Subject: Oral History--Delaware--20th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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]

Extent:: 11.6 linear foot (13 boxes)
Abstract:: The William H. Williams Papers, spanning the dates 1907-2006, comprise 11.6 linear feet of manuscripts, academic papers, correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, and academic research relating to the areas of study and publications of Williams, a prominent Delaware historian based in Sussex County, Delaware. The collection is divided into six series, with series III. through VI. corresponding to major subject areas studied by Williams.

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

Extent:: 15 minidv cassette and 9 dvd
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.

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

Extent:: .3 linear foot (1 box ) and 2 videocassettes (vhs)
Abstract:: Virginia Tryon Smilack is the daughter of the late Dr. Sager Tryon, former Vice President of the Claymont, Delaware School Board. During his tenure, the school board was the first in the state to desegregate a public school in 1952, two years before the 1954 Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education. These cases were part of a total of five lawsuits that were part of Brown v. Board, and were used as an example that integration could work in school systems. The Virginia Tryon Smilack collection relating to the desegregation of Claymont, DE documents the background and commemoration of events before, during, and after the desegregation of Claymont High School.

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]

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