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Charles Allmond papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0673
Abstract

The papers of Delaware artist Charles Allmond (1931-2019) document over three decades (1981-2013) of his prolific career. The collection comprises 3 linear feet and oversize removals that include drawings, designs, slides, sculptures, as well as files of correspondence and documentation for exhibitions in which his work was included.

Dates: 1982-2013

William S. Auchincloss scrapbook

 Collection
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

Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers

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Identifier: MSS 0670
Abstract

The Jeffrey Bailey collection of James Leo Herlihy papers is a combination of correspondence and personal papers originated by American author and actor James Leo Herlihy and literary papers belonging to Herlihy’s long-time friend and literary executor, American author Jeffrey Bailey.

Dates: 1942-2006; Majority of material found within dates 1953-1993

Armistead W. Browning, Jr. papers

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Identifier: MSS 0635
Abstract

Born in 1938, Armistead Willis Browning, Jr., was a landscape architect, environmentalist and teacher who dedicated his life to environmental preservation and education. The papers chronicle Browning's experience at three architectural firms, two main centers of education, and with numerous independent projects, symposia, and workshops.

Dates: 1923-1990; Majority of material found within 1971-1987

Delaware Theatre Company records 2019 supplement

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Identifier: MSS 0633s2
Abstract

The Delaware Theatre Company (DTC) was founded in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1978 with a mission to create theater of the highest professional quality in Delaware and thereby enrich the area through artistic programming, education and community service. The DTC records 2019 supplement comprises the organization’s administrative and financial records, production files, press, and reviews from 1978-2015.

Dates: 1978-2015

Austin Dobson collection

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Identifier: MSS 0644
Abstract The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962)...
Dates: 1762-1999; Majority of material found within 1861-1962

Eclectic nineteenth-century British scrapbook

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0029
Abstract This eclectically compiled nineteenth-century British scrapbook features collectible scraps of flowers, animals, children, birds, and work scenes; greeting cards; original ink, graphite, and watercolor artwork; material related to British royalty; scenes of famous British places and buildings; and numerous images from varied sources. Several items depict "exotic ethnics," such as a black woman, an "Indian," "Orientals," and "Arabs." Not all of the 36...
Dates: approximately 1865-1890

Jeanette Slocomb Edwards papers

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0159
Abstract

The Jeannette Slocomb Edwards papers consist of a photocopy of a Christmas poem, a handwritten Christmas/New Year's postcard with a drawing and poem by Edwards on the front, several newspaper clippings and an obituary related to Edwards, who was a poet laureate for the state of Delaware.

Dates: 1962-1989

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

Language exercises by students of Worcester, Massachusetts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0128
Abstract

Selected schoolwork in the subject of Language by first- through ninth-grade students from Worcester, Massachusetts. It was likely submitted to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dates: 1903-1904

John Hill Martin family history

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0148
Abstract

This volume contains an extensive history of the Martin family of Chester County and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, created by John Hill Martin. Martin created the history during the 1870s-1890s, but included materials from both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1726-1899; Majority of material found within 1870-1899

Nineteenth-century British scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0040
Abstract This British nineteenth-century scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content features images created from multiple printing processes, predominantly monochromatic engravings, though the album also includes original artwork, elaborately printed Victorian-era greeting cards, and other color illustrations. Collected images include Italian, French, and primarily British landmarks, abbeys, cathedrals, historic landscapes, and British monarchs and nobility. This scrapbook also...
Dates: approximately 1846-1899

Thomas Parkinson papers

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Identifier: MSS 0790
Abstract

The Thomas Parkinson papers consist of typescripts and manuscripts of poetry and prose by Parkinson, Parkinson's correspondence, periodicals and clippings related to Parkinson's work, and four original pen-and-ink drawings, probably created by Parkinson's wife, Ariel. The materials were created circa 1957-1972.

Dates: circa 1957-1972

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

Zephyrus Image records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0880
Abstract Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for...
Dates: 1960-2000; Majority of material found within circa 1969-1983

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Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 2
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 2
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Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 2
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Allmond, Charles M., 1931-2019 1
Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 1
Bailey, Jeffrey 1
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Berlin, Lucia 1
Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) 1
Blondell, Joan 1
Bly, Robert 1
Bongé, Lyle 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Brakhage, Stan 1
Brandywine Conservancy 1
Brandywine Valley Association 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
Broughton, James, 1913-1999 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Browning, Armistead W., Jr., 1938-1987 1
Burke, Clifford 1
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Cranium Press 1
Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Delaware Theatre Company 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dietrich, Marlene 1
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921--Bibliography 1
Dorn, Edward 1
Durrell, Lawrence 1
Edwards, Jeannette Slocomb 1
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Friends of Rockwood Inc. 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 1
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 1
Herlihy, James Leo 1
Hermes Free Press 1
Heston, Charlton 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Kirkwood, James, 1924-1989 1
Kyger, Joanne 1
Lambert, Gavin 1
London, Rick 1
Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Macmillan & Co. 1
Martin, John Hill, 1823-1906 1
McClure, Michael 1
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 1
Myers, Michael, 1948-1982 1
New Castle County (Del.) 1
Nin, Anaïs, 1903-1977 1
Oppenheimer, Joel, 1930-1988 1
Oxford University Press 1
Parkinson, Ariel, 1926- 1
Parkinson, Thomas Francis, 1920- 1
Partridge, Bernard, 1861- 1
Pasadena Community Playhouse 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Raworth, Tom 1
Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982 1
Rockwood Museum (New Castle County, Del.) 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Rusk, Robert 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Sky, Gino 1
Snyder, Gary, 1930- 1
Spring Creek Typesetting Service 1
Teter, Holbrook 1
Thomson, Hugh, 1860-1920 1
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