Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 22 of 22

Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0650
Abstract This collection contains audiovisual material, publications, photographs, and other material from the Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant publicity office, donated after the closure of the plant in December 2008. Much of the material documents the working life of Chrysler employees in the Newark plant, human resources and employee training, and the processes required to build automobiles at the plant. The collection also documents many of the programs instituted by the United Auto...
Dates: 1986-2008

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

Delaware Miscellany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0598
Abstract

The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1825-1958; Majority of material found within 1920-1958

Mary J. Evans notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0026
Abstract

This small notebook contains brief, sporadic notes taken by Newark, Delaware, resident Mary J. Evans from 1904 to 1906. The entries document monetary transactions, home life, and events in the community over the two-year period.

Dates: 1904 February 8-1906 March 12

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

Friends of the Newark Free Library records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0592
Abstract

The records of the Friends of the Newark Free Library in Newark, Delaware, include correspondence, newsletters, financial records, and other material documenting the organization and activities of the group.

Dates: 1966-2016

Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0275
Abstract

The Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., family papers document the lives of a 20th century family from Newark, Delaware, and contain a wide variety of papers, clippings, and printed material related to the history and development of Newark, civic activities, and University of Delaware alumni activities. The bulk of the papers come from Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., a realtor and one of the first developers of suburban Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1933-1991; Majority of material found within 1950-1980

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

Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0361
Abstract

The Everett C. & Louise Stanton Johnson papers concern the personal affairs of prominent Delaware publisher and politician Everett C. Johnson (1877-1926) and his wife Louise Staton Johnson (1882-1977). In addition, the collection contains material from their Newark publishing house, the Press of Kells, which brought the Arts and Crafts Movement to the community from 1916 to 1918.

Dates: 1835-1988; Majority of material found within 1916-1958

As I remember Main Street and History of the Newark Senior Center

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0033
Abstract

Two typescripts, "As I remember Main Street" and "History of the Newark Senior Center," by Thomas Leonard Lilley on his memories of Main Street, Newark, Delaware, from 1900-1950 and on the history of Newark's Senior Center.

Dates: 1984

George W. and Pauline Murray, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0702
Abstract This collection documents the lives of Newark, Delaware, residents George W. Murray, Jr., and Pauline E. Murray during World War II. The collection is small, yet it gives a glimpse of both military service and the homefront experiences of the young married couple during war. Included are handwritten correspondence exchanged by the married couple while George Murray was stationed at Army Air Force bases on the continental United States and in Europe, illustrating life both at home and abroad...
Dates: 1939-1946

New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0260
Abstract

The New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records document the history, organization, and activities of this women's club, which began in 1893 as a reading club, but quickly developed into an organization dedicated to promoting civic responsibility and social service in the Newark community.

Dates: 1893-2011

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

Newark Publishing Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0879
Abstract Newark Publishing Co. was a Newark, Delaware, printing business established in the mid-20th century and was owned and operated by William H. Durham from circa 1967 to 1981. Newark Publishing Co. records comprises over 3000 job printing files created by the press for largely Newark, Delaware-based businesses between 1963 and 1981. The collection also includes administrative and financial records of the company and its precursor, the Newark Post weekly newspaper,...
Dates: 1936-1981; Majority of material found within 1971-1981

Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0680
Abstract

The Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers comprises 14.3 linear feet of materials, spanning the dates between 1900 and 2011, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, travel brochures, reel-to-reel tapes, magazines, fanzines, and other materials documenting intergenerational American family life in Delaware.

Dates: circa 1900-2011

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

Transcripts of early Newark, Delaware, church records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0347
Abstract This single volume, created through a 1936-1937 National Youth Administration project, supervised by Henry Clay Reed, the noted Delaware historian and University of Delaware professor, contains transcriptions from the record books of five Newark churches: the Village Presbyterian Church; the First Presbyterian Church; the Welsh Tract Baptist Church; the White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church; and the Head of Christiana Church. The records inlcude detailed accounts of minutes from meetings;...
Dates: 1739-1906

Wilson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0303
Abstract

The papers of the Wilson family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newark, Delaware, consist of 1.35 linear feet of material relating to four generations of direct descendents of Edward Wilson, Esq., of Elm’s Farm, near Liverpool, England.

Dates: 1684-1954; Majority of material found within 1830-1897

Wilbur T. Wilson map collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0377
Abstract

Civil engineer, surveyor, and landlord Wilbur T. Wilson (1856-1942) maintained this collection of survey notebooks, files, plans, blueprints, and approximately 500 maps related to land and structures in his home of Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1880-1941

George Wolkind papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0697
Abstract

The George Wolkind papers document the involvement of native Delaware activist George Wolkind (born 1945) in the Newark and Wilmington, Delaware, counterculture and music scenes in the 1960s and 1970s.

