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William F. Allen scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0002
Abstract

Two scrapbooks chronicling William Franklin Allen's 1937-1938 term in the U. S. House of Representatives for the state of Delaware, as well as his business affairs in Seaford, Delaware.

Dates: 1830-1946; Majority of material found within 1937-1938

Thomas F. Bayard letter to John Otto

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0112
Abstract

Delaware Senator Thomas F. Bayard wrote this handwritten letter to John Otto concerning the difficulty of procuring clerical vestis for women on February 12, 1881.

Dates: 1881 February 12

Thomas F. Bayard letter to Samuel W. Long

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0098
Abstract

Typed letter from United States Senator Thomas Francis Bayard (D-Delaware) to Samuel W. Long, thanking Long for sending Bayard a copy of an article by Felix Frankfurter, as well as a published article rebutting the original article. The letter also includes a discussion of the primary article, the Massachusetts judicial system, and Bayard's thoughts on its contents.

Dates: 1927 June 6

Harold Brayman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0261
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers, spanning from 1900-1991, document the successful dual career of one man in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and...
Dates: 1900-1991; Majority of material found within 1928-1978

Harold Brayman papers supplement

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Identifier: MSS 0261s
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers supplement, spanning from 1914-1992, contains substantial editions to the original collection, documenting Brayman's dual careers in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence,...
Dates: 1914-1992

Lee Anna Embrey student diaries

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0151
Abstract These three diaries were kept between 1927 and 1929 by Central High School (Washington, D.C.) student and aspiring writer Lee Anna Embrey. Embrey described in very detailed, descriptive, and articulate language the events of her life. She wrote about family members, friends, school lessons, thoughts, and aspirations, as well as budding relationships. The diaries focus particularly on high school activities such as clubs and social events, with a special emphasis on the journalism club (Quill...
Dates: 1927-1929

Diary of Journey taken for health in 1834 - from Franklin - South to Mount Vernon Virginia, back through Western Maryland Pennsylvania N.Y. Niagara, Canada - Rochester Oswego - then home - from April 21 to August 14th

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0028
Abstract This journal chronicles abolitionist Milton M. Fisher’s 1834 journey from his home in Franklin, Massachusetts, to Virginia, and back. The trip, taken for both health reasons and as an information gathering expedition for anti-slavery efforts, took Fisher through numerous northern states, the Mid-Atlantic region (including Maryland and Delaware), and Washington, D.C., to Virginia. Along the way he commented on the various towns, cities, and institutions he visited and recorded conversations...
Dates: 1834 April 21-August 29

Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0472
Abstract

The attorney and author Joseph Gold was born in London, England, on July 12, 1912; he died on February 22, 2000, in Bethesda, Maryland. The Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection comprises .67 linear feet of newsletters, pamphlets, posters, blank letterhead, and typed pages from the 1960s through the 1990s.

Dates: 1960-1996; Majority of material found within 1960-1970

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

Littell family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0449
Abstract

The Littell family papers include correspondence, letters, scrapbooks, commonplace books, copybooks, published material, ephemera, realia, financial records, diaries, books, artwork, photographs, greeting cards, postcards, clippings, and research notes created or collected by members of the Morris, Harrington, Littell, and Winslow families of Pennsylvania and Delaware from circa 1808 to 2004.

Dates: 1808-2005

Norman Lockman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0865
Abstract

Norman Lockman, a political journalist in Delaware and Massachusetts, was the first African American journalist and former managing editor of the Wilmington News Journal. The Norman Lockman papers, consisting mostly of newspaper clippings and articles, documents Lockman’s journalism career at the Wilmington News Journal and Boston Globe.

Dates: 1954-2004; Majority of material found within 1969-2004

Chris Oakley collection of alternative press

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0471
Abstract

Chris Oakley was a longtime resident of Newark, Delaware, a community organizer and a strong advocate for media democracy. The Chris Oakley collection of alternative press consists of alternative press newspapers, community newsletters, magazines and ephemera related to from local to international communities, women's activism and local writers, as well as some personal papers.

Dates: 1968-1992

Swan family journal

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0072
Abstract

This manuscript volume is a family journal kept by George Washington Jonson and members of the Swan family of Easton, Massachusetts, between September 1838 and January 1839. Also included are nine letters from Louisa Sophia Johnson Swan, Jr., to Jonson, her uncle.

Dates: 1838-1840, 1842-1843, 1856-1857; Majority of material found within 1838-1840

Travel journal through the Mid-Atlantic

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0142
Abstract

This journal of an early twentieth-century woman contains autograph entries describing eating, drinking, sightseeing, and shopping in New York City and several excursions within the Mid-Atlantic region in the 1930s. The entries are accompanied by numerous black and white photographs of locations visited during her trips.

Dates: approximately 1935 May 5-12

Private Journal No. V

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0062
Abstract This diary of American soldier and painter John Rogers Vinton (1801-1847) covers the period September 20, 1827, to March 22, 1828, and provides a detailed look into the political and social atmosphere of Washington, D.C., in the late 1820s. Vinton discusses Washington, D.C., politics (including the upcoming 1828 election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson), his duties as an officer in the military, as well as his social life, interest in painting, fashion, and theatrical...
Dates: 1827 September 20-1828 March 22

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McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005 1
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 1
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 1
Morrill, Ruth Barrell Swan, 1821-1898 1
Morris family 1
Morris, Elizabeth Carrington, 1775-1865 1
Morris, Susan Sophia, 1800-1868 1
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Muir, John 1
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