National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Delaware oral history project, 1983-1989.

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National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in Delaware oral history project, 1983-1989.

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Interviews by the Colonial Dames (formally known as National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware) of Delawareans covering a wide range of topics. Includes tape recordings and transcriptions of interviews of the following people: Mary Louis Mayer Tilghman on growing up in Dover in the early 20th century; Carolyn Thoroughgood on history of the Delaware coast and development of the College of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware; Elizabeth Johnson Marvel Quigg on growing up in Sussex County in the early 20th century; John R. Fader on Newark in the early 20th century; Horace Hotchkiss relating to historic preservation in Odessa, including the work of H. Rodney Sharp; James L. Latchun regarding growing up in Milford in the 1920s and 1930s; Wilson S. Davis on his life as a Moor in Delaware; John A.H. Sweeney relating to early days at the Winterthur Museum; Eugenia Eckford Rhoads concerning art in Delaware, 1929-1988; Helen Williams Griffith on growing up on King Street, Wilmington, in the early 20th century; and Lisa A. Nichols relating to Old Swedes Church and the Hendrickson House in Wilmington. Also includes interviews with Marion Layton Laird reflecting memories of Lydia Laird and the Read House in New Castle; Col. Louisa Spruance Morse on the Civil Air Patrol in Delaware; Anne Jessup Elder, a flight attendant in the WAVES during World War II; Mary Draper Lord who worked with motor transport in WAC during World War II; and Josephine Clapp Osbun regarding research on DDT in U.S. Public Health Service during World War II.

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