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Logbook kept aboard the schooner Arabia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0164
Abstract

This logbook chronicles the voyage of the fishing schooner Arabia from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the Western Banks of Newfoundland in September 1908.

Dates: 1908

Paul Bowles letters to John B. L. Goodwin

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0947
Abstract

In these eighteen letters, written between 1957 and 1991, American novelist Paul Bowles (1910-1999) corresponded with his longtime friend American novelist, poet, and painter John B. L. Goodwin (1912-1994).

Dates: 1956-1991

A holiday in Norway and along the way, 1908, being the journal of a trip by Charles H. Cummings and George G. Clark, as kept by the latter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0012
Abstract

This 1909 bound typescript manuscript was prepared by George G. Clark to commemorate his 1908 trip with Charles H. Cummings. Their travel from New York City to Norway by steamer and rail, along with details of experiences in many European locales along the way, is recounted in this travel narrative.

Dates: 1909

Conard-Pyle Company records supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0634s
Abstract

The Conard-Pyle Company records supplement includes substantial additions to the series in the original collection, as well as records which constitute three new series related to the Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc., printed material, and Robert Pyle's professional papers.

Dates: 1868-2000; Majority of material found within 1910-2000

Leon De Valinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0686
Abstract Leon De Valinger, Jr., served as Delaware State Archivist from 1941 to 1970. The Leon De Valinger papers contain his personal and professional records, primarily related to his work as State Archivist and as a historian of Delaware. His professional, administrative, and subject files offer a window into the varied concerns of the archives profession as it evolved during the 20th century. Additionally, his work to document, preserve, and promote Delaware history and culture forms a theme...
Dates: 1752-1999; Majority of material found within 1930-1980

John W. Jordan, "Random Notes of a Week's Visit to England" scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0025
Abstract John Woolf Jordan (1840-1921) was a Philadelphia historian specializing in genealogies and personal histories, especially those of Pennsylvania families. This scrapbook comprises a single volume containing clippings of John W. Jordan's travel narrative, "Random Notes of a Week's Visit to England" from an unknown publication; also included are picture postcards and photographic illustrations of the ships on which he traveled and locations he visited, several of which are accompanied by...
Dates: 1911

Morris family films

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0726
Abstract

Hugh M. Morris (1878-1966) was a Delaware lawyer and served as a federal district judge from 1919 to 1930. The Morris family films collection features home videos created by the Judge Hugh M. Morris family. These videos are dated from 1928 to 1955, and document both their travels and life on the Judge Morris Estate on Polly Drummond Hill in Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1925-1955, undated

Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0431
Abstract

The Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger Scrapbook chronicles the 1909 cruise taken by Philadelphia resident and theatrical manager Nixon-Nirdlinger and his wife from New York City to France, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Hungary. The scrapbook records various aspects of the early twentieth-century travel business and is particularly rich with theatrical ephemera, indicating Nixon- Nirdlinger’s trip combined theatrical business interests with pleasure.

Dates: 1909

Winifred J. Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0413
Abstract

Winifred J. Robinson (1867-1962) served as the first dean of the Women’s College of the University of Delaware. The Winifred J. Robinson Papers consists of a small group of eclectic material spanning the dates 1912-1949.

Dates: 1912-1949

Emilie Sargent scrapbook of West Indies and South American cruise aboard R.M.S. Mauretania

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0010
Abstract The Emilie Sargent scrapbook documents Sargent’s travels to the West Indies and South America aboard the cruise ship R.M.S. Mauretania in the fall of 1933. The scrapbook comprises approximately one-hundred-pages of photographs, newsletters, postcards, programs, menus, newspaper clippings, souvenirs, and other ship ephemera gathered during the cruise, which stopped at the following ports of call between September 9 and September 22, 1933: Trinidad, La Guaira...
Dates: 1933-1935

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Photographs 3
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Cruise ships--History--20th century 2
Delaware--Social life and customs 2
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England--Description and travel 2
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Historians 2
International travel--History--20th century 2
Maps (documents) 2
Menus 2
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Advertisements 1
Agendas (administrative records) 1
Amateur films 1
Archaeology--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Archival materials--Conservation and restoration 1
Archives--Administration 1
Archivists 1
Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel 1
Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence 1
Bangkok (Thailand)--Description and travel 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
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Canada--Description and travel 1
Catalogs (documents) 1
Colón (Panama)--Description and travel 1
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Contracts 1
Curaçao--Description and travel 1
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Delaware--History--19th century 1
Delaware--History--20th century 1
Delaware--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
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Denmark--Description and travel 1
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Europe--Description and travel 1
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Film: 16mm 1
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France--Description and travel 1
Gardening--Periodicals 1
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Germany--Description and travel 1
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Havana (Cuba)--Description and travel 1
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Historic preservation 1
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Horticultural products industry--History--20th century 1
Kennett Square (Pa.)--History--20th century 1
La Guaira (Distrito Federal, Venezuela)--Description and travel 1
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Librarians 1
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London (England)--Description and travel 1
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Mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings) 1
Microphotography--History--20th century 1
Minutes (administrative records) 1
Motion pictures (visual work) 1
Negatives (photographic) 1
New Castle County (Del.) 1
New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel 1
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North Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel 1
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Nurseries (Horticulture)--United States--History--20th century 1
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Paper, Handmade--Specimens 1
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Plant hybridization--History--20th century 1
Plants, Cultivated--Patents 1
Press kits 1
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Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Arabia (Schooner) 1
Archaeological Society of Delaware 1
Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc. 1
Atlantic Transport Line 1