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Donald Callender papers

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Identifier: MSS 0588
Abstract This collection documents the for-profit and nonprofit work of Donald W. Callender, Jr., an industrial archaeologist whose career in the greater Delaware-Pennsylvania-New Jersey area has involved maintenance and restoration of railroads and rail cars. In addition, Callender was involved in the establishment of a regional living history museum, the leadership of historic preservation organizations, and efforts to restore the Wilmington Waterfront and increase tourism to the city. The...
Dates: 1968-2008; Majority of material found within 1974-1999

Brian Coffey papers

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Identifier: MSS 0382
Abstract

The Brian Coffey papers consist of personal and literary papers which document the life and career of the avant-garde Irish poet from 1917 to 1996.

Dates: 1917-1996

Friends of Rockwood records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0675
Abstract The Friends of Rockwood, Inc., supported the maintenance of the site, collections, and educational mission of the Rockwood Museum in Wilmington, Delaware, from 1976 to 2014. The Friends of Rockwood records comprise the organization’s general administrative records; officer and member files; board of directors’ minutes and correspondence; files pertaining to the Friends’ association with New Castle County, Delaware; records relating to properties and capital improvements at Rockwood;...
Dates: 1890-2017; Majority of material found within 1976-2014

Alan Kaufman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates: circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

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Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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Identifier: MSS 0638
Abstract The William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood comprises 10.5 linear feet of material plus oversize items dating from 1844 to 2005 and includes extensive bibliographic information relating to the works of Charles Dickens and specifically to the author's final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), which was unfinished at the time of his death. The collection, which illuminates Oliver's activities as a...
Dates: 1844-2005

Peter Owen publishing records

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Identifier: MSS 0571
Abstract

Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Dates: 1951-1995

William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records

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Identifier: MSS 0671
Abstract

William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Dates: 1964-2007

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

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Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates: circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

Ben Yagoda papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0672
Abstract

American author, editor, critic and blogger Ben Yagoda (born 1954) retired from teaching journalism and writing at the University of Delaware in 2016. The collection includes research material, drafts and notes, and interviews toward Yagoda's various articles and book-length projects.

Dates: 1975-2015

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Advent Books (Firm) 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Bernard, Oliver 1
Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
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Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cumming, Anne 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Dickens Fellowship (London, England) 1
Dickens Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Dickens, Cedric Charles 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Adaptations 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Embolador, Pinto Repentista 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
Four States Railway Services 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Friends of Rockwood Inc. 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau 1
Halegua, Lillian 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Hargreaves, Gloria 1
Haylock, John 1
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988 1
Herbert, David 1
Hirschman, Jack, 1933- 1
Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. (Del.) 1
Home, Stewart, 1962- 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Inoue, Yasushi, 1907-1991 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica)--Design and construction--20th century 1
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 1
Kaufman, Alan 1
Kaufman, Alan. Jew Boy 1
Kaufman, Alan. Matches 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Essays 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Literature 1
Kaufman, Alan. The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry 1
Kihlman, Christer, 1930- 1
Kolm, Ron 1
Kupferberg, Tuli 1
Le Vay, David 1
Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005 1
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898 1
Mamet, David 1
Maraini, Dacia 1
McAlpine, Margaret Mary 1
McNutley, Frank 1
McNutley, Frank--Correspondence 1
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 1
Minco, Marga 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Moorepark, Howard 1
Murch, A. E. (Alma Elizabeth) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 1
New Castle County (Del.) 1
Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir, 1851-1923 1
Oliver, William Albert, 1926-2005 1
Parland, Oscar, 1912-1997 1
Peter Owen (Firm) 1
Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963 1
Pitt-Kethley, Fiona, 1954- 1
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