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Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes letters to unidentified recipient

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0096
Abstract

Two handwritten letters from Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes, who served at Fort Delaware during the Civil War, to his friends, describing the day to day activities at the Fort. Typed transcripts of the letters are available in the collection file.

Dates: 1864 August 24-September 20

Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0554
Abstract

The Geoffrey Wakeman Plough Press collection consists of the records of the Plough Press and the works and research materials of the Plough Press's founder, English printer and author Geoffrey Wakeman. The Plough Press's publications, reprints, and original works by Wakeman and others pertain to print culture, particularly printers and printing, illustration processes, binding, and paper.

Dates: 1655-1996; Majority of material found within 1970-1993

Barry Wallenstein - James T. Farrell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0548
Abstract

The Barry Wallenstein - James T. Farrell collection comprises 0.6 linear feet of articles, manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, and notes pertaining to Wallenstein's research on American novelist James T. Farrell and spans the dates between 1929 and 1975.

Dates: 1929-1975

Alfred and Annie Waller letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0595
Abstract

The Alfred and Annie Waller letters consists of approximately fifty letters spanning the period between 1899 and 1902. The letters housed in this small collection discuss the separation and divorce of Alfred and Annie ("Nancy") Waller of Watertown, New York.

Dates: 1899-1902

Waples family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0402
Abstract

The Waples Family Papers, spanning the dates 1753-1864, outline the family’s role in the economic development of Milton in Broadkill Hundred, Delaware. But the bulk of the collection, 1851-1864, focuses on Gideon B. Waples, beginning with the pre-Civil War period when he was a student at Delaware College. After he voluntarily left his studies, he became a farmer and businessman in southern Delaware; he also served as a political aide to two governors of Delaware during the Civil War.

Dates: 1753-1864; Majority of material found within 1851-1864

Christopher Ward letter to H. D. Trevillian

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0103
Abstract

Reply to H. D. Trevillian's letter requesting Delaware author Christopher Ward's autograph on his copy of The Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware.

Dates: 1932 March 22

Christopher Ward letter to Marina Wister

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0176
Abstract

Delaware author Christopher Ward sent this three-page signed and handwritten letter to his friend Marian Wister in 1926.

Dates: 1926 May 27

Christopher Ward papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0107
Abstract

The Christopher Ward papers record the career of popular early 20th century Delaware author Christopher Ward (1868-1943). The papers comprise manuscript drafts, typescripts, poetry, correspondence, clippings, and scrapbooks, and reflect Ward's career as a professional author during the latter half of his life.

Dates: 1894-1966; Majority of material found within 1922-1941

Week of the angry arts against the war in Vietnam ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0962
Abstract

Week of the Angry Arts Against the War in Vietnam ephemera collection consists of posters, schedules, correspondence, newspapers proofs, press releases, information sheets, and other ephemera related to the events held during the Week of the Angry Arts Against the War in Vietnam in 1967.

Dates: 1967

William Hill Wells letter to Eben M. West

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0136
Abstract

One handwritten letter by Delaware Senator William Hill Wells to Eben M. West regarding an appeal in orphan's court, Sussex County, Delaware, on July 22, 1846.

Dates: 1846 July 22

Charles Wertenbaker letter to Libby [Holman]

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0182
Abstract

American journalist for Time magazine and author, Charles Wertenbaker (1901-1955), typed and signed this letter addressed to Libby (possibly Holman) on July 27, 1931, discussing, among other items, Wertenbaker's inability to visit Baltimore.

Dates: 1931 July 27

Literary letters to Dr. Alvin C. Weseley

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1026
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence from writers Elizabeth Tallent, Jane Smiley, and Larry McMurtry to Dr. Alvin C. Weseley, dating between 1987 and 1995.

Dates: 1987-1995

Western New York Baseball Hall of Fame program and Doug Smith letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1024
Abstract

This collection consists of a program for the twentieth annual Western New York Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies and Reunion, held on September 14, 2016 in Lackawanna, New York, and a letter from journalist Doug Smith, dated October 4, 2016.

