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American Association of University Women Delaware Division records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0529
Abstract

The American Association of University Women Delaware Division records reflect the history, structure, public policies, and programs of this group, and its relationship to the state branches and national organization of AAUW. AAUW's mission is to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy, research, and philanthropy.

Dates: 1922-2010

American Association of University Women Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0531
Abstract

The American Association of University Women Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) records reflect the organizational structure and detail the social, intellectual, and civic life of this women's group, which was formed to support the AAUW mission to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy, and research. The records span the extant dates of the branch, 1972-2002.

Dates: 1972-2002

Archaeological Society of Delaware records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0578
Abstract

This collection contains the administrative and organizational records for the incorporated educational group, the Archaeological Society of Delaware. The materials span the length of the organization's existence from 1933 to the present.

Dates: 1933-2011

George Handy Bates Samoan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0125
Abstract

The George Handy Bates Samoan papers are made up of correspondence, documents, memoranda, clippings, photographs, and other material relating to George Handy Bates's tenure as a special investigator into Samoan affairs beginning in 1886, and as a commissioner to the 1889 Berlin Conference on Samoan Affairs.

Dates: 1869-1916; Majority of material found within 1880-1899

Victor F. Battaglia, Sr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0654
Abstract Victor F. Battaglia, Sr. is a Wilmington attorney specializing in general litigation, civil and criminal law, hospital litigation, legal and medical malpractice and discipline, and estate planning and probate law. The Victor F. Battaglia, Sr., papers, spanning from 1981-2012, contains correspondence, reports, notes, legal documents, board and committee meeting minutes, articles, speeches, prepared remarks and lecture notes documenting his professional activity, public activity, and...
Dates: 1981-2012; Majority of material found within 1994-2008

Karl Wolfgang Böer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0483
Abstract Physicist, inventor, university professor, and solar energy pioneer Karl Wolfgang Böer was born March 23, 1926, in Berlin, Germany. He became a naturalized American citizen in August 1972. The Karl Wolfgang Böer papers, 1945-2003, document the life work and professional career of this German-American physicist, inventor, university professor, and solar energy pioneer. Böer’s work in solid state technology, understanding the photoconductivity and structure of cadmium sulfide, and...
Dates: 1945-2003; Majority of material found within 1961-1986

Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records

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Identifier: MSS 0593
Abstract The Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records contains 3.3 linear feet of documents, correspondence, new clippings, brochures, financial records, and multimedia materials gathered by Burdick during her work with the Association (also known as W3R), which first began meeting informally in 1999 and was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 2004 with the purpose of identifying and marking the approximately 650-mile route traveled by colonial...
Dates: 1976-2009; Majority of material found within 2002-2008

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

Records of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0263
Abstract The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), an organization formed in Great Britain in January 1958, intended to persuade the government to "renounce unconditionally the use or production of nuclear weapons and refuse to allow their use by others in its defense." The records of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) contains three linear feet of material including articles, clippings, minutes and agendas from conferences, files, microfilm, and publications. The material surveys the...
Dates: 1941-1972; Majority of material found within 1958-1963

Thomas R. Carper congressional papers

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Identifier: MSS 0399
Abstract Thomas R. Carper (1947- ) served the state of Delaware as its member-at-large in the U.S. House of Representatives for five terms: he was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993). Carper served on the committees of Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries, with memberships on several subcommittees. Carper was elected with the "budget conscious class of 1982" and was a fiscal conservative...
Dates: 1979-1993; Majority of material found within 1982-1992

Leon De Valinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0686
Abstract Leon De Valinger, Jr., served as Delaware State Archivist from 1941 to 1970. The Leon De Valinger papers contain his personal and professional records, primarily related to his work as State Archivist and as a historian of Delaware. His professional, administrative, and subject files offer a window into the varied concerns of the archives profession as it evolved during the 20th century. Additionally, his work to document, preserve, and promote Delaware history and culture forms a theme...
Dates: 1752-1999; Majority of material found within 1930-1980

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 Council for International Visitors records

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Identifier: MSS 0565
Abstract

The Delaware Council for International Visitors Records, 1972-2001, document the activity of a regional hospitality organization through correspondence, board minutes, calendars, bylaws, visitor profiles, pamphlets, and other printed material relating to the organization.

