University of Delaware Library collection of websites relating to the Library’s literary collections

Summary

Creator: University of Delaware. Library. Special Collections
Date(s): 2016-2017
Call Number: MSS 0799
Language: Materials entirely in English.
Abstract: This collection documents websites and social media related to authors, playwrights, and other literary figures and organizations which complement and enrich existing literary collections held in Special Collections. This collection includes sites related to University of Delaware Library holdings in American literature; Irish literature; and theatre.
Physical Description: 23 web sites
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Content harvested via Archive-It, 2016-2017.
Processing Information: Processing and encoding by John Caldwell, 2017. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Alternative Format: The complete web archive is available at https://www.archive-it.org/collections/6859

Scope and Contents

This collection was begun in 2016 in an attempt to documents websites and social media related to authors, playwrights, and other literary figures and organizations which complement and enrich existing literary collections held in Special Collections. The websites crawled are a curated sample, representative of the collecting policies at the University of Delaware Library to document American literature, Irish literature, and English-language theatre. Sites will continue to be added to the collection in the future. The complete web archive is available at https://www.archive-it.org/collections/6859.

The collection consists of twenty-three websites, organized into three series:

The first series, American literature, include websites and social media sites for various American authors, poets, dramatists, journalists and literary publications.

The second series, Irish literature, include websites for various Irish authors, poets, dramatists and literary publications. The third series, Theater, includes websites and social media sites for playwrights, screenwriters and local theaters.

Using these materials

Access Information

The collection is open for research. New websites added to this collection are closed for six months before content is made available for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 0799, University of Delaware Library collection of websites relating to the Library’s literary collections, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

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Conditions Governing Use

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce isrequired from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

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