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Account books for a blacksmith shop in Newark, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0005
Abstract

These three volumes are account books for the Newark, Delaware, blacksmith shop of Gilbert W. Chambers, kept between 1887 and 1921.

Dates: 1887 December 31-1921 September 11

John Anderson account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0080
Abstract

Includes one account book belonging to Newark, Delaware, resident John Anderson, documenting bank notes due, sales of cows, pigs, sheep, and other crops, and lists of expenses and goods purchased.

Dates: 1891-1940; Majority of material found within 1891-1898

Deer Park Hotel guest register

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0007
Abstract

This registry book for the Deer Park Hotel in Newark, Delaware, was kept between October 1944 and March 1952, and lists hotel patrons in chronological order, noting their arrival date, name, and room number.

Dates: 1944 October 21-1952 March 25

Samuel M. Donnell account books

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0081
Abstract

The account books of Samuel M. Donnell span the dates 1852 until 1880 and encompass both Donnell's real estate concerns and his farming and household interests in Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1852-1880; Majority of material found within 1866-1880

John Herdman's Day Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0147
Abstract

This Newark, Delaware, hotel and tavern daybook belonged to owner, John David Herdman, Jr. It covers transactions for two-and-a-half years of the business with over 3000 entries, including the sale of beer, wine, and spirituous liquors from the tavern as well as charges for lodging at the hotel.

Dates: 1816 January 2-1818 June 30

James Maxwell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0170
Abstract

The James R. Maxwell papers consist of the personal, professional, and family papers of James Maxwell, a resident of Newark, Delaware, and a civil engineer who worked for significant railroads in the American West and South America in the late 19th century.

Dates: 1860-1949; Majority of material found within 1867-1900

Harriet B. Miles account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0018
Abstract

Harriet B. Miles of Newark, Delaware, used this account book to record her household expenses from 1866 to 1878. She also recorded interest payments on bonds she held and entries regarding the administration of her mother’s estate.

Dates: 1866 May 1-1878 April 20

Newark Publishing Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0879
Abstract Newark Publishing Co. was a Newark, Delaware, printing business established in the mid-20th century and was owned and operated by William H. Durham from circa 1967 to 1981. Newark Publishing Co. records comprises over 3000 job printing files created by the press for largely Newark, Delaware-based businesses between 1963 and 1981. The collection also includes administrative and financial records of the company and its precursor, the Newark Post weekly newspaper,...
Dates: 1936-1981; Majority of material found within 1971-1981

Wilbur T. Wilson map collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0377
Abstract

Civil engineer, surveyor, and landlord Wilbur T. Wilson (1856-1942) maintained this collection of survey notebooks, files, plans, blueprints, and approximately 500 maps related to land and structures in his home of Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1880-1941

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Anderson and Finley 1
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Chambers, Gilbert W., 1856-1930 1
Curtis Paper Company 1
Deer Park Hotel (Newark, Delaware) 1