News – University of Delaware Library, Museums & Press

Aug

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

A color postcard showing paved roads and parked cars on Rehoboth Avenue

Aug

A View from the Vault: Schloss’s English Bijou Almanac for 1840

By Petra Clark, Special Collections “A View from the Vault” showcases some of the unique, notable or rare items that are a part of the Special Collections and Museums holdings at the University of Delaware. Each month, we highlight a ...Read More

A close-up of fingers holding an especially tiny book.

Aug

Seeking Poet-in-Residence with Passion for Art, Activism and Social Change

The UD Library, Museums and Press is actively recruiting a poet and advocate for social change to serve as poet-in-residence on the Poetry as Activism Project. The poet-in-residence will draw inspiration from our collections to create new, original work and ...Read More

Illustration of a closed fist, holding a pen. Individual letters are floating from the pen.

Jul

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

An old issue of the student newspaper The Review, which is overlaid with a photograph of the first students to participate in the Study Abroad program.

Jul

A View from the Vault: Betty Boyd’s Watercolors

By Ashley Rye-Kopec, Museums “A View from the Vault” is a new series that showcases some of the unique, notable or rare items that are a part of the Special Collections and Museums holdings at the University of Delaware. Each ...Read More

A watercolor painting of a lake landscape and another watercolor painting of people fishing at a lake.

Jun

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

Directory pages from the 1862-1863 Wilmington City Directory that show advertisements and the title page.

Jun

12 Travelogues and Memoirs to Inspire Your Next Vacation Destination

Article by Allison Ebner Travel can be transformative. Think of your last road trip or getaway and what you learned about yourself and the world around you. Travelogues and travel memoirs, like Eat, Pray, Love, encapsulate the sights, sounds, ...Read More

Jun

University Honors Bibliophile Mark Samuels Lasner for Historic Gift

Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow in Special Collections at the Library, Museums and Press, was awarded the University of Delaware’s Medal of Distinction on May 16, 2023, at the University’s Board of Trustees meeting for donating his $10 million ...Read More

An individual sitting in a chair in front of several shelves of enclosed bookcases. The individual is wearing a medal around their neck.

Jun

A View from the Vault: Ebony Magazine Special Edition, 100th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, September 1963

By Arline Wilson, Special Collections “A View from the Vault” showcases some of the unique, notable or rare items that are a part of the Special Collections and Museums holdings at the University of Delaware. Each month, we highlight a ...Read More

A magazine cover showing Frederick Douglass and a magazine article titled "100 Years of Negro Entertainment"

Jun

Library Launches New Search Functionality

On June 13, 2023, the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press moved its catalog, DELCAT, to a new cloud-based services platform, providing students, faculty and researchers with an enhanced, user-friendly discovery experience with simplified searching. The new platform is ...Read More