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John Fisher letter to Caesar Rodney

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0070
Abstract

Autograph letter from Delaware lawyer John Fisher to Continental Congressman from Delaware and signer of the Declaration of Independence, Caesar Rodney, regarding a libel case against the ship, Superior, on October 6, 1812. John Fisher also served as Delaware politician and United States District Court Judge.

Dates: 1812 October 6

Diary of Journey taken for health in 1834 - from Franklin - South to Mount Vernon Virginia, back through Western Maryland Pennsylvania N.Y. Niagara, Canada - Rochester Oswego - then home - from April 21 to August 14th

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0028
Abstract This journal chronicles abolitionist Milton M. Fisher’s 1834 journey from his home in Franklin, Massachusetts, to Virginia, and back. The trip, taken for both health reasons and as an information gathering expedition for anti-slavery efforts, took Fisher through numerous northern states, the Mid-Atlantic region (including Maryland and Delaware), and Washington, D.C., to Virginia. Along the way he commented on the various towns, cities, and institutions he visited and recorded conversations...
Dates: 1834 April 21-August 29

Fort Delaware prisoner letters

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0129
Abstract

Thirteen letters from five Confederate soldiers imprisoned at Fort Delaware. The names of the soldiers are: Sam Spengler, Abraham Shillingburg, Joseph G. [Sager], Edward [Sheets], and Albert Snead. All were soldiers from the 10th Virginia Infantry, the 7th Virginia Cavalry, or the 23rd Virginia Infantry. Letters are written to Mrs. Nannie Sellman, or Mr. H. F. Hebb. Also included is one letter from a mother of one of the prisoners and one letter from a father of a prisoner.

Dates: 1864-1865

Robert C. Fraim poetical writings

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Identifier: MSS 0435
Abstract

Delaware educator and attorney Robert C. Fraim collected the poetry and articles he wrote for Philadelphia and Wilmington newspapers in this volume. The papers also include a history of the Fraim family, estate inventory, and other clippings.

Dates: 1873-1901

Bill Frank Delaware political research files

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0101
Abstract

Billk Frank's collection of information and clippings regarding Delaware Senators and U. S. Representatives, particularly James A. Bayard and Thomas McKean. Also included is a letter from Jeffrey Welsh, the Press Secretary for the office of the Governor, concerning Buena Vista, a home that once served as the Governor's mansion.

Dates: 1957-1988

Bill Frank - John J. Williams research files

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0209
Abstract

Clippings, articles, press releases, photographs, and other ephemera concerning the career of U.S. Senator John J. Williams, apparently gathered by Delaware journalist Bill Frank.

Dates: 1949-1971

Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers

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Identifier: MSS 0315
Abstract J. Allen Frear, Jr. (1903-1993) was a politician from Dover, Delaware (Kent County). A member of the Democratic Party, Frear served two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware. The Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers are primarily those of his congressional career, when he represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1949 to 1960, though the collection also includes personal material from pre- and post-Congressional periods. The collection dates from 1917 to 1963, with bulk of the material dating...
Dates: 1917-1963; Majority of material found within 1949-1961

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

Friends of School Hill oral histories and images

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Identifier: MSS 0784
Abstract Oral histories and images collected at the event, "Preserving the Past: Gathering History & Mementos of the New London Road / School Hill Community," Saturday, May 20, 2017 and images collected at the event, "A Celebration for the New London Avenue School, One Hundred Years," Sunday, March 6, 2022. Established in 1867 as the first documented public school for African-American youth in the Newark, Delaware, community, the school and its surrounding property were also an important social...
Dates: May 2017, March 2022

Records of the Friendship Fire Company of Wilmington, Delaware

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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

Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0275
Abstract

The Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., family papers document the lives of a 20th century family from Newark, Delaware, and contain a wide variety of papers, clippings, and printed material related to the history and development of Newark, civic activities, and University of Delaware alumni activities. The bulk of the papers come from Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., a realtor and one of the first developers of suburban Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1933-1991; Majority of material found within 1950-1980

GDA Companies, Inc., records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0856
Abstract Founded in 1979 by Richard and Karin Florschutz in Wilmington, Delaware, Graphic Design Associates, Inc. (later GDA Companies, Inc.) was a communications and design business that ceased operation in 2016. The collection comprises administrative and organizational files as well as numerous design samples created for largely Delaware-based corporate clients, including major pharmaceutical enterprises, between 1979 and 2000. The records reflect adoption of electronic communication and digital...
Dates: approximately 1969-2000

Robert Gilmour letter to William Young

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0175
Abstract

Delaware papermaker Robert Gilmour's handwritten and signed letter to Philadelphia printer William Young documents the birth of a Delaware paper mill in 1794.

Dates: 1794 May 16

Land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0173
Abstract

Eighteenth-century land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for 223 acres in the White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, dated February 21, 1780.

Dates: 1780 February 21

Charles Gookin speeches and a response by Jasper Yeates

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0062
Abstract

Written copy of speech delivered by Deputy Governor of Colonial Pennsylvania, Charles Gookin, to the Delaware Assembly, on March 27, 1716, together with the response from the Assembly's Speaker, Jasper Yeates. Also included is a written copy of a speech delivered by Gookin to the Assembly on May 2, 1716. The speeches and the response concern difficulties between Gookin and the Assembly.

Dates: 1716 March 27-1716 May 2

Granite Mansion Fund, Inc., documents

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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

Charles Green mathematical notebooks

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0099
Abstract

Charles Green of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, created these notebooks of mathematical rules and exercises around 1840-1841 to aid his study of practical geometry.

