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Delaware Miscellany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0598
Abstract

The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1825-1958; Majority of material found within 1920-1958

Delaware Women's Conference records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0677
Abstract

The Delaware Women's Conference records, which document the only all-volunteer women's conference in the United States, provide a record of an organization which sought to empower women of all ages, economic backgrounds, and lifestyles, to engage and to improve the status of all women.

Dates: 1984-2010

Norman Lockman papers

 Collection
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

Dorothy Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0875
Abstract Delaware environmental activist Dorothy Miller (1931-2016) led a coaltion of citizens, conservation-minded organizations, the DuPont Company, and the state governments of Delaware and Pennsylvania to acquire and preserve open space to protect the entire White Clay Creek Watershed. Spanning the dates 1965-2010, this collection documents community efforts led by Miller to preserve the White Clay Creek Watershed and her further work on water resources, residential/commercial and transportation...
Dates: 1965-2010

Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0680
Abstract

The Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers comprises 14.3 linear feet of materials, spanning the dates between 1900 and 2011, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, travel brochures, reel-to-reel tapes, magazines, fanzines, and other materials documenting intergenerational American family life in Delaware.

Dates: circa 1900-2011

Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0648
Abstract

Dale E. Wolf served as lieutenant governor of Delaware (1989-1992) and briefly as governor (December 31, 1992-January 19, 1993). The Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia document Wolf’s military service in World War II, his early agricultural research and DuPont Company career, his political career and public service, as well as the community service of his wife, Clarice Wolf.

Dates: 1925-2013; Majority of material found within 1980-1993

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Correspondence 5
Clippings (information artifacts) 4
Delaware--History--20th century 3
Photographs 3
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Newark (Del.)--History--20th century 2
Obituaries 2
Printed ephemera 2
Programs (documents) 2
Scrapbooks 2
Voluntarism--Delaware--History--20th century 2
1/4 inch audio tape 1
Activists 1
Articles of incorporation 1
Artifacts (object genre) 1
Automobile insurance 1
Awards 1
Biographies (documents) 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Boston (Mass.) 1
Busing for school integration 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Bylaws (administrative records) 1
Certificates 1
Christina River Basin (Del.) 1
Churchmans Marsh (Del.) 1
Civil rights--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Collages (visual works) 1
Community Life--Delaware--Newark--History--20th century 1
Conservation of natural resources--Delaware 1
DVD 1
Delaware--History--18th century 1
Delaware--History--19th century 1
Delaware--History--21st century 1
Delaware--Politics and government--1951- 1
Demographics 1
Desert Wings 1
Diplomas 1
Disc jockey radio programs 1
Disc jockeys 1
Economic development 1
Essays 1
Fanzines 1
Financial records 1
Governors--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Histories (literature genre) 1
Housing--United States--History--20th century 1
Invitations 1
Jazz audiences--United States 1
Jazz radio programs 1
Jazz--1921-1930--Analysis, appreciation 1
Jazz--1931-1940 1
Journalism--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Journalism--United States--History--20th century 1
Journalists--United States 1
Kennett News and Advertiser 1
Kennett Square (Pa.) 1
Lamborn Run (Del.) 1
Letters (correspondence) 1
Lieutenant governors--Delaware--History--20th century 1
London Britain (Pa. : Township) 1
Manuscripts (documents) 1
Maps (documents) 1
Massachusetts State House (Boston, Mass.) 1
Massachusetts--Politics and government--1951- 1
Memorandums 1
Minutes (administrative records) 1
New Castle County (Del.) 1
Newark (Del.)--History--19th century 1
News journal (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Newspaper columns 1
Newspapers 1
Notes 1
Oral histories (document genres) 1
Phonograph records 1
Political participation--United States--History--20th century 1
Politicians 1
Posters 1
Press releases 1
Racism 1
Radio programs--United States--History--20th century 1
Realia 1
Reminiscences 1
Reservoirs 1
Resolutions (administrative records) 1
School integration--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Secretaries (clerical workers) 1
Songs (genres for music) 1
Speeches (documents) 1
Students--Civil rights--United States 1
Suburban life--United States--History--20th century 1
Tape reels 1
Term papers 1
The Daily Collegian 1
Theater programs 1
Thompson Station Road (Del.) 1
Tintypes (prints) 1
Transportation--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Travel guidebooks 1
Travel--Guidebooks 1
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Names
Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
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Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Burgess, Paul 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Chilton, John, 1932- 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Coalition for Natural Stream Valleys 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
Delaware Women's Conference, Inc. 1
Delaware. Department of Transportation 1
Du Pont, Peter, 1960- 1
Duncan, Hank, 1896-1968 1
Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) 1
Ferraro, Geraldine 1
Friedan, Betty 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hagley Museum 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
Jong, Erica 1
Junior League of Wilmington, Delaware 1
Lewis, William Ditto 1
Lockman, Norman, 1938-2005 1
Long, David J. 1
Messick, Charles P. 1
Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968 1
Miller, Dorothy P. 1
Mitchell, Andrea 1
Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948 1
Moreno, Rita 1
Morris, Hugh M. 1
Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
Newark High School (Del.) 1
No, Kum-Sok 1
Owens family 1
Owens, Anna Hayes 1
Owens, Frank E. (Frank Erskine), 1918-2012 1
Owens, Jonathan Andrew 1
Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982 1
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 1
Philadelphia International Airport 1
Powell, Rudy, 1907-1976 1
Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902 1
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 1
Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927 1
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 1
Sacher, Peggy 1
Shange, Ntozake 1
Sierra Club. Delaware Chapter 1
Steinem, Gloria 1
Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 1
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers 1
United States. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 1
University of Delaware 1
University of Delaware Research Foundation 1
University of Delaware--History--19th century 1
University of Delaware--History--20th century 1
University of Delaware. Marine Laboratory 1
Vallandigham, Edward Noble, 1854-1930 1
Viorst, Judith 1
WDEL-FM (Radio station : Wilmington, Del.) 1
WSTW (Radio station : Wilmington, Del.) 1
Water Resources Agency for New Castle County 1
Whitaker, Epher, 1820-1916 1
White Clay Watershed Association 1
Wilmington (Ship) 1
Wolf, Clarice 1
Wolf, Dale E., 1924- 1
Young Women's Christian Association (Wilmington, Del.) 1
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