University of Delaware Library collection of websites relating to the Library’s literary collections
Scope and Contents
This collection was begun in 2016 in an attempt to documents websites and social media related to authors, playwrights, and other literary figures and organizations which complement and enrich existing literary collections held in Special Collections. The websites crawled are a curated sample, representative of the collecting policies at the University of Delaware Library to document American literature, Irish literature, and English-language theatre. Sites will continue to be added to the collection in the future. The complete web archive is available at https://www.archive-it.org/collections/6859.
The collection consists of twenty-seven websites, organized into three series:
The first series, American literature, include websites and social media sites for various American authors, poets, dramatists, journalists and literary publications.
The second series, Irish literature, include websites for various Irish authors, poets, dramatists and literary publications.
The third series, Theater, includes websites and social media sites for playwrights, screenwriters and local theaters.
Dates
- Creation: 2016-2017
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. New websites added to this collection are closed for six months before content is made available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce isrequired from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec
Extent
27 web site
Abstract
This collection documents websites and social media related to authors, playwrights, and other literary figures and organizations which complement and enrich existing literary collections held in Special Collections. This collection includes sites related to University of Delaware Library holdings in American literature; Irish literature; and theatre.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Content harvested via Archive-It, 2016-2017.
Existence and Location of Copies
The complete web archive is available at https://www.archive-it.org/collections/6859
Processing Information
Processing and encoding by John Caldwell, 2017.
Subject
- Kaufman, Alan (Person)
- Rebeck, Theresa (Person)
- Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 (Person)
- Stavis, Barrie (Person)
- Yagoda, Ben (Person)
- Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- (Person)
- Field, Edward, 1924- (Person)
- Bolger, Dermot, 1959- (Person)
- Brenner, Summer (Person)
- Delaware Theatre Company (Organization)
- Salmon Poetry Ltd. (Organization)
- Reed, Ishmael, 1938- (Person)
- University of Delaware (Organization)
- University of San Francisco (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- American literature
- American literature--African American authors
- Blogs
- Bookstores
- Dramatists
- English language--Usage
- Essayists--United States
- Irish literature
- Printing
- Private presses
- Publishers and publishing
- Rare books
- Theater
- Theaters--Delaware
Uniform Title
- Title
- Finding aid for University of Delaware Library collection of websites relating to the Library’s literary collections
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository