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Glen Rock Community Guide
2017-2018
Glen Rock Historical & Preservation
Society bridges past with future
BY R. N. RAJAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
I
t wouldn’t be a stretch to say Glen Rock
residents don’t consider the borough’s
past his-story, or her-story, but more our-
story.
Sue Tryforos, president of the Glen Rock
Historical & Preservation Society (GRHPS),
explains since the organization’s inception
in 1992, borough residents have played an
active and invaluable role in helping its
mission to preserve the borough’s history.
“Since that time, the GRHPS has benefit-
ted greatly from the generosity of the com-
munity,” said Tryforos.
This generosity comes in many forms,
including donating memorabilia, even
cherished family heirlooms. For example,
she cites a resident who donated several
items belonging to an ancestor. The ancestor,
Willum Bosland, had immigrated to the
United States from The Netherlands, as was
the case with many early Bergen County
families, Tryforos noted. Bosland eventually
worked as a farmer along Prospect Street in
Saddle River Township, which was how the
borough was then known, explained Try-
foros, who’s also been appointed the official
borough historian by the mayor and council.
The donor had lovingly cared for several
of Bosland’s farming utensils and other
personal belongings. However, when she
downsized recently from a house to a condo,
she no longer had room for the larger pieces,
and none of her family members wanted to
take possession of these items. Consequently,
she donated the cherished artifacts to the
GRHPS: two large, human-powered farm
cultivators that worked the land in Glen
Rock, plus a 1911 Victor Talking Machine, a
pre-electric Victrola, with a collection of
records, and Bosland’s personal hand-made
ice skates that he brought with him to this
country.
“Here’s a great example of a donor who
trusted the GRHPS enough to gift us several >
Among the items in the Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society’s current
police display is a photo of the Glen Rock Police Department during the 1930s.