Date Posted: Friday, November 14th, 2025

The Accessions Committee met on October 21, 2025, to review all proposed accessions received since the last quarterly meeting. All accepted donations have been pre-processed and assigned to archivists for further processing. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at the latest additions to our holdings.

New Collections Created:

Private Sound Recordings, Ruth A. Piper Collection, Sound Recordings (9014-P01-001)

  • This is a collection of audio recordings of the Rehoboth boardwalk and choral music and church services from several Delaware churches

Small Manuscript Collections, Shomo Family Collection, Scrapbooks and Photographs (9200-S37-001)

  • This is a collection of scrapbooks and photographs related to the Dover High School Band and its director, Ronald Edward Shomo.
This is a scrapbook page about the Dover High School Band and its director, Ronald E. Shomo
This is a scrapbook page about the Dover High School Band and its director, Ronald E. Shomo, from 9200-S37-001.

Existing Collections Expanded:

Office of the Governor, Charles L. Terry, Jr., Governor’s Papers (1302-T03-007)

Department of State, Delaware Public Archives, State Reports Collection (1325-003-147)

Department of State, Delaware Public Archives, Archive of the Archives (1325-003-229)

Small Manuscript Collections, robin brown Collection, Documents (9200-B35-001)

Small Manuscript Collections, robin brown Collection, First State Covers, Postcards, and Stamps (9200-B35-002)

Small Manuscript Collection, robin brown Collection, Photographs and Portraits (9200-B35-003)

Small Manuscript Collections, Grace W. Pierce-Beck Collection, Awards, Honors, and Tributes (9200-P17-001)

Small Manuscript Collections, Mary Ann Stumpf Collection, High School Commencement Records (9200-S36-001)

General Reference Collections, Pamphlet Collection (9270-000-004)

cover of Delaware Afro World from 1998
This newspaper is from 9200-B35-001.

New to the Research Room:

A Family History of Clinton Lee Swallow by Winifred Lee Swallow Hofmann 

Cover image of a family history of clinton lee swallow