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Leon De Valinger papers
Morris family films
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.
Morris family papers
Hugh M. Morris (1878-1966) was a Delaware lawyer and served as a federal district judge from 1919-1930. The Morris family papers, spanning the dates 1740-1985 and including legal deeds, account books, personal and busienss correspondence, legal records and photographs, documents the lives and career of Judge Hugh Morris and members of his extended family and network.
Stewart's Diary for 1860
This diary was kept by John H. Calder of St. George's, Delaware, from January 1, 1860, to December 8, 1860, and contains daily entries mentioning the weather, financial transactions, local events, and social calls.
Waples family papers
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.