Library, Museums and Press News

By Rebecca Johnson Melvin In the early 20th century, 150 families lived in “Little Ukraine,” an immigrant community in Wilmington that was anchored by two Ukrainian churches* and an active National Ukrainian Association on Heald Street in Southbridge. Ten of ...Read More

Article by Allison Ebner | Photos courtesy of Margaret O’Neil This is the second in a series of articles highlighting the winners of the third annual Seth Trotter Book Collecting Contest, sponsored by the Friends of the University of Delaware ...Read More

Mobile app and kiosk allow for faster, easier checkout service Contactless self-checkout options are now available in Morris Library, the Physics Library in Sharp Lab and the Chemistry Library in Brown Lab, making it faster and easier to borrow books. ...Read More

Every woman has a unique story to share. Throughout the Library, Museums and Press, you’ll find the voices, experiences and achievements of women celebrated in books, artworks and movies. In Special Collections, you’ll also find the extraordinary stories of women ...Read More

Newly acquired African American primary source materials highlight untold, overlooked histories Article by Allison Ebner | Illustration by Jaynell Keely This article also appeared in UDaily.   Newspapers, photographs, postcards, maps and other primary sources offer firsthand testimonies of the ...Read More

Updated January 10 Various locations within the UD Library, Museums and Press reopened Monday, January 10, for the remainder of Winter Session. Morris Library is open to students, faculty, staff and the greater UD community Monday through Thursday from 8 ...Read More

By John Caldwell, Special Collections The University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press’ Special Collections Department has just completed an 18-month grant-funded digitization project to make approximately 550 unique audio recordings from four political collections available to students and researchers ...Read More

By Theresa Hessey, Digital Initiatives and Preservation Department The papers of Wilmington author Alice Dunbar-Nelson have been popular among researchers for many years. In response, staff at the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press has digitized the collection and ...Read More

Article by Allison Ebner This is the first in a series of articles highlighting the winners of the third annual Seth Trotter Book Collecting Contest, sponsored by the Friends of the University of Delaware Library.   Her parents said it ...Read More