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Karl Bissinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0682
Abstract

The papers of American photojournalist, restaurateur, and peace activist Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) encompass nearly seventy years of professional activity. This collection not only provides abundant documentation of Bissinger's careers in photography and social activism, but also offers rich visual resources for the history of photography in post-World War II America.

Dates: 1800, 1935-2008
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

British late-Victorian album with "Ally Sloper" characters and other scraps

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0044
Abstract

This late Victorian-era scrap album, likely made by a young British boy, bears a black lacquered board cover adorned with a hand-painted bouquet of flowers, ferns, and foliage. Contents include die-cut color scraps of animals, flowers, and a color set of characters from "Ally Sloper," the popular Victorian comic strip. A set of colored transfer prints depict fables and nursery rhymes and a set of color-printed square cards depicts the Stations of the Cross.

Dates: approximately 1880s
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

William Dean notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0195
Abstract

The William Dean notebooks are a collection of twelve small autograph booklets of notes, summaries, and transcriptions from numerous books and catalogues pertaining to watercolor painting or heraldry. Created during the 1870s or 1880s, the booklets are Dean's working notes on these two topics.

Dates: 1874-1878
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Eclectic nineteenth-century British scrapbook

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0029
Abstract This eclectically compiled nineteenth-century British scrapbook features collectible scraps of flowers, animals, children, birds, and work scenes; greeting cards; original ink, graphite, and watercolor artwork; material related to British royalty; scenes of famous British places and buildings; and numerous images from varied sources. Several items depict "exotic ethnics," such as a black woman, an "Indian," "Orientals," and "Arabs." Not all of the 36...
Dates: approximately 1865-1890
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

James Leo Herlihy letters to Edward P. Mitchell

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0920
Abstract

This collection of letters and postcards, written by author and playwright James Leo Herlihy (1927-1993) to his friend Edward P. Mitchell, contains updates on his life in New York City, including his writing and his financial difficulties; and is accompanied by a life mask of Herlihy and a sculpture created by Herlihy.

Dates: 1947-1953
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Alan Kaufman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates: circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Late Victorian era British scrapbook of chromolithographic plates

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0046
Abstract

This late nineteenth-century British album, created by an unknown author, features scraps, chromolithographic prints, and original artwork, with many images containing motifs of Orientalism and depictions of the colonial British Far East. Other common themes include fashion, religion, literature, and landscapes.

Dates: Majority of material found within approximately 1895
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Nineteenth-century British scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0040
Abstract This British nineteenth-century scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content features images created from multiple printing processes, predominantly monochromatic engravings, though the album also includes original artwork, elaborately printed Victorian-era greeting cards, and other color illustrations. Collected images include Italian, French, and primarily British landmarks, abbeys, cathedrals, historic landscapes, and British monarchs and nobility. This scrapbook also...
Dates: approximately 1846-1899
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Creator unidentified 4
Beck, Julian, 1925-1985 1
Bissinger, Karl 1
Bissinger, Karl. The luminous years : portraits at mid-century 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
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Cafe Nicholson 1
Campbell, Sandy 1
Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994. Stimmen von Marrakesch. English 1
Chaikin, Joseph, 1935-2003 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 1
Dean, William 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Domestic Resurrection Circus 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1
Gregg, Linda 1
Hanley, Richard 1
Herlihy, James Leo 1
Herlihy, James Leo--Correspondence 1
Hirschman, Jack, 1933- 1
Kaufman, Alan 1
Kaufman, Alan. Jew Boy 1
Kaufman, Alan. Matches 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Essays 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Literature 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry 1
Kolm, Ron 1
Kupferberg, Tuli 1
Lewis, Edna 1
Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.) 1
Malina, Judith, 1926-2015 1
Mamet, David 1
Martinelli, Sheri 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Mitchell, Edward P. 1
Mitchell, Edward P.--Correspondence 1
Nicholson, John, 1916-2016 1
Open Theater 1
Owens, Jeanne 1
Paley, Grace 1
Paul Taylor Dance Company 1
Rorem, Ned, 1923- 1
Rosset, Barney 1
Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980 1
Shot, Danny 1
Silverman, Herschel 1
War Resisters League 1
Windham, Donald 1
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