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David T. Bazelon papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0495
Abstract

The David T. Bazelon papers, spanning the dates 1935-1996, includes manuscripts, correspondence, books, clippings, and photographs documenting the work of the social critic and member of the post-war "New York Intellectuals," David T. Bazelon.

Dates: 1935-1994; Majority of material found within 1942-1985

BBC Third Programme Radio Scripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0332
Abstract The Third Programme of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was inaugurated on September 29, 1946, as part of the BBC's post-war restructuring of radio into three networks. Responding to the public's growing interest in the arts, which BBC programs during World War II had helped to foster, the BBC instituted three complementary networks designed not only to inform and entertain, but to educate the public as well: the Home Service, the Light Programme, and the Third Programme. The BBC...
Dates: 1940-1969

Beadle and Adams archives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0354
Abstract

The Beadle and Adams archives contains materials relating to American publisher Erastus F. Beadle (1821–1894) and the dime booklet publishing house in which he was a partner, Beadle and Adams.

Dates: 1848–1921

William Beatty collection on papermaking

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1011
Scope and Contents William Beatty was author of an article "The Handmade Paper of Nepal", published in The Paper Maker Vol. 31, No. 2 (1962). This collection contains drafts of the article and a copy of The Paper Maker; research materials, including photographs of the papermaking process; correspondence, including letters from Dard Hunter (a specialist on paper, papermaking, and printing); paper samples; and other correspondence related to...
Dates: 1947-1967

Cecilia Beaux letter to Thornton Oakley

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0010
Abstract

An undated autograph letter written and signed by American society portraitist, Cecilia Beaux, to fellow artist and illustrator, Thornton Oakley.

Dates: [no year] May 16

Lewis White Beck manuscripts of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0122
Abstract

Lewis White Beck, born September 26, 1913, in Griffin, Georgia, was an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware from 1941-1948. The Lewis White Beck manuscripts consist of the various stages of drafts toward Beck's translation and editing of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy.

Dates: 1943-1949

Anna Beebe papers

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Identifier: MSS 0134
Abstract

The Anna Beebe papers consist of a collection of letters written to Delaware native and teacher Anna Beebe (circa 1898-1990) during the period 1906-1919.

Dates: 1906-1919

Clive Bell letters to Gilbert Seldes

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0517
Abstract

British art critic and writer Clive Bell (1881-1964) wrote several letters to American theater and pop-culture critic and writer Gilbert Vivian Seldes (1893-1970) between 1921 to 1957, detailing personal matters, mutual friends, travels, and professional events. Also included are autographed notes, written by Seldes and dated 1966, about a meeting between Bell and Seldes and his impressions of Bell.

Dates: 1921-1966

Sarah Belville early nineteenth-century friendship album

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0054
Abstract

This friendship album belonged to Sarah Belville of Christiana, Delaware, and contains poems, tributes, and classical quotations from Belville's friends, who sometimes sign or initial, give their location, and date their contributions.

Dates: 1828-1852

Bengal Paper Mill Company, Limited, Quality Papers: advertising sign

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0099-F0012
Abstract

Aluminum sign advertising Bengal Paper Mill Company’s “Well Known Quality Tiger Brand Paper,” and available stock, undated, with 1904 certificate included for one share of stock in the company.

Dates: 1904-1938, undated

George R. Bennett Independent Order of Odd Fellows papers

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0124
Abstract

Collection of letters, certificates, and contract related to the Crystal Fount Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 10, in Milford, Delaware, compiled by Grand Representative of Delaware George R. Bennett from 1926 to 1931.

Dates: 1926 February 1-1931 January 16

Paul A. Bennett collection

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Identifier: MSS 0210
Abstract Paul A. Bennett (1897-1966) was director of typography for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company for thirty years until his retirement in 1962. The Paul A. Bennett Collection consists of 3.3 linear feet of correspondence, printed material, and memorabilia from the library of type designer Bennett. The collection demonstrates some of the typographic projects on which Bennett worked. It also conveys some of the friendships and working relationships that he established with experts in the fields of...
Dates: 1914-1973

Poems for Beckman : poems

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0753
Abstract

Handmade book containing autograph poems handwritten by poet Carol Berge. The book is titled, Poems for Beckman.

Dates: undated

Daniel Berrigan correspondence and Hanoi poems

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0894
Abstract

Daniel Berrigan wrote these letters to Elizabeth Bartelme, his editor at Macmillan Company, to accompany enclosed poems, such as the Hanoi poems found in this collection, or to discuss his books which were in the works.

Dates: 1965-1969

Biddle family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0327
Abstract

The Biddle family papers preserve over one-hundred-and-fifty years of material related to this prominent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania family and detail extensively their professional lineage as attorneys, notary publics, and bankers during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Dates: 1766-1943; Majority of material found within 1870-1923

Benjamin T. Biggs papers

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0063
Abstract

U.S. Representative and Governor of Delaware, Benjamin T. Biggs, wrote a temperance speech, two love poems, and a letter to an editor. Also included is a bill from the Portsmouth, Virginia, Y.M.C.A. to a B.T. Biggs in 1917.

