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Collection: University of Delaware Special Collections Online Exhibitions and Finding Aids
Description: American Archives Month raises public awareness about the importance of historic documents and records in archives and special collections. The theme for 2011 is “I Found it in the Archives!,” highlighting discoveries of families, heritage, and treasures in each institution’s collections. In the aftermath of WWII, individual French citizens donated enough gifts to fill 49 boxcars, which were then shipped to the United States. Each state received a boxcar from the “Merci Train,” with Hawaii (then a territory) and Washington, D.C., sharing one. A selection of the gifts from Delaware’s boxcar were given directly to the University. Over time the whereabouts of many of the “Merci Train” gifts have been lost, but three of Delaware’s gifts remain in the holdings of the University of Delaware Library’s Special Collections Department (MSS 440). On display are three manuscripts of local history and geography produced by A. Carriere of Millau, Aveyron, France, as well as a letter expressing the thanks of the author and the people of that region. This single case exhibition was originally on display in the Morris Library Information Room from October 4-31, 2011
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Subject: World War, 1939-1945, Gifts , United States--Foreign relations--France
Creator: Jaime Margalotti
Publisher: University of Delaware. Library. Special Collections
Source: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/archivesmonth2011/merci.html
Language: English
Coverage: One time capture 2018 April
Type: Web sites
Identifier: https://wayback.archive-it.org/10305/*/http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/archivesmonth2011/merci.html
Collector: University of Delaware Library
Collection: University of Delaware Special Collections Online Exhibitions and Finding Aids
Description: From its very earliest days, the University of Delaware Library has benefitted from the generosity of both monetary gifts and donations of materials, including rare books and manuscripts. Many of Special Collections’ most unique items have been gifts, and without the munificence of donors, these items could not have been otherwise acquired. The exhibition features items which were donated in the past decade. The materials on display are organized to complement Special Collections’ core collecting areas of literature, the arts, history and Delawareana, and the history of science. This exhibition was originally on display in the Special Collections main gallery on the second floor of Morris Library from August 23-December 16, 2011.
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Subject: Gifts , Delaware, Book donations, Libraries--Special Collections' University of Delaware;
Creator: Maureen Cech, Alexander Johnston, Evan Echols
Publisher: University of Delaware. Library. Special Collections
Source: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/decadeofdonors/index.html
Language: English
Coverage: One time capture 2018 April
Type: Web sites
Identifier: https://wayback.archive-it.org/10305/*/http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/decadeofdonors/index.html
Collector: University of Delaware Library
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