Accessions - 2012 - Delaware Public Archives

What Is An Accession?

According to The American Archvist, July 1974, an Accession is “(1) The act and procedure involved in a transfer of legal title and the taking of records or papers into the physical custody of an archival agency, records center, or manuscript repository. In records center operations, transfer of legal title may not be involved. (2) The material involved in such a transfer of custody.” The Delaware Public Archives receives new accessions regularly. The following list highlights some of the more interesting items that have arrived recently. To view a sample of the accessioned item(s), select the link where available:

September 2012

A 1957 William C. Jason Comprehensive High School Yearbook, called “The Pioneer.” This Georgetown school later became part of Delaware Technical and Community College.
Catalogue of the State College for Colored Students, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1905, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1925
“An Address Embracing the Early History of Delaware, and the Settlement of its Boundaries, and of the Drawyers Congregation” by Rev. George Foot, 1842
The Life and Military Services of the Late Brigadier General Thomas A. Smyth by D. W. Maull, 1870.
“Documents Relating to the Presidential Election in the Year 1801,” 183
“A Chart of the Sea Coast of New Foundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey with Virginia and Maryland,” ca. 1755-1784, 19″ x 23″
“The Three Signers” from Delaware by Henry C. Conrad, 1897
1924 Dover High School Yearbook

Accessions – 2012

What Is An Accession?

September 2012

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