Exhibit at the Delaware Public Archives: Celebrating Emily Bissell, “The Christmas Seal Story”
Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Friday, December 8, 2023
This holiday season the Delaware Public Archives will present an exhibit “Celebrating Emily Bissell: The Christmas Seal Story.” The exhibit chronicles the beginning of Christmas Seals, and presents historic Christmas Seals, scrap books, photographs and documents related to Ms. Bissell’s efforts to foster public interest and gain support to raise funds to battle tuberculosis.
The State of Delaware hires 250th Anniversary Coordinator
Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2023
GEARING UP FOR THE CELEBRATIONS The State of Delaware hires 250th Anniversary Coordinator The Delaware Heritage Commission and the Delaware Public Archives are pleased to announce the hiring of Ms. Margaret Hughes for the position of The State of Delaware’s 250th Anniversary Coordinator. Ms. Hughes will be responsible for communicating, coordinating, and collaborating with individuals, […]
Delaware Public Archives Celebrates African American History Month
Delaware Public Archives | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, February 10, 2023
The Delaware Public Archives has unveiled a new exhibition in its lobby, “Celebrating African American History in The First State” that features every State of Delaware Historical Marker related to Black history and the significance behind them. “With this display, we honor some oft overlooked accomplishments of Black Delawareans in every area of endeavor of […]
Heritage Commission Book of the Week: The Adams Home Farm of Northwest Fork Hundred
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Monday, September 12, 2022
In this monograph, Catherine Adams Masek examines the life and times of the Adams family and the farm they’ve lived on for seven generations. In fact, the farm has been continuously operated by the same family since 1862! Including original family photographs, this is an incredible story of family and tradition, through the lens of […]
Heritage Commission’s Book of the Week: The Perennial Apprentice
Delaware Heritage Commission | Delaware Public Archives | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Delaware’s history can be found all around us, not only in textbooks, but in the buildings and homes that we live and work in. Our state’s architecture has been influenced by several hundred years of growth, development, and cultural exchange, and many of these historic buildings are still standing in our towns and communities. George […]
