FREE ACRES ANNIVERSARY FILES,, 1930-1980

Summary: Files of special committees of the Free Acres Association set up to coordinate the anniversary celebrations which are held throughout the anniversary year, especially in the summer months.

Includes broadsides, correspondence, questionnaires, notes, lists of potential committee members, typescripts of songs and poems, manuscript copies of brochures, programs, and receipts for purchases made for the celebrations.

Activities held during the anniversary year included picnics, theatricals, dances, displays of art, lectures, sports and games, and, often, the production of an anniversary publication about Free Acres.

The 70th Anniversary files include questionnaires, arranged chronologically by leasehold number, notes about the history of each leasehold, and a grant proposal. The 70th Anniversary Committee contacted as many residents and former residents of Free Acres as they could find, and solicited biographical information, help with the celebration, and historical documents. They received a grant for the celebration from the New Jersey Historical Commission.