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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

Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records

 Collection
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

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

 Collection
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

 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 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

Digest of Town Council Minutes Newark, Delaware

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Identifier: MSS 0464
Abstract

This collection consists of one volume containing abstracts of minutes of town council meetings held in Newark, Delaware, between 1866 and 1900 (bulk dates 1888-1900). This digest was prepared in 1959-1960 by William Ditto Lewis, who served as University Librarian at Delaware from 1930-1958.

Dates: 1866-1900; Majority of material found within 1888-1900

Friends of Rockwood records

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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

Records of the Friendship Fire Company of Wilmington, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0463
Abstract

Records from the Friendship Fire Company of Wilmington, Delaware, the first volunteer fire department in the city’s history, including the fire company's constitution, act of incorporation, rules and regulations, and official minutes from 1784 to 1828.

Dates: 1784-1828

Granite Mansion Fund, Inc., documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0180
Abstract

The Granite Mansion Fund, Inc., papers include materials relating to the formation of the organization and its fundraising efforts to save the historic Granite Mansion structure from demolition in 1986.

Dates: 1986

Improved Order of Red Men, Great Council of the State of Delaware, State Orphans’ Board records

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Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0014
Abstract

This volume consists of administrative and financial records created between 1931 and 1939 by the Improved Order of Red Men, Great Council of the State of Delaware, pertaining to the support of orphaned children. The records also highlight the group’s financial holdings.

Dates: 1931 January 1-1939 July 14

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

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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

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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

Edith A. Lowther meeting notes for Presbyterian Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0176
Abstract

This notebook from Edith A. Lowther (1874-1948) contains her meeting notes for the Presbyterian Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies circa 1895. Although Lowther lived in Henry Clay, Delaware, most of her notes relate to a meeting held at Manokin Presbyterian Church in Princess Anne, Maryland.

Dates: approximately 1890-1895

Malcolm L. Mackenzie papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0611
Abstract This collection contains materials relating to Malcolm L. Mackenzie's publicity firm Malcolm L. Mackenzie & Associates and Mackenzie's personal involvement with the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, other local cultural institutions, and his interests in general maritime history and historic ships. Materials include publicity materials, written reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, facsimile maps, newsletters, photographs, photograph negatives, slides, and sailing and...
Dates: circa 1926-2007

John McPhee draft of presidential nomination resolution

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0010
Abstract

Handwritten rought draft of a resolution to ratify and confirm the nomination of William H. Harrison as President and John Tyler as Vice-President of the United States.

Dates: circa 1839

Meeting minutes of the education committee of the Trustees of the New Castle Common

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0093
Abstract

This manuscript volume contains the meeting minutes for the New Castle Common Trustees’ education committee from 1851-1853 and 1868-1875. The minutes focus on the establishment and maintenance of the New Castle Institute.

Dates: 1851-1853, 1868-1875

Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0580
Abstract

The records of the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, spanning over twenty-five years beginning in 1978, document the work, activities, and annual meetings of the Conference, a body which is dedicated to bringing together professional and avocational archaeologists from across the mid-Atlantic region.

Dates: 1978-2004

Milford New Century Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0542
Abstract

The Milford New Century Club records document the history of the club from its founding in 1898 and demonstrate the intellectual, social, and civic commitment of club members.

Dates: 1900-2005

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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 Humanities Forum 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
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
University of Delaware 2
Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998 1
American Association of University Women. Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) 1
American Pilot (Training ship) 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Biron, Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duc de, 1747-1793 1
Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 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
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Crozier, Archibald 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences--Archives 1
Delaware Council for International Visitors 1
Delaware Home Economics Association 1
Delaware Home Economics Association--Archives 1
Delaware Women's Conference, Inc. 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 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
Friendship Fire Company (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gibbons, Dolores 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Granite Mansion (Newark, Del.) 1
Granite Mansion Fund, Inc. 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
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. (Del.) 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
Improved Order of Red Men. Great Council of the State of Delaware 1
International Association of Torch Clubs 1
James B. Eads (Ship) 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Jones, Frazer 1
Jong, Erica 1
Junior League of Wilmington, Delaware 1
Junior Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) 1
Kallal, Catherine W. 1
Kallal, Robert 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica) 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica)--Design and construction--20th century 1
Lady Maryland (Ship: Replica) 1
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 1
League of Women Voters of Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of Greater Wilmington, Delaware 1
Lewis, William Ditto 1
Lincoln Club of Delaware 1
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