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John Furnival letter and postcard

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0996
Abstract

John Furnival's letter, dated May 26, 1987, and postcard, dated June 11, 1987, are addressed to Philip Ciappoini and Chloe's Books, respectively. Both are signed and regard a series of broadsides Mr. Furnival was publishing. Also included are a prospectus for the series titled Letters to the Great Dead, which bears a small reproduction of Anton Bruckner's broadside and a single sheet by Jonathan Williams describing the series.

Dates: 1987

E. W. (Eliphalet Wheeler) Gilbert letter to Edward Gould

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0192
Abstract

One autograph letter signed and written by Reverend E. W. (Eliphalet Wheeler) Gilbert to Edward Gould dated July 14, 1851.

Dates: 1851 July 14

Robert Gilmour letter to William Young

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0175
Abstract

Delaware papermaker Robert Gilmour's handwritten and signed letter to Philadelphia printer William Young documents the birth of a Delaware paper mill in 1794.

Dates: 1794 May 16

Girvin family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0394
Abstract

The Girvin Family papers span from 1869 to 1910 and consist principally of personal and professional papers of turn-of-the century Philadelphian physicians Robert M. Girvin and his son, John Harper Girvin.

Dates: 1869–1910; Majority of material found within 1895–1902

Oliver St. John Gogarty letter to Ernest Augustus Boyd

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0091
Abstract

A submission for the magazine The Smart Set from Irish writer Oliver St. John Gogarty to author Ernest Augustus Boyd.

Dates: 1925 [January] 20

Oliver St. John Gogarty letter to Richard Barry

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0689
Abstract

Letter to Richard Barry.

Dates: 20 April 1945

Oliver St. John Gogarty letter to Ted Robinson

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0352
Abstract

Letter from Oliver St. John Gogarty to Ted Robinson concerning the book Petunia.

Dates: 1946 January 3

Daniel R. Goodloe letter

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0841
Abstract

This autograph letter (signed) from abolitionist Daniel R. Goodloe was sent from Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1857, to an unidentified recipient.

Dates: 1857 June 17

Graff family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0395
Abstract

The Graff family papers primarily depict the business lives of three generations of merchants and tradesmen in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Philadelphia. The majority of the receipts, letters, and contracts with dates spanning 1750-1856 represent the business affairs of Jacob Graff, his son Jacob, and his grandsons Frederick and Charles Graff.

Dates: 1750–1856; Majority of material found within 1756–1829

Lady Gregory letter and cards to Talbot Press

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0831
Abstract

One letter and three cards written by Lady Gregory to Talbot Press regarding the publication of her play, The Dragon.

Dates: 1919-1920

Lady Gregory letter to Dorothy Radcliffe

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0093
Abstract

Letter from Lady Gregory to Dorothy Radcliffe.

Dates: 1928 June 8

Lady Gregory letter to Grosvenor

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0094
Abstract

One autograph letter written and signed from Lady Gregory to Mr. Grosvenor, inviting him to come and discuss Mr. Hugh James for the memoir she is writing, on October 11, no year provided.

Dates: [no year] October 11

Lady Gregory letters to Ethel Rolt Wheeler

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0471
Abstract

Two letters from Lady Gregory to Ethel Rolt Wheeler.

Dates: 1927

Lady Gregory letters to Mrs. Henry LaBarre Jayne

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0491
Abstract

Seven letters from Lady Gregory to Mrs. Henry LaBarre Jayne, including one envelope.

Dates: 1920-1930 and undated

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

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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

Willard Hall letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0031
Abstract Consists of three handwritten letters from Williard Hall, U.S. Representative (R-Delaware), lawyer, and judge from Delaware. The earliest of the three letters is a letter of recommendation for a resident of Delaware wishing for a clerkship in the Navy department. The second is a letter to Delaware Governor Charles Thomas on whether or not one could serve as a Governor and Speaker of the Senate at the same time. The third letter is addressed to Abraham Staats, Auditor of Accounts for the...
Dates: 1819-1845

George Handy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0133
Abstract The George Handy Papers, 1845-1871 (bulk 1846-1850), comprises 273 letters and business documents from a prominent Philadelphia-based nineteenth-century merchant. The collection, as a whole, reflects social and personal relations with Handy family members in Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Mississippi, as well as other friends; and business and economic affairs of domestic and foreign commerce, much of which was conducted by shipping through the ports of Philadelphia and New Orleans, or via...
Dates: 1841-1871; Majority of material found within 1846-1850

Robert Marshall Hannum vs. The Wilmington City Railroad company papers

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0105
Abstract Eleven handwritten accident reports, eye witness accounts, and court declaration make up this small collection documenting an accident involving a horse-drawn wagon, driven by Robert Marshall Hannum, and Wilmington City Railroad Co. trolley car no. 15, on February 22, 1901 . Also included is the subsequent lawsuit brought by Mr. Hannum. Documentation includes accident reports completed by the conductor of the car, Adolph Edwards, and by the car’s motorman, William Anseaume, as well as the...
Dates: 1901 February 21-October 2

Frank Harris letter to George Sylvester Viereck

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0966
Abstract

Consists of one autograph letter signed and written by Frank Harris to George Sylvester Viereck on July 19, 1925.

Dates: 1925

Harrison Street Methodist Church papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0425
Abstract

The Harrison Street Methodist Church was incorporated in Wilimington, Delaware in 1891, closing in 1978. The papers comprise published Church newsletters (1950-1952), and weekly programs (1941-1954), but also includes church directories, correspondence, annual reports, budgets, programs for various Church services, and lists of church members, officials, and Sunday school students.

Dates: 1935-1955

John E. Hart collection regarding Albert Halper

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0434
Abstract Correspondence relating to research and publication for Professor John E. Hart's essay “Albert Halper’s World of the Thirties” (Twentieth Century Literature, v. 9:4, January 1964), and his book, Albert Halper (1978), part of the Twayne United States Authors Series. The collection contains both original correspondence and other material from Halper, as well as the correspondence Hart conducted with a number of individuals and institutions...
Dates: 1962 - 1988

Charles and Dorothy Hartshorne collection of Jeremy Ingalls papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0506
Abstract

The Charles and Dorothy Hartshorne collection of Jeremy Ingalls papers spans the dates 1960-1986, and consists of letters, poetry, offprints from Studia Mystica, an essay, a verse-play, and four songs; all together this small collection establishes the long friendship between the Hartshornes and American poet Jeremy Ingalls.

Dates: 1960-1986

Carl Haverlin papers relating to Carl Sandburg

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0144
Abstract

This collection consists of the Carl Sandburg files kept by BMI president and radio pioneer Carl Haverlin (1899-1985) spanning the years 1909-1964. During Haverlin's years at BMI he developed a close working relationship and friendship with Carl Sandburg.

Dates: 1909-1964; Majority of material found within 1947-1963

William Hazlitt letter to unidentified recipient

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0973
Abstract

Consists of one autograph letter signed by William Hazlitt to an unidentified recipient circa 1815.

Dates: circa 1815

Clarice U. Heckert papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0841
Abstract

Clarice U. Heckert (1911-2005), a Republican and community activist, served as representative to the Delaware General Assembly in the 11th (1965-1968) and the 9th districts (1969-1974), in the Wilmington area, between 1964 and 1974.The Clarice U. Heckert papers document the decade-long political career of a northern Delaware woman in the Delaware General Assembly during the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1960-1984; Majority of material found within 1966-1972

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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
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Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 3
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Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 3
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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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