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Fleda Brown papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0800
Abstract

Fleda Brown (born 1944) is an American poet, scholar, and educator, and was poet laureate for the state of Delaware from 2001-2007. The Fleda Brown papers, spanning circa 1950-2014 (bulk 1963-2014), comprise early works, poem drafts and notes, journals, correspondence, and materials related to Brown’s professional life as a poet and professor of English at the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1950-2014; Majority of material found within 1963-2014

Armistead W. Browning, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0635
Abstract

Born in 1938, Armistead Willis Browning, Jr., was a landscape architect, environmentalist and teacher who dedicated his life to environmental preservation and education. The papers chronicle Browning's experience at three architectural firms, two main centers of education, and with numerous independent projects, symposia, and workshops.

Dates: 1923-1990; Majority of material found within 1971-1987

Padraic Colum papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0147
Abstract

The papers of Padraic Colum, Irish poet, playwright, and author, are comprised of book reviews, letters to author and theatrical producer Basil Burwell, and original manuscripts of Colum's work.

Dates: 1927-1970

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

McLeod family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0514
Abstract

The McLeod family papers, spanning the dates 1798 to 1893, primarily pertain to the careers of Rev. Alexander McLeod and his son Rev. John Niel McLeod, who consecutively served as pastors to the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Dates: 1798-1893

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

John Shirley papers related to Thomas Harriot

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0343
Abstract

The John Shirley papers related to Thomas Harriot contains material related to British mathematician, astronomer, and scientist Thomas Harriot (1560–1621), all of which was collected by twentieth century American scholar and educator John Shirley.

Dates: 1590–1621, 1947–1988

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

 Collection
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

Zephyrus Image records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0880
Abstract Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for...
Dates: 1960-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1969-1983

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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
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Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
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Brakhage, Stan 1
Brandywine Conservancy 1
Brandywine Valley Association 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
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
Browning, Armistead W., Jr., 1938-1987 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Burwell, Basil Beckett, 1911- 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 1
Cranium Press 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Delaware College 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944- 1
Jaffe, Rhoda, 1923-1967 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
London, Rick 1
Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) 1
Maxwell, Harriet (Hattie) Mitchell, 1836- 1
Maxwell, James Riddle, 1836-1912 1
McClure, Michael 1
McLeod family 1
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 1
Myers, Michael, 1948-1982 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Raworth, Tom 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Rusk, Robert 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Shirley, John W., 1908-1988 1
Sky, Gino 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
Spring Creek Typesetting Service 1
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 1
Teter, Holbrook 1
Turtle Creek Designs 1
Turtle Island Foundation 1
Union Pacific Railroad Company 1
University of Delaware. Plant Science Department 1
Walker, Jeanne Murray 1
Welch, Lew 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wiley, William T., 1937- 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 1
Yagoda, Ben 1
Zephyrus Image (Firm) 1
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