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		American Civil War Digital Collections: Letters and Diaries View three collections of personal correspondence from Delawareans who served in the war on the side of the Union.
		American Civil War Digital Collections: Autograph Abraham Lincoln Documents Thirteen images of documents in the University of Delaware's Lincoln Collection that are either handwritten by Abraham Lincoln or contain his original signature.
		American Civil War Digital Collections: Alexander Gardner Photographs of Lincoln Conspirators Ten photographs of the execution of the conspirators to President Lincoln's assassination.
		American Civil War Digital Collections: Pierce Family Papers Correspondence from George and Enos Pierce, of the 97th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, to their parents and siblings.
		American Civil War Digital Collections: Rosenthal Lithographic Prints of Civil War Encampments Published between 1861 and 1865 by four Polish-born immigrant brothers.
		George Handy Bates Samoan Papers: Photographs Over 140 albumen print photographs of the people and scenic views of Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga.
		Blue & Gold Yearbooks The Blue and Gold Yearbooks collection gathers together the yearbooks of the Women’s College of Delaware. Founded in 1914, the Women’s College and its coordinate men’s institution, Delaware College, together became the University of Delaware in 1921. With the establishment of co-education at the University in 1945, the Women’s College ceased to exist.
		Blue Hen Yearbooks Student produced yearbooks for the University of Delaware.
		William Augustus Brewer Bookplate Collection The digital collection contains over 3,000 images from a physical collection of nearly 13,000 bookplates. The remaining 10,000 will be uploaded in 2011.
		Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant oral history collection This collection consists of digital audio interviews with twelve former employees of the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Newark, Delaware. These interviews were conducted by University of Delaware students in HIST 667: Oral History, taught by Professor Roger Horowitz, in the Spring semester of 2011.
		Delaware Notes Scanned copies of Delaware Notes, No. 1 (June 1923) - No. 34 (1961). Annual publication of a series of studies contributed by the faculty of the University of Delaware. The series ended in 1961.
		Delaware Postcard Collection Views of Delaware and nearby areas, representing both well-known Delaware buildings, monuments, and views, and small town life, including street scenes and domestic buildings.
		Digital Bibliography of Delaware Over 10,000 records of materials pertaining to Delaware or Delawareans. Drawn from two published bibliographies, the serial publication Delaware History, and Robert Fleck's personal and professional inventory.
		Historic Maps of Delaware & the Mid-Atlantic Region Maps of the 17th-20th centuries, incuding transportation, regional, municipal, manuscript, and historical maps; and nautical charts of Delaware Bay.
		History and Government of Delaware by John Munroe A 15 part series on the history and government of Delaware originally broadcast by WHYY TV, Wilmington, Delaware.
		Iron Hill Museum oral history recordings and transcripts The Iron Hill Museum oral history collection consists of 37 interviews (recorded on 58 audio-cassettes) documenting the history of the Iron Hill School #112C, which was one of the African American schools built in Delaware with funds provided by Pierre S. du Pont. Additional interviews in this collection document life in the Iron Hill community and nearby Pleasant Valley, as well as education provided in a few other Delaware schools in Hockessin, Milton, and Claymont.
		George S. Messersmith papers Diplomatic and professional papers of George S. Messersmith (1883-1960). Consists of correspondence, memoranda, and official dispatches written during Messersmith’s tenure with the U.S. Department of State, as well as during his subsequent business career. The extensive typescript of an unpublished memoir is also present. The papers include extensive discussions of political and economic matters regarding Europe during the 1930s and Latin America in the 1940s and 1950s.
		Newark Post The Newark Post is the weekly newspaper serving Greater Newark, and has emerged as the leading source of news and information for western New Castle County.
		Willard Stewart WPA & HABS Photographs of Delaware Taken in the 1930s, these photographs document Delaware businesses and industries, architecture, city and town life, parks, agriculture, and natural places in the 1930s.

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