Three manuscripts and a letter written by A. Carriere of Millau, Aveyron, France, provided to the University of Delaware as part of the Merci (or Gratitude) Train gift, a cross-country effort by the French people to thank American citizens for their generosity after World War II.

Frank W. Tober, a chemist with the Du Pont Company, maintained a wide range of book collecting interests including the era of Napoleon and the French Revolution. This collection comprises song sheets and pamphlets relating to the political situation in France during the late 1780s and 1790s.