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Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records

 Collection
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
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Frazer Jones papers of the Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0450
Abstract

Two linear feet of correspondence, clippings, official records, photographs, publications, ephemera, and other materials primarily related to Junior President Frazer Jones’s work in the Robert Kirkwood Society of the Children of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1929-1968; Majority of material found within 1955-1965
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Robert Kirkwood documents from the collection of Helen and Paul Elm

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0777
Abstract

This collection features a letter, dated June 23, 1777, from Captain Robert Kirkwood of Newark, Delaware, to his father (Robert Kirkwood, Sr.) during the Continental Army’s New Jersey Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The collection also contains military records related to officer appointments, muster rolls, subsistence rolls, and clothing supplies.

Dates: 1777, 1779-1780
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Latimer family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0117
Abstract The manuscript collection of the Latimer Family Papers consists of material spanning the dates 1690-1927, with bulk dates of 1770-1870. The collection as a whole includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, ledgers, checks, bills, receipts, indentures, deeds, wills, photographs, and ship logs. The collection details the personal and business affairs of the Latimer family and also documents events of historical and economic significance in the context of revolutionary America and early...
Dates: 1690-1927; Majority of material found within 1770-1870
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Christopher Ward papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0107
Abstract

The Christopher Ward papers record the career of popular early 20th century Delaware author Christopher Ward (1868-1943). The papers comprise manuscript drafts, typescripts, poetry, correspondence, clippings, and scrapbooks, and reflect Ward's career as a professional author during the latter half of his life.

Dates: 1894-1966; Majority of material found within 1922-1941
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793 1
Burdick, Kim, 1948- 1
Jones, Frazer 1
Kirkwood, Robert, 1756-1791 1
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 1
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Latimer, Henry, Sr. 1
Latimer, John Richardson, 1793-1855 1
McCullough, David G. 1
National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association, Inc 1
Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution 1
Rochambeau, Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de, 1750-1813 1
Selig, Robert A. 1
Swensson, Evelyn 1
United States. Continental Army. Delaware Regiment 1
United States. National Park Service 1
United States. Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Heritage Act of 2000 1
Ward, Christopher, 1868-1943 1
Washington, George, 1732-1799 1
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association of Delaware 1
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