Acknowledgements

Once again I would like to express gratitude to my colleagues at The History Press/Arcadia Publishing, especially my commissioning editor, Amanda Irle, for giving me an opportunity to write a book on New Jersey history.

I appreciate the help of my son, Charles, for scanning images. Special thanks go to Maura Grace Harrington Logue, PhD, also known as the “Graceful Grammarian.” Thanks go to my Oklahoma friend Lauren West. Thank you Michael Byrnes, a mandolin player from Red Bank who served as a stage manager of the 2015 New Jersey Folk Festival, for giving me leads on New Grass music. I tip my hat to Jeff Smith for his help in gathering East Orange information on the long-lost Cave coffeehouse and the apartment of Bob and Sidsel Gleason. Special thanks go to Emilie and Ed Ahearn for their hospitality in welcoming me to Waretown and Albert Hall. Many thanks go to members of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape for inviting me to their facility in Bridgeton. Thanks Phil Grant, for sharing your memories and photos of the Homeplace. Thank you Catherine Cavallo, for finding information on the Lampell family of Paterson. Thank you Richard Veit, for turning me on to the paintings of William Sydney Mount. Thank you Christine Marzano, collections manager of the Long Island Museum, for providing images of Mount’s paintings. Arzy Fogartaigh and Lynn Humphrey—I appreciate your assistance in uncovering information on the 1976 Perth Amboy/Sandy Hook music festivals.

Applause goes to my sources quoted in the book, all of whom were most generous in sharing their time, memories and materials. I’m grateful to the libraries and librarians throughout the state, the Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey in Whippany and historical societies in other states. A long-distance shout out goes to the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library in London.

Author’s note: All of the cities and towns mentioned in this book are located in New Jersey unless otherwise stated.