1st State Stories:
Recollections of Delaware Past
is curated by Jenifer Grindle Dolde
and designed by Bethany Hacker

"Life in the Country"
Muskratting
(Bob Beck, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Holly Wreath Making
(William B. Chandler, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Scrapple-making
(Alison Davis, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Migrant Workers
(Jack Delano, courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Family "Factory"
(Clarence Butcher, courtesy DE Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs)
Also see: Camper, Armstrong, Jim Bennett, Fred Bennett, Mayne, Maske

"Cultures in the Community"
German Community
(Judge Thomas Herlihy, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)
Polish Immigrants
(Mary Barbiarz, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)
Italian Immigrants
(Dominick Disabitino, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)
Hispanic Immigrants
(Maria Martinez, courtesy DE Public Archives/Selbyville Public Library)
Segregation
(Ray Moore, courtesy Selbyville Public Library)
Also see: Young, Butcher , Perkins

"The Hallowed Halls"
Co-education at College
(Henry Clay Reed, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)
Integration
(Theodore Blum, courtesy Rutgers University Oral History Archives)
Jewish Students at UD
(Albert Young, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)
Port Penn School
(Ramon Armstrong, courtesy DE Folklife Program)

"Appreciating the Arts"
Folk Art
(Jehu Camper, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Winterthur
(John Sweeney, courtesy Historical Society of DE)
Depression Art
(Jack Lewis, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Decoy Carving
(Ned Mayne, courtesy DE Folklife Program)
Also see: Delano, Lewis

"1st State Fun and Games"
Life at the Beach
(Charles Horn, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)
Simple Pleasures
(Ed Fields, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)
Movie Theaters
(Edward Mumford, courtesy Selbyville Public Library)

"The Entrepreneurial Spirit"
Poultry (Jim Bennett, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Powder Mills
(Edward L. Bader, courtesy Hagley Museum and Library)
Flour Mills
(Charles Biggers, courtesy Greenbank Mill Association)
Decline in Family Farms
(Fred Bennett, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Dravo Shipyard
(Nicholas Pettoruco, courtesy Historical Society of DE)
Menhaden Fishing Industry
(Sam Russell, courtesy Lewes Historical Society)

"Small State, Big Politics"
1st female State Senator
(Sen. Meg Manning, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)
Return Day
(Ed McIlvaine, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Women's Suffrage
(Mabel Vernon, University of California-Berkley Regional Oral History Office)
Election for Governor/Lt. Governor
(Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt, courtesy DE Public Archives)
Getting Elected
(Governor Russell Peterson, courtesy DE Public Archives)
Punishment
(William Frank, courtesy University of DE-Special Collections)

"Delaware in War and Peace"
WASPs
(Marg Ringenberger, courtesy Library of Congress Veterans History Project )
'68 Riots
(Clinton Perkins, courtesy DE Heritage Commission)
World War II Wife
(Edna Anderson, courtesy Historical Society of DE)
Depression
(Charles Maske, courtesy DE Agricultural Museum and Village)
Military Bases
(Arthur I. "Ike" Guessford, courtesy AMC Museum)
Also see: Pettoruco

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