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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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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

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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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

New London Road/Cleveland Avenue oral histories and research materials

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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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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African American Greek letter societies 1
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African American cooking--History--20th century 1
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African American schools-History--20th century 1
Art, American--Delaware--20th century 1
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
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Fierro, Francis J. 1
Friends of School Hill 1
George Wilson Center (Newark, Del.) 1
Herman, Bernard L., 1951- 1
Horowitz, Roger 1
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 1
Lazarus, Myron 1
Munroe, John A. (John Andrew), 1914-2006 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Newark Delaware Branch 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Richards, Robert H., Jr. 1
Schoenherr, Steven 1
Turochy, Angela 1
Turochy, Francis 1
Uehling, Katelyn 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
Vapaa, George K. 1
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