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John W. Claghorn papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0610
Abstract

The papers of John W. Claghorn, a nineteenth-century businessman based in Boston and Philadelphia, include materials relating to his business and his family.

Dates: 1804-1849

William Claire collection related to James T. Farrell

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0935
Abstract

American writer and educator Edgar M. Branch wrote to the editor of the literary magazine Voyages William Claire to request a recent issue, in which the first chapter of James T. Farrell's unpublished novel The Vast Present appeared.

Dates: 1969

William F. Claire card to Timothy Murray

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0950
Abstract

American poet and editor William Claire inscribed this card, on which is printed his poem, "Thinking of Anais Nin," to University of Delaware Librarian Timothy Murray.

Dates: 2013 September 5

David R. Clark papers

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Identifier: MSS 0180
Abstract The David R. Clark Papers reflects the academic and publishing interests of the noted American Irish literary scholar, David R., Clark, and comprises one linear foot of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, publishers' announcements, photographs and ephemera. The collection includes correspondence with and reference material about many of Ireland's foremost poets, writers, and publishers, as well as many scholars of Irish literature and theater. Among those represented in this...
Dates: 1957-1989

A holiday in Norway and along the way, 1908, being the journal of a trip by Charles H. Cummings and George G. Clark, as kept by the latter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0012
Abstract

This 1909 bound typescript manuscript was prepared by George G. Clark to commemorate his 1908 trip with Charles H. Cummings. Their travel from New York City to Norway by steamer and rail, along with details of experiences in many European locales along the way, is recounted in this travel narrative.

Dates: 1909

Julia Clark letter from Clara

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0088
Abstract

Letter from "Clara" to her friend, Julia Clark, mainly involving a discussion of Christmas, gifts, and a lost Christmas package from Clara to Ms. Clark.

Dates: 1891 February 3

Kate Upson Clark letter to Margherita Arlina Hamm

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0932
Abstract

One autograph letter written by Kate Upson Clark to Margherita Arlina Hamm on May 24, 1896.

Dates: 1896 May 24

Leonard Clark letters to Tom Turner

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0931
Abstract

British poet, editor, and educator Leonard Clark (1905-1981) wrote these three letters to British bibliophile Tom Turner (1870-1941) with literary and personal news.

Dates: 1946 February 28-1946 March 22

Tom Clark collection of book reviews

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0990
Abstract

The Tom Clark collection of book reviews consists of handwritten and typed manuscripts written by Clark in which he reviews the books of various American authors, including Nancy Morejón, Larry Eigner, Laura Moriarty, John Godfrey, Maureen Owen, Norman Moser, John Koethe, Simon Pettet, Michael Palmer, and Darell Gray. Some of the reviews include a handwritten and typed draft, others only one draft. The collection also includes one clipping.

Dates: 1984-1985

Austin Clarke letters to [Michael] Begnal

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0385
Abstract

Two letters from Irish author Austin Clarke to Michael Begnal.

Dates: 1970-1971

On board the ship Governor Morton

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0013
Abstract

Journal kept by the passenger John Clarke aboard the ship Governor Morton documenting the trip from New York to San Francisco between March 12, 1852 and December 20, 1852.

Dates: 1852 March 10-1852 December 20

Classics Illustrated collection

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Identifier: MSS 0647
Abstract The Classics Illustrated collection is a collection of comic books from four versions of the Classics Illustratedseries. Classics Illustrated published adaptations of the classics of literature in comic book format, with the intention of introducing literature to younger readers. The bulk of the collection comprises 79 issues from the original Classics Illustrated series, which was created by Albert Lewis Kanter...
Dates: 1942-1998; Majority of material found within 1942-1969

Henry Clay presentation items

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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

John M. Clayton form letter to John Murphy

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0072
Abstract

Form letter about updated laws for the State of Delaware, sent to the governor of Alabama, John Murphy, and signed by Delaware's secretary of state, John M. Clayton.

Dates: 1827 August 20

John M. Clayton letter to Mr. Titcomb

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0155
Abstract

One letter from John M. Clayton, a lawyer, politician and Secretary of State from Delaware, to Mr. Titcomb. The letter asks Titcomb to send patient office reports to an unnamed individual, with instructions on how to frank the package on Clayton's behalf.

Dates: 1855 October 26

John M. Clayton letter to Mr. Towers

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0073
Abstract

Short handwritten letter from the United States senator from Delaware, John M. Clayton, to printer "Mr. Towers," requesting a set of proofs be sent to him immediately.

Dates: 1848 July 12

John Middleton Clayton letter to Crawford

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0007
Abstract

Handwritten letter from U.S. Senator John Middleton Clayton (Whig-Delaware), requesting a violin bow from Crawford, along with a brief reference to politics in Delaware.

