The Delaware Public Archives is happy to present the installation of a NEW Delaware Historical Marker, “Women’s Suffrage in Delaware.” This Marker remembers the 1920 conference that was held by Sussex County’s members of the General Assembly that heard opinions in support of and against women’s suffrage. This Delaware Historical Marker, the third of four […]
Continue ReadingThe election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 was the most consequential choice ever made by the American people, precipitating the bloodiest war in our nation’s history. Yet six months beforehand few Americans had ever heard of him. In this program, local historian Lew Miller will discuss the sudden rise of Abraham Lincoln to the […]
Continue ReadingDue to current coronavirus restrictions the Delaware Public Archives will be presenting its August First Saturday program in an online format only. Titled “Left Newport … Before Daylight and March’d to Chads Ford”: The Landscape of Conflict before the Battle of Brandywine, 1777, the program focuses on archaeology found at the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Brandywine. […]
Continue ReadingDue to current coronavirus restrictions the Delaware Public Archives has moved its popular First Saturday program series to an online format. July’s presentation focuses on the 2nd Delaware Volunteer Infantry, a prominent Delaware Regiment during the American Civil War. The program will be available on Friday, July 3, 12:00 p.m. on the Delaware Public Archives […]
Continue ReadingDover DE – The Delaware Public Archives will be having a free presentation on Saturday March 7, 2020 on “Delaware’s Struggle for Women’s Right to Vote”. The presenters are Dr. Anne Boylan and Emily Green. During the spring of 1920, all political eyes were on Delaware. The General Assembly was meeting in special session to […]
Continue ReadingDover DE – In 1953, Dr. Jerome H. Holland was hired as the new President of Delaware State College. Dr. Holland had three sources of student recruitment – out of state, Wilmington’s Howard High School and Delaware State College’s High School. Coming to the rescue of the struggling college were many of the graduates of […]
Continue ReadingDover, DE – Submarine Operations during World War II were some of the most dangerous and clandestine operations of the war, that provided warfare commanders unmatched capability in anti-shipping, mining, insertion/support of Special Forces, intelligence & warning, search & recovery, anti-submarine warfare, and reconnaissance that helped turn the tide of the war in the Atlantic […]
Continue Reading“A History of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware” Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Delaware Public Archives – 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. N. – Dover, DE 19901 www.archives.delaware.gov Presenter: Chief Dennis Coker The Delaware Public Archives will commemorate Native American Heritage month with a presentation by Dennis J. Coker, Principal Chief […]
Continue ReadingFrom the opera house and movie palace to the modern multiplex, the big screen in Delaware is more than a century old. Hollywood legend Cary Grant visited the Playhouse in 1955, fondly recalling his days on its stage as a child actor. Clint Eastwood came to Wilmington for a secret test screening of his film […]
Continue ReadingFREE PRESENTATION “The Forgotten Women of the Lincoln Assassination” Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Delaware Public Archives – 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. N. – Dover, DE 19901 www.archives.delaware.gov Presenter: Kathy Canavan Among the persons this presentation will focus upon are the first female theaters owner in America, the First Lady who […]
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