With all the excitement about the Kentucky Derby, we had some people stop by to see if we had anything relating to thoroughbred racing in Delaware. They loved looking at all the old photographs from Delaware Park. They reviewed state reports, administrative files from the Department of Agriculture on the Thoroughbred Racing Commission and scrapbooks […]
If you have been reading the newspapers lately or watching the news, you know that Delaware has a scheduled execution for April 20th. We had some curious citizens stop in to see if we had any information or documents about past executions. They started by looking at our newspaper collection. Next they looked in our […]
Growing up in Pennsylvania, the only indication that a new driver was behind the wheel was a nervous parent sitting in the front passenger seat or some less-than-confident moves on the road. When I moved to Delaware and began seeing “Novice Driver” stickers affixed to cars, I couldn’t help but like them. What a great […]
So I was watching TV last night and an Ancestry.com commercial came on. It was a woman talking about how she was looking for information on her grandmother and lo and behold she found her marriage record. To my surprise the next image they showed was a Delaware marriage certificate that Ancestry had digitized […]
If you’ve been reading the papers you saw that the Indian River Inlet bridge finally opened today. With all the attention it’s been getting, we had some people from the area stop by to see what we had on the previous bridges that were there. They were surprised that we had information on all 3 […]
Every year we commemorate the achievements and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. When Dr. King spoke to the packed audience in the Howard High School auditorium on September 12, 1960, he delivered a message of patience and persistence. “Protest, yes, but with dignity and discipline to achieve our […]
On Saturday, January 7, 10:30 a.m., Mike DiPaolo, Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society, will be presenting a program at the Delaware Public Archives entitled “The War of 1812 Comes to Lewes.” With the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 taking place in 2012, this program will address the 1813 attack on Lewes […]
In recognition of Delaware Day, December 7, being the day that Delaware was the first state to ratify the United States Constitution, the Delaware Public Archives has recently created a shadow box exhibit that celebrates the story of Delaware’s role as the First State to ratify the United States Constitution. This exhibit features facsimiles of […]
There’s a new tool now available for online patrons to search the records of the Delaware Public Archives. Known as the Collection Gateway, this new feature searches the databases of nineteen different collections in the Archives. The Collection Gateway will open a treasure trove of information for historians, genealogists, and all citizens who have an […]
Over the next few weeks in celebration of Archives month we will be hosting guest bloggers. They will share their point of view and stories from the archives. Today’s blog is from Sarah Denison, processing archivist. As the resident newbie here at the Archives, I’m regularly impressed and intrigued by the arsenal of information […]
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