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Thurman Adams, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0619
Abstract

Democratic Senator Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928-2009) was the longest-serving senator in the history of the Delaware General Assembly. Adams was also the president of T.G. Adams & Sons, Inc., an agricultural feed and grain business in Bridgeville, Delaware. The Thurman Adams, Jr., papers chronicle the personal and professional life of the longest-serving senator (a Democrat from the 19th District) in the history of the Delaware General Assembly.

Dates: 1939-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-2009
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

William S. Auchincloss scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0420
Abstract This one-volume scrapbook, with contents spanning 1862- 1892, includes correspondence, maps, tickets, papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, documents, advertisements, and drawings; and was largely assembled from the professional activities of William S. Auchincloss. Evidence within the scrapbook points to the wide range of interests that captured the attention of Auchincloss, a civil and mechanical engineer, originally from New York who later resided in Wilmington, Delaware, and in...
Dates: 1862-1892
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Frederic A. Blank papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0572
Abstract

The papers of centenarian, World War I veteran, and retired wall covering entrepreneur Frederic Blank, spanning close to 150 years, illustrate the varied life of a twentieth-century businessman and provide important sample books of iconic mid-twentieth-century American wall coverings.

Dates: 1866-1991; Majority of material found within 1917-1974
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0431
Abstract

The Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger Scrapbook chronicles the 1909 cruise taken by Philadelphia resident and theatrical manager Nixon-Nirdlinger and his wife from New York City to France, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Hungary. The scrapbook records various aspects of the early twentieth-century travel business and is particularly rich with theatrical ephemera, indicating Nixon- Nirdlinger’s trip combined theatrical business interests with pleasure.

Dates: 1909
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American. 1
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Adams, Thurman, Jr. 1
Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Blank, Frederic A., 1890-1992 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
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Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. 1
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris 1
Frederic Blank & Co. 1
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 1
Nixon-Nirdlinger, Fred G. (Frederick G.), 1877-1931 1
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 1
United States. Navy 1
University of Delaware 1
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