2025 – Second Quarter Accessions

New collections created:

• Small Manuscript Collections, Nancy J. Auten Collection, Dover Baseball Team (9200-A09-001)
  • This series consists of a single document, a 1924 schedule for home and away games of the Dover Baseball Team, covering the period from May to September. Places where the games took place include Dover, Delaware, and other towns on the lower Delmarva Peninsula, spanning Maryland and Virginia.
• Small Manuscript Collections, William H. Cook Papers, Certificates (9200-C30-001)
  • Two documents relating to William H. Cook. The first is a Delegate’s Certificate granting Cook attendance at the 7th Annual Meeting of the United States Good Roads Association in 1919. The second is a certificate naming William Cook as a founder of the Woodrow Wilson Award.
• Small Manuscript Collections, Delaware State Police Museum, Video Collection (9200-D36-001)
  • A small collection of digitized videos from the Delaware State Police Museum’s collection.
• Small Manuscript Collections, William E. Hoffman, Jr. Collection, Nautical Maps (9200-H26-001)
  • A small collection of nautical maps of the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding waterways.
• Small Manuscript Collections, Charles Mast Collection, Indenture (9200-M23-001)
  • A 1699 indenture documenting the binding of Evan Jones to Richard Wilson for land near Duck Creek in Kent County, Delaware, during the reign of King William III.
• Small Manuscript Collections, Holly Ventura Collection, Civil and Military Service Papers (9200-V08-001)
  • This series contains two commemorative certificates: a 1891 discharge lithograph for Union soldier Jonathan T. Dickerson, produced by the Easel Monument Association, and a 1899 appointment certificate for Benjamin Wilson as Postmaster of Houston Station in Kent County, Delaware. The documents reflect both military service and civic appointment in the post–Civil War era and feature symbolic imagery characteristic of the late 19th century.
• Small Manuscript Collections, George C. and Lillian M. Wallace Collection, Fort DuPont (9200-W26-001)
  • This series contains a map of Fort DuPont created during World War II by Captain Alfred R. Matthews of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The map shows buildings and roads at the fort, most of which are labeled. Some buildings on the map are shaded in red.
• Small Manuscript Collections, Weber Family Collection, Land Records (9200-W25-001)
  • Eleven digitized documents, primarily deeds, plots, and surveys related to the Weber family farm located in Lancaster County and later Berks County, Pennsylvania.