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Delaware Afro-Latina oral histories collection

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Identifier: MSS 0661
Abstract

This collection of raw and edited footage of interviews of Newark, Delaware, area Afro-Latinas was created in Spring 2009 by students in a Women's Studies course (WOMS 410) at the University of Delaware. Included are Mini-DV tapes containing raw footage of the interviews and DVDs containing the edited interviews.

Dates: 2009

Friends of School Hill oral histories and images

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Identifier: MSS 0784
Abstract Oral histories and images collected at the event, "Preserving the Past: Gathering History & Mementos of the New London Road / School Hill Community," Saturday, May 20, 2017 and images collected at the event, "A Celebration for the New London Avenue School, One Hundred Years," Sunday, March 6, 2022. Established in 1867 as the first documented public school for African-American youth in the Newark, Delaware, community, the school and its surrounding property were also an important social...
Dates: May 2017, March 2022

Robert L. Hampel University of Delaware College of Education oral history collection

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Identifier: MSS 0735
Abstract University of Delaware professor and historian of education Robert L. Hampel conducted the interviews in this collection with fourteen faculty, staff, and administrators of UD's College of Education to document the history of the college, which was founded in 1945. The collection comprises transcripts only, with attachments from several of the interviewees. Notable are transcripts of five sessions with Frank B. Murray, who joined the college in 1969 and served as its dean from 1979 until...
Dates: 2014-2015

HIST 268 Oral History Interviews: African Americans and the University of Delaware collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0989
Abstract The oral history interviews in this collection were collected by the students in Dr. Roger Horowitz's HIST 268 section, "Oral History: African Americans and the University of Delaware" class, offered in the fall semesters of 2021 and 2023. Students conducted 35 interviews, with participants drawn from two principal communities: African American alumni of the University of Delaware and residents of the Newark, Delaware's New London Road/Cleveland Avenue neighborhood. Their recollections are...
Dates: 2021, 2023

New London Road/Cleveland Avenue oral histories and research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0642
Abstract This collection contains 22 oral history interviews providing a wealth of information on history and culture of the New London Road/Cleveland Avenue community in Newark, Delaware. These interviews, collected during two oral history projects by University of Delaware Professor Bernard L. Herman and students from 2004-2006, feature members of the New London Road community and discuss various aspects of life in the predominantly African-American community. The collection contains transcripts of...
Dates: 2004-2006

Robert H. Richards, Jr., Delaware oral history collection

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Identifier: MSS 0179
Abstract

The Delaware Oral History collection was a project of the University of Delaware History Department, directed by Dr. John Munroe and funded by Robert H. Richards, Jr.. Interviews with 317 Delawareans conducted between 1966 and 1978 cover topics including the following: educators, immigrants, journalism, politics, and the University of Delaware, Delaware in the Depression, and the 1950s relocation of Long Island and New Jersey potato farmers to Delaware.

Dates: 1955-1981, 2012, 2020; Majority of material found within 1966-1978

Voices of 1968 oral history collection

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Identifier: MSS 0858
Abstract Voices of 1968 is an oral history collection focused on Delawareans to capture local stories of that pivotal year in American history. Interviews were conducted by Library staff, partners in the Wilmington Archive Project, and other project volunteers. The topics covered in the interviews include campus politics and student activism in Delaware (particularly through the Students for Democratic Society chapter at the University of Delaware campus), reactions to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s...
Dates: 2018

William H. Williams papers

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Identifier: MSS 0570
Abstract

The William H. Williams Papers, spanning the dates 1907-2006, comprise 11.6 linear feet of manuscripts, academic papers, correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, and academic research relating to the areas of study and publications of Williams, a prominent Delaware historian based in Sussex County, Delaware. The collection is divided into six series, with series III. through VI. corresponding to major subject areas studied by Williams.

Dates: 1907-2006; Majority of material found within 1976-2004

Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia

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Identifier: MSS 0648
Abstract

Dale E. Wolf served as lieutenant governor of Delaware (1989-1992) and briefly as governor (December 31, 1992-January 19, 1993). The Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia document Wolf’s military service in World War II, his early agricultural research and DuPont Company career, his political career and public service, as well as the community service of his wife, Clarice Wolf.

Dates: 1925-2013; Majority of material found within 1980-1993

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University of Delaware 6
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Bennett, Lewis 1
Buchanan, Georgina 1
Button, Rebecca 1
Carey, Claire LaMar 1
Carey, Harmon R. 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Codor, Dick 1
Cruz-Currington, Naya 1
Dean, Nora Thompson 1
DelFattore, Joan, 1946- 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware National Guard 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Fierro, Francis J. 1
Friends of School Hill 1
Gaplerin, Richard 1
George Wilson Center (Newark, Del.) 1
Golinkoff, Roberta M. 1
Graciano, Cristina 1
Hampel, Robert L. 1
Herman, Bernard L., 1951- 1
Hiebert, James 1
Horowitz, Roger 1
Howaniec, Patsy 1
Johns, David 1
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 1
Lazarus, Myron 1
Leech, Steven, 1943- 1
Lopez, Nancy 1
Lopez, Samanta 1
Luna, Lalena 1
Mosberg, Ludwig 1
Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- 1
Munroe, John A. (John Andrew), 1914-2006 1
Murray, Frank B. 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Newark Delaware Branch 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Perkins, Clinton 1
Pitts, Chandra 1
Quintana, Alvina E., 1947- 1
Raths, James D. 1
Richards, Robert H., Jr. 1
Rogers, E. Poppa, Sr. 1
Rys, Gail 1
Santana-Wynn, Jari 1
Schoenherr, Steven 1
Stanley, William B. 1
Street, Jea P., Sr. 1
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) 1
Taggart, Robert 1
Tahira 1
Tammi, Leo 1
Toccofondi, Primo 1
Turochy, Angela 1
Turochy, Francis 1
Uehling, Katelyn 1
University of Delaware. Associate in Arts Degree Program 1
University of Delaware. Center for Material Culture Studies 1
University of Delaware. Department of Art 1
University of Delaware. Department of History 1
University of Delaware. Foreign Study Section 1
VanDornick, Barbara 1
Vapaa, George K. 1
Villot, Maria 1
Vukelich, Carol 1
Wiggins, Kennard R. 1
Williams, William H. (William Henry), 1936-2007 1
Wolf, Clarice 1
Wolf, Dale E., 1924- 1
Wolkind, George 1
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