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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

Harold Brayman papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0261s
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers supplement, spanning from 1914-1992, contains substantial editions to the original collection, documenting Brayman's dual careers in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence,...
Dates: 1914-1992

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
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

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

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Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
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Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Cornell University 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 1
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Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
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Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
International House 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Knickerbocker Press 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Morrison, C. M. (Charles Munro) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
National Press Club (U.S.) 1
New York (State). Legislature 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
Public Relations Society of America 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Redding, Louis L. 1
Republican National Committee (U.S.) 1
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Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
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Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
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Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 1
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 1
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Walker, Stanley, 1898-1962 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
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Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Williams, John J. (John James), 1904-1988 1
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