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Albertson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0255
Abstract The Albertson family papers consist of 1.2 linear feet of material related to this Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania family. The collection spans the dates 1774-1889, and the bulk of the material dates between 1800-1862. The collection includes a variety of correspondence, promissory notes, receipts, account books, ledgers, checks, composition books, reports, contracts, and notes. The collection provides a detailed description of the lives of the Albertson family, especially emphasizing the...
Dates: 1774-1880; Majority of material found within 1880-1862

William S. Auchincloss scrapbook

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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

Signatures archive

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Identifier: MSS 0124
Abstract

Co-edited by John Hinsdale Thompson and John Malcolm Brinnin and based in Detroit, Signatures was a literary magazine of "works-to-be-published-later" written by contemporary American and international writers. Subtitled "Work in Progress," Signatures was first published in the Spring of 1936 and continued for a total of three issues, ceasing publication in 1938.

Dates: 1933-1972; Majority of material found within 1935-1940

Fleda Brown papers

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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

Henry A. du Pont correspondence with David Heber Plank

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0168
Abstract

Consists of late 19th-century business correspondence, regarding the Wilmington & Northern Railroad in Delaware, between company president Henry A. du Pont and David Heber Plank.

Dates: 1894 May-June

Willard Hall letters

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0031
Abstract Consists of three handwritten letters from Williard Hall, U.S. Representative (R-Delaware), lawyer, and judge from Delaware. The earliest of the three letters is a letter of recommendation for a resident of Delaware wishing for a clerkship in the Navy department. The second is a letter to Delaware Governor Charles Thomas on whether or not one could serve as a Governor and Speaker of the Senate at the same time. The third letter is addressed to Abraham Staats, Auditor of Accounts for the...
Dates: 1819-1845

Herbert Kline collection related to the film Barabbas (The Thief and the Cross)

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Identifier: MSS 0596
Abstract

The Herbert Kline collection related to the film Barabbas (The Thief and the Cross) spans the dates 1954-1960 and comprises the shooting script, letters, telegrams, and documents related to the proposed production of the film, which was ultimately not made.

Dates: 1954-1960; Majority of material found within 1957-1959

John Frederick Lewis papers

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Identifier: MSS 0129
Abstract The papers of prominent Philadelphia lawyer and philanthropist John Frederick Lewis (1860–1932) span the dates 1882 to 1932 and include letterbooks, correspondence, advertising brochures, legal documents, and ephemera. The papers primarily document the legal business of Lewis through his work at the firm Lewis, Adler & Laws, but also reflect social and domestic affairs of John Lewis and his wife, Anne Baker Lewis, as well as cultural interests, through development of personal collections...
Dates: 1882-1932; Majority of material found within 1909-1928

Samuel Loveman correspondence

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Identifier: MSS 0148
Abstract

The Samuel Loveman correspondence consists of letters from various literary figures to American book dealer and publisher, poet, and editor Samuel Loveman (1887-1976).

Dates: 1911-1976; Majority of material found within 1932-1968

Morris family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0196
Abstract

Hugh M. Morris (1878-1966) was a Delaware lawyer and served as a federal district judge from 1919-1930. The Morris family papers, spanning the dates 1740-1985 and including legal deeds, account books, personal and busienss correspondence, legal records and photographs, documents the lives and career of Judge Hugh Morris and members of his extended family and network.

Dates: 1740-1985; 1864-1925

Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Rail Road Company's Chief Accountant statement and letter from the Treasurer

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0035
Abstract

Statement to the Treasurer of the state of Delaware with the number of passengers carried by train within the state during the month of September, in pursuance with the provisions of the legislature. Also included is a letter from company treasurer Alfred Horner protesting the way the company is being taxed, calling it unconstitutional.

Dates: 1864 December 14-15

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Albertson family 1
Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 1
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 1
Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926 1
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris 1