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Littell family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0449
Abstract

The Littell family papers include correspondence, letters, scrapbooks, commonplace books, copybooks, published material, ephemera, realia, financial records, diaries, books, artwork, photographs, greeting cards, postcards, clippings, and research notes created or collected by members of the Morris, Harrington, Littell, and Winslow families of Pennsylvania and Delaware from circa 1808 to 2004.

Dates: 1808-2005

Norman Lockman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0865
Abstract

Norman Lockman, a political journalist in Delaware and Massachusetts, was the first African American journalist and former managing editor of the Wilmington News Journal. The Norman Lockman papers, consisting mostly of newspaper clippings and articles, documents Lockman’s journalism career at the Wilmington News Journal and Boston Globe.

Dates: 1954-2004; Majority of material found within 1969-2004

Malcolm L. Mackenzie papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0611
Abstract This collection contains materials relating to Malcolm L. Mackenzie's publicity firm Malcolm L. Mackenzie & Associates and Mackenzie's personal involvement with the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, other local cultural institutions, and his interests in general maritime history and historic ships. Materials include publicity materials, written reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, facsimile maps, newsletters, photographs, photograph negatives, slides, and sailing and...
Dates: circa 1926-2007

John Hill Martin family history

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0148
Abstract

This volume contains an extensive history of the Martin family of Chester County and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, created by John Hill Martin. Martin created the history during the 1870s-1890s, but included materials from both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1726-1899; Majority of material found within 1870-1899

Thomas McKean letter to James Rogers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0071
Abstract

Autograph letter from Pennsylvania politician Thomas McKean to James Rogers about a farm possibly purchased in his name at a Sheriff's sale. He also requests that a deed be drawn and presented to the Sheriff for execution. Thomas McKean served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and governor of Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1814 November 9

Robert B. McKee papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0416
Abstract

The Robert B. McKee papers consist of correspondence, military orders, medical supply inventories, casualty reports, and other material related to service as a surgeon in the 1st Delaware Calvary regiment during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1901; Majority of material found within 1861-1865

Louis McLane letter of introduction to Robert H. Ingles

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0137
Abstract

One handwritten letter by Delaware Senator and U.S. Minister to England Louis McLane to member of Parliament for Oxford Robert H. Ingles regarding letters of introduction for two friends visiting Oxford dated July 22, 1846.

Dates: 1846 July 22

Louis McLane letter to Pere Biddle

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0040
Abstract

Diplomat, cabinet member, and Delaware politician, Louis McLane, sent this one-page signed and handwritten letter to his landlord, Pere Biddle, concerning improvements to his rental property, on December 4, 1824.

Dates: 1824 December 4

Louis McLane letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0163
Abstract

Consists of 14 handwritten letters by Louis McLane, a U.S. Senator (R-Delaware) and cabinet officer from Smyrna, Delaware, to various correspondents, mostly concerning business, governmental, and financial matters.

Dates: 1821-1853

George S. Messersmith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0109
Abstract

Diplomatic and professional papers of George S. Messersmith (1883-1960). Consists of correspondence, memoranda, and official dispatches written during Messersmith's tenure with the U.S. Department of State, as well as during his subsequent business career. The extensive typescript of an unpublished memoir is also present. The papers include extensive discussions of political and economic matters regarding Europe during the 1930s and Latin America in the 1940s and 1950s.

Dates: 1907-1955

Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0580
Abstract

The records of the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, spanning over twenty-five years beginning in 1978, document the work, activities, and annual meetings of the Conference, a body which is dedicated to bringing together professional and avocational archaeologists from across the mid-Atlantic region.

Dates: 1978-2004

Milford New Century Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0542
Abstract

The Milford New Century Club records document the history of the club from its founding in 1898 and demonstrate the intellectual, social, and civic commitment of club members.

Dates: 1900-2005

Dorothy Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0875
Abstract Delaware environmental activist Dorothy Miller (1931-2016) led a coaltion of citizens, conservation-minded organizations, the DuPont Company, and the state governments of Delaware and Pennsylvania to acquire and preserve open space to protect the entire White Clay Creek Watershed. Spanning the dates 1965-2010, this collection documents community efforts led by Miller to preserve the White Clay Creek Watershed and her further work on water resources, residential/commercial and transportation...
Dates: 1965-2010

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

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

Account books for Michael Mulligan of Delaware City, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0070
Abstract

Books recording the accounts of individuals who purchased items from Michael Mulligan, operator of a dry goods establishment in Delaware City, Delaware, between 1887 and 1894.

