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Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0670
Abstract

The Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers is a combination of correspondence and personal papers originated by American author and actor James Leo Herlihy and literary papers belonging to Herlihy’s long-time friend and literary executor, American author Jeffrey Bailey.

Dates: 1942-2006; Majority of material found within dates 1953-1993

Dermot Bolger discussion with Tim Murray and Rebecca Johnson Melvin

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0700
Abstract

A discussion with Dermot Bolger by Tim Murray and Rebecca Johnson Melvin.

Dates: 1994 June 17

Paul Boytinck - C.P. Snow collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0544
Abstract

The Paul Boytinck - C.P. Snow collection is a research collection consisting of material used by bibliographer Paul Boytinck for the publication of his book C.P. Snow: A Reference Guide (1980). The collection consists of 1.3 linear feet of articles, book reviews, interviews, manuscripts, correspondence, and a videotape related to English novelist C.P. Snow spanning the dates between 1932 and 1989.

Dates: 1932-1989

Fleda Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0800
Abstract

Fleda Brown (born 1944) is an American poet, scholar, and educator, and was poet laureate for the state of Delaware from 2001-2007. The Fleda Brown papers, spanning circa 1950-2014 (bulk 1963-2014), comprise early works, poem drafts and notes, journals, correspondence, and materials related to Brown’s professional life as a poet and professor of English at the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1950-2014; Majority of material found within 1963-2014

M. Clark Chambers Kay Boyle collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0623
Abstract The M. Clark Chambers Kay Boyle collection consists of materials collected by Chambers during the fifteen year process of compiling and researching his bibliography of her work. It consists of books and periodicals containing works by Boyle, reviews of her work, interviews, and other material. A great deal of the material is in the form of photocopies. There is also a small group material pertaining to the research and composition of the bibliography as well as a small group original Boyle...
Dates: 1921-2002

Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0643
Abstract

This collection consists of digital audio interviews with twelve former employees of the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Newark, Delaware. These interviews were conducted by University of Delaware students in HIST 667: Oral History, taught by Professor Roger Horowitz, in the Spring semester of 2011.

Dates: 2011

Delaware Afro-Latina oral histories collection

 Collection
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

Edward Field papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0363
Abstract

The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

Dates: 1943-1994

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

A conversation with Alastair Johnston : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0768
Abstract

A typescript (photocopy) of A Conversation with Alastair Johnston, an interview conducted by Robert Grenier, on February 12, 1987. The first page is inscribed and initialed by Grenier.

Dates: 1987 February 12

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

 Collection
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

Irene Herrmann Paul Bowles music collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0487
Abstract

The Irene Herrmann Paul Bowles Music Collection spans the dates 1935–2002, and consists of music manuscripts, published sheet music, and sound recordings related to the American composer and writer Paul Bowles, as collected by the executor of his musical estate, Irene Herrmann.

Dates: 1935-2002

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

Richard Hoffman David Mamet collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0496
Abstract

A collection of materials related to American playwright and screenwriter David Mamet, assembled by theater collector and book dealer Richard Hoffman.

Dates: 1975-2002

Holocaust Testimonies Project interviews

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0986
Abstract

This collection consists of 24 videotaped interviews of Delaware residents who were Holocaust survivors, witnesses, or liberators. The interviews were conducted between 1989 and 1995 as part of a project coordinated by the Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Committee of the Jewish Federation of Delaware, in association with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.

Dates: 1989-1995

Frederick Lauter interview with Senator John J. Williams

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0131
Abstract Two audio cassette recordings of interviews with U.S. Senator John J. Williams (R-Delaware) on August 23, 1983, and September 13, 1983, conducted by Frederick Lauter, former University of Delaware graduate student and former chair of the Department of History and Political Science at Delaware State University. Discussion topics include Senator William's relationship with the press and his involvement investigating the Bureau of Internal Revenue, former name of the Internal Revenue Service,...
Dates: 1983 August 23-September 13

Bernard McKenna Richard Blanco papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0669
Abstract

The Bernard McKenna Richard Blanco papers comprises .3 linear feet of typescripts, printed emails, programs, notes, and photographs pertaining to the literary output of Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco (born 1968). The collection was compiled by University of Delaware English professor Bernard McKenna in the course of his longtime friendship with Blanco.

