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Oliver St. John Gogarty poems and documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0469
Abstract
Poems and Documents originally laid in Gogarty's Perennial.
Dates:
circa 1944
Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0361
Abstract
The Everett C. & Louise Stanton Johnson papers concern the personal affairs of prominent Delaware publisher and politician Everett C. Johnson (1877-1926) and his wife Louise Staton Johnson (1882-1977). In addition, the collection contains material from their Newark publishing house, the Press of Kells, which brought the Arts and Crafts Movement to the community from 1916 to 1918.
Dates:
1835-1988; Majority of material found within 1916-1958
Robert B. Kegerreis The Tell-Tale Heart and theatrical collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0706
Abstract
This collection comprises material related to the American actor and playwright Robert B. Kegerreis's 1909 dramatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his involvement in the New York theater scene of the early twentieth century.
Dates:
1909-1925; Majority of material found within dates 1909-1911
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