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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
Henry Clay Reed papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0499
Abstract
Henry Clay Reed, 1899-1972, was a renound Delaware historian and history professor at the University of Delaware for forty years, researching, teaching, writing, and editing numerous articles and books.
The Henry Clay Reed papers, spanning the dates from 1915-1974, contains legal documents, photographs, microfilm, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, publications, and ephemera from the historian and University of Delaware professor.
Dates:
1833-1979; Majority of material found within 1915-1972
Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno papers related to Paul Bowles
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0165
Abstract
The Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno papers related to Paul Bowles consist of research material gathered by the writer and educator Sawyer-Lauçanno for his biography of American composer and writer Paul Bowles, titled An Invisible Spectator.
Dates:
1946-1989; Majority of material found within 1985-1989