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Henry Kirke Brown: The Father of American Sculpture : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0561
Abstract This collection comprises the carbon typescript for an unpublished manuscript titled "Henry Kirke Brown: The Father of American Sculpture," which was compiled, written, and edited by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. It additionally includes an abridged version with the same title, also prepared by Bush-Brown. The typescript contains a description of Henry Kirke Brown's life, transcripts of his correspondence, photographs of his homes and artistic works, poems, sketches, and a genealogical chart of...
Dates: 1836-1933; Majority of material found within 1836-1882
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Robert Hichens letter to Mrs. Fitzgerald Mann

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0820
Abstract

One letter handwritten from English writer Robert Hichens to Mrs. Fitzgerald Mann.

Dates: 1911 October 29
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Emily Henrietta Hickey letter to Lord Archbishop

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0106
Abstract

Letter from Irish author Emily Henrietta Hickey to Lord Archbishop originally laid in a copy of Hickey's Verse-tales, Lyrics and Translations (1889).

Dates: 1906 October 3
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Richard Hoffman David Mamet collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0496
Abstract

A collection of materials related to American playwright and screenwriter David Mamet, assembled by theater collector and book dealer Richard Hoffman.

Dates: 1975-2002
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Chester Holcombe letter to Mr. David

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0729
Abstract

Autograph and signed letter from Chester Holcombe to Mr. David, sent from Newark, Delaware, dated February 8, 1901. On the verso is a letter to a Mr. Southgate from "WY D."

Dates: 1901 February 8
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Thomas Agar Holland letters to George Reid

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0509
Abstract

Letters of British poet and clergyman Thomas Agar Holland to George Reid. Enclosed with the letters are two autograph poems, a printed supplement of poems, and an essay.

Dates: 1845-1847
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Epistolary diary : typescript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0974
Abstract

Consists of a sequence of correspondence written by John Clellon Holmes to his wife, Shirley, between May 18-27, 1974, and form a personal journal recording his reflections and experiences during a solitary trip to a family cabin in Maine.

Dates: 1974 May 18-27
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

John Horder letters and poetry manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1030
Abstract

The John Horder letters and poetry manuscripts collection consists of two letters by Horder regarding the publication of his poetry and seven typed poetry manuscripts from 1963.

Dates: 1963 August 7-September 30
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Robert A. Houston letter to Thomas Stockton

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0037
Abstract

Letter from Robert A. Houston to Thomas Stockton, future governor of the state of Delaware, regarding the controversial appointment of Houston to an unnamed office in Delaware.

Dates: 1841 March 18
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Arthur Howell letter to Clement Laws

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0085
Abstract

One handwritten letter from tanner and currier Arthur Howell to Clement Laws about the falling sales and prices of finished leather in the Delaware Valley region.

Dates: 1805 June 6
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

William Dean Howells letter to Mr. Underwood

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0818
Abstract

One letter handwritten by William Dean Howells to Mr. Underwood, dated September 22, 1874.

Dates: 1874 September 22
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

John C. Hull letters to John Thomson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0149
Abstract

This group of twenty-four lengthy autograph letters, 1825-1845, from John C. Hull at various locations in Maryland, (West) Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, are addressed to his father-in-law John Thomson in Newark, Delaware, and are full of business and family news. (Three letters from Jane Thomson Hull to her father are also included in this small collection.)

Dates: 1825-1845
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Leigh Hunt letter to Charles Ollier

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0112
Abstract

This is a letter from English essayist and poet Leigh Hunt to English publisher, writer, and editor Charles Ollier.

Dates: 1854 January 24
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Leigh Hunt letter to Charles Ollier

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0905
Abstract

British Romantic poet and publisher Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) sent this letter to British publisher Charles Ollier (1788-1859) regarding sonnets by Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall).

Dates: 1856 July 18
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Dard Hunter letters to J. J. Lankes

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0986
Abstract

Five typed letters written and signed by American printer and papermaker Dard Hunter to American woodcut artist J. J. Lankes, dated November 30, 1927 through February 27, 1953.

Dates: 1927 November 30-1953 February 27
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Dennis Jackson collection of letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0982
Abstract

Four typed letters sent from various correspondents, including W. D. Snodgrass, to Dennis Jackson spanning from 1984 to 2001.

Dates: 1984 March 6-2001 January 14
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Jonathan Jackson letter to Timothy Bigelow

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0844
Abstract

A single-page handwritten and signed letter written by Jonathan Jackson, treasurer of Harvard College, to attorney Timothy Bigelow, requesting his assistance with a university legal matter.

Dates: 1807 March 11
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

G. P. R. James letter to Charles Ollier

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0862
Abstract

British novelist G. P. R. James wrote this letter to Charles Ollier to inquire regarding an anticipated shipment of his books from Bentley's, which he had not received.

Dates: 1838 January 8
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Alice Jellinwood letters to Mary Eliza Harrison

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0983
Abstract Alice Jellinwood letters to Mary Eliza Harrison, which includes five letters written by Jellinwood from the Wang Lang Girls's School in Bangkok, Siam, from 1915 to 1923, describing mission activities: "Children's Day at Second Church, Bangkok;" "A Trip to the Old Capital of Siam;" and "Our Annual Entertainment." In addition the collection includes four photographs of young students at the school, three typescript carbon reports of the school's activities and a printed ephemeral item:...
Dates: 1915-1923
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Photograph of Ted Joans with Arthur and Kit Knight and letter from Joans to Arthur Knight

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0764
Abstract One black and white photograph of Ted Joans with Arthur and Kit Knight, on which Joans has pasted a balloon stemming from his mouth, in which he asks Knight to publish his autobiography and includes a note by Joans on the verso written in pencil, "A fortuitous encounter (but friendly due to this publishers encyclical books at Loeb Center of N.Y.U.)." Also includes a handwritten letter in black ink from Joans written on the back of an announcement for a reading by him held at Books...
Dates: undated
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Frazer Jones papers of the Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0450
Abstract

Two linear feet of correspondence, clippings, official records, photographs, publications, ephemera, and other materials primarily related to Junior President Frazer Jones’s work in the Robert Kirkwood Society of the Children of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1929-1968; Majority of material found within 1955-1965
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

William R. Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0095
Abstract The papers contain three items related to William R. Jones. Includes is a handwritten will (amendment?) for Jones, which provides for the emancipation of his slaves after his death. Also included is a letter from Captain Daniel Woodall to Mrs. Jones, outlining the movements of the Delaware First Regiment from the time they left Norfolk, Virgina, through the Battle of Antietam, and descrbied the type of conditions the troops endured on the march and in battle. A letter from Jones to his wife...
Dates: 1858-1863
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Matthew Josephson letter to Coburn Gilman

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0865
Abstract

One typed letter written by Matthew Josephson to Coburn Gilman on May 11, 1931.

Dates: 1931 May 11
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Alan Kaufman letters to Timothy Murray

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0849
Abstract

These three holograph letters are from American poet and editor Alan Kaufman to Timothy Murray, Head of Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library.

Dates: 2009
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Marie Jucht Kaufman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0734
Abstract

Marie Jucht Kaufman (1930-1994) documented her survival of the Holocaust through letters written to her son, American writer and artist Alan Kaufman, between 1993 and 1994. The collection also includes photographs of the Jucht family during and after World War II, as well as photocopies of Marie Kaufman's naturalization documents from France, Venezuela, and the United States.

Dates: 1938-2013; Majority of material found within 1993-1994
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 14
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Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 7
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 7
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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 6
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 6
AE, 1867-1935 5
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
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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