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Thurman Adams, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0619
Abstract

Democratic Senator Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928-2009) was the longest-serving senator in the history of the Delaware General Assembly. Adams was also the president of T.G. Adams & Sons, Inc., an agricultural feed and grain business in Bridgeville, Delaware. The Thurman Adams, Jr., papers chronicle the personal and professional life of the longest-serving senator (a Democrat from the 19th District) in the history of the Delaware General Assembly.

Dates: 1939-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-2009

Patricia Dycio Pete du Pont political ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0889
Abstract

Political ephemera, mostly related to Delaware governor Pete du Pont, including campaign buttons, t-shirts, a newspaper clipping, a 1981 inaugural program, and campaign literature collected by Patricia Buchanan Dycio.

Dates: circa 1977-1981

Betty Lee Hutchinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0839
Abstract

Betty Lee Hutchinson (1925-2020), a Democrat and Newark City Council member (1977-1980 and 1984-1988) was born November 18, 1925, in Uniontown, PA, to Harry J. Truman, Sr. (1897-1965), and Merle Carte Truman (1901-2001). The Betty Lee Hutchinson papers document the personal interests and civic activities of a woman with ties to Newark, Delaware, and the University of Delaware community.

Dates: 1900-2012; Majority of material found within 1975-2005

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

Wilson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0303
Abstract

The papers of the Wilson family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newark, Delaware, consist of 1.35 linear feet of material relating to four generations of direct descendents of Edward Wilson, Esq., of Elm’s Farm, near Liverpool, England.

Dates: 1684-1954; Majority of material found within 1830-1897

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Invitations 4
Black-and-white photographs 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Correspondence 3
Color photographs 2
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Deeds 2
Delaware--Politics and government--20th century 2
Financial records 2
Negatives (photographic) 2
New Castle County (Del.) 2
Newspapers 2
Obituaries 2
Political posters 2
Postcards 2
Printed ephemera 2
Women--Delaware--History--20th century 2
Account books 1
Advertisements 1
African American authors 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--21st century 1
Albumen prints 1
Almanacs 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Appraisals (financial records) 1
Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
Auction catalogs 1
Awards 1
Bankers (people) 1
Banks and banking--Delaware--History--19th century 1
Barbados 1
Bethany (W. Va.) 1
Biographies (documents) 1
Birthday cards 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.) 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--History--19th century 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--History--20th century 1
Braxton County (W. Va.) 1
Bridgeville (Del.) 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
Brochures 1
Businesspeople--Delaware--History--19th century 1
Businesspeople--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Cabinet photographs 1
California--Description and travel 1
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 1
Children 1
Christmas cards 1
Commonplace books 1
Copybooks (instructional materials) 1
Customs records 1
Daguerreotypes (photographs) 1
Dance cards 1
Daybooks 1
Delaware 1
Delaware--History 1
Delaware--History--18th century 1
Delaware--History--19th century 1
Delaware--History--20th century 1
Delaware--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
Delaware--Politics and government 1
Delaware--Politics and government--1951- 1
Delaware--Politics and government--21st century 1
Devotional literature 1
Diaries 1
Diarists 1
Dogs 1
Draftsmen (artists) 1
England--Description and travel 1
Engravings (prints) 1
Epistles 1
Estate inventories 1
Fairs 1
Florida--Description and travel 1
France--Description and travel 1
Freemasons--20th century 1
Freemasons--21st century 1
Genealogies (histories) 1
Genealogists 1
Genealogy 1
Germany--Description and travel 1
Glass plate negatives 1
Gothic revival (Architecture)--Delaware--New Castle County 1
Greece 1
Greeting cards 1
Historic buildings 1
Historic ships--18th century 1
Historic ships--19th century 1
Investments 1
Invoices 1
Italy--Description and travel 1
Land surveys 1
Larne (Northern Ireland) 1
Later prints 1
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Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
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Names
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 2
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 2
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 2
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 2
Du Pont, Pierre S. 2
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University of Delaware 2
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 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
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dysio, Patricia B. 1
Elderhostel, Inc. 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
Gordy, William J., 1910- 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harker, Patrick T., 1958- 1
Hutchinson, Betty Lee 1
Hutchinson, Harry D. 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Jones, Russel C. (Russel Cameron) 1
League of Women Voters of Delaware 1
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 1
Newark (Del.). City Council 1
Newark Free Library (Newark, Del.) 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Roselle, David P. 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 1
University of Michigan 1
University of Pittsburgh 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Wilson family 1
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