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John E. Hart collection regarding Albert Halper
Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers
The Everett C. & Louise Stanton Johnson papers concern the personal affairs of prominent Delaware publisher and politician Everett C. Johnson (1877-1926) and his wife Louise Staton Johnson (1882-1977). In addition, the collection contains material from their Newark publishing house, the Press of Kells, which brought the Arts and Crafts Movement to the community from 1916 to 1918.
Alan Kaufman papers
Nellie Day Lawrence papers
J. Ben Lieberman papers
Educator, editor, author, amateur printer, and proponent of the private press, J. Ben Lieberman is widely regarded as the father of the twentieth-century chappel movement in the United States. The J. Ben Lieberman Papers reflect some of the accomplishments of J. Ben Lieberman and his wife Elizabeth Koller Lieberman.
Richard McCann papers
Harriet Monroe letters to Grant Hyde Code
Letters from American poet and Poetry editor Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) to American poet, editor, and teacher Grant Hyde Code (1896-1974), detailing a professional correspondence centering on his submissions to and support of Poetry.
Swine print : serial and letter to Anne
One handwritten letter from Henry Morris to Anne (last name unknown) with two issues of his short-lived serial Swine Print.
David M. Nelson papers
The David M. Nelson papers document the military, athletic, coaching, and administrative careers of twentieth century American football rules authority and former University of Delaware coach and administrator, David Moir Nelson.
Ulick O'Connor papers
This collection consists of material accumulated over a 25-year period by Ulick O’Connor: biographer, poet, playwright and journalist. O’Connor’s biographies of Brendan Behan and Oliver St. John Gogarty have been recognized internationally as definitive works. A large portion of the collection deals with materials for these books.
William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Pagany archive
The archive of the little magazine Pagany: a native quarterly consists of 5.5 linear feet of material, which spans the dates 1925–1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1929 to 1933. The collection includes founder and editor Richard Johns's personal papers and all known surviving material related to the publication of Pagany (some letters and manuscript were destroyed in a 1932 fire or stolen from Johns's car the same year).
Sir William Rothenstein and Sir John Rothenstein collection
The University of Delaware Library’s collection of books from the family library of the British artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) and his son, the art historian Sir John Rothenstein (1901-1992), numbers over six hundred volumes. The collection documents the important careers of the Rothensteins.
Walter Penn Shipley papers
This collection contains materials related to Walter Penn Shipley, a Philadelphia lawyer and well-known amateur chess enthusiast of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Materials include photographs, magazines and newspaper articles of Shipley’s chess activities as well as photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Walter Penn Shipley, his family, and his friends.
Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers
W. D. Snodgrass correspondence with Daniela Gioseffi
Correspondence between twentieth century American writers W. D. Snodgrass and Daniela Gioseffi.
Barrie Stavis letter to Horst and Barbara Höhne
In April of 1991, American playwright Barrie Stavis wrote this letter to the Höhnes to accompany the enclosed issue of Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature, which contains Stavis's Lamp at Midnight: a Play about Galileo.
Barrie Stavis letters to Stanley Weintraub
Between 1971 and 1995, American playwright Barrie Stavis (1906-2007) wrote approximately 30 letters to historian Stanley Weintraub (born 1929) in which he discussed mutual friends, his writing projects, and their families.
Marion H. Steele papers
The papers of Marion H. Steele, former managing editor of the Journal of Home Economics and University of Delaware graduate.
William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records
William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.
Horace Traubel collection of Walt Whitman papers
This collection comprises materials collected by Horace Traubel, American journalist, on his longtime friend, poet Walt Whitman.
Homer C. Wiggins collection
The Homer C. Wiggins Collection concerns the story of juvenile criminal and escaped convict Homer C. Wiggins, who was killed in 1913 by Wilmington, Delaware, police.