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Thurman Adams, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0619
Abstract

Democratic Senator Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928-2009) was the longest-serving senator in the history of the Delaware General Assembly. Adams was also the president of T.G. Adams & Sons, Inc., an agricultural feed and grain business in Bridgeville, Delaware. The Thurman Adams, Jr., papers chronicle the personal and professional life of the longest-serving senator (a Democrat from the 19th District) in the history of the Delaware General Assembly.

Dates: 1939-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-2009

William S. Auchincloss scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0420
Abstract This one-volume scrapbook, with contents spanning 1862- 1892, includes correspondence, maps, tickets, papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, documents, advertisements, and drawings; and was largely assembled from the professional activities of William S. Auchincloss. Evidence within the scrapbook points to the wide range of interests that captured the attention of Auchincloss, a civil and mechanical engineer, originally from New York who later resided in Wilmington, Delaware, and in...
Dates: 1862-1892

Cuala Industries records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0153
Abstract

This small collection of Cuala Industries records includes business correspondence from Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, as well as hand-colored cards and broadsides from the Cuala Press.

Dates: 1903-1943

Rita Katz Farrell collection related to dance

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0430
Abstract

Reference and research files that Rita Katz Farrell compiled during her career as a critic, freelance writer, and teacher.

Dates: 1920-1993; Majority of material found within 1950-1993

Richard McCann papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0616
Abstract The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia...
Dates: 1920s-2008; Majority of material found within 1978-2005

George W. and Pauline Murray, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0702
Abstract This collection documents the lives of Newark, Delaware, residents George W. Murray, Jr., and Pauline E. Murray during World War II. The collection is small, yet it gives a glimpse of both military service and the homefront experiences of the young married couple during war. Included are handwritten correspondence exchanged by the married couple while George Murray was stationed at Army Air Force bases on the continental United States and in Europe, illustrating life both at home and abroad...
Dates: 1939-1946

The Press of A. Colish archives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0358
Abstract

The Press of A. Colish archives contains materials relating to the printing career of American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882–1963).

Dates: 1913–1990; Majority of material found within 1930s–1950s

Grace Lloyd Walsh papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0145
Abstract

The Grace Lloyd Walsh papers consist of approximately 1.5 linear feet of personal and business papers, a scrapbook, photographs, and ephemera documenting the personal and professional life of prominent Wilmington businesswoman and freelance artist Grace Lloyd Collins Walsh (1896?–1992).

Dates: 1910-1992; Majority of material found within 1913-1935; Majority of material found within 1957-1970

World fairs and expositions collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0630
Abstract

This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.

Dates: 1851-1967; Majority of material found in 1893

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Delaware 2
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Letters (correspondence) 2
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Advertising fans 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--21st century 1
Albumen prints 1
American literature--20th century 1
American literature--21st century 1
American poetry--20th century 1
Anthologies 1
Art, American--Delaware--20th century 1
Articles 1
Artifacts (object genre) 1
Authors, American--19th century 1
Authors, American--20th century 1
Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence 1
Authors, American--21st century 1
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Brazil--Description and travel 1
Bridgeville (Del.) 1
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Broadsides (notices) 1
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Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
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Delaware--Politics and government--20th century 1
Delaware--Politics and government--21st century 1
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Exhibitions--United States--History--20th century 1
Families--United States--History--20th century 1
Financial records 1
Freemasons--20th century 1
Freemasons--21st century 1
Galley proofs 1
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Gay authors--United States--21st century 1
Gays in popular culture--United States--History--20th century 1
Germany--History--20th century 1
Grant proposals 1
Graphic design (Typography)--United States--History--20th century 1
Handbills 1
Inventors--United States--History--20th century 1
Irish poetry--20th century 1
Journals (periodicals) 1
Lecture notes 1
Legislators 1
Literature publishing--Ireland--History--20th century 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Maryland--History--20th century 1
Mechanical engineering--History--19th century 1
Mechanics (people) 1
Montréal (Québec)--History--20th century 1
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New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century 1
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Newark (Del.)--History--20th century 1
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Novelists 1
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A. Colish (Firm) 1
AE, 1867-1935 1
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Armitage, R.N. Green 1
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Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 1
Aument family 1
Aument, Anna 1
Aument, George M. 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Colish, Abraham, 1882-1963 1
Cuala Industries 1
Cuala Press 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. 1
Dun Emer Press 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris 1
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 1
Grolier Club 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Hollins College 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Kevorkian, Karen 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
McCann, Richard 1
McCann, Richard--Archives 1
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 1
Murray, George W., 1920-2010 1
Murray, Pauline E., 1919-1997 1
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) 1
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) 1
Nobility Silver Company 1
Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) 1
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Pears (A. & F.) Limited 1
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Navy 1
University of Delaware 1
University of Iowa 1
Virginia Commonwealth University 1
Walsh, Grace Lloyd Collins 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.) 1
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 1
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940 1
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957 1
Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949 1
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 1
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