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Mary F. Armstrong autograph album
This mid-nineteenth century autograph album belonged to Mary F. Armstrong of Newark, Delaware, and contains original or transcribed poems about friendship signed by her female friends. Many of the contributors are from Delaware.
Anne Daley autograph album
Anne Daley attended Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, in the 1950s. She kept this autograph album with signatures and inscriptions from her friends during her freshman year, 1956.
Nellie Farren, Book of tastes : autograph manuscript
Autograph book of questionnaires completed by theatrical celebrities and others, collected by the music hall star and actress, Ellen "Nellie" Farren. Participants include Tom Hood, J. R. Planche, Lord Lytton (referring to his son, Owen Meredith), F. C. Burnand, and Clement Scott.
Edith Gerselda Lynch autograph book
This item is a 1935 autograph book that belonged to Edith Gerselda Lynch, a student in the class of 1937 at Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware. The book contains signatures and messages from Lynch's friends, acquaintances, and family, including a signature from Howard High School teacher and librarian Pauline A. Young. The pages provide a glimpse of student life at a Delaware-based African American high school prior to desegregation.
Caroline Shaw album
This album of poems belonged to Delaware resident Caroline Shaw and contains excerpts from the romantic poets and original poems by friends. Some poems are signed and dated at Newark, Delaware, New Castle, Delaware, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The volume also contains laid-in engravings and watercolor illustrations.
Lillie J.S. Watt friendship album
This friendship album belonged to Lillie J.S. Watt of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and contains autograph inscriptions, signatures, and drawings done by her friends between 1884 and 1909.
Lydia S. Wilds family papers
This small collection of family letters, photographs, and an autograph album was created by the Wilds family of Delaware between 1860 and 1922.