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Archaeological Society of Delaware records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0578
Abstract

This collection contains the administrative and organizational records for the incorporated educational group, the Archaeological Society of Delaware. The materials span the length of the organization's existence from 1933 to the present.

Dates: 1933-2011

George R. Bennett Independent Order of Odd Fellows papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0124
Abstract

Collection of letters, certificates, and contract related to the Crystal Fount Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 10, in Milford, Delaware, compiled by Grand Representative of Delaware George R. Bennett from 1926 to 1931.

Dates: 1926 February 1-1931 January 16

Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0583
Abstract The Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers contains twenty-six three-ring notebooks and nine folders of genealogical research notes, family photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera related to nineteenth- and twentieth-century generations of Boyce's family lines from Delaware and Virginia. Boyce's research includes the Boyce, Justis, Morrow, Shreve, Wright, Brownley, Lawrence, Sebree, Adams, and Tuley families, as well as the family lines of his wife, Doris Jolls...
Dates: 1792-1999; Majority of material found within 1850s-1980s

John Malcolm Brinnin papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0103s
Abstract The Supplement to the John Malcolm Brinnin Papers comprises thirteen linear feet of material spanning the dates [1800s]-1998 (bulk dates 1935-1998). Most of the collection consists of letters to Brinnin; poems, a memoir, journals, and articles written by Brinnin; and personal documents, such as a passport, birth certificate, medical and hospice information, draft notice, photographs, and college diploma. However, the supplement also includes books or manuscripts written by other authors...
Dates: circa 1800s-1998; Majority of material found within 1935-1998

Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records

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Identifier: MSS 0593
Abstract The Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records contains 3.3 linear feet of documents, correspondence, new clippings, brochures, financial records, and multimedia materials gathered by Burdick during her work with the Association (also known as W3R), which first began meeting informally in 1999 and was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 2004 with the purpose of identifying and marking the approximately 650-mile route traveled by colonial...
Dates: 1976-2009; Majority of material found within 2002-2008

Conard-Pyle Company records supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0634s
Abstract

The Conard-Pyle Company records supplement includes substantial additions to the series in the original collection, as well as records which constitute three new series related to the Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc., printed material, and Robert Pyle's professional papers.

Dates: 1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1910-2000

Delaware Women's Conference records

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Identifier: MSS 0677
Abstract

The Delaware Women's Conference records, which document the only all-volunteer women's conference in the United States, provide a record of an organization which sought to empower women of all ages, economic backgrounds, and lifestyles, to engage and to improve the status of all women.

Dates: 1984-2010

Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers

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Identifier: MSS 0361
Abstract

The Everett C. & Louise Stanton Johnson papers concern the personal affairs of prominent Delaware publisher and politician Everett C. Johnson (1877-1926) and his wife Louise Staton Johnson (1882-1977). In addition, the collection contains material from their Newark publishing house, the Press of Kells, which brought the Arts and Crafts Movement to the community from 1916 to 1918.

Dates: 1835-1988; Majority of material found within 1916-1958

Robert B. McKee papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0416
Abstract

The Robert B. McKee papers consist of correspondence, military orders, medical supply inventories, casualty reports, and other material related to service as a surgeon in the 1st Delaware Calvary regiment during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1901; Majority of material found within 1861-1865

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

New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0260
Abstract

The New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records document the history, organization, and activities of this women's club, which began in 1893 as a reading club, but quickly developed into an organization dedicated to promoting civic responsibility and social service in the Newark community.

Dates: 1893-2011

Papers of Wilmington banks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0594
Abstract

The Papers of Wilmington Banks, 1831-1895, consists of .1 linear feet of material pertaining to the chartering and dissolution of specific independent and national banks in Wilmington, Delaware, and the passing of the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864.

Dates: 1831-1895

G. Burton Pearson, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0432
Abstract

Personal correspondence, papers, and photographs from Delaware lawyer, judge, and banker George Burton Pearson, Jr., as well as papers from relatives in the Pearson, Cochran, Warren, and Hardcastle families.

Dates: 1840-1999; Majority of material found within 1880-1950

L. Eudora Pettigrew papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0773
Abstract The L. Eudora Pettigrew papers document the academic and professional career of Dr. L. Eudora Pettigrew (b. 1928), the first African American to hold a position in central administration at the University of Delaware and the first black female president of the SUNY system. The collection chronicles over sixty years of her life as a student, educator, administrator, and global emissary. Spanning the dates 1900 to 2012, the collection also offers insight into the lives of three generations of...
Dates: circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1965-2005

Pierce family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0293
Abstract

The Pierce family papers comprise materials relating to the Pierce family of New Castle, Delaware, from the early nineteenth century to the middle twentieth century. Most of the forty-eight items date from the American Civil War and provide a personal description of military life.

Dates: 1833-1954; Majority of material found within 1862-1864

Thomas Pole papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0828
Abstract

The Thomas Pole papers consist of three bound manuscripts, a letter case with silhouettes, an annotated map, and a collection of papers related to American-born Quaker physician, Thomas Pole (1753-1829).

Dates: 1709-1964; Majority of material found within 1770s-1870s

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

Frank W. Tober papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0602
Abstract

The Frank W. Tober papers comprise letters, postcards, photographs, pamphlets, magazines, newspaper clippings, newsletters, printing ephemera, invoices, notebooks, woodblocks, prints, coins, sculpture, and other realia. A major portion of the papers relate to Tober's collections and collecting activities. Tober was a chemical engineer with a substantial personal interest in the study of rare books, printing, Napoleon and the French Revolution, and, in particular, literary forgery.

Dates: 1791-1995; Majority of material found within 1945-1995

Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0532
Abstract

The Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.), records, spanning the dates 1920-2002, and detail the social and civic life of this women's club located in Claymont, Delaware.

Dates: 1920-2002

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Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc. 1
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bennett, George R. 1
Betts, Mahlon 1
Billings, John 1
Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793 1
Bliss, Zenas E. 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
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
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Burdick, Kim, 1948- 1
Burton, William, 1789-1866 1
Card, Benj. C. (Benjamin Cozzens), 1825-1914 1
Central National Bank of Philadelphia 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Clark, D. C. 1
Cochran family 1
Conard-Pyle Co. 1
Cox, C. C. 1
Crozier, Archibald 1
Cummings, A. 1
De Valinger, Leon, 1905-2000 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware Women's Conference, Inc. 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Eckler, James N. 1
Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank in the City of Philadelphia 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferraro, Geraldine 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
First National Bank of Wilmington 1
First National Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine 1
Fleck, Robert D., 1947- 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Frank, E. B. 1
Friedan, Betty 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
George W. Bush & Sons (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Gibbons, Dolores 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Hamilton, William N. 1
Hardcastle family 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Heald, Thomas 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
International Association of University Presidents 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Johnson, Everett C., 1877-1926 1
Johnson, Henry 1
Johnson, Louise S., 1882-1977 1
Jones, Theodore 1
Jones, Washington 1
Jong, Erica 1
Junior League of Wilmington, Delaware 1
Junior Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) 1
Knight, N. B. 1
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 1
Laurence, Samuel B. 1
Lobdell, William W. 1
Manufacturers National Bank of Philadelphia 1
Massey, George V. 1
McCullough, David G. 1
McKee, Anna M. 1
McKee, Robert B. 1
Mechanics' Bank (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Mitchell, Andrea 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Moreno, Rita 1
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 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 Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association, Inc 1
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