Digital Collections Highlights
Sep
20
The Civil War Experience for an Affluent Family: The Lewis Family Papers
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
Aug
23
Rehoboth Through the Years: A Retrospective with Postcards
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
Jul
26
Cultural Education in Review: 100 Years of Study Abroad
By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department When it comes to providing students with hands-on cultural experiences, the University of Delaware is a pioneer. The University has the oldest – and first – study abroad program of its ...Read More
Jun
21
Wilmington City Directories: A Showcase of Services, Businesses and Life in Pre-Phone Book Wilmington
By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation The Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department is currently in the process of digitizing volumes of the Wilmington City Directory, an annual publication from the 1800s through the mid-1900s that is best described ...Read More
May
17
Commencements of Yesteryear: Insights from Old Issues of the Newark Post
By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department Much like the University of Delaware, Commencement exercises have changed throughout the years. Using local primary sources, like past issues of the Newark Post and other digital newspapers, which are now ...Read More
Apr
19
Celebrating Newark’s Founding and Development
By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department Newark officially became a recognized city on April 13, 1758 – then known as “New Ark” – when it was chartered by King George II. Originally located at a crossroads of ...Read More
Mar
22
Garden Spots: Photography of the Natural World
By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department March is the month of green. People don the color for St. Patrick’s Day, and as the first day of spring approaches, grass in the area begins to change from dormant ...Read More
Feb
22
From, Alice: The Annals of African American Activist and Artist Alice Dunbar-Nelson
By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department Alice Dunbar-Nelson – born Alice Ruth Moore in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1875 – was an advocate for Black rights, women’s rights and Black women throughout her lifetime. The daughter of ...Read More
Jan
12
Reviewing the Voices of 1968: Anger and Apathy After Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination
The 1960s is noted as a revolutionary time in American history. In addition to the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War and a push for greater gender equality, the decade saw the assassination of three prominent leaders: President John F. ...Read More
Dec
7
Delaware Day: Remembering John Dickinson
By David Cardillo, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department In September 1787, five delegates from Delaware attended the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution—Richard Bassett, Gunning Bedford Jr., Jacob Broom, John Dickinson and George Read. Then sent to the states, ...Read More