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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

Rita Katz Farrell collection related to dance

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0430
Abstract

Reference and research files that Rita Katz Farrell compiled during her career as a critic, freelance writer, and teacher.

Dates: 1920-1993; Majority of material found within 1950-1993

World fairs and expositions collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0630
Abstract

This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.

Dates: 1851-1967; Majority of material found in 1893

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Advertising fans 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--20th century 1
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Albumen prints 1
Awards 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Bonds (negotiable instruments) 1
Bridgeville (Del.) 1
Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Cards (information artifacts) 1
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century 1
Color photographs 1
Contracts 1
Dance--United States--History 1
Delaware 1
Delaware--Politics and government--20th century 1
Delaware--Politics and government--21st century 1
Exhibitions--England--London--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--20th century 1
Freemasons--20th century 1
Freemasons--21st century 1
Handbills 1
Legislators 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Montréal (Québec)--History--20th century 1
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century 1
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Pennants 1
Performing arts--United States--History--20th century 1
Personal correspondence 1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 1
Playbills 1
Political cartoons 1
Political posters 1
Press kits 1
Press releases 1
Printed ephemera 1
Punch (London, England) 1
Realia 1
Research (document genres) 1
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--20th century 1
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century 1
Scarves (costume accessories) 1
Scrapbooks 1
Souvenirs 1
Stationery 1
Stereographs 1
Stereoscopes 1
Trade cards (advertising) 1
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Names
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1