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Winthrop Topliff Doolittle, Sr., button collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0902
Abstract

Dr. Winthrop Topliff Doolittle, Sr. (1895-1967), was a Milford, Connecticut, dentist and an avid collector of stamps, coins, campaign buttons and related ephemera. His collection contains approximately 200 political campaign buttons, tobacco and advertising pin-back buttons, pins and medals, the bulk of which date between 1892 and 1920.

Dates: 1892-2008; Majority of material found within circa 1892-1920
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

F. D. Edgerton medical journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0025
Abstract

This medical journal was kept by Dr. Francis Daniels Edgerton for the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls and documents his diagnosis and treatment of the students' medical conditions from 1875 to 1883.

Dates: 1875-1883
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Diary of Journey taken for health in 1834 - from Franklin - South to Mount Vernon Virginia, back through Western Maryland Pennsylvania N.Y. Niagara, Canada - Rochester Oswego - then home - from April 21 to August 14th

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0028
Abstract This journal chronicles abolitionist Milton M. Fisher’s 1834 journey from his home in Franklin, Massachusetts, to Virginia, and back. The trip, taken for both health reasons and as an information gathering expedition for anti-slavery efforts, took Fisher through numerous northern states, the Mid-Atlantic region (including Maryland and Delaware), and Washington, D.C., to Virginia. Along the way he commented on the various towns, cities, and institutions he visited and recorded conversations...
Dates: 1834 April 21-August 29
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Henry Clay Trumbull correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0238
Abstract

Henry Clay Trumbull (1830-1903) was a noted author, editor, and Sunday-school missionary. The collection contains 120 letters written by various members of Henry Clay Trumbull's family. The majority of the letters are between Trumbull and his parents and siblings.

Dates: 1844-1892; Majority of material found within 1851-1865
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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