Wanaque Public Library
“As someone with no prior experience in public history, participating in the group learning sessions gave me the confidence to tackle this project.”
Wanaque Public Library traced the impact of the building of Route 287 on the town of Haskell. Their project team conducted surveys and oral history interviews with residents to document and collect stories on how this change affected the Haskell community. They also indexed photos and comments related to Route 287 posted on the Good Ol’ Haskell Facebook group and researched census records to trace demographic changes before, during, and after the highway came to town.