Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Clay presentation items
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0154
Abstract
This collection contains presentation memorabilia related to Henry Clay, American Statesman, given to Henry Clay Reed, University of Delaware professor and historian, by Henry Clay Conrad, historian and State Archivist of Delaware. Items include two copies of engravings of Henry Clay, a silk ribbon commemorating Clay, and a presentation letter (1929) from Conrad to Reed. Reed had worked for Conrad at the Delaware State Archives. In the letter, Henry Clay Conrad explains that he is sending...
Dates:
circa 1840, 1929
Delaware Miscellany collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0598
Abstract
The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware.
Dates:
1825-1958; Majority of material found within 1920-1958
Henry Clay Reed papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0499
Abstract
Henry Clay Reed, 1899-1972, was a renound Delaware historian and history professor at the University of Delaware for forty years, researching, teaching, writing, and editing numerous articles and books.
The Henry Clay Reed papers, spanning the dates from 1915-1974, contains legal documents, photographs, microfilm, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, publications, and ephemera from the historian and University of Delaware professor.
Dates:
1833-1979; Majority of material found within 1915-1972
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, transcripts of letters relating to Delaware
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0462
Abstract
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) was established in London in 1701 through a charter from King William III. The organization was created as a vehicle for sending priests and teachers to North America, in order to improve and expand the ministry of the Church of England to the colonists. The University of Delaware’s collection of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Transcripts consists of one box of typescript letters related to the Delaware...
Dates:
1703-1782; Majority of material found within 1703-1776
Transcripts of early Newark, Delaware, church records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0347
Abstract
This single volume, created through a 1936-1937 National Youth Administration project, supervised by Henry Clay Reed, the noted Delaware historian and University of Delaware professor, contains transcriptions from the record books of five Newark churches: the Village Presbyterian Church; the First Presbyterian Church; the Welsh Tract Baptist Church; the White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church; and the Head of Christiana Church. The records inlcude detailed accounts of minutes from meetings;...
Dates:
1739-1906
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- Newark (Del.)--History--20th century 3
- Church history--18th century 2
- Correspondence 2
- Delaware--History--18th century 2
- Letters (correspondence) 2
- Newark (Del.)--History--19th century 2
- Transcripts 2
- African Americans--Delaware 1
- African Americans--History 1
- Anniversaries 1
- Biographies (documents) 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Church history--19th century 1
- Church history--20th century 1
- Church records 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Crime--History 1
- Delaware--History 1
- Delaware--History--19th century 1
- Delaware--History--20th century 1
- Education, Higher 1
- Ephemera (general) 1
- Historians 1
- Histories (literature genre) 1
- Legal documents 1
- Lithographic engravings (prints) 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Memorandums 1
- Missionaries 1
- New Jersey--History 1
- Newark (Del.) 1
- Newark (Del.)--History--18th century 1
- Obituaries 1
- Photographs 1
- Press releases 1
- Professors (teacher) 1
- Publications (documents) 1
- Punishment--Religious aspects 1
- Punishment--United States--History 1
- Reminiscences 1
- Research notes 1
- Resolutions (administrative records) 1
- Scholars 1
- Songs (genres for music) 1
- Speeches (documents) 1
- Spiritual life--Baptists 1
- Spiritual life--Presbyterian Church 1
- Stamp collecting 1
- Term papers 1
- United States--History--18th century 1
- Women--Delaware--History--19th century 1 + ∧ less
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