Place: Newark (Del.)--Race relations--History--20th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Place Newark (Del.)--Race relations--History--20th century

Extent:: 0.3 linear foot (1 box) and 23 audio cassette (1 box)
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 selected interviews created by students as well as research data, recipes, and galley proofs for the book "Food Always Brings People Together: recipes, poems, and stories from the New London Road community, Newark, Delaware," written by the University of Delaware Center for Material Culture Studies, under the direction of Professor Herman.

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

Extent:: 13.7 gigabyte (10 interviews (mp4) 3 interviews (wav) 1 interview (mp3)) and 1.61 megabyte (11 time logs (pdf) 3 transcripts (pdf))
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 assassination, the National Guard occupation of Wilmington, and political and social actions related to civil rights, the 1968 presidential campaign, resistance to America's involvement in Vietnam, and other aspects of life in Delaware.

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

Extent:: 2.68 gigabyte (25 interviews, available in 27 mp3 files) and 2.41 megabyte (25 interview indexes, available as pdf files)
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 semester of 2021. Students conducted 25 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 framed by Delaware's troubled experience with de jure and de facto racial discrimination, as interviewees reflect on their experiences living in Newark and/or attending the University of Delaware in the 1950s-1980s.

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

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