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Thurman Adams, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0619
Abstract

Democratic Senator Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928-2009) was the longest-serving senator in the history of the Delaware General Assembly. Adams was also the president of T.G. Adams & Sons, Inc., an agricultural feed and grain business in Bridgeville, Delaware. The Thurman Adams, Jr., papers chronicle the personal and professional life of the longest-serving senator (a Democrat from the 19th District) in the history of the Delaware General Assembly.

Dates: 1939-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-2009

Ashhurst family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0549
Abstract

Personal and business papers of three generations of the Philadelphia-based Ashhurst family, including Richard Ashhurst (1784-1861); sons John Ashhurst (1809-1892) and Lewis Richard Ashhurst (1806-1874), partners with their father in the drygoods firm Richard Ashhurst & Sons; as well as the legal papers of Richard L. Ashhurst (1838-1911?).

Dates: 1818-1909

William S. Auchincloss scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0420
Abstract This one-volume scrapbook, with contents spanning 1862- 1892, includes correspondence, maps, tickets, papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, documents, advertisements, and drawings; and was largely assembled from the professional activities of William S. Auchincloss. Evidence within the scrapbook points to the wide range of interests that captured the attention of Auchincloss, a civil and mechanical engineer, originally from New York who later resided in Wilmington, Delaware, and in...
Dates: 1862-1892

Frederic A. Blank papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0572
Abstract

The papers of centenarian, World War I veteran, and retired wall covering entrepreneur Frederic Blank, spanning close to 150 years, illustrate the varied life of a twentieth-century businessman and provide important sample books of iconic mid-twentieth-century American wall coverings.

Dates: 1866-1991; Majority of material found within 1917-1974

Cuala Industries records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0153
Abstract

This small collection of Cuala Industries records includes business correspondence from Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, as well as hand-colored cards and broadsides from the Cuala Press.

Dates: 1903-1943

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

Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0646
Abstract The Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material comprises approximately 1.6 linear feet of material pertaining to English bibliographer, book collector, and forger Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937). Much of the collection's material was compiled by English bibliographer and book collector John Carter (1905-1975), who co-authored with Graham Pollard (1903-1976) An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which effectively outed Wise as a...
Dates: 1897-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1934-1975

Richard McCann papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0616
Abstract The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia...
Dates: 1920s-2008; Majority of material found within 1978-2005

George W. and Pauline Murray, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0702
Abstract This collection documents the lives of Newark, Delaware, residents George W. Murray, Jr., and Pauline E. Murray during World War II. The collection is small, yet it gives a glimpse of both military service and the homefront experiences of the young married couple during war. Included are handwritten correspondence exchanged by the married couple while George Murray was stationed at Army Air Force bases on the continental United States and in Europe, illustrating life both at home and abroad...
Dates: 1939-1946

Irvin Stock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0545
Abstract

The Irvin Stock papers, spanning the dates 1882 to 2004, comprise 4.3 linear feet of manuscripts, books, letters, newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and teaching materials documenting the life and work of the American literary scholar Irvin Stock.

Dates: 1882-2004

The Press of A. Colish archives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0358
Abstract

The Press of A. Colish archives contains materials relating to the printing career of American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882–1963).

Dates: 1913–1990; Majority of material found within 1930s–1950s

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Ashhurst, John, 1809-1892 1
Ashhurst, John, 1839-1900 1
Ashhurst, Richard Lewis, 1838-1911 1
Ashhurst, Richard, 1784-1861 1
Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 1
Aument family 1
Aument, Anna 1
Aument, George M. 1
Bellow, Saul 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Blank, Frederic A., 1890-1992 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Colish, Abraham, 1882-1963 1
Cuala Industries 1
Cuala Press 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. 1
Dun Emer Press 1
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979--Correspondence 1
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 1
Frederic Blank & Co. 1
Garland, Bruce 1
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 1
Grolier Club 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Heller, Joseph 1
Hollins College 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Hoyt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1830-1892 1
Kevorkian, Karen 1
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 1
McCann, Richard 1
McCann, Richard--Archives 1
McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989 1
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 1
Murray, George W., 1920-2010 1
Murray, Pauline E., 1919-1997 1
Nobility Silver Company 1
Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992 1
Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992--Correspondence 1
Stock, Irvin, 1920- 1
Stock, Irvin, 1920- --Correspondence 1
Todd, William B. 1
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 1
Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975 1
Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975--Correspondence 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Navy 1
University of Delaware 1
University of Iowa 1
Virginia Commonwealth University 1
White, William Hale, 1831-1913 1
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 1
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 1
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940 1
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957 1
Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949 1
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 1
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