Dates: 2016 September 16-October 4

Antonia White letters to Brian Hill and George Dunbar

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0930
Abstract

British author and translator of Colette's novels Antonia White (1899-1980) wrote these letters to fellow British author and translator Brian Hill (1896-1979) and Hill's companion George Dunbar (died 1969). She shared literary and personal news, especially comforting Hill after Dunbar's death in 1969.

Dates: 1950 March 16-1971 December 28

Reverend Willard M. White scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0576
Abstract

The scrapbook collection of Reverend Willard M. White, Delaware-born Methodist minister, spans nearly seventy years and includes ten scrapbooks relating to White’s education at the Westminster (later Wesley) Theological Seminary, work with Christian youth clubs and camps during the 1930s, and service to several Methodist Protestant and United Methodist churches in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Dates: 1919-1988

Walt Whitman letter to Thomas Donaldson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0277
Abstract

This collection consists of an 1889 holograph letter, with envelope, from Walt Whitman to Thomas Donaldson.

Dates: 1889 June 9

John Wieners papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0138
Abstract

Spanning the dates 1961-1968, the papers of American Beat poet John Wieners provide a chronologically and thematically fragmented, yet detailed, glimpse of his life. This small collection includes sixteen letters to Diane Di Prima, Alan Marlowe, and Ed Sanders; the manuscript of a play, two journals, and fourteen leaves of poetry.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1961-1968

Homer C. Wiggins collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0345
Abstract

The Homer C. Wiggins Collection concerns the story of juvenile criminal and escaped convict Homer C. Wiggins, who was killed in 1913 by Wilmington, Delaware, police.

Dates: 1913, 1915, 1943

Gustave Percival Wiksell miscellaneous material related to Bliss Carman, F. B. Sanborn, and R. W. Trine

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0921
Abstract

Gustave Percival Wiksell (1863-1940) was a Boston dentist who also served as president of the Walt Whitman Fellowship from 1903 until 1919. The Gustave Percival Wiksell miscellaneous material related to Bliss Carman, F. B. Sanborn, and R. W. Trine contains letters, photographs, and clippings that were originally laid in books that were part of Wiksell's collection.

Dates: 1887-1939

Lydia S. Wilds family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0833
Abstract

This small collection of family letters, photographs, and an autograph album was created by the Wilds family of Delaware between 1860 and 1922.

Dates: 1860-1922

Emlyn Williams letters to Katharine Cornell and Nancy Hamilton

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0879
Abstract

Welsh dramatist Emlyn Williams wrote these letters to his two friends, actress Katharine Cornell and lyricist Nancy Hamilton.

Dates: 1962-1980; Majority of material found within 1962-1964, 1978-1980

Williams family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0353
Abstract The Williams family papers concern the business and personal affairs of prominent Delaware politician and landowner James Williams (1825-1899), and his son Nathaniel J. Williams (1857-1943), who was also a prominent politician and landowner. In addition, the collection contains documents relating to the business of Parvis & Williams, a Middletown-based fertilizer manufacturing company headed by James Williams once he joined John Parvis in 1885. The collection comprises correspondence,...
Dates: 1861-1947

Patrick Williams letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0495
Abstract

Letter from Patrick Williams to an unidentified individual originally laid in a copy of Patrick Williams' The Way Home.

Dates: 1983 May 23

Talcott Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0176
Abstract

Talcott Williams (1849-1928) was an American journalist and educator. The Talcott Williams collection consists of letters, pamphlets and clippings.

Dates: 1894-1925; Majority of material found within 1894-1923

Tennessee Williams collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0112
Abstract

The Tennessee Williams collection, spanning the dates 1939-2013, consists of an extensive collection of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera related to American playwright Tennessee Williams.

Dates: 1939-2013

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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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