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David Fox Nelson scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0109
Abstract The collection consists of five scrapbooks assembled between 1869 and 1890 by David Fox Nelson, an African American man who escaped from slavery in North Carolina as a child and eventually arrived in New York, where he worked for the post office for several decades. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings covering a wide range of topics, especially subjects of particular significance to African Americans in the Reconstruction era. One scrapbook contains correspondence from Nelson’s...
Dates: 1863-1879, 1883, 1890-1895
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

David M. Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0328
Abstract

The David M. Nelson papers document the military, athletic, coaching, and administrative careers of twentieth century American football rules authority and former University of Delaware coach and administrator, David Moir Nelson.

Dates: 1936–1991; Majority of material found within 1951–1991
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Kate O'Brien letter to Douglas Glass

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0452
Abstract

Letter from Kate O'Brien to Douglas Glass.

Dates: 1932 March 3
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Kate O'Brien letter to Mary O'Neill

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0429
Abstract

Letter from Kate O'Brien to Mary O'Neill. Originally laid in a copy of O'Brien's As Music and Splendour.

Dates: 1897-1974
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Sean O'Casey letter to Angela Barry

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0364
Abstract

Letter from Sean O'Casey to Angela Barry.

Dates: 1946 February 1
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Sean O'Casey letter to Basil Smeed

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0438
Abstract

Letter from Sean O'Casey to Basil Smeed.

Dates: 1960 November 26
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Sean O'Casey letter to Bethel Solomons

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0806
Abstract

Autograph card signed from Irish author Sean O'Casey to noted Irish physician Bethel Solomons.

Dates: 1934 March 4
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Sean O'Casey letter to Bonar Thompson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0381
Abstract

Letter from Sean O'Casey to Bonar Thompson.

Dates: 1933 October 25
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Sean O'Casey letter to Harold Waller

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0171
Abstract

Letter from Irish writer Sean O'Casey to Harold Waller.

Dates: 1940 March 22
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Sean O'Casey letter to the editor of The Irish Statesman

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0388
Abstract

Letter from Sean O'Casey to the editor of The Irish Statesman.

Dates: 1930 January 7
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Sean O'Casey letters to Bumpus and Company

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0170
Abstract

Two letters from Irish writer Sean O'Casey to Bumpus and Company.

Dates: 1926-1927
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Seán O'Faoláin and Brian Friel letters to Joel Wells

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0442
Abstract

Letters from Seán O'Faoláin and from Brian Friel to Joel Wells.

Dates: 1966-1970 and undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Official correspondence and military letters of Virginia Colony Lt. Governor Robert Dinwiddie

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0341
Abstract

The “Official Correspondence and Military Letters of Virginia Colony Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, 1754–1756,” were collected here in two bound volumes of holograph copies, originally transcribed in 1820 for nineteenth century American collector and archivist Jared Sparks.

Dates: 1754–1756
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Liam O'Flaherty letter to Gerald William Bullett

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0366
Abstract

Liam O'Flaherty letter to Gerald William Bullett.

Dates: 1925 October 25
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Standish J. O'Grady letter to Morris

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0173
Abstract

Letter from Standish J. O'Grady to Morris.

Dates: 1894 February [28]
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Charles Ollier letter to William Jerdan

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0766
Abstract

An autograph letter written by Charles Ollier to William Jerdan, requesting: "Will you do me personally the favor of inserting the enclosed [no longer present] in your literary announcements next week? When will you be so good as to think of Jenner[?]," postmarked November 7, 1827.

Dates: 1827 November 7
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Charles Ollier letters to Leigh Hunt

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0368
Abstract

These are two letters from English publisher, writer, and editor Charles Ollier to English essayist and poet Leigh Hunt.

Dates: 1850 July 29 and undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Toby Olson letters to Carl Thayler collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0184
Abstract

The Toby Olson Letters to Carl Thayler collection consists of 119 letters from American poet and Temple University professor, Toby Olson, to the poet Carl Thayler. Dating from 1967 to 1983, these detailed letters treat a variety of literary and personal matters and reveal the close friendship shared by Olson and Thayler.