Dates: 2000-circa 2011; Majority of material found within 2002-2005

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

Peter Owen publishing records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0571
Abstract

Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Dates: 1951-1995

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

 Collection
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

William Satterfield collection of Delaware political radio commercials and interviews

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0877
Abstract

William Satterfield, a native of Dover, Delaware, served as a news reporter and news director of WKEN (AM 1600) between 1975 and 1984. The William Satterfield collection of Delaware political radio commercials and interviews contains approximately 485 unique recordings, documenting the political discourse of the First State in the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 1970-1986; Majority of material found within 1972, 1980-1984

Neala Schleuning - Meridel Le Sueur collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0488
Abstract

This collection contains material from Neala Schleuning's research and archival collection, most of which was used toward her 1978 dissertation and subsequent book on the American writer Meridel Le Sueur.

Dates: 1930-2004

University of Delaware Women's Studies oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0664
Abstract This collection consists of oral history interviews with faculty from the University of Delaware Department of Women and Gender Studies, conducted as part of the 2011 "Women at the Center" project. The interviews, mainly conducted by Professor Marie Laberge of the Women and Gender Studies Department, discuss various topics relating to the creation and development of the Women's Studies program at the University of Delaware as well as the personal experiences of each interviewee. The...
Dates: 2011-2014

Voices of 1968 oral history collection

 Collection
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

Ben Yagoda papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0672
Abstract

American author, editor, critic and blogger Ben Yagoda (born 1954) retired from teaching journalism and writing at the University of Delaware in 2016. The collection includes research material, drafts and notes, and interviews toward Yagoda's various articles and book-length projects.

Dates: 1975-2015

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Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968 1
Bannowsky, Phillip 1
Bennett, Lewis 1
Bernard, Oliver 1
Betancourt, Carlos, 1966- 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) 1
Blanco, Richard, 1968- 1
Blondell, Joan 1
Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
Bolger, Dermot, 1959- 1
Bongé, Lyle 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Boylan, Anne M., 1947- 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Boytinck, Paul W. 1
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Buchanan, Georgina 1
Button, Rebecca 1
Carey, Claire LaMar 1
Carey, Harmon R. 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Carter, Mae R. 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Chambers, M. Clark 1
Cherrin, Suzanne 1
Chrysler Corporation. Newark Assembly Plant. 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Codor, Dick 1
Conway-Turner, Kate 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cruz-Currington, Naya 1
Cumming, Anne 1
Dean, Nora Thompson 1
DelFattore, Joan, 1946- 1
Delaware National Guard 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Derrick, Neil 1
Dietrich, Marlene 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. 1
Durrell, Lawrence 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Field, Edward, 1924- 1
Fierro, Francis J. 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
Friends of School Hill 1
Gaplerin, Richard 1
Gates, Barbara T., 1936- 1
George Wilson Center (Newark, Del.) 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Graciano, Cristina 1
Grenier, Robert 1
Gryta, Caroline Nobile 1
Halegua, Lillian 1
Halina Wind Preston Holocaust Education Committee. Jewish Federation of Delaware 1
Hampel, Robert L. 1
Harding, Sandra G. 1
Hargreaves, Gloria 1
Haylock, John 1
Herbert, David 1
Herlihy, James Leo 1
Herman, Bernard L., 1951- 1
Herrmann, Irene 1
Heston, Charlton 1
Hiebert, James 1
Hoffman, Richard Lee 1
Home, Stewart, 1962- 1
Horowitz, Roger 1
Howaniec, Patsy 1
Hull, Gloria T. 1
Inoue, Yasushi, 1907-1991 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- 1
Johns, David 1
Johnston, Alastair, 1950- 1
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 1
Kelly, Barbara J. 1
Kihlman, Christer, 1930- 1
Kirkwood, James, 1924-1989 1
Laberge, Marie 1
Lambert, Gavin 1
Lauter, Fred 1
Lazarus, Myron 1
Le Sueur, Meridel 1
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