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George Gray papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0167
Abstract
George Gray (1840-1925) was a politician and judge from New Castle, Delaware. A member of the Democratic party, he served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1885-1899. He was later appointed to the U.S. Circuit Court, Third District from 1899-1914, and served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Records in this collection include correspondence and legal papers, primarily documenting his career as a judge and arbiter. An index of papers in the collection...
Dates:
approximately 1871-1925
Robert Miller diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0051
Abstract
This diary was kept by bookseller Robert Miller of Montréal, Québec, between 1850 and 1851.
Dates:
1850-1851
Morris family films
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0726
Abstract
Hugh M. Morris (1878-1966) was a Delaware lawyer and served as a federal district judge from 1919 to 1930. The Morris family films collection features home videos created by the Judge Hugh M. Morris family. These videos are dated from 1928 to 1955, and document both their travels and life on the Judge Morris Estate on Polly Drummond Hill in Newark, Delaware.
Dates:
1925-1955, undated
Miriam E. Welliver travel diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0172
Abstract
The Miriam E. Welliver travel journal documents this Pennsylvania school teacher's month-long, 5,100 mile automobile trip across 19 states and Canada via handwritten journal entries, black-and-white photographs, postcards, telegrams, plant specimens, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous materials.
Dates:
1934