If you were born, married, or attended public school in Delaware, eventually the Delaware Public Archives will have a record of you. As part of the Dover Days celebration, the staff of the Delaware Public Archives will conduct a tour of the facility on Saturday, May 5, at 1:30 p.m. This annual “behind the scenes” tour of the building offers the public a rare opportunity to learn more about the role of the Archives, and see how the Archives preserves and protects the records that are important to every Delawarean. Archives Director Stephen M. Marz notes that “many people who have toured the Archives are surprised by the amount of documents and photographs that are stored at the facility. Because the Delaware Public Archives serves as the official government repository for state, county and local government records, the Archives is well known as a valuable resource for researchers, genealogists, and historians.” Part of the tour will include a viewing of Delaware’s Bill of Rights which is on display until July 2 of this year. The tour is free to the public. No reservations are required.
Along with the tour, the Delaware Public Archives will be celebrating Dover Days by displaying a series of the Dover photographs in its lobby from its collection of more than 800,000 images. This display will feature photographs of the Capital City from the early to mid-twentieth century.
