Showing Collections: 1 - 4 of 4
Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0670
Abstract
The Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers is a combination of correspondence and personal papers originated by American author and actor James Leo Herlihy and literary papers belonging to Herlihy’s long-time friend and literary executor, American author Jeffrey Bailey.
Dates:
1942-2006; Majority of material found within dates 1953-1993
Donald Callender papers
Collection
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
Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers
Collection
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
Emilie Sargent scrapbook of West Indies and South American cruise aboard R.M.S. Mauretania
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0010
Abstract
The Emilie Sargent scrapbook documents Sargent’s travels to the West Indies and South America aboard the cruise ship R.M.S. Mauretania in the fall of 1933. The scrapbook comprises approximately one-hundred-pages of photographs, newsletters, postcards, programs, menus, newspaper clippings, souvenirs, and other ship ephemera gathered during the cruise, which stopped at the following ports of call between September 9 and September 22, 1933: Trinidad, La Guaira...
Dates:
1933-1935