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Donald Callender papers

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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

Anne Daley autograph album

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0013
Abstract

Anne Daley attended Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, in the 1950s. She kept this autograph album with signatures and inscriptions from her friends during her freshman year, 1956.

Dates: 1956

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

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

Carol Hoffecker Delaware bookplate collection

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Identifier: GRA 0098-F0001
Abstract

The Carol Hoffecker Delaware bookplate collection comprises 76 bookplates belonging to prominent early twentieth-century Delawareans and regional organizations. Individuals represented include statesmen, businessmen, and members of distinguished families, such as the du Pont and Warner families.

Dates: 1891, circa 1920-1940

Betty Lee Hutchinson papers

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Identifier: MSS 0839
Abstract

Betty Lee Hutchinson (1925-2020), a Democrat and Newark City Council member (1977-1980 and 1984-1988) was born November 18, 1925, in Uniontown, PA, to Harry J. Truman, Sr. (1897-1965), and Merle Carte Truman (1901-2001). The Betty Lee Hutchinson papers document the personal interests and civic activities of a woman with ties to Newark, Delaware, and the University of Delaware community.

Dates: 1900-2012; Majority of material found within 1975-2005

Norman Lockman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0865
Abstract

Norman Lockman, a political journalist in Delaware and Massachusetts, was the first African American journalist and former managing editor of the Wilmington News Journal. The Norman Lockman papers, consisting mostly of newspaper clippings and articles, documents Lockman’s journalism career at the Wilmington News Journal and Boston Globe.

Dates: 1954-2004; Majority of material found within 1969-2004

Edith Gerselda Lynch autograph book

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0172
Abstract

This item is a 1935 autograph book that belonged to Edith Gerselda Lynch, a student in the class of 1937 at Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware. The book contains signatures and messages from Lynch's friends, acquaintances, and family, including a signature from Howard High School teacher and librarian Pauline A. Young. The pages provide a glimpse of student life at a Delaware-based African American high school prior to desegregation.

Dates: 1935

Malcolm L. Mackenzie papers

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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

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

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Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

Chris Oakley collection of alternative press

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Identifier: MSS 0471
Abstract

Chris Oakley was a longtime resident of Newark, Delaware, a community organizer and a strong advocate for media democracy. The Chris Oakley collection of alternative press consists of alternative press newspapers, community newsletters, magazines and ephemera related to from local to international communities, women's activism and local writers, as well as some personal papers.

Dates: 1968-1992

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

Willard Stewart photographs of Delaware

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Identifier: GRA 0139
Abstract

Willard Stewart, one of Wilmington, Delaware's, most prominent professional portrait photographers, became the primary photographer for the Delaware Federal Writers' Project and photographed numerous Delaware buildings and landscapes. These photographs document his contributions to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).

Dates: circa 1936-1938

University of Delaware Library collection of websites related to Delaware environmental policy

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Identifier: MSS 0798
Abstract

This documents online sources related to Delaware’s unique ecology and environmental policy. This collection includes websites and social media sites of individuals and local, state and regional associations involved with Delaware’s natural resources and environmental policy. This collection focuses on web resources related to the Delaware environment generally; state and regional parks and recreation; and local plants and animals.

Dates: 2016-2017

Voices of 1968 oral history collection

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Identifier: MSS 0858
Abstract Voices of 1968 is an oral history collection focused on Delawareans to capture local stories of that pivotal year in American history. Interviews were conducted by Library staff, partners in the Wilmington Archive Project, and other project volunteers. The topics covered in the interviews include campus politics and student activism in Delaware (particularly through the Students for Democratic Society chapter at the University of Delaware campus), reactions to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s...
Dates: 2018

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Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 2
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 2
Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
Young, Pauline A., 1900-1991 2
American Pilot (Training ship) 1
Bannowsky, Phillip 1
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Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
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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
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Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
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Bush, Charles W., 1863-1963 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Carey, Claire LaMar 1
Carey, Harmon R. 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Chapman, Charles Shepard, 1879-1962 1
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Conrad, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1852- 1
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Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Audubon Society 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware National Guard 1
Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dreamstreets Press 1
Du Pont, Peter, 1960- 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) 1
Elderhostel, Inc. 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fogel Grip (Ship) 1
Four States Railway Services 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Friends of Rockwood Inc. 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gaplerin, Richard 1
Globe Newspaper Co. 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau 1
HMS Rose (Ship : Replica) 1
Half Moon (Ship : Replica) 1
Harker, Patrick T., 1958- 1
Henry, Margaret Rose 1
Historic American Buildings Survey 1
Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. (Del.) 1
Historical Society of Delaware 1
Hoffecker, Carol E. 1
Hutchinson, Betty Lee 1
Hutchinson, Harry D. 1
James B. Eads (Ship) 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Jones, Russel C. (Russel Cameron) 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica) 1
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Lady Maryland (Ship: Replica) 1
League of Women Voters of Delaware 1
Leech, Steven, 1943- 1
Little Key (Ship) 1
Lockman, Norman, 1938-2005 1
Lynch, Edith Gerselda 1
MS Western Sun (Ship) 1
Mackenzie, Malcolm L., 1926-2000 1
Maine Maritime Academy 1
Malcolm L. Mackenzie & Associates 1
Maxwell, Gee Tee 1
Miss Kathy (Ship) 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Mohawk (Ship) 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
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