Roger E. Nathan papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 1005

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Roger E. Nathan participated in the Delaware Boundary Commission's re-establishment of Delaware's boundary monuments throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Nathan visited all of the 179 monuments that mark Delaware's boundaries and provided photographs and written reports to the Delaware Boundary Commission. Nathan died in 2005. This collection includes information on the Delaware boundaries, the Mason Dixon Line, and boundary agreements with our neighboring states (Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey). The Roger E. Nathan papers comprise notes, letters, photographs of geological markers and Delaware events, information on geological surveys, memos, press releases, newspaper clippings, and a copy of Report on the Resurvey of the Maryland-Pennsylvania Boundary Part of the Mason Dixon Line (1909).

Dates

Creation: 1909, 1980s-2005

Creator

Nathan, Roger E. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open 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 is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Extent

2 linear foot (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Custodial History

Barbara Nathan (wife of Roger E. Nathan) donated the materials after his death.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Barbara Nathan, February 2007.

Physical Description

A Plan of the Boundary Lines Between the Province of Maryland and the Three Lower Counties on Delaware is breaking along the folds, so use caution when unfolding.

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https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?mss1005

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed, which means material has not been organized or housed archivally, and is still in the order and condition in which it was received. This preliminary collection description was created by Jessica Thelen, based on a survey conducted in June 2022.