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James P. Neal papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0988
Abstract

James P. Neal is an engineer and Delaware public servant, serving on the Newark City Council (1973-1978), and the Delaware General Assembly (1979-1994). The James P. Neal papers document Neal's public service on the Newark City Council and the Delaware General Assembly, in both the House and the Senate, as well as materials related to urban planning in Newark, DE and New Castle County, Delaware.

Dates: 1968-2006

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

New London Road/Cleveland Avenue oral histories and research materials

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0642
Abstract This collection contains 22 oral history interviews providing a wealth of information on history and culture of the New London Road/Cleveland Avenue community in Newark, Delaware. These interviews, collected during two oral history projects by University of Delaware Professor Bernard L. Herman and students from 2004-2006, feature members of the New London Road community and discuss various aspects of life in the predominantly African-American community. The collection contains transcripts of...
Dates: 2004-2006

Newark Publishing Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0879
Abstract Newark Publishing Co. was a Newark, Delaware, printing business established in the mid-20th century and was owned and operated by William H. Durham from circa 1967 to 1981. Newark Publishing Co. records comprises over 3000 job printing files created by the press for largely Newark, Delaware-based businesses between 1963 and 1981. The collection also includes administrative and financial records of the company and its precursor, the Newark Post weekly newspaper,...
Dates: 1936-1981; Majority of material found within 1971-1981

Chris Oakley collection of alternative press

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0471
Abstract

Chris Oakley was a longtime resident of Newark, Delaware, a community organizer and a strong advocate for media democracy. The Chris Oakley collection of alternative press consists of alternative press newspapers, community newsletters, magazines and ephemera related to from local to international communities, women's activism and local writers, as well as some personal papers.

Dates: 1968-1992

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

Henry Clay Reed papers

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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

Voices of 1968 oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0858
Abstract Voices of 1968 is an oral history collection focused on Delawareans to capture local stories of that pivotal year in American history. Interviews were conducted by Library staff, partners in the Wilmington Archive Project, and other project volunteers. The topics covered in the interviews include campus politics and student activism in Delaware (particularly through the Students for Democratic Society chapter at the University of Delaware campus), reactions to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s...
Dates: 2018

Land indenture between John Walter of Christiana Hundred, Delaware, and Joel Swaine of East Marlborough, Pennsylvania

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0174
Abstract

A land indenture between John Walter of Christiana Hundred, Delaware, and Joel Swaine of East Marlborough, Pennsylvania, from 1831.

Dates: 1831 June 11

Land indenture between David Wilkin, his wife Ann, and Jonathan Germain, in White Clay Creek Hundred, Newcastle County, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0171
Abstract

A 1763 deed of sale for a tract of 223 acres in the town of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware. It includes a long history of the people who have owned the property back to 1702 and a detailed description of the boundaries of the property.

Dates: 1763 May 17

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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Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 2
Chrysler Corporation. Newark Assembly Plant. 2
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Delaware. General Assembly 2
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Ferguson, Robert, active 1780-1781 2
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Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 2
Wallace, Robert 2
Adams, Marcia 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
Anderson and Finley 1
Anderson, James 1
Anderson, John 1
Armstrong, William 1
Aros, Maita 1
Astarita, Susan Gallagher 1
Bannowsky, Phillip 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Bedford, Gunning, 1747-1812 1
Bedford, James 1
Bennett, Lewis 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Blunt Rochester, Lisa 1
Booth, Robert 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
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Brace, Seth Collins 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Buchanan, Georgina 1
Burgess, Paul 1
Cairns, Edward 1
Carey, Claire LaMar 1
Carey, Harmon R. 1
Carney, John C., 1956- 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Chester, Frederick D. (Frederick Dixon), 1861-1943 1
Chilton, John, 1932- 1
Codor, Dick 1
Cruz-Currington, Naya 1
Curtis Paper Company 1
Delaplain, James 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
Delaware Academy of Science. Iron Hill Museum 1
Delaware National Guard 1
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Delaware. Department of Transportation 1
Delaware. Division of State Police 1
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority 1
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Dreamstreets Press 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. 1
DuMar Printing Co. 1
Duncan, Hank, 1896-1968 1
Durham, William H., 1905-1981 1
Elderhostel, Inc. 1
Evans, John 1
Ewing, John, Reverend 1
Ferguson, Jane (Jean) 1
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Gallagher, Alice P. 1
Gallagher, Hugh F., Jr. 1
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Gaplerin, Richard 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
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Germain, Jonathan 1
Giles, Abigail 1
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Graciano, Cristina 1
Granite Mansion (Newark, Del.) 1
Granite Mansion Fund, Inc. 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
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Harker, Patrick T., 1958- 1
Harlan C. Williams Co. 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Herdman, John David, Jr. (1770-1832) 1
Herman, Bernard L., 1951- 1
Horowitz, Roger 1
Howell, Ebenezer 1
Howell, Sarah 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
Hutchinson, Betty Lee 1
Hutchinson, Harry D. 1
International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) 1
Johnson, Dan 1
Johnson, Everett C., 1877-1926 1
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