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Mahlon and James Batten family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0793
Abstract

This collection consists of four volumes containing tax assessments, mathematical exercises, accounts, memoranda, and school compositions created by Mahlon and James Batten of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1832 and 1874.

Dates: 1832-1874

Newark Publishing Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0879
Abstract Newark Publishing Co. was a Newark, Delaware, printing business established in the mid-20th century and was owned and operated by William H. Durham from circa 1967 to 1981. Newark Publishing Co. records comprises over 3000 job printing files created by the press for largely Newark, Delaware-based businesses between 1963 and 1981. The collection also includes administrative and financial records of the company and its precursor, the Newark Post weekly newspaper,...
Dates: 1936-1981; Majority of material found within 1971-1981

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
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

Virden family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0489
Abstract

This collection relates to the Virden (or Virdin) family of Delaware, specifically Samuel Virden (1793-1876) of Kent County and his descendants. Samuel's children and their spouses also figure prominently in this collection. The Virden family papers, spanning the years 1783-1901, consist of thirty-six letters, receipts, deeds, accounts, and other documents.

Dates: 1783-1901; Majority of material found within 1820s-1860s

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Ledgers (account books) 3
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Advertising--United States--History--20th century 1
African American authors 1
Albumen prints 1
Almanacs 1
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Auction catalogs 1
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Black-and-white photographs 1
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Bonds (legal records) 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.) 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--History--19th century 1
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Kent County (Del.) 1
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Larne (Northern Ireland) 1
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Lithographic engravings (prints) 1
Magazines (periodicals) 1
Maps (documents) 1
Marriage certificates 1
Mathematics 1
Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc 1
Menus 1
Merchants--United States--History--18th century 1
Merchants--United States--History--19th century 1
Millers (people) 1
Minutes (administrative records) 1
Motion picture film 1
Music rolls 1
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New Castle County (Del.) 1
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Language
Cherokee 1
German 1
Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
 
Names
Batten, James H., 1851-1925 1
Batten, Mahlon, 1819-1888 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
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Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Curtis Paper Company 1
Delaware. Division of State Police 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
DuMar Printing Co. 1
Durham, William H., 1905-1981 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
General Foods Corporation 1
Hall, John Wood, Jr. 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harlan C. Williams Co. 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Minuteman Press (Newark, Del.) 1
NVF Company 1
Newark Country Club (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark Publishing Co. (Newark, Del.) 1
Newark United Methodist Church (Newark, Del.) 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Porter Motor Co. (Newark, Del.) 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shamrock Printing Co. 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
University of Delaware 1
Virden family 1
Virden, Edwin, 1823-1899 1
Virden, Samuel, 1793-1876 1
Virden, Sarah Elizabeth, 1833- 1
W.L. Gore and Associates 1
WNRK radio (Newark, Del.) 1
Ware, Richard T. 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
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