Dates: 1971-2001

Delaware Miscellany collection

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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

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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

Alice Dunbar-Nelson papers

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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

Eastern States Archeological Federation records

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Identifier: MSS 0579
Abstract

The records of the Eastern State Archeological Federation (ESAF), spanning over seventy years beginning in 1933, contains correspondence, minutes, programs, audiocassette recordings, publications, financial records, and other items that document the work of the organization, which was created in 1933 as an umbrella organization to promote the field of archaeology through member societies in Eastern North America.

Dates: 1936-2006

Mary Jane Elliot papers

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Identifier: MSS 0533
Abstract

The Mary Jane Elliot papers relate to her volunteer work in the area of Wilmington, Delaware, between 1979 and 1992.

Dates: 1979-1992

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

Friends of the Newark Free Library records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0592
Abstract

The records of the Friends of the Newark Free Library in Newark, Delaware, include correspondence, newsletters, financial records, and other material documenting the organization and activities of the group.

Dates: 1966-2016

Frazer Jones papers of the Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0450
Abstract

Two linear feet of correspondence, clippings, official records, photographs, publications, ephemera, and other materials primarily related to Junior President Frazer Jones’s work in the Robert Kirkwood Society of the Children of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1929-1968; Majority of material found within 1955-1965

Catherine W. Kallal papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0543
Abstract

The Catherine W. Kallal papers pertain to the publication of Delaware Government by the League of Women Voters of Delaware, Kallal’s years as president of the LWV of Delaware and the LWV of Greater Wilmington, as well as information on environmental issues in Delaware from 1968 to 2005.

Dates: 1968-2005

Lincoln Club of Delaware records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0568
Abstract Begun in 1929 as an informal dinner-meeting of Abraham Lincoln admirers, the Lincoln Club of Delaware broadened its mission in the 1940s to "promote a better understanding of the ideals and achievements of Abraham Lincoln." The archive includes minutes, financial papers, publications, agenda, reports, invitations, programs, membership lists, clippings and other material related to the Club’s activities and to Abraham Lincoln. In addition, the collection contains material publicizing the...
Dates: 1944-2005; Majority of material found within 1970-2004

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American Association of University Women 3
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 3
General Federation of Women's Clubs 3
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 2
Archaeological Society of Delaware 2
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Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 2
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 2
De Valinger, Leon, 1905-2000 2
Delaware Theatre Company 2
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 2
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 2
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 2
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 2
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
Stocum, Faye 2
University of Delaware 2
Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998 1
American Association of University Women. Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) 1
American Bar Association 1
American Bar Association. House of Delegates 1
American College of Trial Lawyers 1
American Judicature Society 1
American Pilot (Training ship) 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Bates, George Handy, 1845-1916 1
Battaglia, Victor F., Sr. 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bello, Charles A. 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793 1
Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 1
Bluenose (Ship) 1
Bluenose II (Ship) 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, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Burdick, Kim, 1948- 1
Böer, K. W. (Karl Wolfgang), 1926-2018 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Committee of 100 (London, England) 1
Conway, Charles 1
Crozier, Archibald 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Art Museum 1
Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences--Archives 1
Delaware Combined Campaign for Justice 1
Delaware Council for International Visitors 1
Delaware Home Economics Association 1
Delaware Home Economics Association--Archives 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware State Bar Association 1
Delaware Women's Conference, Inc. 1
Delaware. Board of Bar Examiners 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 1
Eastern States Archeological Federation (U.S.) 1
Elliot, Mary Jane 1
Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association--Archives 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferraro, Geraldine 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fogel Grip (Ship) 1
Four States Railway Services 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Friedan, Betty 1
Friends of Rockwood Inc. 1
Friends of the Newark Free Library (Newark, Del.) 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gibbons, Dolores 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
HMS Rose (Ship : Replica) 1
Hagley Museum 1
Half Moon (Ship : Replica) 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
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