Accessions - 2017 - Delaware Public Archives

What Is An Accession?

According to The American Archivist, 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:

January 2017

City of Milford Planning Commission Minutes, 1983-2014, 7.56 cf. | RG 6140-000-012
Town of Henlopen Acres, Minutes, July 1970-December 2009, 2.52 cf. | RG 7120-000-001
“A Feasibility Study for Wesley College, Dover, Delaware, On Adaptive Uses of The Richardson and Robbins
Cannery,” by Cooperson Breck Associates, ca. 1979. | RG 9270-000-004
“Rules of the House of Representatives,” 1875. | RG 1325-003-147
Photograph of Wilmington parade with Bird Transfer Company trucks, ca. 1919. | RG 1325-003-036
Photograph of passengers boarding Eastern Airlines plane at Greater Wilmington Airport, ca. the 1950s. | RG 1325-003-036

April 2017

Deakyne Family Papers, 1745-1917, 0.4 cf.| RG 9200-D26
- Jacob Deakyne’s Account Book, 1790-1873, 0.1 cf. | RG 9200-D26
- Blackbird Creek Marsh Company Seizures and Levies Book, 1823, 0.02 cf. | RG 9200-D26
- Blackbird Creek Marsh Company Ledger Book, 1822, 0.05 cf. | RG 9200-D26
- Memo regarding Blackbird Creek Stoppage | Civil War Substitute Agents Ticket
Records relating to Donald Blakey, the first African American legislator from Kent County, ca. 1966-2007 |
RG9200-B26-001
- Donald Blakey
Joint Sunset Committee Meeting Minutes, Files, and Final Reports, 1972-2011, 42.84 cf. | RG 1107-002-010
Sussex County Probate Records, 1986-1990, 56.70 cf. | RG 4545-000-009
Photograph of Saxton’s School, ca. 1915-1916. | RG 1325-003-036
- Saxon’s School

May – December 2017

City of New Castle City Council Minutes, 1797-2012, 6.78 cf. | RG 5080-000-012
- Sample Image of New Castle County Minutes from 1797
City of Lewes Minute Books, 1871-1884, 1895-1951, 7 volumes, 0.66 cf. | RG 7140-000-002
- Sample Image of Lewes Town Council Minutes
Caesar Rodney School District School Board Minutes, 1919-2013, 12.6 cf. | RG 8065-000-004
Caesar Rodney High School Yearbooks, 1920, 1938-2015 (some years missing), 5.04 cf. | RG 8065-000-002
- Photo of Allen Frear | Faculty Photo | Girl’s Basketball Team Photo
Forestry Department Photographs, 1889-2000, 2.31 cf. | RG 1380-005-035
- Smokey the Bear with Kids | Viola Fire Tower in 1935 | Loading mine props in Millsboro
Eighty-seven negatives and prints of Wilmington trolleys, locomotives, train stations, a bus, Hagley Powder Mill workers, and milk wagons, ca. 1901-1971 | RG 9015-042-001
- Trolly #413 at B and O Train Station | Wilmington and Western Railroad | Trolleys at 4th and Market in Wilmington
S. H. Derby Company Documents, 1897-1972, 0.1 cf. | RG 9200-W17
- S. H. Derby Company Daybooks, 1886-1893, 1952-1963, 0.23 cf.
- S. H. Derby Company Ledger, 1882-1933, 0.09 cf.
- S. H. Derby Company Order Book, 1898-1914, 0.05 cf.
- S. H. Derby Company Packing House Blotter Book, 1929-1949, 0.06 cf.
- Derby – Walker Family Photographs, ca. 1900-1965, 0.02 cf.
- Remembrances of Derby Walker, attending Caesar Rodney School District schools in the 1950s and 1960s, 0.05 cf.
- S.H. Derby | Derby Orchard | The 15 Ton Tomato Club
Laurel School District School Board Minutes, 1912-1956, 1950-2004, 16.38 cf. | RG 8110-000-002
Dover Post Photographs, 1991-2003, 20.16 cf. | RG 9210-000-018-001
- Kirby and Holloway Family Restaurant in 1999 | Construction of Holy Cross Church | Walmart Grand Opening in Dover | Arnold Schwartznegger and Governor Castle

Accessions – 2017

What Is An Accession?

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April 2017

May – December 2017

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