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Harold Brayman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0261
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers, spanning from 1900-1991, document the successful dual career of one man in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and...
Dates: 1900-1991; Majority of material found within 1928-1978

J. Thomson Callender letter to Matthew Carey

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0031
Abstract One autograph letter written and signed by political pamphleteer, James Thomson Callender, to bookseller, Matthew Carey, promising to bring in a copy of "the history about which you enquired," and recommending a friend for a position within Carey's firm, "You advertise for a Clerk. There is a very genteel decent young man, for whose moral Character I can pledge myself without fear, who would perhaps suit you and whom I should be happy to introduce to such a valuable friend as experience...
Dates: 1793 October 24

A. O. H. Grier letter to Blanche J. Swayne

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0191
Abstract

Delaware historian and journalist A. O. H. Grier (1867-1953) wrote to thank Wilmington native Blanche J. Swayne for her note congratulating him on the publication of his 1945 book, "This was Wilmington : a veteran journalist’s recollections of the 'good old days.'"

Dates: 1945 July 5

Norman Lockman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0865
Abstract

Norman Lockman, a political journalist in Delaware and Massachusetts, was the first African American journalist and former managing editor of the Wilmington News Journal. The Norman Lockman papers, consisting mostly of newspaper clippings and articles, documents Lockman’s journalism career at the Wilmington News Journal and Boston Globe.

Dates: 1954-2004; Majority of material found within 1969-2004

H. L. Mencken letter to D. Lorraine Yerkes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0211
Abstract

Typed and signed letter written by journalist, satirist, and critic H. L. Mencken to Lorraine Yerkes mentioning Mencken's acquiantance with the late playwright and entrepreneur Wilson Mizner, his astonishment that Mrs. Paepcke's daughter is old enough to marry, and the "damndest flood of nuisance mail I have ever encountered" upon his return from his Florida vacation, dated April 17, 1948.

Dates: 1948 April 17

H. L. Mencken letters to Harry P. Taber and Robert Grant Dick

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0773
Abstract

Two typed letters written by H. L. Mencken to Harry P. Taber and Robert Grant Dick, dated May 16, 1940, and April 7, 1941.

Dates: 1940 May 16-1941 April 7

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

Ben Yagoda papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0672
Abstract

American author, editor, critic and blogger Ben Yagoda (born 1954) retired from teaching journalism and writing at the University of Delaware in 2016. The collection includes research material, drafts and notes, and interviews toward Yagoda's various articles and book-length projects.

Dates: 1975-2015

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Adams, Phelps 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930 1
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Brayman, Harold, 1900-1988 1
Callender, James T., 1758-1803 1
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 1
Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976 1
Columbia University. School of Journalism 1
Committee for the Re-election of the President 1
Cornell University 1
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 1
Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 1
Dick, Robert Grant 1
Du Pont, Peter, 1960- 1
Dunbar, Elizabeth 1
Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) 1
Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937 1
Forbes-Robertson, Oriol 1
Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.) 1
Grier, A. O. H. (Albert Oliver Herman), 1867-1953 1
Grier, A. O. H. (Albert Oliver Herman), 1867-1953--Correspondence 1
Hackett, James Keteltas, 1869-1926 1
International House 1
Knickerbocker Press 1
League of Nations 1
Legislative Correspondents' Association of the State of New York 1
Lester, W. R. (William R.), 1855-1920 1
Lincoln Club of Delaware 1
Lockman, Norman, 1938-2005 1
Mizner, Wilson, 1876-1933 1
Morrison, C. M. (Charles Munro) 1
Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- 1
National Press Club (U.S.) 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
O'Donnell, Hugh A. 1
Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918 1
Parker, Gilbert, 1862-1932 1
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 1
Perdicaris, Ion 1
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 1
Philadelphia International Airport 1
Public Relations Society of America 1
Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930 1
Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950 1
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 1
Southern, Julia Marlowe 1
Straus, Oscar S. (Oscar Solomon), 1850-1926 1
Swayne, Blanche J. 1
Taber, Harry P. 1
Wanamaker, John, 1838-1922 1
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 1
Williams, Talcott, 1849-1928 1
Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927 1
Yagoda, Ben 1
Yerkes, Lorraine 1
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