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Selected from various authors: Chosen paragraphs, agreeable to the fancy of the compiler

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0005
Abstract

This single bound volume was compiled by Dr. Samuel Henry Black between 1810 and 1844, containing transcribed quotations, prose, and poetry; agricultural memorandums (1815); and an open letter in which he declined to run for the Delaware General Assembly (1821).

Dates: 1810-1844
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Leon De Valinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0686
Abstract Leon De Valinger, Jr., served as Delaware State Archivist from 1941 to 1970. The Leon De Valinger papers contain his personal and professional records, primarily related to his work as State Archivist and as a historian of Delaware. His professional, administrative, and subject files offer a window into the varied concerns of the archives profession as it evolved during the 20th century. Additionally, his work to document, preserve, and promote Delaware history and culture forms a theme...
Dates: 1752-1999; Majority of material found within 1930-1980
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Morris family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0196
Abstract

Hugh M. Morris (1878-1966) was a Delaware lawyer and served as a federal district judge from 1919-1930. The Morris family papers, spanning the dates 1740-1985 and including legal deeds, account books, personal and busienss correspondence, legal records and photographs, documents the lives and career of Judge Hugh Morris and members of his extended family and network.

Dates: 1740-1985; 1864-1925
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Willard Saulsbury, Jr., papers

 Collection — Box: Duplicates
Identifier: MSS 0331
Abstract Willard Saulsbury, Jr. (1861-1927), was a prominent Delaware lawyer and a member of a a leading Delaware political family, serving in the United States Senate from 1913-1919 as as President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1916 to 1919. The bulk of the Willard Saulsbury, Jr., papers belong to Saulsbury himself, dating from 1908-1926 when Saulsbury was at his political and business peak. The collection, consisting of papers, photographs, maps, and political realia, also includes papers and...
Dates: 1716-1930; Majority of material found within 1908-1926
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Townsend family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0445
Abstract

The Townsend family (of Delaware) papers consists of letters, accounts, and other business records, spanning the years 1809-1920, with the majority of the material falling between 1834 and 1894. The collection mainly consists of business letters sent to Samuel and John Townsend, political and personal letters sent to Samuel Townsend, and family correspondence, including twenty letters written by Edmund Townsend during the Civil War.

Dates: 1809-1920; Majority of material found within 1833-1894
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Waples family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0402
Abstract

The Waples Family Papers, spanning the dates 1753-1864, outline the family’s role in the economic development of Milton in Broadkill Hundred, Delaware. But the bulk of the collection, 1851-1864, focuses on Gideon B. Waples, beginning with the pre-Civil War period when he was a student at Delaware College. After he voluntarily left his studies, he became a farmer and businessman in southern Delaware; he also served as a political aide to two governors of Delaware during the Civil War.

Dates: 1753-1864; Majority of material found within 1851-1864
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
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Morris, William Wilkinson 1
Munroe, John A. (John Andrew), 1914-2006 1
Ryden, George Herbert, 1884-1941 1
Saulsbury, Eli, 1817-1893 1
Saulsbury, May du Pont, 1854-1927 1
Saulsbury, Willard, 1820-1892 1
Smith, James A. 1
United States. Congress. Senate 1
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Waples, Gideon B., active 1832-1864 1
Waples, Gideon, 1800-1837 1
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