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Barrie Stavis letters to Stanley Weintraub

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0856
Abstract

Between 1971 and 1995, American playwright Barrie Stavis (1906-2007) wrote approximately 30 letters to historian Stanley Weintraub (born 1929) in which he discussed mutual friends, his writing projects, and their families.

Dates: 1971 March 25-1994 March 21

Daniel Steele letter to Robert Moore

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0860
Abstract

In this handwritten and signed letter, bookbinder Daniel Steele of Albany, New York, informed New York City bookseller Robert Moore of a shipment of ten bundles of scale board which was being sent by way of the sloop Ontario.

Dates: 1805 December 20

Marion H. Steele papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0439
Abstract

The papers of Marion H. Steele, former managing editor of the Journal of Home Economics and University of Delaware graduate.

Dates: 1906-1999; Majority of material found within 1923-1985

Madeleine B. Stern papers related to Joseph de Nancrède

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Identifier: MSS 0455
Abstract

The Madeleine B. Stern papers related to Joseph de Nancrède span the dates 1972-1977 and comprise one linear foot of photocopied letters, original documents, and working notes from rare book dealer and writer Stern for an article on the Franco-American bookseller-publisher Joseph de Nancrède (1761-1841).

Dates: 1972-1977

Henry Stevens letter to W.H. Huntington

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0978
Abstract

Consists of one autograph letter written by Henry Stevens to W.H. Huntington on September 3, 1880.

Dates: 1880 September 2

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

Irvin Stock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0545
Abstract

The Irvin Stock papers, spanning the dates 1882 to 2004, comprise 4.3 linear feet of manuscripts, books, letters, newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and teaching materials documenting the life and work of the American literary scholar Irvin Stock.

Dates: 1882-2004

Charles C. Stockley letter to Col. J. E. Payton

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0075
Abstract

Letter from Charles C. Stockley, Governor of Delaware, to Colonel J. E. Payton, informing him of Stockley's inability to attend a meeting, due to the illness of his wife and naming John H. Rodney as the representative to attend in his stead.

Dates: 1886 November 29

William Axton Stokes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0512
Abstract

Materials documenting William Axton Stokes' personal life, as a Major in the Civil War and as a member of the Philadelphia bar in the mid-nineteenth century, through correspondence and writings.

Dates: 1842-1874

George Adolphus Storey papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0586
Abstract

The papers of George Adolphus Storey, R.A., prolific British painter and longtime teacher of perspective at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, include both published and unpublished books, poems, plays, fiction, essays, lectures, notes, sketches, inventories, diaries, and other personal writings. Also included are several items belonging to his daughter, Mary Gladys Storey, an actress well-known for her charitable work during World Wars I and II.

Dates: 1848-1946; Majority of material found within 1848-1919

Peter Strickland papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0171
Abstract

Peter Strickland (1837-1922) was a shipmaster, merchant, and U.S. consul in the French colony of Senegal. The diaries and letter books of Peter Strickland date 1857 to 1912. While varying in content, the diaries center around Strickland’s life as a merchant, both on the sea as well as in Senegal. Issues of two French colonial weekly newspapers contextualize the events of the French colony during Strickland’s time there.

Dates: 1857-1912

L. A. G. Strong letters to Mary Turner and Tom Turner

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Identifier: MSS 0659
Abstract

The L. A. G. Strong letters to Mary Turner and Tom Turner contains 41 letters written by British author L. A. G. (Leonard Alfred George) Strong (1896-1959) to his friend, bibliophile Tom Turner (1870-1949), as well as 150 autograph letters addressed to Mary Turner (born circa 1924), Tom Turner's daughter. The letters to Mary Turner document an affair she seems to have had with Strong.

Dates: 1934-1958; Majority of material found within 1938-1947

Swan family journal

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0072
Abstract

This manuscript volume is a family journal kept by George Washington Jonson and members of the Swan family of Easton, Massachusetts, between September 1838 and January 1839. Also included are nine letters from Louisa Sophia Johnson Swan, Jr., to Jonson, her uncle.

Dates: 1838-1840, 1842-1843, 1856-1857; Majority of material found within 1838-1840

John Millington Synge letter to Fay

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0247
Abstract

Letter from John Millington Synge to Fay.

Dates: undated

Michael Tarachow letters to Ray Freed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0774
Abstract

Over twenty letters written by Michael Tarachow to Ray Freed between 1976 and 1978. Some of the letters are written on the verso of broadside cards with printed poetry, mostly concerning Tarachow's solicited submission for Toward a Further Definition and his small press in New York City, Doctor Generosity Press, from 1969 to 1972.

