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

Start Over Subject Segregation--Delaware--Newark--History--20th century

Extent:: 6 linear foot
Abstract:: The collection consists of reports, articles, and other papers related to desegregation which were collected as resource files by Abigail Covelli. Delaware started a desegregation project in the public school system in the mid 1970s, and the bulk of the collection relates to this project.

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

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:: 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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