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Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0597
Abstract

The records of the Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences include correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, financial files, newsletters and other material which document the functions and activities of this statewide professional organization.

Dates: 1923-2011

Desegregation of Delaware collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0104
Abstract

The collection consists of reports, articles, and other papers related to desegregation which were collected as resource files by Abigail Covelli. Delaware started a desegregation project in the public school system in the mid 1970s, and the bulk of the collection relates to this project.

Dates: 1960-1982; Majority of material found within 1974-1976

Friends of School Hill oral histories and images

 Collection
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

Clarice U. Heckert papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0841
Abstract

Clarice U. Heckert (1911-2005), a Republican and community activist, served as representative to the Delaware General Assembly in the 11th (1965-1968) and the 9th districts (1969-1974), in the Wilmington area, between 1964 and 1974.The Clarice U. Heckert papers document the decade-long political career of a northern Delaware woman in the Delaware General Assembly during the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1960-1984; Majority of material found within 1966-1972

Margaret Rose Henry speeches

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0336
Abstract

The Honorable Margaret Rose Henry was elected in 1994 as the Delaware State Senator for the 2nd Senatorial District (Wilmington East). The Margaret Rose Henry Speeches comprise eighteen short political addresses delivered between 1994 and 1995 by the Delaware Senator to various constituent groups, primarily in Wilmington.

Dates: 1994-1995

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

Iron Hill Museum oral history recordings and transcripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0587
Abstract

The Iron Hill Museum oral history collection consists of 37 interviews (recorded on 59 audio cassettes) documenting the history of the Iron Hill School #112C, which was one of the African American schools built in Delaware with funds provided by Pierre S. du Pont. Additional interviews in this collection document life in the Iron Hill community and nearby Pleasant Valley, as well as education provided in a few other Delaware schools in Hockessin, Milton, and Claymont.

Dates: 2003-2010

Edith Gerselda Lynch autograph book

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0172
Abstract

This item is a 1935 autograph book that belonged to Edith Gerselda Lynch, a student in the class of 1937 at Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware. The book contains signatures and messages from Lynch's friends, acquaintances, and family, including a signature from Howard High School teacher and librarian Pauline A. Young. The pages provide a glimpse of student life at a Delaware-based African American high school prior to desegregation.

Dates: 1935

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

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

Virginia Tryon Smilack collection relating to the desegregation of Claymont, DE

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0855
Abstract Virginia Tryon Smilack is the daughter of the late Dr. Sager Tryon, former Vice President of the Claymont, Delaware School Board. During his tenure, the school board was the first in the state to desegregate a public school in 1952, two years before the 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education. These cases were part of a total of five lawsuits that were part of Brown v. Board, and were used as an example that integration...
Dates: 1995-2004

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Covelli, Abigail 1
Delaware Academy of Science. Iron Hill Museum 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
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Delaware Home Economics Association 1
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Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association--Archives 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Friends of School Hill 1
George Wilson Center (Newark, Del.) 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Heckert, Clarice U. 1
Henry, Margaret Rose 1
Herman, Bernard L., 1951- 1
Horowitz, Roger 1
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 1
Lee, Laura 1
Lynch, Edith Gerselda 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Newark Delaware Branch 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Perkins, Roberta 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
Redding, Louis L. 1
Seitz, Collins J. 1
Smilack, Virginia Tryon 1
Tryon, Evelyn 1
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 1
Uehling, Katelyn 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Army. Air Corps 1
University of Delaware. Center for Material Culture Studies 1
University of Delaware. Department of Art 1
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1
Young, H. Albert 1
Young, Pauline A., 1900-1991 1
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