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Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0646
Abstract The Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material comprises approximately 1.6 linear feet of material pertaining to English bibliographer, book collector, and forger Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937). Much of the collection's material was compiled by English bibliographer and book collector John Carter (1905-1975), who co-authored with Graham Pollard (1903-1976) An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which effectively outed Wise as a...
Dates: 1897-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1934-1975
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Advertising fans 1
Albumen prints 1
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Auction catalogs 1
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Bonds (negotiable instruments) 1
Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Collectors 1
Contracts 1
Correspondence 1
Exhibition catalogs 1
Exhibitions--England--London--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--20th century 1
Forgers (criminals) 1
Galley proofs 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--19th century 1
Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--20th century 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Manuscripts (documents) 1
Maps (documents) 1
Montréal (Québec)--History--20th century 1
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century 1
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Newspapers 1
Page proofs 1
Pamphlets 1
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Periodicals 1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 1
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Programs (documents) 1
Punch (London, England) 1
Reprints 1
Research notes 1
Reviews (document genre) 1
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--20th century 1
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century 1
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Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 1
Garland, Bruce 1
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Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) 1
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) 1
Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) 1
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Pears (A. & F.) Limited 1
Todd, William B. 1
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.) 1
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