Dates: 1887-1897

New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0260
Abstract

The New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records document the history, organization, and activities of this women's club, which began in 1893 as a reading club, but quickly developed into an organization dedicated to promoting civic responsibility and social service in the Newark community.

Dates: 1893-2011

Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0680
Abstract

The Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers comprises 14.3 linear feet of materials, spanning the dates between 1900 and 2011, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, travel brochures, reel-to-reel tapes, magazines, fanzines, and other materials documenting intergenerational American family life in Delaware.

Dates: circa 1900-2011

Mitchell Palmer letter to Robert H. Hollet

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0218
Abstract

One-page typed letter from Attorney General Mitchell Palmer to Delaware state judge Robert H. Hollet. In the letter, Palmer discusses the critical role Woman Suffrage will play in creating a peaceful and equitable nation.

Dates: 1920 March 18

Papers of Wilmington banks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0594
Abstract

The Papers of Wilmington Banks, 1831-1895, consists of .1 linear feet of material pertaining to the chartering and dissolution of specific independent and national banks in Wilmington, Delaware, and the passing of the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864.

Dates: 1831-1895

Patriotic Order of the Sons of America collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0247
Abstract

The Patriotic Order of the Sons of America collection consists of correspondence, annual meeting reports, printed flyers, and organizational documents dating from 1905-1910. Most items are dated and appear to have been collected by an unidentified member of the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America, Camp #16 in Cheswold, Delaware.

Dates: 1905-1910

G. Burton Pearson, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0432
Abstract

Personal correspondence, papers, and photographs from Delaware lawyer, judge, and banker George Burton Pearson, Jr., as well as papers from relatives in the Pearson, Cochran, Warren, and Hardcastle families.

Dates: 1840-1999; Majority of material found within 1880-1950

Richard Peters letter to George Stevenson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0041
Abstract

Provincial Secretary of Pennsylvania, Richard Peters, wrote this one-page handwritten and signed letter to Dover surveyor, George Stevenson, requesting a survey of land in St. Georges Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, for Leonard Humphrys, on May 16, 1747. Includes watermark.

Dates: 1747 May 16

Russell W. Peterson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0745
Abstract

Russell W. Peterson served as governor of Delaware from 1969 to 1973. The Russell W. Peterson papers include correspondence, speeches, personal notes, press clippings, schedules, calendars, personal planners, informational materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1953-2010; Majority of material found within 1970-2010

Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Rail Road Company's Chief Accountant statement and letter from the Treasurer

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0035
Abstract

Statement to the Treasurer of the state of Delaware with the number of passengers carried by train within the state during the month of September, in pursuance with the provisions of the legislature. Also included is a letter from company treasurer Alfred Horner protesting the way the company is being taxed, calling it unconstitutional.

Dates: 1864 December 14-15

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 8
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Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 4
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 4
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American Association of University Women 3
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 3
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 3
General Federation of Women's Clubs 3
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 3
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857 3
Morris, Hugh M. 3
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 3
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 3
Adams, Phelps 2
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 2
Archaeological Society of Delaware 2
Brayman, Harold, 1900-1988 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 2
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 2
Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976 2
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 2
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 2
Cornell University 2
De Valinger, Leon, 1905-2000 2
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 2
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 2
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 2
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 2
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 2
International House 2
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 2
Knickerbocker Press 2
League of Women Voters of Delaware 2
Lincoln Club of Delaware 2
Morris family 2
Morrison, C. M. (Charles Munro) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 2
National Press Club (U.S.) 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company 2
Public Relations Society of America 2
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811 2
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 2
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 2
Saulsbury, Willard, 1861-1927 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
Wilson family 2
Young, William, 1755-1829 2
Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998 1
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 1
Adamson, Hans 1
American Association of University Women. Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) 1
American Legislative Exchange Council 1
American Pilot (Training ship) 1
Avila Camacho, Manuel, 1897-1955 1
Bair, Myrna L. (Myrna Lynn), 1940- 1
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 1
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Barrett, Albert B. 1
Barrett, Albert B.--Correspondence 1
Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 1901-1973 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Beebe, Anna 1
Berger Waldenegg, Egon, 1880-1960 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Betts, Mahlon 1
Biddle, Pere 1
Biddle, Pere--Correspondence 1
Billings, John 1
Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793 1
Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
Black family 1
Bliss, Zenas E. 1
Bluenose (Ship) 1
Bluenose II (Ship) 1
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993 1
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993--Correspondence 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 1
Braden, Spruille, 1894-1978 1
Brandywine Conservancy 1
Brandywine Valley Association 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, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown family 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
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