Here are listed our many contributors. Many have sent me photos or helped me collect historic materials. Some have given me interviews, while others have supplied me with information about Fairview. The Plan is to post the vast majority of these submissions during 2025. I thank all of them and look forward to encountering new contributors in the future. If you would like to join our contributors, see our Volunteering Page. Michael Ruiz, Webmaster (April 2025).
Primary Contributors
- Al Rose, President of the Fairview Historic Society, when the society was in existence. Al, a Fairview pharmacist for decades, gave me access to all of the society's historical documents. He also arranged for Jeff Merkel, a society volunteer, to ride with my brother Den (driver), indicating where we should pull the car over to photograph special historic homes. These homes had recently been chosen for the society's 2001 historic brochure that the society had just published. With my brother driving an additional couple of days with me, I was able to take a total of 2,000 Fairview photos.
- The Honorable Angelo DiCamillo, a Camden Judge for decades and former Fairview resident. Al Rose entrusted the Judge with the Fairview Historic Society's documents for a period of time. The Judge brought these materials to my home in Asheville, North Carolina, where we digitized them.
- Patrick Cusick (former Fairview resident). For many years Patrick was the Main Administrator of the Fairview Yahoo Group he established in 2001. Yahoo Groups were eventually discontinued. He helped me find historical materials, one being a collection of 200 scans of the construction of Yorkship Village made at the National Archives in Washington, DC by Fred Palumbo and Michael Kuhn in the 1990s.
- Patti Kennedy (former Fairview resident). Main Administrator of the Facebook Group Fairview, Camden NJ History in Photos, which has over 4,000 members. Patti, with her posting of her own collection of Fairview photos, her retrieving materials from newspapers, and members posting on her Facebook Group have given me access to hundreds and hundreds of photos and clippings.
- Bob Palya (Suburban Bob). Bob owned the Suburban Auto Repair shop on Collings Road for many years. He was also an organizer of the Little League for decades. He sent me his entire Little League Collection of photos that span over 3 decades from the 1960s to the early 1990s.
Special Thanks
If I accidentally left you off this list, please email me: sonny@yorkshipvillage.com and I will add you.
- Dorothy Ackerson - vintage photos
- W. S. Alcavage - creator of the Fairview Historic Society Plaque (November 1993). Our Fairview logo at the top of this page is a miniature version of Mr. Alcavage's plaque. To make the miniature logo, I first took a photo of an original plaque that Al Rose gave me. I then edited for optimum logo size. A large image of the original will be posted at this website (The Webmaster).
- Mario Aquesta - Fairview communications and info
- Loretta Anderson - video interview (2010)
- Charles Appler - video interview (2013)
- Scott Barber - vintage photos
- Kristine Battaglia-Cenci - Fairview historic info
- Leon Battaglia - video riding through Fairview
- Dave Boone - vintage photos, and his tugboat art gallery with commentary
- George Brockius - SJOA graduation photo
- Gayle Brummer Rodrigues - Fairview historic info
- Joe Bush - vintage photos
- Marilyn Bush - skating rink photos
- Helen Root Bromke - Fairview beauty pageant photos, telephone interview (2011)
- Marie Cantermen - Former Miss Fairview, telephone interview (2011)
- Debbie Carroll (former SJOA secretary) - SJOA graduation photo, SJOA info
- Phil Cohen - marvelous Camden website for years
- Scott Cooper - historic photos
- Mike Costello - photographer and submitted historic photos
- Sue Cote - SJOA graduation photo
- Bernie Couris - Fairview historic info
- Catherine Moore Cruse - photos and video interview (2013)
- Jim Cusick - historic photos
- Joyce Ann Cusick - SJOA 1964 graduation trip photos
- Patrick Cusick - see Primary Contributors above
- Dot Coursey - photo of mom Mrs. Coursey, SJOA 5th grade teacher
- Jeryl Davis - former Yorkship School Teacher, video interview and clippings
- Mark DeFrancisco - Fairview historic info
- Anthony Del Vecchio - SJOA graduation photo
- Bach Del Vecchio - SJOA graduation photo
- Kathy Del Vecchio - Fairview historic info
- Elaine Dembicki - historic clippings
- Angelo DiCamillo - see Primary Contributors above
- Anne DiCamillo (former SJOA School Librarian) - Fairview historic info
- Diane DiPietro - Rambler cheerleaders photos
- Dina - SJOA graduation photo
- Michele Dougherty - Fairview historic info
- Julia Duff Tanksy - SJOA graduation photo
- Paul Ellis - photo of crossing guard
- Janet Evans - vintage parade info
- Patricia Fagan - Fairview historic info
- Robert Galasso - Fairview historic info
- Cherly Gaston Evoy - historic clippings
- William Grayson - SJOA teachers 1970s
- Jimmy Fairbrothers - photos of historic boxing match between Jimmy and Tommy Sekula at Union Field
- Frank Falcone - Fairview historic info
- Kathy Felix - Fairview historic info
- Rosemary Ford - vintage photos
- Kevin Friel - historic photos
- Kelly Funk - pageant photos
- Susan Gabriele - Fairview historic info
- Ed Goldberg - historic materials
- Isabel Luther Hager (former Morgan Village resident) - telephone interview (2011)
- Jan Evans Haight - Fairview historic info
- Father Ken Hallahan (former SJOA Pastor) - permission to take photos during one of his Masses at SJOA and permission to take many photos inside SJOA School before it was demolished
