Special Collections: African American Studies Research Guide

The Baltimore Collection contains fifty-three photographic portraits in several print formats. The majority feature Black individuals, although most of those individuals have not been identified. The photographs were found in Maryland. Several have been determined to have been taken in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.

The Delaware Postcard Collection comprises over 2,000 historic images depicting places and life in Delaware. Digital images are available through an online database, a project that was funded by the Unidel Foundation. Images can be searched by geographic location or subject terms, yielding visual sources related to African Americans such as the Colored School in Marshallton or numerous Methodist Episcopal churches throughout the state.

The Black portrait photograph collection contains portraits of Black individuals and groups, collected from various sources by the University of Delaware Library. The photographers, sitters, and settings of these photographs are unidentified, unless otherwise noted.