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Henry Clay Reed papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0499
Abstract
Henry Clay Reed, 1899-1972, was a renound Delaware historian and history professor at the University of Delaware for forty years, researching, teaching, writing, and editing numerous articles and books.
The Henry Clay Reed papers, spanning the dates from 1915-1974, contains legal documents, photographs, microfilm, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, publications, and ephemera from the historian and University of Delaware professor.
Dates:
1833-1979; Majority of material found within 1915-1972
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
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