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Leon De Valinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0686
Abstract Leon De Valinger, Jr., served as Delaware State Archivist from 1941 to 1970. The Leon De Valinger papers contain his personal and professional records, primarily related to his work as State Archivist and as a historian of Delaware. His professional, administrative, and subject files offer a window into the varied concerns of the archives profession as it evolved during the 20th century. Additionally, his work to document, preserve, and promote Delaware history and culture forms a theme...
Dates: 1752-1999; Majority of material found within 1930-1980

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

Records of the Friendship Fire Company of Wilmington, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0463
Abstract

Records from the Friendship Fire Company of Wilmington, Delaware, the first volunteer fire department in the city’s history, including the fire company's constitution, act of incorporation, rules and regulations, and official minutes from 1784 to 1828.

Dates: 1784-1828

Edith A. Lowther meeting notes for Presbyterian Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0176
Abstract

This notebook from Edith A. Lowther (1874-1948) contains her meeting notes for the Presbyterian Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies circa 1895. Although Lowther lived in Henry Clay, Delaware, most of her notes relate to a meeting held at Manokin Presbyterian Church in Princess Anne, Maryland.

Dates: approximately 1890-1895

John McPhee draft of presidential nomination resolution

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0010
Abstract

Handwritten rought draft of a resolution to ratify and confirm the nomination of William H. Harrison as President and John Tyler as Vice-President of the United States.

Dates: circa 1839

Meeting minutes of the education committee of the Trustees of the New Castle Common

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0093
Abstract

This manuscript volume contains the meeting minutes for the New Castle Common Trustees’ education committee from 1851-1853 and 1868-1875. The minutes focus on the establishment and maintenance of the New Castle Institute.

Dates: 1851-1853, 1868-1875

New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0260
Abstract

The New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records document the history, organization, and activities of this women's club, which began in 1893 as a reading club, but quickly developed into an organization dedicated to promoting civic responsibility and social service in the Newark community.

Dates: 1893-2011

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

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Minutes (administrative records) 6
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Delaware--History--19th century 4
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Delaware--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 2
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Maps (documents) 2
Memorandums 2
New Castle County (Del.)--History--19th century 2
Newark (Del.)--History--19th century 2
Newark (Del.)--History--20th century 2
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Women--Societies and clubs--Delaware--History--19th century 2
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African American authors 1
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Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
Archaeological Society of Delaware 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
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Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
De Valinger, Leon, 1905-2000 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Friendship Fire Company (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hagley Museum 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Lewis, William Ditto 1
Long, David J. 1
Lowther, Edith A. 1
Manokin Presbyterian Church (Princess Anne, Md.) 1
McPhee, John R. 1
Messick, Charles P. 1
Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968 1
Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948 1
Morris, Hugh M. 1
Munroe, John A. (John Andrew), 1914-2006 1
New Century Club of Newark, Delaware 1
No, Kum-Sok 1
Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 1
Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Ryden, George Herbert, 1884-1941 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 1
Trustees of the New Castle Common. Education Committee 1
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 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
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Whitaker, Epher, 1820-1916 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Wilmington (Ship) 1
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