A personal scrapbook made by Bruce Springsteen’s mother, Adele.
Adele Springsteen’s 1943 high school yearbook.
A Civil War document that includes Alexander Springsteen, of lineal descent to Bruce Springsteen.
A 1801 document signed by John Springsteen, a patriot of the Revolution and direct ancestor to Bruce Springsteen.
The exhibit also celebrates the centennial of Freehold Borough, which was in 2019, and its opening came six days after the 70th birthday of Freehold-native Springsteen in 19. There are more than 150 items on display, many from the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.
Melissa Ziobro, Monmouth University’s Specialist Professor of Public History, and Bernadette Rogoff, director of collections for MCHA, are the co-curators. Eileen Chapman, director of the Springsteen Archives, and Robert Santelli, founding director of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, are advisors to the exhibit.