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Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0597
Abstract

The records of the Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences include correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, financial files, newsletters and other material which document the functions and activities of this statewide professional organization.

Dates: 1923-2011

Delaware clippings and scrapbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0574
Abstract

This Delaware clippings and scrapbook collection includes articles and full page sheets clipped and saved from nineteenth- and twentieth-century published newspapers and periodicals (bulk dates 1950-1969). Housed in 17 folders and one scrapbook, the articles focus on historic structures and locations in Delaware, local politics and people, the Delaware River, transportation, and extreme weather.

Dates: 1818-1973; Majority of material found in 1950-1969

Delaware ephemera collection related to politics, policy, and government

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0733
Abstract

This Delaware ephemera collection is a vertical file of fliers, clippings, artifacts, and other ephemeral materials pertaining to local and federal election campaigns, environmental groups, grassroots organizations, and political groups.

Dates: 1936-2023; Majority of material found within 1970-2021

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

Delaware Theatre Company records 2019 supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0633s2
Abstract

The Delaware Theatre Company (DTC) was founded in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1978 with a mission to create theater of the highest professional quality in Delaware and thereby enrich the area through artistic programming, education and community service. The DTC records 2019 supplement comprises the organization’s administrative and financial records, production files, press, and reviews from 1978-2015.

Dates: 1978-2015

Delaware Theatre Company records supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0633s
Abstract

Educational and community outreach programs are the main focus and the bulk of this supplement to the Delaware Theatre Company records, with a large component consisting of the files of the Director of Education & Community Engagement, C. J. Conway.

Dates: 1983-2013

Delaware Women's Conference records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0677
Abstract

The Delaware Women's Conference records, which document the only all-volunteer women's conference in the United States, provide a record of an organization which sought to empower women of all ages, economic backgrounds, and lifestyles, to engage and to improve the status of all women.

Dates: 1984-2010

Austin Dobson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0644
Abstract The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962)...
Dates: 1762-1999; Majority of material found within 1861-1962

Alice Dunbar-Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0113
Abstract The Alice Dunbar-Nelson papers consist of the literary, professional, and personal papers of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. The papers include an extensive collection of her incoming correspondence. Of particular note is her correspondence (1895-1904) with Paul Laurence Dunbar, which also includes her letters to Dunbar. The Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers also include a comprehensive collection of manuscripts of her writing, including novels, stories, poetry, drama, and essays. Dunbar-Nelson maintained a...
Dates: 1895-1942

Patricia Dycio Pete du Pont political ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0889
Abstract

Political ephemera, mostly related to Delaware governor Pete du Pont, including campaign buttons, t-shirts, a newspaper clipping, a 1981 inaugural program, and campaign literature collected by Patricia Buchanan Dycio.

Dates: circa 1977-1981

Eclectic nineteenth-century British scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0029
Abstract This eclectically compiled nineteenth-century British scrapbook features collectible scraps of flowers, animals, children, birds, and work scenes; greeting cards; original ink, graphite, and watercolor artwork; material related to British royalty; scenes of famous British places and buildings; and numerous images from varied sources. Several items depict "exotic ethnics," such as a black woman, an "Indian," "Orientals," and "Arabs." Not all of the 36...
Dates: approximately 1865-1890

Jeanette Slocomb Edwards papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0159
Abstract

The Jeannette Slocomb Edwards papers consist of a photocopy of a Christmas poem, a handwritten Christmas/New Year's postcard with a drawing and poem by Edwards on the front, several newspaper clippings and an obituary related to Edwards, who was a poet laureate for the state of Delaware.

Dates: 1962-1989

Eliza Howe Evertson Saltus commonplace book

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0065
Abstract

This commonplace book was compiled by Eliza Howe Evertson Saltus in the mid-nineteenth century and passed on to her son Edgar Saltus. The volume contains clippings of poetry, short stories, news, and local events taken from various sources as well as handwritten notes and passages from various works such as Hamlet and the Bible.

Dates: after 1826

Lee Anna Embrey student diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0151
Abstract These three diaries were kept between 1927 and 1929 by Central High School (Washington, D.C.) student and aspiring writer Lee Anna Embrey. Embrey described in very detailed, descriptive, and articulate language the events of her life. She wrote about family members, friends, school lessons, thoughts, and aspirations, as well as budding relationships. The diaries focus particularly on high school activities such as clubs and social events, with a special emphasis on the journalism club (Quill...
Dates: 1927-1929

Episcopal bishops of Delaware letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0148
Abstract

An autograph collection of letters signed by several Episcopal bishops of Delaware, compiled by the Episcopal Theological Seminary (predecessor to Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts) librarian. Bishops represented in the collection: J. Brooke Mosley, Jr., Philip Cook, Arthur R. McKinstry, William H. Mead, Frederick Joseph Kinsman, Alfred Lee, and Leighton Coleman. Also included are images of Bishop McKinstry and Kinsman, clipped from periodicals.

