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Donald Callender papers

 Collection
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

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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Administrators 1
Advertisements 1
Advertising fans 1
Agendas (administrative records) 1
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Annuals (publications) 1
Audio cassette 1
Bonds (negotiable instruments) 1
Brochures 1
Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Correspondence 1
Design drawings 1
Engineering maps 1
Exhibitions--England--London--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--20th century 1
Feasibility studies 1
Grant proposals 1
Historic preservation--United States--History--20th century 1
Industrial archaeologists 1
Industrial management--United States--History--20th century 1
Inventories 1
Invitations 1
Invoices 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Mailing lists 1
Memorandums 1
Minutes (administrative records) 1
Montréal (Québec)--History--20th century 1
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century 1
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Newsletters 1
Newspapers 1
Pennants 1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 1
Press releases 1
Programs (documents) 1
Punch (London, England) 1
Railroads--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Railroads--Delaware--History--21st century 1
Railroads--Maryland--History--20th century 1
Railroads--Pennsylvania--History--20th century 1
Railroads--Pennsylvania--History--21st century 1
Rosters 1
Sailing ships--Reproductions--20th century 1
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--20th century 1
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century 1
Scarves (costume accessories) 1
Scrapbooks 1
Ships plans 1
Souvenirs 1
Stationery 1
Stereographs 1
Stereoscopes 1
Syllabi 1
Trade cards (advertising) 1
Viewbooks 1
West Chester (Pa.)--History--20th century 1
Wilmington (Del.)--History--20th century 1
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Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1