Dates: 1854 October 19

John Middleton Clayton letter to William M. Whiting Boardman

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0006
Abstract

One handwritten letter from Senator John Middleton Clayton (Whig-Delaware) to W. M. Boardman, detailing a bit of Clayton's personal history as well as his reasons for becoming interested in politics. Also included is a typed transcription of Clayton's letter.

Dates: 1830 July 7

Diary of Joseph Cleaver, Jr., kept at Delaware College

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0014
Abstract

This typed transcript of a diary kept by Delaware College student Joseph Cleaver for the period 1853-1854 describes student life at the college, the curriculum, and Cleaver’s involvement in the Athenaean Literary Society.

Dates: 1853 August 31-1854 November 21

President Grover Cleveland signed document appointing John C. Pennewill postmaster

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0166
Abstract

The document appointing John C. Pennewill as postmaster of Dover, Delaware, is signed on June 10, 1886, by President Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States of America.

Dates: 1886 June 10

Letters to Lucy Clifford

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0467
Abstract

Eight etters written to English children's writer, novelist, and dramatist Lucy Lane Clifford from several English literary figures from 1886-1890: W. F. Pollock, C. T. Newton, James Russell Lowell, James Joseph Sylvester, Joseph Cotter Morison, J. Herbert Stack, E. Ray Lankester, and one unidentified sender.

Dates: 1886-1890

Log of H.M. Ship Undaunted

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0076
Abstract

Official log book kept by William John Cavendish Clifford of the British Royal Navy aboard the HMS Undaunted describing the ship's travels through ports in St. Helena and Sierra Leone from November 3, 1830, to February 10, 1834.

Dates: 1830 November 3-1834 February 10

Clinton Osborne Houghton diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0376
Abstract Clinton Osborne Houghton was born on April 7, 1873 in Helena, New York. After graduating from Cornell, C.O. Houghton found positions as an associate professor of biology at the University of Delaware and as an entomologist at the Delaware Agriculture Experimental Station, both of which he held until 1906. Afterwards, he became a professor of zoology from 1906-1909, and then a professor of biology from 1909 until his retirement. The C.O. Houghton diaries consist of nineteen diaries as well as...
Dates: 1905-1940

Clockmaker and silversmith’s account book

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Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0022
Abstract

This ledger was kept by Robinson Perkins, a New Hampshire clockmaker and silversmith, between 1801 and 1831. Newspapers and other printed clippings were pasted to many pages in the volume in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1801 January 16-1831 February 15; circa 1850s-1870s

Elizabeth Coatsworth papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0437
Abstract

Family papers relating to the poet and children’s author Elizabeth Coatsworth, including letters to Coatsworth from the English poet and novelist L.A.G. Strong and from the American author Josephine Pinckney, as well as letters to Coatsworth’s husband, the writer Henry Beston.

Dates: 1902-1948

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Delaware--History--20th century 36
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French 56
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Creator unidentified 67
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 38
University of Delaware 29
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 13
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 12
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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence 12
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 12
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 11
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 10
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 10
Hoffman, Richard Lee 10
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 9
Delaware. General Assembly 9
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 9
Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 9
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 9
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 9
United States. Congress. Senate 9
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 8
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 8
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 8
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 8
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 8
AE, 1867-1935 7
Carter, John, 1905-1975 7
Delaware College 7
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 7
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 7
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 7
Reagan, Ronald 7
Simon, Neil 7
United States. Congress. House 7
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 7
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 7
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 6
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 6
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 6
McClure, Michael 6
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 6
O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984 6
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 6
Wieners, John, 1934-2002 6
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 5
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 5
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 5
Corso, Gregory 5
Di Prima, Diane 5
Du Pont, Pierre S. 5
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957 5
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
Field, Edward, 1924- 5
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 5
Herlihy, James Leo 5
Lambert, Gavin 5
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958--Correspondence 5
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 5
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 5
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949 5
Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 5
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 5
Williams, John J. (John James), 1904-1988 5
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 5
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 4
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 4
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 4
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 4
Corman, Cid 4
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 4
Delaware Theatre Company 4
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 4
Dodd, Mead & Company 4
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 4
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 4
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 4
Ford, Charles Henri 4
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 4
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 4
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988 4
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 4
Jennings, Elizabeth, 1926-2001 4
Joans, Ted 4
Kaufman, Alan 4
Lincoln Club of Delaware 4
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination 4
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 4
Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- 4
Oakley, Thornton, 1881-1953 4
Peter Owen (Firm) 4
Phoenix Book Shop 4
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 4
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 4
Ridgely, Nicholas, 1694-1755 4
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 4
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 4
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 4
Stavis, Barrie 4
Tober, Frank W., 1919-1995 4
Whalen, Philip 4
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 4
Windham, Donald 4
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