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Item African-American Population of Delaware: 1800-1980(1991-02) Ames, David L.; Callahan, Mary Helen; Chase, Susan M.; Siders (Sheppard), Rebecca J.Item Agricultural Tenancy in Central Delaware, 1700-1900+/-: A Historic Context(Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering, 1991-07) Siders (Sheppard), Rebecca J.; Herman, Bernard L.; Ames, David L.; Marth, Andrea L.; Lanier, Gabrielle M.; Watson, Margaret H.; Bellingrath, Elizabeth M.; Van Dolsen, Nancy; Bashman, Leslie D.; Chase, Susan M.Item The Canning Industry in Delaware, 1860 To 1940+/-: A Historic Context(1993) Siders, Rebecca J.; Doerrfeld, Dean A.; Ames, David L.The Canning Historic Context was developed in response to the loss of historic resources dealing with Delaware's industrial heritage. While concerted efforts have preserved and interpreted Delaware's industrial and economic resources in northern New Castle County, the physical resources related to activities in the rural two-thirds of the state are quickly disappearing. The goal of this project was to identify and record one facet of rural industrial activity and identify other areas in need of research.Item The Delaware Ship and Boat Building Industry, 1830-1940: An Historic Context(1994) Doerrfeld, Dean A.; Siders (Sheppard), Rebecca J.; Herman, Bernard L.; Ames, David L.This historic context develops criteria for the evaluation of the physical remains of the ship and boatbuilding industry in Delaware between 1830 and 1940 to determine their significance and potential eligibility for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. By examining technology, the construction process of ships and boats, and ship yard organization, this historic context will explore a segment of Delaware's industrial heritage that reached numerous cities and towns along Delaware's coastal waterways and extended well beyond the Brandywine River in the north (traditionally thought of as the industrial center of Delaware).Item Evaluation Of The Brandywine Village Historic District National Register Nomination(1991-03) Ames, David L.; Bashman, Leslie D.; Harper, Deborah; Mulchahey, Susan A.; Pendleton, Phil; Siders (Sheppard), Rebecca J.Item Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway(Center for Historic Architecture and Design, 2009-06) Ames, David L.; Beetham, Sarah; Ensor, Lael J.; Fangmann, Ann; Krawitz, Robin; Martin, Debra C.; Ferriter, Erin; Greene, Keonna; Morrissey, Catherine; Rector, Sarah; Sheridan, Janet; Stevenson, RussellThis is a nomination of the proposed Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway to the Scenic and Historic Highway Program of the Delaware Department of Transportation. The goal of this scenic and historic highway is to provide the traveler with an alternative travel route through the state in a generally south to north orientation that provides opportunities for experiencing Delaware’s Underground Railroad history by guiding visitors to locations where this history happened.Item Historic Context for Aids to Navigation in Delaware(1984) Center for Historic Architecture and Design; Ames, David L.; Bashman, Leslie D.; Siders (Sheppard), Rebecca J.Aids to navigation are an important overall property type in relation to the priorities for historic theme, geographic zone, chronological period, and historic contexts established in the Delaware -Plan. Fifteen specific preservation goals are recommended for nine aids to navigation property types as a function of ownership, level and extent of expected significance, and specific property type characteristics. Ranked priorities are suggested for the fifteen overall goals (independent of property types) and for each property type within the group of property types to which each overall goal applies. Also, overall relative priorities are suggested for each combination of goal and property type.Item Priorities for the Development of a Historic Context for the Minority Experience in Delaware(1991-03) Ames, David L.; Siders, Rebecca J.For Fiscal Year 1991 the Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation placed a priority on developing a historic context framework that would help set future funding priorities for the identification,evaluation, and registration of the significant historical resources associated with the minority experience in Delaware. The Review Board established this priority because the historic resources that manifest the minority experience in Delaware (particularly those related to African-Americans) are scant in number, highly perishable, and very threatened. The same historic, cultural, and economic forces that kept minority groups in a socially and economically subservient position also dictated that those minority groups would have meager material resources. Those resources that were created have been lost at a much greater rate than resources related to the larger society.Item Suburbanization In the Vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware, 1880-1950+/-: A Historic Context(1992) Siders (Sheppard), Rebecca J.; Chase, Susan M.; Ames, David L.New Castle County faces increasing challenges in dealing with early twentieth-century properties, particularly subdivisions, both because previous survey efforts have largely by-passed twentieth-century buildings and because no clear guidelines exist to inform future survey activities. The earliest subdivisions are threatened by modification and buildings within them are at risk from deterioration and demolition as they age and by renovations that compromise architectural integrity.Item Western Sussex Scenic and Historic Highway(Center for Historic Architecture and Design, 2009-07-21) Ames, David L.The proposed Western Sussex Scenic and Historic Highway extends 22.2 miles along several roads in western Sussex County, from the exit for Bridgeville Road on US 13 to the point where Market St. in Laurel rejoins US 13. This road is being nominated to the Scenic and Historic Highway Program of the Delaware Department of Transportation by the Western Sussex Scenic and Historic Highway Citizens Committee with the assistance of the Center for Historic Architecture and Design at the University of Delaware.