Select Ho-Ho-Kus and New Jersey books are available for checkout and in-house browsing. A nonfiction section dedicated to New Jersey is available and located in Adult Nonfiction near the travel books.

We are slowly working to digitize some of the local history photos and documents in our collection.

Ho-Ho-Kus Race Track

Did you know Ho-Ho-Kus used to be home to a racetrack?

The track, built in the late 1860's, was home to various types of racing over the years before a deadly accident forced its closure in 1938.

The land has since been repurposed for residential use. Very few photographs exist of the track when it was in use, but the library is home to one photo album. The creator's identity remains a mystery, although it is thought to be associated with the Duff family.

Caroline Mildreth Worth Pinkham

The current library building was donated to the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus for use as a public library by Caroline Mildreth Worth Pinkham upon her death in 1984. Mildreth, as she preferred to be called, was an established scholar and writer, known for her interest in comparative religion and love of travel. A graduate of Columbia University, she received her Ph.D. in 1941 in the history and comparative study of religion - the first woman to achieve this milestone.
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Books authored by Mildreth include A Bungalow in India; The Status of Woman as Reflected in the Puranas, the Mahabharata, and the Ramayana; The Common Heritage; and Confucius Says: Woman and the Family in World Scriptures, along with many articles. An archive of her papers exists at Columbia University. 
 
Worth-Pinkham Memorial Library is also working towards digitizing the collection of documents, photos, and items left to us by Mildreth.