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Donald Callender papers

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Identifier: MSS 0588
Abstract This collection documents the for-profit and nonprofit work of Donald W. Callender, Jr., an industrial archaeologist whose career in the greater Delaware-Pennsylvania-New Jersey area has involved maintenance and restoration of railroads and rail cars. In addition, Callender was involved in the establishment of a regional living history museum, the leadership of historic preservation organizations, and efforts to restore the Wilmington Waterfront and increase tourism to the city. The...
Dates: 1968-2008; Majority of material found within 1974-1999

Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant collection

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Identifier: MSS 0650
Abstract This collection contains audiovisual material, publications, photographs, and other material from the Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant publicity office, donated after the closure of the plant in December 2008. Much of the material documents the working life of Chrysler employees in the Newark plant, human resources and employee training, and the processes required to build automobiles at the plant. The collection also documents many of the programs instituted by the United Auto...
Dates: 1986-2008

Friends of Rockwood records

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Identifier: MSS 0675
Abstract The Friends of Rockwood, Inc., supported the maintenance of the site, collections, and educational mission of the Rockwood Museum in Wilmington, Delaware, from 1976 to 2014. The Friends of Rockwood records comprise the organization’s general administrative records; officer and member files; board of directors’ minutes and correspondence; files pertaining to the Friends’ association with New Castle County, Delaware; records relating to properties and capital improvements at Rockwood;...
Dates: 1890-2017; Majority of material found within 1976-2014

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

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Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

William H. Williams papers

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Identifier: MSS 0570
Abstract

The William H. Williams Papers, spanning the dates 1907-2006, comprise 11.6 linear feet of manuscripts, academic papers, correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, and academic research relating to the areas of study and publications of Williams, a prominent Delaware historian based in Sussex County, Delaware. The collection is divided into six series, with series III. through VI. corresponding to major subject areas studied by Williams.

Dates: 1907-2006; Majority of material found within 1976-2004

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Delaware--Race relations--History--20th century 2
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Affirmative action programs--Delaware 1
African American churches--Delaware 1
African American civil rights workers 1
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Gothic revival (Architecture)--Delaware--New Castle County 1
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Delaware Humanities Forum 2
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Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
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Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Chrysler Corporation. Newark Assembly Plant. 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Four States Railway Services 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Friends of Rockwood Inc. 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. (Del.) 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica)--Design and construction--20th century 1
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
New Castle County (Del.) 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
Railway Management Services 1
Redding, Louis L. 1
Rockwood Museum (New Castle County, Del.) 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Army. Air Corps 1
University of Delaware. Associate in Arts Degree Program 1
Vincent, Gilbert Tapley, 1946- 1
Visitor's Council of Delaware County 1
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1
Williams, William H. (William Henry), 1936-2007 1
Wilmington and Western Railroad 1
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