Dates: approximately 1840-1841

Greenwatch Institute records

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Identifier: MSS 0716
Abstract Greenwatch Institute was created in 1992 as the result of a legal settlement with Keystone Cogenerations Systems Inc., in which a trust fund was established to be used for projects benefitting the environment. Greenwatch Institute administers those funds. Delaware author and environmentalist Jerry Shields was chairman of Greenwatch Institute from its founding until his death in 1998. This collection largely represents his work for the Institute. The papers of Greenwatch Institute comprise...
Dates: 1977-2004; Majority of material found within 1991-1995

John Wood Hall shipping papers

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Identifier: MSS 0116
Abstract

John Wood Hall (1817-1892) was a merchant shipowner and Governor of Delaware. The Hall papers contain approximately five hundred records from John W. Hall's merchant and shipping businesses.

Dates: 1860-1889

Robert L. Hampel University of Delaware College of Education oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0735
Abstract University of Delaware professor and historian of education Robert L. Hampel conducted the interviews in this collection with fourteen faculty, staff, and administrators of UD's College of Education to document the history of the college, which was founded in 1945. The collection comprises transcripts only, with attachments from several of the interviewees. Notable are transcripts of five sessions with Frank B. Murray, who joined the college in 1969 and served as its dean from 1979 until...
Dates: 2014-2015

Through the years with aunt Clara

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0060
Abstract

One photocopy of Minerva Spencer Handy's biographical book, "Through the years with aunt Clara," based on correspondence and conversations between Clarissa Gordon Dilworth and the author from 1928 to 1938.

Dates: 1966

Harrison Street Methodist Church papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0425
Abstract

The Harrison Street Methodist Church was incorporated in Wilimington, Delaware in 1891, closing in 1978. The papers comprise published Church newsletters (1950-1952), and weekly programs (1941-1954), but also includes church directories, correspondence, annual reports, budgets, programs for various Church services, and lists of church members, officials, and Sunday school students.

Dates: 1935-1955

Clarice U. Heckert papers

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Identifier: MSS 0841
Abstract

Clarice U. Heckert (1911-2005), a Republican and community activist, served as representative to the Delaware General Assembly in the 11th (1965-1968) and the 9th districts (1969-1974), in the Wilmington area, between 1964 and 1974.The Clarice U. Heckert papers document the decade-long political career of a northern Delaware woman in the Delaware General Assembly during the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1960-1984; Majority of material found within 1966-1972

Margaret Rose Henry speeches

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Identifier: MSS 0336
Abstract

The Honorable Margaret Rose Henry was elected in 1994 as the Delaware State Senator for the 2nd Senatorial District (Wilmington East). The Margaret Rose Henry Speeches comprise eighteen short political addresses delivered between 1994 and 1995 by the Delaware Senator to various constituent groups, primarily in Wilmington.

Dates: 1994-1995

John Herdman's Day Book

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Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0147
Abstract

This Newark, Delaware, hotel and tavern daybook belonged to owner, John David Herdman, Jr. It covers transactions for two-and-a-half years of the business with over 3000 entries, including the sale of beer, wine, and spirituous liquors from the tavern as well as charges for lodging at the hotel.

Dates: 1816 January 2-1818 June 30

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Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 7
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 7
United States. Congress. Senate 7
Du Pont, Pierre S. 5
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 5
Williams, John J. (John James), 1904-1988 5
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 4
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 4
Reagan, Ronald 4
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 4
United States. Congress. House 4
American Association of University Women 3
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 3
Creator unidentified 3
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 3
General Federation of Women's Clubs 3
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 3
Guest, John, -1707 3
League of Women Voters of Delaware 3
League of Women Voters of Greater Wilmington, Delaware 3
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857 3
Miles, Edward, active 1748-1759 3
Miscellaneous Scientific and Humanities Manuscripts Collection (University of Delaware Library) 3
Morris family 3
Morris, Hugh M. 3
Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- 3
Munroe, John A. (John Andrew), 1914-2006 3
Newark (Del.). City Council 3
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 3
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 3
Young, William, 1755-1829 3
Zebley, Frank R. 3
Adams, Phelps 2
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 2
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 2
Anderson, John 2
Archaeological Society of Delaware 2
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993 2
Brayman, Harold, 1900-1988 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 2
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 2
Burdick, Kim, 1948- 2
Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976 2
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 2
Chrysler Corporation. Newark Assembly Plant. 2
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856--Correspondence 2
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2
Cornell University 2
Davis, David 2
De Valinger, Leon, 1905-2000 2
Delaware College 2
Delaware Humanities Forum 2
Delaware. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control 2
Delaware. Department of Transportation 2
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 2
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
Donnell, Samuel M. 2
Ferguson, Robert, active 1780-1781 2
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 2
Gilmour, Robert (Papermaker) 2
Glasford, Hugh, 1750- 2
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 2
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 2
Hoffecker, Carol E. 2
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 2
International House 2
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
Johnson, Napthtaly 2
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 2
Kaufman, Edward E., 1939- 2
Knickerbocker Press 2
Lincoln Club of Delaware 2
Lowman, Samuel 2
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 2
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 2
Morrison, C. M. (Charles Munro) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 2
National Press Club (U.S.) 2
Pfeiffer, Gordon A. 2
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company 2
Public Relations Society of America 2
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 2
Republican Party (Del.) 2
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811 2
Saulsbury, Willard, 1861-1927 2
Sharkey, Stuart 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
Sierra Club. Delaware Chapter 2
Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 2
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 2
United States. Army 2
University of Delaware--History--19th century 2
University of Delaware. Agricultural Experiment Station 2
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