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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

Myrna Bair papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0689
Abstract

Myrna L. Bair served in the Delaware Senate from 1980 to 2000, representing Delaware's 5th District as a member of the Republican Party. For sixteen years, she held a legislative leadership position, including fourteen years as Senate minority leader and two years as minority whip. The bulk of the Myrna Bair papers documents her time as a senator and consists of legislation, correspondence, personal notes, press clippings, and other materials.

Dates: 1980-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

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 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

Desegregation of Delaware collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0104
Abstract

The collection consists of reports, articles, and other papers related to desegregation which were collected as resource files by Abigail Covelli. Delaware started a desegregation project in the public school system in the mid 1970s, and the bulk of the collection relates to this project.

Dates: 1960-1982; Majority of material found within 1974-1976

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

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

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

June D. MacArtor papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0886
Abstract June D. MacArtor (1930-2013) was one of the first twenty-five women admitted to the Delaware bar, later on serving the Attorney General of Delaware's Department of Natural Resources. MacArtor’s primary role was to establish a body of environmental case law used for the state of Delaware. The collection, which spans 1934-2015 reflects MacArtor’s many positions within the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the Delaware Division of Air and Waste Management, and...
Dates: 1934-2015; Majority of material found within 1961-2005

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

Dorothy Miller papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0875
Abstract Delaware environmental activist Dorothy Miller (1931-2016) led a coaltion of citizens, conservation-minded organizations, the DuPont Company, and the state governments of Delaware and Pennsylvania to acquire and preserve open space to protect the entire White Clay Creek Watershed. Spanning the dates 1965-2010, this collection documents community efforts led by Miller to preserve the White Clay Creek Watershed and her further work on water resources, residential/commercial and transportation...
Dates: 1965-2010

New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0260
Abstract

The New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records document the history, organization, and activities of this women's club, which began in 1893 as a reading club, but quickly developed into an organization dedicated to promoting civic responsibility and social service in the Newark community.

Dates: 1893-2011

Patriotic Order of the Sons of America collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0247
Abstract

The Patriotic Order of the Sons of America collection consists of correspondence, annual meeting reports, printed flyers, and organizational documents dating from 1905-1910. Most items are dated and appear to have been collected by an unidentified member of the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America, Camp #16 in Cheswold, Delaware.

Dates: 1905-1910

Russell W. Peterson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0745
Abstract

Russell W. Peterson served as governor of Delaware from 1969 to 1973. The Russell W. Peterson papers include correspondence, speeches, personal notes, press clippings, schedules, calendars, personal planners, informational materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1953-2010; Majority of material found within 1970-2010

William H. Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0570
Abstract

The William H. Williams Papers, spanning the dates 1907-2006, comprise 11.6 linear feet of manuscripts, academic papers, correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, and academic research relating to the areas of study and publications of Williams, a prominent Delaware historian based in Sussex County, Delaware. The collection is divided into six series, with series III. through VI. corresponding to major subject areas studied by Williams.

Dates: 1907-2006; Majority of material found within 1976-2004

Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0648
Abstract

Dale E. Wolf served as lieutenant governor of Delaware (1989-1992) and briefly as governor (December 31, 1992-January 19, 1993). The Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia document Wolf’s military service in World War II, his early agricultural research and DuPont Company career, his political career and public service, as well as the community service of his wife, Clarice Wolf.

Dates: 1925-2013; Majority of material found within 1980-1993

Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0532
Abstract

The Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.), records, spanning the dates 1920-2002, and detail the social and civic life of this women's club located in Claymont, Delaware.

