A View from the Vault – Special Collections & Museums

Oct

A View from the Vault: Terrifying Ghouls and Strange New Worlds

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

Red-tinted background with images of goblins, witches and ghouls. Foreground are signed papers that read in part: The Book of the Sixth World Fantasy Convention, 1980.

Sep

A View from the Vault: A Tale of Two Schools - Which is Thompson’s School House?

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

Cyanotype image of a single room school house next to a tree.

Aug

A View from the Vault: Milton Bradley School Supply Catalogs

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

Jul

A View from the Vault: Rutilated Quartz from John Ruskin’s Collection

By Sharon Fitzgerald, Museums, and Mark Samuels Lasner, 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. ...Read More

Jun

A View from the Vault: Bridgerton Meets Special Collections

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

The book cover for Social England Under The Regency by John Ashton. Line drawings from illustrations within the text are overlaid on the image as well.

May

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

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

Mar

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

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

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