Cornelius Tilghman research papers
Scope and Contents
Cornelius Alfred Tilghman, Sr. (1902-1998), University of Delaware Class of 1925, was a journalist and editor. He was the former editor of The Review (the University of Delaware’s student paper) and worked in the newsrooms of four Wilmington papers and the Newark Post. He taught English Literature at Geneva College in Pennsylvania and was the University of Delaware’s first Rhodes Scholar. This collection includes photocopied clippings of newspaper articles on the Delaware Canal, Tilghman’s research notes on Sir John Suckling, copies of portraits of Suckling, correspondence, transcriptions of letters by George Gerrard, and Tilghman’s research notes on James I.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1929-1967
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
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
0.33 linear foot (1 box)
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Cornelius Tilghman, 1973.
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.
- Title
- Finding aid for Cornelius Tilghman research papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections.
- Date
- 2024-07-18
- 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