Robert H. Richards, Jr., Delaware Oral History collection 1955-1981

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Robert H. Richards, Jr., Delaware Oral History collection 1955-1981

http://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?mss0179

The Delaware Oral History collection was a project of the University of Delaware History Department, directed by Dr. John Munroe and funded by Richard H. Richards, Jr.. Interviews with 317 Delawareans conducted between 1966 and 1978 cover topics including the following: educators, immigrants, journalism, politics, and the University of Delaware, Delaware in the Depression, and the 1950s relocation of Long Island and New Jersey potato farmers to Delaware.

4 linear feet and 1 oversize folder (212 transcripts) and media (252 audio recordings) (11 boxes)

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University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6363445

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