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Personal accounts and miscellaneous notes, 1897-1899 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (48 pages)
Abstract:: This booklet contains miscellaneous, handwritten notes kept by Delaware College professor Elisha Conover, for the period 1897-1899. The notes consist of lists of expenditures by month during the two-year time period and undated entries on various subjects, such as etiquette and literature.

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

George Herbert Ryden correspondence, 1927-1941 (inclusive) 1936-1939 (bulk)

Extent:: 1 linear foot (3 boxes)
Abstract:: George Herbert Ryden (1884-1941), a history professor at the University of Delaware and Delaware State Archivist, was born in Kansas City, Missouri. The George Herbert Ryden collection consists of correspondence files from 1927 to 1941, with the bulk of the letters from 1936 to 1939. It includes carbon copies and some originals of Ryden's outgoing letters as well as letters he received in the conduct of his affairs. However, at least a third to a half of the collection are carbons of others’ correspondence copied to Ryden because of his positions with the AAUP or Swedish-American Historical Foundation and Museum.

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

Charles Johnson papers, 1973-1976 (inclusive)

Extent:: .3 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: The Charles Johnson papers consist of the letters and manuscripts written by American novelist and teacher Charles Johnson and sent to his former professor John Gardner. The seven manuscripts are drafts and outlines towards Johnson's publications,The Devil and Jubilee Tuthill,Oxherding Tale, andFaith and the Good Thing.

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

Henry Clay Reed papers, 1833-1979 (inclusive) 1915-1972 (bulk)

Extent:: 7 linear foot (14 boxes) and 2 oversize box
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.

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

Richard McCann papers, 1920s-2008 (inclusive) 1978-2005 (bulk)

Extent:: 13.2 linear foot (16 boxes)
Abstract:: The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia also included in the collection.

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

University of Delaware Women's Studies oral history collection, 2011-2014 (inclusive)

Extent:: 31.6 gigabyte (25 interviews in mp4 format) and 1.2 megabyte (25 tape logs in pdf format)
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 collection also features interviews with students from the 2012 graduating class of Women's Studies who were in Professor Laberge's Spring 2012 semester Senior Capstone class and additional interviews conducted by Professor Laberge in 2014. Each interview is accompanied by a tape log, which summarizes the topics discussed by the participants.

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

Ben Yagoda papers, 1975-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 17.2 linear foot (21 boxes), 1 oversize box, and 38 audio cassette
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.

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

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]

Robert L. Hampel University of Delaware College of Education oral history collection, 2014-2015 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.66 linear foot (2 boxes)
Abstract:: The Robert L. Hampel University of Delaware College of Education oral history collection holds the transcripts of eighteen interviews with fourteen faculty, staff, and administrators in the University of Delaware’s College of Education in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Five of the interviews offer the recollections of Frank B. Murray, who joined the College in 1969 and served as Dean from 1979 to 1995. Several transcripts include attachments written by the respondents.

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

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