1st State Stories: Delaware Oral History

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a state agency of the National Endowment
for the Humanities

and the Delaware Heritage Commission.

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The Museums of Greater Dover presents this website as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. The Museums of Greater Dover does not endorse the views expressed in these collections, which may contain materials offensive to some readers.

Oral
HISTORY
Directory

1st State Stories contains oral histories about Delaware or by Delawareans
from collections across the State and Country.

As a source, oral history must be analyzed and interpreted as carefully as any other document in the research process, but is no more biased or inaccurate than many written sources. The growing acceptance of oral history as a research technique and a documentary process since the 1960s has "democratized" the historical record to include groups such as women, minorities and common people, giving a more inclusive and accurate view of the past.

The interview transcripts included on this website are in collections accessible to the public. Any questions about a transcript on this site should be directed to the , who will communicate with the appropriate repository.
Oral History Repositories in Delaware
AMC Museum Dover Air Force Base Dover 19902 Delaware Academy of Medicine John H. Ammon Medical Education Center, Suite L-10 4765 Ogletown Stanton Road Newark, DE 19713 (302) 733-3900 Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village 866 North DuPont Highway Dover, Delaware 19901 (302) 734-1618 Delaware Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs 21 The Green Dover, DE 19901 (302) 736-7400 Delaware Folklife Program DE State Parks and Recreation 152 South State Street Dover, DE 19901 (302) 739-9191 Delaware Heritage Commission 121 Duke of York Street, Suite 206 Dover, DE 19901 (302) 577-5044 Delaware Public Archives 121 Duke of York Street Dover DE 19901 (302)744-5000 Delaware State News 110 Galaxy Drive P.O. Box 737 Dover, Delaware 19903 (302) 674-3600 Greenbank Mill 500 Greenbank Road Wilmington, DE 19808 (302) 999-9001 Greenwood Public Library Mill Street Greenwood, DE 19950 (302) 349-5309	Hagley Museum and Library 298 Buck Road East PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807-0630 (302) 658-2400 Historical Society of Delaware 505 Market Street Wilmington , DE 19801 (302) 655-7161 Jewish Historical Society of Delaware 505 Market Street Mall Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (302) 655-6232 Laurel Historical Society P.O. Box 92 Laurel, DE 19956 (302) 875-7015 Laurel Public Library 101 East Fourth Street Laurel, DE 19956 (302) 875-3184 Lewes Historical Society 110 Shipcarpenter Street Lewes, Delaware 19958 (302) 645-7670 Seaford Historical Society 203 High St. Seaford, DE 19973 (302)628-9828 Selbyville Public Library 11 Main Street Selbyville, Delaware 19975 (302) 436-8195 University of Delaware Special Collections, University of Delaware Library Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 (302) 831-2229 University of Delaware Center for Historic Architecture and Design 307 Alison Hall Newark, Delaware 19716 (302) 831-8097

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Funding for this site generously provided, in part, by grants from the Delaware Humanities Forum,
a state agency of the National Endowment for the Humanities

and the Delaware Heritage Commission.

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