Dates: 1920-2002

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Reports 14
Correspondence 13
Photographs 12
Clippings (information artifacts) 11
Delaware--History--20th century 8
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Minutes (administrative records) 7
Administrative records 6
Programs (documents) 6
Scrapbooks 6
Newsletters 5
Women in community organization--Delaware--History--20th century 5
Awards 4
Brochures 4
Ephemera (general) 4
Maps (documents) 4
Printed ephemera 4
Women--Societies and clubs--Delaware--History--20th century 4
Bylaws (administrative records) 3
Certificates 3
Directories 3
Financial records 3
Histories (literature genre) 3
Membership lists 3
Nonprofit organizations--Delaware--History--20th century 3
Realia 3
VHS 3
Voluntarism--Delaware--History--20th century 3
Agendas (administrative records) 2
Annual reports 2
Articles 2
Articles of incorporation 2
Audio cassette 2
Budgets 2
Coastal zone management--Delaware 2
Conservation of natural resources--Delaware 2
DVD 2
Delaware 2
Economic development 2
Energy industries--Environmental aspects--Delaware--History--20th century 2
Environmental policy--Delaware--History--20th century 2
Environmentalism--Delaware--History--20th century 2
Handbooks 2
Historians 2
Legal documents 2
Letters (correspondence) 2
Newspapers 2
Nonprofit organizations--History--20th century 2
Oral histories (document genres) 2
Political activists--United States 2
Politicians 2
Research notes 2
Slides (photographs) 2
Speeches (documents) 2
Water-supply--Delaware--History--20th century 2
Watershed management 2
White Clay Creek Preserve (Del. and Pa.) 2
Wilmington (Del.)--History--20th century 2
Women college graduates--United States--History--20th century 2
Women in community organization--Delaware--History--21st century 2
Women in education--History--20th century 2
Abstract notes 1
Account books 1
Administrative reports 1
African Americans--History 1
Air--Pollution--Delaware 1
Archaeology--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
Architectural surveys 1
Architecture, Victorian--Delaware--New Castle County 1
Archival materials--Conservation and restoration 1
Archives--Administration 1
Archivists 1
Artifacts (object genre) 1
Audiovisual materials 1
Audits 1
Bank statements 1
Betacam 1
Bills (legislative records) 1
Black-and-white negatives 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Black-and-white slides 1
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
Brandywine Creek (Pa. and Del.) 1
Business records 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Calendars 1
Census records 1
Checks (bank checks) 1
Child welfare 1
Children 1
Christina River Basin (Del.) 1
Church bulletins 1
Church history--20th century 1
Church records 1
Churchmans Marsh (Del.) 1
Claymont (Del.)--History--20th century 1
Collages (visual works) 1
Color negatives 1
Color photographs 1
Color slides 1
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 3
American Association of University Women 2
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 2
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Delaware. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control 2
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General Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Abzug, Bella S., 1920-1998 1
American Association of University Women. Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) 1
American Legislative Exchange Council 1
American Pilot (Training ship) 1
Archaeological Society of Delaware 1
Bair, Myrna L. (Myrna Lynn), 1940- 1
Bluenose (Ship) 1
Bluenose II (Ship) 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 1
Coalition for Natural Stream Valleys 1
Council of State Governments 1
Covelli, Abigail 1
De Valinger, Leon, 1905-2000 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware Nature Society 1
Delaware Women's Conference, Inc. 1
Delaware. Department of Transportation 1
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Ferraro, Geraldine 1
Fogel Grip (Ship) 1
Friedan, Betty 1
Friends of Rockwood Inc. 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Greenwatch Institute 1
HMS Rose (Ship : Replica) 1
Half Moon (Ship : Replica) 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harrison Street Methodist Church (Wilmington, Del.) 1
James B. Eads (Ship) 1
Jong, Erica 1
Junior League of Wilmington, Delaware 1
Junior Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica) 1
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 1
Lady Maryland (Ship: Replica) 1
League of Women Voters of Greater Wilmington, Delaware 1
Little Key (Ship) 1
MS Western Sun (Ship) 1
MacArtor, June D. 1
Mackenzie, Malcolm L., 1926-2000 1
Maine Maritime Academy 1
Malcolm L. Mackenzie & Associates 1
Miller, Dorothy P. 1
Miss Kathy (Ship) 1
Mitchell, Andrea 1
Mohawk (Ship) 1
Moreno, Rita 1
Munroe, John A. (John Andrew), 1914-2006 1
National Audubon Society 1
National Conference of State Legislatures 1
New Castle County (Del.) 1
New Century Club of Newark, Delaware 1
Patriotic Order Sons of America 1
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 1
Phillips Academy 1
Rockwood Museum (New Castle County, Del.) 1
Ryden, George Herbert, 1884-1941 1
SS Stones River (Ship) 1
Sacher, Peggy 1
Salem Nuclear Power Plant (N.J.) 1
Shange, Ntozake 1
Shields, Jerry 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Sierra Club. Delaware Chapter 1
State Government Affairs Council 1
Steinem, Gloria 1
Susan Constant (Ship) 1
USF Constellation (Ship) 1
USS Delaware (Ship) 1
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers 1
United States. Environmental Protection Agency 1
United States. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 1
University of Delaware 1
University of Delaware. Associate in Arts Degree Program 1
Vasa (Warship) 1
Vincent, Gilbert Tapley, 1946- 1
Viorst, Judith 1
Water Resources Agency for New Castle County 1
White Clay Watershed Association 1
Williams, William H. (William Henry), 1936-2007 1
Wilmington Metropolitan Area Planning Coordinating Council 1
Wolf, Clarice 1
Wolf, Dale E., 1924- 1
Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) 1
Young Women's Christian Association (Wilmington, Del.) 1
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