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Angus Stewart correspondence and publishing files

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0657
Abstract Angus Stewart (1936-1998) was an Australian-born British writer known for the novels Sandel (1968) and Snow in Harvest (1969), a book of verse titled Sense and Inconsequence: Satirical Verses (1972), and the memoir Tangier: A Writer's Notebook (1977). The Angus Stewart correspondence and publishing files collection comprises letters from Angus Stewart to publishers Timothy d'Arch Smith...
Dates: 1971-1977; Majority of material found within 1972-1973

Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0601
Abstract

The Frank W. Tober collection on literary forgery comprises letters, books, pamphlets, journals and journal articles, newspaper clippings, auction and exhibition catalogs, and other ephemera related to literary forgery. While Tober collected specimens of a variety of manuscript and printed forgeries, he was most interested in the literary forgeries of Thomas J. Wise and H. Buxton Forman.

Dates: 1801-1994; Majority of material found within 1920-1990

Torbert-Ellegood collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0461
Abstract

The Torbert-Ellegood Collection, spanning 1759-1889, with the bulk of the papers dating 1820-1840, consists of 1.3 linear feet of legal papers, land records, accounts, receipts, correspondence, and other documents, many of which relate to the Torbert and Ellegood families of Delaware.

Dates: 1759-1889

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

Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0525s
Abstract Joseph Brevitt Townsend (1821-1896) was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer who practiced estate law and acted as legal consultant to several commercial, insurance, and trust companies. The Joseph Brevitt Townsend papers supplement, spanning the dates 1800-1920, contains substantial additions to the original collection and documents the professional career of the Philadelphia lawyer. The supplement comprises 5.8 linear feet of legal and personal correspondence, wills and estate records, legal...
Dates: 1800-1920; Majority of material found within 1840-1920

Virden family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0489
Abstract

This collection relates to the Virden (or Virdin) family of Delaware, specifically Samuel Virden (1793-1876) of Kent County and his descendants. Samuel's children and their spouses also figure prominently in this collection. The Virden family papers, spanning the years 1783-1901, consist of thirty-six letters, receipts, deeds, accounts, and other documents.

Dates: 1783-1901; Majority of material found within 1820s-1860s

Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0532
Abstract

The Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.), records, spanning the dates 1920-2002, and detail the social and civic life of this women's club located in Claymont, Delaware.

Dates: 1920-2002

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Deeds 10
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Ledgers (account books) 4
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Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 4
Auction catalogs 3
Authors 3
Broadsides (notices) 3
Businesspeople 3
Businesspeople--United States--History--19th century 3
Delaware--History--18th century 3
Delaware--History--19th century 3
Ephemera (general) 3
Estate inventories 3
Financial records 3
Genealogy 3
Invitations 3
Invoices 3
Lawyers 3
Manuscripts (documents) 3
Maps (documents) 3
Mortgages 3
Pamphlets 3
Pennsylvania--History--18th century 3
Personal correspondence 3
Philadelphia (Pa.) 3
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Banks and banking--Delaware--History--19th century 2
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 2
Businesspeople--Delaware--History--19th century 2
Collectors 2
Copybooks (instructional materials) 2
Daybooks 2
Diaries 2
Estates (Law)--Pennsylvania 2
Exhibition catalogs 2
Genealogies (histories) 2
House construction--United States--History--19th century 2
Land surveys 2
Law--Pennsylvania 2
Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century 2
Merchants--United States--History--19th century 2
Military records 2
Minutes (administrative records) 2
New Castle County (Del.)--History--19th century 2
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Pennsylvania--History--20th century 2
Poems 2
Posters 2
Printed ephemera 2
Promissory notes 2
Publishers 2
Reviews (document genre) 2
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Sketches 2
Speeches (documents) 2
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Tax records 2
United States--History--18th century 2
VHS 2
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Affidavits 1
African American authors 1
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Almanacs 1
Ambrotypes (photographs) 1
Annotated bibliographies 1
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Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
Architecture, American--History--19th century 1
Architecture--New Jersey--History--19th century 1
Articles 1
Artists (visual artists) 1
Audio cassette 1
Bankers (people) 1
Banks and banking--Delaware--History--18th century 1
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Bills of exchange 1
Bills of lading 1
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 2
Albertson family 1
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1
Ashhurst family 1
Ashhurst, John, 1809-1892 1
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Ashhurst, John, 1839-1900 1
Ashhurst, Richard Lewis, 1838-1911 1
Ashhurst, Richard, 1784-1861 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Ayer family 1
Ayers, Michael 1
Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1767-1815 1
Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1799-1880 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) 1
Biddle family 1
Biggs, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1821-1893 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 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
Brinton, Christian, 1870-1942 1
Brinton, George, 1804-1858 1
Brinton, John H. (John Hill), 1832-1907 1
Brinton, John Hill, 1772-1827 1
Brinton, Ward, 1873-1935 1
Brown family 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Burd family 1
Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848 1
Carty family 1
Carty, Peter 1
Carty, Shreve 1
Carty, William 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Claghorn family 1
Claghorn, Eliza 1
Claghorn, John W., 1789-1869 1
Claghorn, William C. 1
Cramond, William 1
Crumby, Elizabeth 1
Crumby, John 1
Cushman, Don 1
D'Arch Smith, Timothy, 1936- 1
Darley, F. T. S. (Francis Thomas Sully), 1833-1914 1
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Dickens Fellowship (London, England) 1
Dickens Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Dickens, Cedric Charles 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Adaptations 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Driver, Sara, 1955- 1
Elysian Fields, Booksellers 1
Estrin, Jerry 1
Eyre, Manuel 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fleck, Robert D., 1947- 1
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 1
Fuller d'Arch Smith, Ltd. 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
George Munro's Sons 1
Georgetown Gas Company 1
Girvin family 1
Graff family 1
Gray, Darrell, 1945- 1
Hall, John Wood, Jr. 1
Hare, George 1
Hare, William 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Hayden, Mary Ann 1
Hoyt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1830-1892 1
Hurst & Company 1
J.W. Blizzard 1
Jarmusch, Jim, 1953- 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson Medical College 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Johnston, Alastair, 1950- 1
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844 1
Joseph Papp Public Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.) 1
Junior Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) 1
Kirkwood, Robert, 1756-1791 1
Layton & Layton 1
Livermore, W. R. (William Roscoe), 1843-1919 1
M.J. Ivers & Co. 1
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