HISTORIAN/LECTURER - Stephanie B. Stevens

• THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN HUNTERDON COUNTY
  In honor of Black History Month, County Historian Stephanie Stevens shares the true story of slavery in Hunterdon County.
  North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street, Clinton.
  February 1, 2014
• HISTORIC MENU, TAVERN TOUR AND LECTURE AT THE FOX AND THE HOUND
  Enjoy a wonderful meal in one of Hunterdon's fine historic inns while Special Guest Lecturer, Author and County Historian Stephanie B. Stevens provides a talk on the history of Round Valley and the Round Valley Reservoir.  Her book on the same subject will be available for purchase.
  Fox and the Hound, 69 Main Street, Lebanon.
  March 8, 2014
• HUNTERDON SETTLEMENT PATTERN SERIES LECTURE: THE HISTORY OF THE PALANTINE MIGRATION
  Join us as Hunterdon Historian Stephanie Stevens details the German Migration into Hunterdon County that began in the 17th Century.
  Refreshments follow.
  North Branch of the County Library, 65 Halstead Street, Clinton.
  April 12, 2014
• HUNTERDON WOMEN AND WOMEN IN HUNTERDON
  County Historian Stephanie Stevens explores the role of women throughout Hunterdon's History as well as Hunterdon's notable women.
  Main Branch of the County Library, County Complex, 314 Route 12, Flemington.
  June 4, 2014
• YOUR LIFE IN HUNTERDON MARCH 22, 1814
  County Historian Stephanie Stevens details how we would have lived, what we would have eaten, where we would have worked and what life would been like on the 100th anniversary day Hunterdon officially incorporated as a county.
  Refreshments follow.
  Main Branch County Library, 314 State Route 12, Flemington.
  September 9, 2014
• YOUR LIFE IN HUNTERDON MARCH 22, 1914
  In the third of our 3-Part Series about life in Hunterdon, County Historian Stephanie Stevens details how we would have lived, what we would have eaten, where we would have worked and what life would been like two hundred years after Hunterdon was incorporated as a county.
  Main Branch of the County Library, County Complex, 314 Route 12, Flemington.
  October 9, 2014
• HISTORY OF HUNTERDON COUNTY IN ART.
  Join Hunterdon County Historian, Stephanie Stevens and Artist Paul Jennis as they discuss the the 18th Century History of Hunterdon County as depicted on his first of three 5ft by 7ft murals.
  Main Branch of the County Library, County Complex, 314 Route 12, Flemington.
  November 5, 2014
• HISTORY OF HUNTERDON COUNTY IN ART.
  Join Hunterdon County Historian, Stephanie Stevens and Artist Paul Jennis as they discuss the the 19th Century History of Hunterdon County as depicted on his second of three 5ft by 7ft murals.
  Main Branch of the County Library, County Complex, 314 Route 12, Flemington.
  November 12, 2014
• HISTORY OF HUNTERDON COUNTY IN ART.
  Join Hunterdon County Historian, Stephanie Stevens and Artist Paul Jennis as they discuss the the 20th Century History of Hunterdon County as depicted on his third of three 5ft by 7ft murals.
  Main Branch of the County Library, County Complex, 314 Route 12, Flemington.
  November 19, 2014
• TILLERS OF THE SOIL: HUNTERDON'S FARMING FAMILIES
  County Historian Stephanie Stevens starts our new heritage series on Agriculture with a lecture based on her newest book "Tillers of the Soil." Stephanie will speak on some of Hunterdon's history as an agricultural community and the families who helped establish and keep our great county as an important part of the Garden State.
  Main Branch County Library, Flemington
  February 24, 2015

STEPHANIE B. STEVENS is a retired special education teacher. She was appointed to the Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission in 1979 and, as Commission Chair, has instigated many projects.

Mrs. Stevens is the official Historian for the County of Hunterdon, and for many years she served in that capacity for the Township of Readington.

She is a published author of numerous books concerning the history of Readington Township, local slaves, mills, the significant Polish settlement in Whitehouse Station, the History of Round Valley and other topics of local interest.

Mrs. Stevens served as a member of the New Jersey Historic Trust and is a trustee of the Advocates for New Jersey History. She founded the Readington Township Museums, and served as mayor of Readington Township. She is a former member of the Governor’s Task Force on New Jersey History. In 1999 the NJ Legislature recognized her as a “NJ Woman of Distinction.”