Dover

Blagg, G. Daniel. Dover, A Pictorial History. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 1980.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .D74 B56)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .D74 B56)

Dover, the First Two Hundred and Fifty Years, 1717-1967: A Brief History of Dover, Delaware, Illustrated. N.p., 1967.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .D74 D68 1967)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Folio F174 .D74 D68)

A Tricentennial View of Dover, 1683-1983. Dover, DE: Dover Public Library, 1985.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .D68 T74x 1985)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .D68 T74x 1985)

Georgetown

From Crossroads to County Seat: A Bicentennial Look at Georgetown, Delaware. Georgetown, DE: Georgetown Historical Society, 1990.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .G4 F76x 1990)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .G4 F76x 1990)

Wade, William J. 16 Miles from Anywhere: A History of Georgetown, Del. Georgetown, DE: Countian Press, 1975.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .G45W33)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .G45 W33)

Laurel

Hancock, Harold Bell. The History of Nineteenth Century Laurel. Laurel, DE: Laurel Historical Society, 1983.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .L35 H35 1983)

Milford

Beebe, L. Roland. Milford Neck: A Short History. Dover, DE: Dover Litho Printing, 1990.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .M5 B44x 1990)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .M5 B44x 1990)

Hancock, Harold Bell, ed. Nineteenth Century Milford. Milford, DE: Chronicle, 1978.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .M5 N56x 1978)

Hitchens, Emory Dallas. The Milford, Delaware Area Before 1776: Antecedents of Today's Milfordians: Their Origins and Lives. Milford, DE: Printed by Shawnee Printing, 1976.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .M5 H55)

Milford Historical Society. A History of Milford, Delaware, In commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of the Founding of Milford in 1787. Milford, DE: Milford Chronicle, 1962.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .M5 M5)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .M5 M5)

A Tricentennial View of Milford, Delaware: 1683-1983. Dover, DE: Dover Public Library, 1983.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .M5 T75x 1983)

Milton

Hancock, Harold Bell. Milton's First Century, 1807-1907. Westerville, OH, 1982.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .M64 H353)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .M64 H353)

Newark

Barrett, Joan C. Historic Buildings of Newark, Delaware. Newark, DE: Newark Planning Department, 1983.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref F174 .N558 H553 1983)

Cooch, Francis Allyn. Little Known History of Newark, Delaware, and Its Environs. Newark, DE: The Press of Kells, 1936.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .N58 C65)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .N58 C65)

Handy, Egbert G. and James L. Vallandigham. Newark, Delaware: Past and Present. 3d ed. Newark, DE: Newark Historical Society, 1982.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .N55 H35 1982)
Location: Morris Library - Special Colletions (Del F174 .N58 H35)

Originally published in 1882. The Delaware Collection also has an Index to Hardy and Vallandigham's Newark, Delaware, Past and Present (Del F174 .N58 N352).

Johnson, Louise S. A Narration of Many Memories, Several Detours and a Few Thoughts. Newark, DE: The Author, 1975.
Location: Morris Library (F169 .J64 A35 1975)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F169 .J64 A35)

Newark Historical Society Millennium 2000 Calendar: A Commemorative Issue in Celebration of the Arrival of the Twenty-First Century. Limited ed. Newark, DE: The Society, 1999.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .N55 N48x 1999)

Twelve historic photographs of Newark, Delaware.

Owen, James Bishop. Historic Newark, Delaware. Newark, DE: Newark Historical Society, 1983.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .N55 O84 1983)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .N55 O84x 1983)

Owen, James Richardson. A History of the Iron Hill Area, Newark, Delaware. Newark, DE: Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce, 1973.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .N5 O84)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Folio F172 .N5 O84)

Vallandigham, Edward Noble. "A House Divided." Putnam's Monthly 2:4 (July 1907): 424-428.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .N58 V35)

Mr. Vallandigham's memories of his family and Newark, Delaware, during the Civil War.

Smyrna

Bryan, E. D. Ho! For Collins' Beach. Dover, DE: E.D. Bryan, 1997.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Folio F174 .S6 B79x 1997)

Caley, George L. Duck Creek Cross Roads--Smyrna, Delaware Bicentennial, 1768-1968: A Brief History. Smyrna, DE, 1968.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .S6 C35x 1968)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Folio F174 .S6C35)

Caley, George L. Footprints of the Past. Smyrna, DE: Duck Creek Historical Society, 1972.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del NA7238 .S6 C35)

Wilmington

Abeles, Julius Emil. The German Element in Wilmington from 1850 to 1914. 1948.
Location: Morris Library (F9999 1948 .A141)

M.A Thesis University of Delaware.

Balick, Marvin S. A Social History of the West Second Street Jewish Community, Wilmington, Delaware, 1930-1940. Wilmington, DE: Jewish Historical Society of Delaware, 1997.
Location: Morris Library (F175 .J5 B35x 1997)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F175 .J5 B35x 1997)

Benson, Barbara E. Life in Wilmington between the Wars. Wilmington, DE: Historical Society of Delaware, 1985.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del Folio F174 .W7 B46x 1985)

Cooper, Constance J. To Market, to Market, in Wilmington: King Street and Beyond. Wilmington, DE: Cedar Tree Press, 1992.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .W7 C66x 1992)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .W7 C66x 1992)

Dunlap, Gertrude F. Fox Point Remembered. Wilmington, DE: PLM Consulting, 1990.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .W76 F683 1990)

Ferris, Benjamin. A History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware & a History of Wilmington. Reprint ed. (with a new index compiled by members of the Delaware Genealogical Society) Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1987.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F167 .F39 1987)

Grier, A.O.H. This Was Wilmington: A Veteran Journalist's Recollections of the "Good Old Days." Wilmington, DE: News-Journal Company, 1945.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .W7 G74)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .W7 G75x 1945)

Hinsley, Jacqueline. Wilmington 1876: A Bicentennial Exhibit at the Hagley Museum, Opening May 10, 1976. Greenville, DE: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, 1976.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .W7 H56 1976)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .W7 H56x 1976)

Hoffecker, Carol E. Wilmington: A Pictorial History. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning, 1980.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174.W743 W54 1982)

Hoffecker, Carol E. Wilmington, Delaware: Portrait of an Industrial City, 1830-1910. Charlottesville, VA: Published for the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation by the University Press of Virginia, 1974.
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .W7 H64)
Location: Morris Library (F174 .W7 H64)

Lincoln, Anna T. Wilmington, Delaware: Three Centuries under Four Flags, 1609-1937. Rutland, VT: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., 1937.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .W7 L6)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .W7 L6)

Montgomery, Elizabeth. Reminiscences of Wilmington, in Familiar Village Tales, Ancient and New. Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851.
Location: Morris Library (F174 .W7 M7)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F174 .W7 M7)

Wilkinson, Norman B. The Brandywine Home Front during the Civil War, 1861-1865. Wilmington, DE: Kaumagraph, 1966.
Location: Morris Library (F172 .N5 W54)
Location: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F172 .N5 W54)

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For More Information

Library of Congress. United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography. Marion J. Kaminkow, ed. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1975.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E180B .U54 1975)

Kammen, Carol. Encyclopedia of Local History. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2000.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref E180 .K25 2000)

Explanations of terms and topics involved in researching local history. Also includes guide to resources and agencies for anyone doing a local history.

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