Editing Chatham Borough, New Jersey (section)

==Library==
[[File:Library of the Chathams jeh.JPG|thumb|Library of The Chathams]]
Chatham Library was founded in 1907 in downtown Chatham after decades of discussion and planning. Growth of the collection brought about expansion and movement to progressively larger facilities until the current building was built on Main Street on the former site of the Fairview Hotel, after it had burned down. The hotel land was bought after a borough-wide solicitation of funds that was proposed by Charles M. Lum, after whose family Lum Avenue is named, and a brick building was constructed to house the library. The new Chatham Library was dedicated and opened to the public in 1924.<ref name=libhist/>

A referendum on the November 1974 ballot regarding jointure was approved by voters, providing that the Chatham Library also would serve Chatham Township residents. The library was renamed as the '''Library of The Chathams''', which now is administered by six trustees, who are appointed jointly through the two governments via the mayors of the two municipalities or their representatives, as well as a representative from the newly created joint School District of the Chathams.<ref name=libhist>[http://www.chathamlibrary.org/about-the-library/ About the Library], Library of The Chathams. Accessed March 21, 2012.</ref>

In 1985, the library joined the ''Morris Automated Information Network'' (MAIN), an electronic database created to link together all of the public libraries in Morris County. Expansion of the library with an addition costing nearly $4,000,000 was planned with the governments of the two municipalities contributing a combined $2,000,000. The project was completed and the new addition dedicated on January 11, 2004.<ref name=libhist/>