Dates: 1967-1983
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Oliver Onions papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0492
Abstract

Short stories and poetry typescripts as well as travel ephemera and journals written in the first half of the 20th century by British novelist and short story writer Oliver Onions.

Dates: 1927-1938
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Shaemas O'Sheel letters to John and Rae Lindmark

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0691
Abstract

Seven letters from Shaemas O'Sheel to John and Rae Lindmark, dated between 1921 and 1950.

Dates: 1921-1950
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Seumas O'Sullivan letter to Barker

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0177
Abstract

Letter from Irish poet and editor Seumas O'Sullivan to Barker.

Dates: 1914 January 20
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Pagany archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0110
Abstract

The archive of the little magazine Pagany: a native quarterly consists of 5.5 linear feet of material, which spans the dates 1925–1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1929 to 1933. The collection includes founder and editor Richard Johns's personal papers and all known surviving material related to the publication of Pagany (some letters and manuscript were destroyed in a 1932 fire or stolen from Johns's car the same year).

Dates: 1925-1970; Majority of material found within 1929-1933
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Mitchell Palmer letter to Robert H. Hollet

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0218
Abstract

One-page typed letter from Attorney General Mitchell Palmer to Delaware state judge Robert H. Hollet. In the letter, Palmer discusses the critical role Woman Suffrage will play in creating a peaceful and equitable nation.

Dates: 1920 March 18
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

David Bigelow Parker letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0385
Abstract

The letterbook of David Bigelow Parker consists of 494 pages of correspondence with two letters laid in covering the years 1876 to 1879. These letters were written by Parker in his capacity as Chief Special Agent, Division of Mail Depredations at the Post Office Department in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1876-1879
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Thomas Parkinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0790
Abstract

The Thomas Parkinson papers consist of typescripts and manuscripts of poetry and prose by Parkinson, Parkinson's correspondence, periodicals and clippings related to Parkinson's work, and four original pen-and-ink drawings, probably created by Parkinson's wife, Ariel. The materials were created circa 1957-1972.

Dates: circa 1957-1972
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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AE, 1867-1935 5
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Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 5
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 5
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949 5
Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 5
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 5
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 4
Carter, John, 1905-1975 4
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 4
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 4
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 4
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence 3
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 3
Creator unidentified 3
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 3
Irish statesman (Dublin, Ireland : 1919) 3
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857 3
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 3
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 3
Peter Owen (Firm) 3
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811 3
Ward, Christopher, 1868-1943 3
AE, 1867-1935--Correspondence 2
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 2
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 2
Bancroft, William P. (William Poole), 1835-1928 2
Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898 2
Black Sparrow Press 2
Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946 2
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 2
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 2
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 2
Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 2
Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879 2
Carvel, Elbert Nostrand, 1910-2005 2
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856--Correspondence 2
Coleman, Leighton, 1837-1907 2
Conrad, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1852- 2
Davenport, Guy 2
Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972 2
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957 2
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 2
Field, Edward, 1924- 2
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
Joans, Ted 2
Kaufman, Alan 2
Knight, Arthur Winfield, 1937- 2
Knight, Kit 2
Lane, Hugh Percy, Sir, 1875-1915 2
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Martin, John, 1930- 2
Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921 2
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817--Correspondence 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Messick, Charles P. 2
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 2
Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859 2
O'Brien, Kate, 1897-1974 2
O'Sullivan, Seumas, 1879-1958 2
Onions, Oliver, 1873-1961 2
Owen, Peter, 1927-2016 2
Pentagram Press 2
Peters, Richard, 1704-1776 2
Pommy-Vega, Janine 2
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 2
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 2
Reed, Jeremy 2
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 2
Rolt-Wheeler, Ethel 2
Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 2
Rush family 2
Russell, George William, 1867-1935--Correspondence 2
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 2
Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926 2
Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918 2
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 2
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 2
Stavis, Barrie 2
Strong, L. A. G. (Leonard Alfred George), 1896-1958 2
Tarachow, Michael 2
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 2
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933--Correspondence 2
Turco, Lewis 2
Turner, Tom, 1870- 2
United States. Post Office Department 2
University of Delaware 2
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 2
Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012 2
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