YSU Exhibits

Delta Heritage Project flyer.

The Delta Heritage Project is a collection of photographs, news clippings, and other biographical materials relating to the history of African Americans in the Mahoning Valley, dating from the mid-19th to early 21st century.  This collection was first compiled by the Delta Lambda chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in February 1999.  The purpose of the project was to “preserve local history and inspire our youth and community into turning obstacles into stepping stones.”  The vision of the sorors is explained in greater depth by the pamphlet distributed by the sorority to request contributions from members of the community.

Area Alumni of Howard University

The collection was digitized by the Archives and special Collections of Maag Library in 2008 and uploaded to the university’s institutional repository.  In order to further foster access to these records, this website will serve as a front-end to the collection, contextualizing the items, arranging them into groups, and providing additional sources of information where available.

Emerson Funeral Home Basketball Champions 1932-33

The following pages are available to view:

• Birdie Welcher
• Business
• Dr Ron Daniels
• Educators
• Houston Howard and Edna Delores Pincham
• McCullough Williams Jr.
• Hugh A. Frost
• Law
• The McGuffey Centre
• The Reverend Mother Elizabeth Powell
• The Reverend Lonnie A Simon
• Attorney William R Stewart

To read a newspaper article about the project, follow this link.

Many other resources are available online which may be of use to those researching African American history on the additional sources of information page.

To navigate the collection through our digital repository, use the following links:

• Delta Heritage Project Finding Aid – the finding aid can be used as an inventory of the project.  Some technical information is provided as well as some contextualizing information, followed by a list of each artifact in the Delta Heritage Project, each linked to a record where that object can be downloaded.
  
• Delta Heritage Digital Archive – the digital archive is an engine from which researchers can search the collection.