.
Burial Ground Being Cleared Scouts to Clean Up Old Cemetery
A newspaper clipping about the planned restoration of the African American Baptist Church Cemetery by the local Boy Scout troop.
Fire Reserves Begin Cemetery Restoration
A newsclipping about a group of Civil Defense Fire Reserves posing in front of their truck at the site of their clearing operations at the "Old Slave Cemetery."