A View from the Vault

On I Heart UD Giving Day—Wednesday, May 14, 2025, the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press invites Blue Hens everywhere to rally behind a visionary initiative: Building a New Home for Special Collections.  Special Collections is one of UD’s ...Read More

by Petra Clark, Special Collections   Late spring brings with it the end of the school year and, for high school and college seniors, graduation. This rite of passage is celebrated with commencement ceremonies and graduation parties, and is commemorated ...Read More

by Victoria S. Kenyon, doctoral candidate in art history, graduate research assistant, University Museums   An anthropomorphic figure rests in a barren garden landscape. It is clearly not living, but a red heart sits within the hollow, cage-like chest. The ...Read More

by John Caldwell, Political and Public Policy Papers Archivist   “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime … shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” With these words, the Thirteenth ...Read More

by Amanda Zehnder, Chief Curator and Head, Museums   As winter settles in, bringing with it the chill of biting winds and swirling snowflakes, few images capture the season’s stark beauty and harsh realities like L’Hiver (Winter)—sometimes called Winter in Paris, ...Read More

by Arline Wilson, Special Collections   This original watercolor of Cope’s Christmas Card of 1883 was created for the Cope Brothers Company in Liverpool, England by Scottish artist John Wallace, who published his artwork under the pseudonym George Pipeshank. Beginning ...Read More

by Roxana Guarriello, Undergraduate Museums Gallery Attendant “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

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

By Library, Museums and Press Staff “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 ...Read More

By Hillary Kativa, Department Head, 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, ...Read More