A View from the Vault – Special Collections & Museums

April 27, 2022 • Kit Fluker

Special Collections librarians welcome opportunities to collaborate with faculty and promote the use of our primary sources. Requests for instruction or faculty recommendations for new acquisitions can be sent to Special Collections: https://library.udel.edu/special/contact-us/askspec/ Collections Committee Special Collections and Museums April ... More

New Resources In Mark Samuels Lasner Collection: A Selected List, March 2022

April 27, 2022 • Kit Fluker

New Resources In Museums, 2021-March 2022: A Selected List

April 27, 2022 • Kit Fluker

For more information about recent acquisitions in Museums please reach out to Museums staff using the Ask Museums webform. Elbaite (Tourmaline group), Cruzeiro mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 8 1/2 inches. Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes), (Spanish, 1746–1828) ... More

New Resources in Museums 2021: A Selected List, October 2021

November 5, 2021 • Dustin Frohlich

Acquisitions in Museums are recorded here in PowerPoint documents that can be downloaded. They are organized by year and include selected images. For more information about recent acquisitions in Museums please reach out to Museums staff using the Ask Museums ... More

New Resources in Special Collections 2021: A Selected List, October 2021

November 5, 2021 • Dustin Frohlich

Special Collections librarians welcome instruction and outreach opportunities to promote these primary sources with faculty. Requests for instruction or Faculty recommendations for new acquisitions are always welcome. Please contact: https://library.udel.edu/special/contact-us/askspec/ Collections Committee Special Collections and Museums October 2021 Sections: African ... More

New Resources in Mark Samuels Lasner Collection 2021: A Selected List, October 2021

November 5, 2021 • Dustin Frohlich

New Resources in Museums 2020: A Selected List, January 2021

February 17, 2021 • Dustin Frohlich

Acquisitions in Museums are recorded here in PowerPoint documents that can be downloaded. They are organized by year and include selected images. Among the 2020 acquisitions in the Museums are a significant number of photographs, an important group of prints ... More

New Resources in Special Collections 2020: A Selected List, January 2021

February 12, 2021 • Dustin Frohlich

Acquisition of resources in Special Collections and Museums supports the educational programs of the University through broad collecting areas in the fine, decorative, and applied arts; English, Irish, and American literature; history and Delawareana, with a concentration in the greater ... More

New Acquisitions, January 2020

January 14, 2020 • Dustin Frohlich

The Special Collections and Museums Collections Committee was formed in July 2019. Its members are librarians who acquire materials for Special Collections, the chief curator of the Museums, the curator of the Mineralogical Museum, the director of Special Collections and ... More

Five Women Artists: Phoebe Beasley

March 28, 2018 • Alexander Clark Johnston

Phoebe Beasley, renowned for her work in collage, is the fifth artist in our blog series. Maya Angelou was a close friend and mentor to Beasley. In 1998, they completed a collaborative project by publishing a limited-edition book. Angelou chose ... More