Digital Collections Highlights

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   Art historian W. Barksdale Maynard recently submitted a collection of photographs to the Library, Museums and Press that relates to architectural history, or the study of the trends, aesthetics, technology and importance ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   As the state of Delaware was once rather agrarian—and the southern portion still is—it may come as no surprise that the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press has a rather healthy ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   The road to women’s suffrage was not an easy one. As women fought for the right to vote and to actively participate in American politics and democracy, they were also working toward ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   Thanks to a generous endowment from the Friends of the UD Library, a curated selection of materials from the Leon De Valinger Papers in our Special Collections was recently digitized and made ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   Did you know Newark and the University of Delaware were the training locations for several Olympic-level figure skaters from the mid-1990s to roughly 2010? Take a look at the athletes below and ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   Longwood Gardens, a part of the Pierre S. DuPont estate, has long been known for its botanical aesthetic. Walking paths wind through indoor and outdoor gardens, complemented by fountains and light displays. ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   The Delaware Ephemera Collection Related to Politics, Policy and Government is an incredibly valuable digital collection available through the UD Library, Museums and Press. A robust collection of fliers, postcards, posters and ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   Thanks to Dancing With the Stars, when one hears the term “ballroom dance,” they usually conjure images of the waltz or tango along with movies like Dirty Dancing and Shall We Dance? ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   Special Collections houses the Lewis Family Papers, which include materials from multiple generations of the prominent Newark family that span from 1696 to 1915. Members of the family were farmers and landholders, ...Read More

By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation   Many of the digital collections from the UD Library, Museums and Press can take us to the past almost as effectively as Doc Brown’s DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future. ...Read More