A View from the Vault

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May
8

A View from the Vault: Isa Smiler’s Couple Fishing

By Yuqiao Cao, Museums and Student Success and Curriculum Partnerships “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. ...Read More
An illustration of a man and woman going ice fishing through an ice hole.
Apr
10

A View from the Vault: The Floating Bear Newsletter

By Jeannette Schollaert, Digital Initiatives and Preservation “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 ...Read More
The front page of an issue of The Floating Bear newsletter. The background is text from another issue overlaid on artwork from a separate issue.
Mar
6

A View from the Vault: Euphemia Walker Glover’s Kites Sculpture

By Jan Gardner Broske and Amanda Zehnder, Museums “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, ...Read More
A bronze sculpture of a girl flying a group of kites
Feb
7

A View from the Vault: The Afro-American Press and Its Editors

By Britney Henry, Special Collections Graduate Assistant “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 ...Read More
The book The Afro-American Press and Its Editors standing upright
Jan
10

A View from the Vault: Frederick Albert Slocombe’s Winter Fuel

By Ashley Rye-Kopec, Museums “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 different ...Read More
Detail of Frederick Albert Slocombe's etching "Winter Fuel." It depicts a man chopping firewood with a dog nearby.
Dec
6

A View from the Vault: Manuscript Poetry Notebook of John Wieners

By Aaron Bisson, graduate assistant for the Poetry as Activism Project “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 ...Read More
The front cover of a notebook alongside a look at the handwritten notes inside
Nov
8

A View from the Vault: Jacques Hnizdovsky’s Linocut ‘Turkey’

By Jan Gardner Broske, Museums “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 linocut of a turkey
Oct
11

View from the Vault: Civil War Ghosts at Fort Delaware

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
Photos from the book Civil War Ghosts at Fort Delaware
Sep
13

View from the Vault: Malachite from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By Sharon Fitzgerald, 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 vivid green mineral
Aug
9

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.