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:
2018 Accessions
- Boyle Collection of 1200 Delaware postcards, photographs, and ephemera, 1892-1987, 0.57 cf. | RG 9200-B29-001
- Photographs and documents related to the career of William J. Kitchell, an aide to Admiral William Halsey during World War II, 1908-1959, 1.36 cf. | RG 9200-K05
- Milford School Desegregation History Files, 1954-2004, 0.24 cf. | RG 9200-K06-001
- Copy of 1898 List of Registered Voters, Milford, 8 pages. | RG 6140-000-025
- Mosquito Control Scrapbook, 1942-1949, 0.1 cf. E. Elwood Lynch Papers, 1930-2000, 0.15 cf. CCC and Mosquito Control Photographs, 1933-1975, 0.48 cf. | RG 9200-L12-002
- Nine glass plate negatives (Rehoboth and Kitts Hummock) taken by Clarence Sypherd, 1891 | RG 9015-024-000
- Magnolia Elementary School photographs, 1907-1965; Caesar Rodney High School documents and photographs, 1915-2001; photos of J. Ralph McIlvaine, 1930-1968; and a photo of Felton School, 1940; 0.3 cf. | RG 9200-F10
- Of Wills and Testaments: A Common-Law Treatise. London, UK, 1703. | RG 9285-000-002
- Delaware Board of Health Mortality Statistics Reports, 1932-1940, 1 volume. | RG 1500-008-062
- Robert H. Moor Journal, 1878, 0.04 cf. | RG 9200-M05-001
- Seventeen postcards of Camden, Dover, and Wyoming. | RG 1325-003-207
- Photograph of the African American Civilian Conservation Corps unit at Bombay Hook, 1940. | RG 1325-003-036
- 32 Civil War letters written by/to/about Sergeant Abram Draper of the 4th Delaware Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865. | RG 9200-D30-000
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