Dates: 1976-1978

Robert Taylor letter to John Reynell

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0068
Abstract

Brief autograph letter from Robert Taylor of Wilmington, Delaware, to Philadelphia merchant and banker, John Reynell, requesting 12 small loaves of loaf sugar.

Dates: 1768 September 2

Sara Teasdale letters to Joyce and Aline Kilmer

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Identifier: MSS 0142
Abstract

Fifty-six letters from American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) to the American poet and critic Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) and his wife, poet Aline Kilmer (1888-1941) written between 1912 and 1932.

Dates: 1912-1932

Sara Teasdale letters to Orrick Johns

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0252
Abstract

Forty-three letters from American poet Sara Teasdale to Orrick Johns, friend, fellow poet, and editor, as well as one letter to Teasdale from Wilfred Funk, author, poet, and famed dictionary publisher.

Dates: 1909-1914, undated

Fred Telford-Charles Polk Messick papers

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Identifier: MSS 0108
Abstract

The Fred Telford - Charles Polk Messick papers includes material generated during the careers of the two men and spans the dates 1913-1972. The collection surveys the history of public personnel administration through the personal writings and professional work of Telford and Messick, providing valuable information about the evolution of public personnel administration.

Dates: 1913-1972

Thatcher family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0155
Abstract

Small group of miscellaneous papers relating to several generations of the Thatcher family of Wilmington, Delaware. Papers include correspondence, military documents, photographs, notebooks, legal documents, and miscellaneous material.

Dates: 1870-1941

The Press of A. Colish archives

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Identifier: MSS 0358
Abstract

The Press of A. Colish archives contains materials relating to the printing career of American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882–1963).

Dates: 1913–1990; Majority of material found within 1930s–1950s

William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0671
Abstract

William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Dates: 1964-2007

E. E. Thoyts “Old Paper Watermarks”

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0360
Abstract

E. E. Thoyts “Old Paper Watermarks” contains manuscript materials on antique paper watermarks collected by Emma Elizabeth Thoyts (1860–1949), a British researcher who resided in Berkshire.

Dates: 1894

Tilghman family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0524
Abstract

The Tilghman family papers, spanning the years 1730-1903 (bulk dates 1776-1810), comprises .3 linear ft. (102 items) of legal documents, legal correspondence, receipts, and financial records from this Maryland Eastern Shore family.

Dates: 1730-1903; Majority of material found within 1776-1810

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

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Delaware--History--20th century 23
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New Castle County (Del.)--History--19th century 16
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Wilmington (Del.) 16
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 15
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VHS 14
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Philadelphia (Pa.) 11
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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 30
University of Delaware 13
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 10
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 9
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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 8
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 8
Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 8
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 8
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 7
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 7
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 7
AE, 1867-1935 6
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 6
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 6
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 6
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 6
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 6
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 6
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 6
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 5
Carter, John, 1905-1975 5
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 5
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958--Correspondence 5
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949 5
Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 5
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 5
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 4
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 4
Creator unidentified 4
Di Prima, Diane 4
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 4
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 4
Ford, Charles Henri 4
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 4
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988 4
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 4
Lincoln Club of Delaware 4
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 4
Peter Owen (Firm) 4
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 4
United States. Congress. Senate 4
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 4
Windham, Donald 4
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957 4
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 4
American Association of University Women 3
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 3
Black Sparrow Press 3
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 3
Claire, William F. 3
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 3
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 3
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 3
Corso, Gregory 3
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 3
Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972 3
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 3
Dorn, Edward 3
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 3
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 3
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979--Correspondence 3
Field, Edward, 1924- 3
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 3
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 3
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 3
General Federation of Women's Clubs 3
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 3
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 3
Herlihy, James Leo 3
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988--Correspondence 3
Irish statesman (Dublin, Ireland : 1919) 3
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 3
Joans, Ted 3
Kaufman, Alan 3
Larsson, Raymond Ellsworth, 1901-1991 3
Martin, John, 1930- 3
McClure, Michael 3
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857 3
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 3
Morris, Hugh M. 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 3
O'Faoláin, Seán, 1900-1991 3
Onions, Oliver, 1873-1961 3
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court 3
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 3
Phoenix Book Shop 3
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 3
Reed, Jeremy 3
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811 3
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 3
Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 3
Sandy, Stephen 3
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 3
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 3
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 3
Stavis, Barrie 3
Turner, Tom, 1870- 3
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