Dates: 1966-2011

Filtered By

  • Subject: Newark (Del.)--History--20th century X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Clippings (information artifacts) 7
Photographs 6
Correspondence 5
Ephemera (general) 5
Interviews 5
∨ more
Newark (Del.)--History--19th century 5
Oral History--Delaware--Newark--20th century 5
Oral histories (document genres) 5
African Americans--Education--Delaware--History--20th century 4
Letters (correspondence) 4
Newsletters 4
Printed ephemera 4
Programs (documents) 4
Transcripts 4
African Americans--Delaware--20th century--Interviews 3
Audio cassette 3
Financial records 3
Newark (Del.) 3
Publications (documents) 3
Activists 2
African Americans--Delaware 2
Artifacts (object genre) 2
Automobile industry and trade--Delaware--Newark--History--20th century 2
Awards 2
Black-and-white photographs 2
Certificates 2
Community Life--Delaware--Newark--History--20th century 2
DVD 2
Delaware--History--20th century 2
Delaware--Race relations--History--20th century 2
Education--Newark (Del.)--History--20th century 2
Essays 2
Histories (literature genre) 2
Industrial productivity--United States--History--20th century 2
Labor unions--Delaware--Newark--History--20th century 2
Ledgers (account books) 2
Legal documents 2
Manuscripts (documents) 2
Maps (documents) 2
MiniDV 2
Minutes (administrative records) 2
Newark (Del.)--History--21st century 2
Newark (Del.)--Race relations--History--20th century 2
Notebooks 2
Notes 2
Obituaries 2
Postcards 2
Posters 2
Research notes 2
Scrapbooks 2
Segregation in education--Delaware--History--20th century 2
Segregation--Delaware--Newark--History--20th century 2
Speeches (documents) 2
VHS 2
1/4 inch audio tape 1
Advertisements 1
Advertising--History--20th century 1
Advertising--United States--History--20th century 1
African American Greek letter societies 1
African American churches-History--20th century 1
African American cooking--History--20th century 1
African American fraternal organizations--History--20th century 1
African American schools-History--20th century 1
African Americans--History 1
Anniversaries 1
Architecture--Designs and plans 1
Articles 1
Articles of incorporation 1
Arts and crafts movement--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Authors 1
Automobile factories--Delaware--Newark--History--20th century 1
Biographies (documents) 1
Blacks--Race identity--Latin America 1
Blank forms 1
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
Books 1
Brownprints 1
Business cards 1
Bylaws (administrative records) 1
CD-R 1
Church bulletins 1
Church history--18th century 1
Church history--19th century 1
Church history--20th century 1
Church records 1
Civil rights--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Claymont (Del.)--History--20th century 1
Color photographs 1
Comprehensives 1
Conowingo (Md.)--History--20th century 1
Constitutions 1
Copy (production stage) 1
Counterculture--United States--History--20th century 1
Crime--History 1
DVD+R 1
DVD-RW 1
Deeds 1
Delaware 1
Delaware--History 1
+ ∧ less
 
Language
German 1
Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
 
Names
University of Delaware 7
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 3
Chrysler Corporation. Newark Assembly Plant. 2
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 2
Adams, Marcia 1
∨ more
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Aros, Maita 1
Astarita, Susan Gallagher 1
Aument family 1
Aument, Anna 1
Aument, George M. 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Buchanan, Georgina 1
Burgess, Paul 1
Chilton, John, 1932- 1
Cruz-Currington, Naya 1
Curtis Paper Company 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
Delaware Academy of Science. Iron Hill Museum 1
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Delaware. Division of State Police 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
DuMar Printing Co. 1
Duncan, Hank, 1896-1968 1
Durham, William H., 1905-1981 1
Evans, Mary J., active 1850-1906 1
First Presbyterian Church (Newark, Del.) 1
Friends of School Hill 1
Friends of the Newark Free Library (Newark, Del.) 1
Gallagher, Alice P. 1
Gallagher, Hugh F., Jr. 1
Gallagher, Patricia 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
General Foods Corporation 1
George Wilson Center (Newark, Del.) 1
Graciano, Cristina 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hagley Museum 1
Harlan C. Williams Co. 1
Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church (Newark, Del.) 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Herman, Bernard L., 1951- 1
Horowitz, Roger 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) 1
Johnson, Everett C., 1877-1926 1
Johnson, Louise S., 1882-1977 1
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity 1
Lee, Laura 1
Lewis, William Ditto 1
Lilley, Thomas Leonard 1
Long, David J. 1
Lopez, Nancy 1
Lopez, Samanta 1
Luna, Lalena 1
Messick, Charles P. 1
Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968 1
Minuteman Press (Newark, Del.) 1
Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948 1
Morris, Hugh M. 1
Murray, George W., 1920-2010 1
Murray, Pauline E., 1919-1997 1
NVF Company 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
New Century Club of Newark, Delaware 1
Newark Country Club (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark Free Library (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark High School (Del.) 1
Newark Publishing Co. (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark Senior Center (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark United Methodist Church (Newark, Del.) 1
No, Kum-Sok 1
Nobility Silver Company 1
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 1
Owens family 1
Owens, Anna Hayes 1
Owens, Frank E. (Frank Erskine), 1918-2012 1
Owens, Jonathan Andrew 1
Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982 1
Perkins, Roberta 1
Pitts, Chandra 1
Porter Motor Co. (Newark, Del.) 1
Powell, Rudy, 1907-1976 1
Press of Kells 1
Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902 1
Quintana, Alvina E., 1947- 1
Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927 1
Roycroft Shop 1
Santana-Wynn, Jari 1
Shamrock Printing Co. 1
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.) 1
Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 1
Uehling, Katelyn 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. National Youth Administration 1
+ ∧ less