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Haddon Heights Public Library

Merchantville, New Jersey

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History shared by the Haddon Heights Public Library.

Explore newspapers shared by the Haddon Heights Public Library for firsthand accounts of earlier lives and events. The archive includes The Suburban and The Town Crier, with material from 1954 to 1989.

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  • Selected titles

    In the collection shared by Haddon Heights Public Library, you will find “The Suburban” and “The Town Crier”.

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    No subscription or payment required.

  • A closer look

    A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue.

The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.

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Titles in this collection

Explore The Suburban and The Town Crier, with material from 1954 to 1989. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Haddon Heights Public Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.

If you are tracing a family connection or exploring local history, the titles below offer a place to begin and a thread to follow.

The Suburban

Page count under review. Dates: 1954 to 1989

The Town Crier

Page count under review. Date: 1954

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About the Archive

About The Haddon Heights Public Library’s History Archives

Explore the Haddon Heights Public Library ’s historical collection of newspapers, available through our partnership with Advantage Archives . The archive offers free access to local history, preserving important community records. This digitization project includes thousands of pages covering significant moments in Haddon Heights history, from 1954 to 1989, and ensures that our local history is preserved for future generations.

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About the Library

About The Haddon Heights Public Library

The Haddon Heights Public Library is dedicated to serving the community by providing access to information, education, and recreational resources. Established in 1902, it has grown from a small association library to a vital community institution. The library’s mission is to provide a welcoming space for all patrons, supporting learning and promoting intellectual freedom.

Library History

The History Of The Haddon Heights Public Library

The Haddon Heights Public Library began in 1902 as a small association library. Over the decades, it relocated multiple times before moving to its current location in 1965. Through the dedication of the community and fundraising efforts, the library has grown and modernized, offering a vast array of services and resources to patrons.

About the Community

About Haddon Heights, New Jersey

Haddon Heights is a small suburban community in Camden County, New Jersey. Founded in the late 19th century, the town is known for its charming neighborhoods, rich history, and active civic life. The Haddon Heights Public Library plays a significant role in preserving the town’s history and fostering community engagement.

Local History

Did You Know?

Did you know that the Haddon Heights Public Library’s archives include rare issues of "The Suburban" and "The Town Crier," local newspapers that documented community life between 1954 and 1989? These archives are an invaluable resource for those interested in local history, genealogy, and research.

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Research Guidance

Look for the story behind a result

The history of the community includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Haddon Heights Public Library, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Search a person, place, or event with a second term, then compare the date and context of each result. A repeated name needs more evidence before it identifies the same person or connects two parts of a story.

After recording the issue and page, search a second term tied to the result and compare the surrounding dates and accounts. Keep matching names provisional until the place and context fit. This can turn one result into a better question without turning a repeated name into a confirmed story.

Capture the title, date, and page or item location for a detail you may want to revisit. Label your interpretation as your reading, not the source's own words. Keep enough context with the note that another reader can retrace it.

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Community Partnership

Keeping local history a community resource

This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Haddon Heights Public Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.

Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.

Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.

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Stories, research tips, and archive news

Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.

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March 18, 2025

It’s Your Community’s History, So Why Rent Something You Own?

We believe that history belongs to the communities where it was made - not locked behind paywalls or inaccessible due to budget restrictions. Subscription-based services and large content aggregators are generally more concerned with "content" and less concerned with the history that content contains. Their models typically involve a reoccurring charge for a plan that renews annually or licensing agreements with the library based on population served or circulation numbers. You are essentially Renting Access To YOUR History.
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