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Digitized collections from our holdings and links to our online exhibits, resources, and guides.

Explore the collection, box, file, and item-level descriptions of our archives using any keyword or phrase.

The Mabel Lloyd Ridgely Research Room is open on weekdays from 9 am to 4 pm, unless otherwise noted.

Administration and implementation of the Delaware Public Records law.



From its early roots in Wilmington and Dover to the crowds and traditions of today, explore the history of the Delaware State Fair through photographs preserved at the Delaware Public Archives—including the remarkable work of longtime fair photographer Robert J. Bennett.
More than 100 photographs in the Clarence D. Sypherd Photograph Collection offer a personal look at life in Dover and beyond as the 19th century gave way to the 20th. Explore the people, places, and everyday moments preserved in this remarkable collection.
Delaware Public Archives
121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. North
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 744-5000