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Robert H. Richards, Jr., Delaware oral history collection, 1955-1981, 2012, 2020 (inclusive) 1966-1978 (bulk)

Extent:
4 linear foot and 1 oversize removal
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.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Kay Boyle papers relating to the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia, 1960-1979 (inclusive) 1966-1979 (bulk)

Extent:
1 linear foot (1 box) and 1 1/4 inch audio tape
Abstract:
Kay Boyle, born in 1902, is best known for her work and accomplishments as a poet, short story writer, novelist, journalist, teacher, and political activist. One of the prominent American expatriates during the 1920s and 1930s, much of Kay Boyle's work reflects the influences of that literary circle. The Kay Boyle papers relating to the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia, spanning from 1960-1979, consists of diaries, correspondence, books, periodicals, news clippings, reports, speeches, audio recording tapes, a photograph, and poems, documenting controversial aspects of the ground war in Vietnam and its possible expansion into Cambodia through the recorded thoughts and actions of Kay Boyle and the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia. Additional items capture the evolution of political Cambodia well into the 1970s through various publications and articles.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Neala Schleuning - Meridel Le Sueur collection, 1930-2004 (inclusive)

Extent:
2.3 linear foot, 43 audio cassette, 10 1/4 inch audio tape, and 2 vhs tape
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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.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Archaeological Society of Delaware records, 1933-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.3 linear foot (7 boxes) and 1 oversize box
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This collection contains the administrative and organizational records for the incorporated educational group, the Archaeological Society of Delaware. The materials span the length of the organization's existence from 1933 to the present.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers, 1911-2009 (inclusive) 1950-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
32.75 linear foot (50 boxes)
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 organizations. The collection also highlights the career of Jane Mitchell, one of Delaware's first African-American nurses and former director of nursing at the Delaware State Hospital. There are also photographs, slides, and other media documenting the Mitchells' family life as well as their participation in local and national events. The collection also contains a significant amount of the many awards and citations received by Littleton and Jane Mitchell for their achievements. As a whole, the papers...(see more)

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers, circa 1900-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
14.3 linear foot (16 boxes), 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize removal
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.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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Delaware Folklore Society audio recordings, 1950-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
8 1/4 inch audio tape
Abstract:
These audiotape recordings by members of the Delaware Folklore society feature folk tales, narratives, songs, sermons, and discussions of folklore. The recordings provide a glimpse into the work of an organization dedicated to preserving and studying the folk heritage of Delaware.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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University of Delaware audio recordings of poetry readings, circa 1953-1964 (inclusive)

Extent:
39 1/4 inch audio tape
Abstract:
This collection features audiotape recordings of poetry readings and performances by American poets and University of Delaware professors. The collection contains poetry readings dating from 1953 to 1960 by Robert Hillyer, an influential poet and professor at the University of Delaware. There are also recordings of poetry readings, some broadcast by Delaware radio stations, by Wilbur Owen Sypherd, professor and administrator at the University of Delaware. The collection also features a reading by English actor Claude Rains and readings at the University of Delaware by American poets Robert Lowell and Robert Frost.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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