- Angela Hamilton - historic photos including Yorkship graduation
- Bill Harrison - historic photos, Ben Franklin Bridge, Yorkship pen-pal letters to Vietnam
- Frank Hartman - Fairview historic info
- Dolores Wawrzyniak Hayney - vintage materials
- Gloria Hillman (Sister Rita Joseph) - Fairview historic info
- Sandra Hionas - Little League info
- Kenneth G. Holden, Sr. - Fairview historic Little League info
- Al Hunt - Fairview historic info
- Jan Van Impe - photo from Belgium of Francis X. McGraw WWII grave
- Denise Jeffers - info about historic beauty pageant
- Beth Johnson - historic documents
- Bobby Jones - Yorkship graduation
- Ralph Jones - sending me the two CDs of the vintage construction scans of Palumbo and Kuhn
- Jan Kanicken - historic photos
- Gerry Kelly - Fairview communications and info
- Carroll-Jo Quinlan Kennedy - Fairview communications and info
- Patti Kennedy - see Primary Contributors above
- Eric (Zonk) Kephart - Fairview historic info
- Clifford Korth - Fairview historic info
- Edward Kozlowski - Fairview historic info
- Michael Kuhn - scanning with Fred Palumbo of 200 Yorkship Village construction photos in Washingon, DC and telephone interview (2009)
- Sandy Lee - many historic photos from the 1950s, author of article about her dad
- Ted Lenny (of Lenny's Realty) - historic photos and documents
- George Leon - arranged an interview with his Aunt Mrs. Cruse
- David Lusk (former Morgan Village resident) - video interview (2020)
- Bill Lynch - SJOA graduation
- Vince Madiraca - Fairview historic info
- Taj Magruder - Fairview historic info
- Marilyn Matthews Alles - vintage Yorkship yearbook
- Adam McDaniel - 2016 photo of Ben Franklin Bridge
- Bud Mapes - telephone interview (2009)
- Lou Marchuk - vintage materials, including tax maps
- Michael P. McDowell - 24 rare scans of Fairview construction photos, Website Resource
- Mary McGraw - SJOA graduation, resource material on Francis X. McGraw
- Chris McLean - SJOA graduation and baseball photos
- Ann Graves Meili - Fairview historic info
- Anthony Mitchell - SJOA graduation photo
- Eddie Bo McWilliams - historic photos
- George Middleton - Yorkship graduation and class trip
- Kim Milano - SJOA graduation photo
- Marlin W. Miles - vintage photos
- Christine Miller - Yorkship Square photo
- Robert Milnes - Fairview historic info
- Fred Missimer - vintage Fairview photos
- Christine Moll - SJOA graduation photo
- Irv Molotsky - Yorkship graduation photo
- Dorothy K. Moran - Fairview historic info
- Karen Hager Murrell - Fairview historic info
- Mary Anne O'Shea - historic materials
- Mr. Joseph Oxley Sr. (formerly Colorado Road) - telephone interview (2012)
- Mr. and Mrs. Oxley (formerly Colorado Road) - video interview at their home in 2013
- Fred Palumbo - digitization of Yorkship Village photos at the National Archives with Michael Kuhn
- Bob Palya - see Primary Contributors above
- Dennis Parsons - crossing guard photo
- Kristi Patten - SJOA graduation photo
- Irene Petroski - Fairview historic info
- Frank Piotrowski - Halloween party
- Princeton Digital Map and Geospatial Center, Princeton University
- Charles Rayner - boxing photo
- Loretta Reckard - Fairview historic info
- Carole Redheffer - vintage photos
- Glenn Reigel - vintage football photos
- Dawn Revelli - vintage little league baseball
- Fred Riley - vintage photos
- Al Rose - see Primary Contributors above
- Patricia Rossell - Fairview historic info
- Agnes Ruiz - vintage photos and photos from 2005 and 2008, video interview, telephone interviews (2009-2010)
- Agnes and Mike Ruiz - silent home movies mainly from 1957 to 1973
- Den Ruiz - driver during 2001 Fairview tour when I took 2,000 photos. He was cataloging them when he became ill and passed away in 2002 (RIP brother).
- George Ruiz - Fairview resident with pencil art work
- Ken Ruiz - videographer for my interview with Loretta Anderson (2010), Co-Interviewer of Mrs. Cruse (2013), Co-Interviewer of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Oxley Sr. (2013)
- Dolores Sannino - clippings and photos
- Carol Schager Sweeney - photos, including July 4 Parade
- Gail Senatore - Fairview historic info
- Clare Sheehan - photos, husband Dr. Ed Sheehan is a Vet on Collings Road
- Frank Sheehan - SJOA graduation photo
- Fran (Balunas) Simko - Fairview historic info
- Wayne Shutter - Yorkship graduation booklet
- Janice Steff - Yorkship School historic info
- Eileen Wakeley Silvestro - Fairview historic info
- Carol Segal Swanson - vintage photos
- William Smith - vintage photos
- Rose Stridgetts - Fairview historic info
- Philip Swanson - vintage photos
- Robert Timms - Fairview historic info and photos
- Benedict Tisa - vintage outdoor photos
- Rudy Valentino - vintage outdoor photos
- Brian van Blunk - baseball photos, football photos, and short football memoir
- Anthony Venella - many vintage photos
- Ron Venella - Fairview historic photos and materials
- Lou Vogel - vintage Fairview photos
- Denine (Houchins) Wallgren - historic Fairview photos and info
- Joe Warrick - Fairview historic info
- Stephen Wdzieczkowski (Hatfield) - historic photos, including softball and ICAC
- Kathy "Weez" Weisenburg - photo with Mr. Joseph Oxley Senior
- Rosanne Weiss - vintage Yorkship photos
- Kathy Wills Andrioli - Fairview historic info
- Margaret Wills Spurlock - Fairview historic info
- Donna Sabra Yablon - granddaughter of Louie (Louie's 5 & 10, Yorkship Square), historic info and telephone interview (2019)
- Margaret Yeager - Fairview historic info
- William (Bill) M. Zeltman, Jr. - vintage photos, including a Yorkship graduation photo
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