Dates: 1878 March 18-1973 April 24

John Reynolds Ernest papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0119
Abstract The collection consists of a variety of letters, bulletins, documents, and memorabilia relating to the United States Army Aircraft Warning Service and the Newark Council for Civilian Defense for the period 1941-1944. Gathered by John R. Ernest, who served in these programs, the papers consist primarily of letters, memoranda, schedules, and training material directed to John Reynolds Ernest and others in their official capacity with the United States Army Aircraft Warning Service and with the...
Dates: 1941-1944

Abbie Huston Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0158
Abstract

The papers consist of a greeting card, a Delaware poetry day dinner program, two poems, "Alive This Night" and "Martian Landscape" (initialed and dated), and newspaper clippings related to Abbie Huston Evans, a poet, born in New England, who later worked and taught in Philadelphia.

Dates: 1960-1968

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

Edward Field papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0363
Abstract

The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

Dates: 1943-1994

Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0736
Abstract

The Edward Field letters to Ilse-Margret Vogel comprise seventeen items roughly spanning the dates between 1992 and 2000, documenting the literary friendship between American poet, novelist, and editor Field and German author and illustrator Vogel. Material includes correspondence with a variety of enclosures, including manuscripts, clippings, notes, and advertisements.

Dates: 1992-2000

Charles Henri Ford letters to Ted Joans

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0292
Abstract

This small collection of letters from American poet and collagist Charles Henri Ford to fellow artist Ted Joans illuminate Ford's extensive world travels as well as his artistic and writing projects.

Dates: 1964-1987

Charles Henri Ford papers related to Om Krishna II

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0294
Abstract These letters from American poet Charles Henri Ford (and others) to publishers Charles and Pamela Plymell concern publication plans for Ford's Om Krishna II (Cherry Valley Editions, 1981). In addition to Ford's letters there are single letters from Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, Nepalese artist Indra Tamang, bookbinder Alan Brilliant, writer Ed Germain, and the Plymells. A draft typescript of Om Krishna II,...
Dates: 1966-1981; Majority of material found within 1979-1981

H. Buxton Forman papers relating to John Keats

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0215
Abstract

The H. Buxton Forman papers relating to John Keats contains materials relating to nineteenth century English poet John Keats. These materials were collected during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by American H. Buxton Forman and other members of his family.

Dates: 1885-1949

John W. Forney: The Letters of "Occasional"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0418
Abstract

This small collection, The Letters of “Occasional,” by the American editor and publisher John Wien Forney, comprises two volumes of news clippings “compiled and revised from the files of The Press by James Forney,” the son of John Forney. The news clippings represent the elder Forney’s editorial column in the Philadelphia Press, spanning the dates August 30, 1857-June 25, 1861.

Dates: 1857-1861

Robert C. Fraim poetical writings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0435
Abstract

Delaware educator and attorney Robert C. Fraim collected the poetry and articles he wrote for Philadelphia and Wilmington newspapers in this volume. The papers also include a history of the Fraim family, estate inventory, and other clippings.

Dates: 1873-1901

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University of Delaware 8
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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 6
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Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 4
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 4
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 4
Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016 4
Du Pont, Pierre S. 3
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 3
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 3
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 3
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 3
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 3
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 3
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 3
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 3
Phoenix Book Shop 3
Adams, Phelps 2
Archaeological Society of Delaware 2
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 2
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 2
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 2
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 2
Brayman, Harold, 1900-1988 2
Brilliant, Alan--Correspondence 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 2
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 2
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 2
Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976 2
Cornell University 2
Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 2
De Valinger, Leon, 1905-2000 2
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Delaware Theatre Company 2
Delaware. General Assembly 2
Di Prima, Diane 2
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 2
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 2
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 2
Field, Edward, 1924- 2
Ford, Charles Henri 2
Ford, Charles Henri--Correspondence 2
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 2
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 2
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 2
General Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 2
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 2
International House 2
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 2
Kaufman, Edward E., 1939- 2
Knickerbocker Press 2
Lincoln Club of Delaware 2
McClure, Michael 2
Micheline, Jack, 1929-1998 2
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 2
Morrison, C. M. (Charles Munro) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 2
National Press Club (U.S.) 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 2
Public Relations Society of America 2
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 2
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 2
Stettner, Irving, 1922- 2
Todd, William B. 2
United States. Congress. House 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations 2
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) 2
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 2
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 2
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 2
A. Colish (Firm) 1
AE, 1867-1935 1
Abbey Theatre 1
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Abbott, Franklin 1
Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998 1
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 1
Adam, Helen, 1909-1993 1
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 1
Adamson, Hans 1
Advent Books (Firm) 1
Albee, Edward, 1928- 1
Albro & Lindeberg 1
Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 1
Alden, John 1
Allmond, Charles M., 1931-2019 1
American Academy of the Fine Arts 1
American Art-Union 1
American Association of University Women 1
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 1
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1
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