Dates: 1849-1917

The Loss of Pier No. 4

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0003
Abstract

Short account of activities at a World War I cargo operation located at "Southern Railroad pier No. 4".

Dates: undated

Bill of sale for Caleb Cox

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0017
Abstract

Legal document stating that an enslaved boy named Caleb Cox has been sold by Mary and William Herdman, administrators of the estate of John Herdman, to John Thompson of New Castle, Delaware.

Dates: 1832 March 27

Louis Billing travel diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0119
Abstract This diary documents the 1865 journey of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, resident Louis Billing to England, where he visited relatives. He stayed with the family of his cousin William Mansell and other Billing relatives. Short trips were taken to other destinations in the United Kingdom and two months were spent in France. Billing commented on his relatives and ancestral history, described architecture and cathedrals, and made strongly patriotic comparisons between England and America. Billing...
Dates: 1865 August 24-1866 March 14

Laurence Binyon correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0181
Abstract

A collection of correspondence from British poet and playwright, Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) to G. Herbert Thring and D. Kilham Roberts, lawyers for the Society of Authors, concerning problems or questions of copyright laws (United States and British).

Dates: 1921-1942

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

Black family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0249
Abstract

The Black Family Papers contain 174 items, including letters, greeting cards, postcards, telegrams, pamphlets, programs, photographs, and diaries pertaining to Helen Black Stewart, Lynam Stewart and other members of the Black Family. The papers span the dates 1889-1982, with the bulk of the material dating from 1917-1919 when Willard Black, Helen Black's brother, served in World War I.

Dates: 1889-1982

Jeanie Groome Black travel diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0004
Abstract

These three bound diaries were kept by Delaware resident Jeannie Groome Black during her travels in Europe with a group of ten Delawareans from October 13, 1890, to November 25, 1891.

Dates: 1890 October 13-1891 November 8

John Janvier Black papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0221
Abstract John Janvier Black, United States surgeon and resident physician to Blockley Hospital, was born in Delaware City, Delaware, November 6, 1837, the son of Charles H. Black and Anne Janvier Black. He was president of the Delaware Insane Asylum and helped greatly in the formation of the Delaware State Hospital. The John Janvier Black papers consist of 45 physician's visiting lists, a notebook of hospital observations, a personal diary, and two notebooks belonging to unidentified persons. In...
Dates: 1860-1909

Lester F. Black sample book of calligraphic calling cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0018
Abstract

Lester F. Black penned the calling cards in this late nineteenth-century volume of thirty calligraphic samples, as well as a brief note on the final page.

Dates: approximately 1880-1890

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Creator unidentified 67
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 38
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Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 13
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 12
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 11
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 10
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 10
Hoffman, Richard Lee 10
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 9
Delaware. General Assembly 9
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 9
Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 9
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 9
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 9
United States. Congress. Senate 9
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 8
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 8
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 8
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 8
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 8
AE, 1867-1935 7
Carter, John, 1905-1975 7
Delaware College 7
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 7
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 7
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 7
Reagan, Ronald 7
Simon, Neil 7
United States. Congress. House 7
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 7
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 7
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 6
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 6
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 6
McClure, Michael 6
Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 6
O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984 6
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 6
Wieners, John, 1934-2002 6
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 5
Clark, Tom, 1941-2018 5
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 5
Corso, Gregory 5
Di Prima, Diane 5
Du Pont, Pierre S. 5
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957 5
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
Field, Edward, 1924- 5
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 5
Herlihy, James Leo 5
Lambert, Gavin 5
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958--Correspondence 5
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 5
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 5
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949 5
Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 5
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 5
Williams, John J. (John James), 1904-1988 5
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 5
Baraka, Imamu Amiri, 1934-2014 4
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 4
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 4
Clark, Tom, 1941- --Correspondence 4
Corman, Cid 4
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 4
Delaware Theatre Company 4
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 4
Dodd, Mead & Company 4
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996 4
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 4
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 4
Ford, Charles Henri 4
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 4
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 4
Holmes, John Clellon, 1926-1988 4
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 4
Jennings, Elizabeth, 1926-2001 4
Joans, Ted 4
Kaufman, Alan 4
Lincoln Club of Delaware 4
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination 4
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 4
Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- 4
Oakley, Thornton, 1881-1953 4
Peter Owen (Firm) 4
Phoenix Book Shop 4
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 4
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 4
Ridgely, Nicholas, 1694-1755 4
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 4
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 4
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 4
Stavis, Barrie 4
Tober, Frank W., 1919-1995 4
Whalen, Philip 4
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 4
Windham, Donald 4
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