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Thurman Adams, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0619
Abstract

Democratic Senator Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928-2009) was the longest-serving senator in the history of the Delaware General Assembly. Adams was also the president of T.G. Adams & Sons, Inc., an agricultural feed and grain business in Bridgeville, Delaware. The Thurman Adams, Jr., papers chronicle the personal and professional life of the longest-serving senator (a Democrat from the 19th District) in the history of the Delaware General Assembly.

Dates: 1939-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-2009

Patricia Dycio Pete du Pont political ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0889
Abstract

Political ephemera, mostly related to Delaware governor Pete du Pont, including campaign buttons, t-shirts, a newspaper clipping, a 1981 inaugural program, and campaign literature collected by Patricia Buchanan Dycio.

Dates: circa 1977-1981

Rita Katz Farrell collection related to dance

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0430
Abstract

Reference and research files that Rita Katz Farrell compiled during her career as a critic, freelance writer, and teacher.

Dates: 1920-1993; Majority of material found within 1950-1993

John Furnival papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0746
Abstract John Furnival (1933-2020) was a British visual artist whose work is associated with the Concrete Poetry, Mail Art, and Fluxus movements, as well as with the American Beats. In 1964, Furnival, along with Dom Sylvester Houédard, founded Openings Press, a small Gloucestershire press dedicated to publishing concrete poetry and similar work. The John Furnival papers encompass nearly fifty years of the artist’s personal and professional activity and document his involvement with the International...
Dates: 1941-2016; Majority of material found within 1970-2016

Betty Lee Hutchinson papers

 Collection
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

Jessie Southard Parker journal and scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0057
Abstract

These nine volumes are a journal and scrapbook kept by Jessie Southard Parker of Belmont, Massachusetts, from 1899 to 1916. Parker wrote extensively about her social and family life, thoughts on current events, and belief in Christian Science, supplementing her entries with theatrical programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other pieces of ephemera.

Dates: 1899-1916

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
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

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Broadsides (notices) 2
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Delaware--Politics and government--20th century 2
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Negatives (photographic) 2
New Castle County (Del.) 2
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Women--Delaware--History--20th century 2
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African American authors 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--21st century 1
Albumen prints 1
Almanacs 1
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Artists--England--Biography 1
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Belmont (Mass.) 1
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Dogs 1
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Ellicottville (N.Y.) 1
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Names
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 2
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 2
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 2
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 2
Du Pont, Pierre S. 2
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University of Delaware 2
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 1
Arnolfini Gallery 1
Bawden, Richard 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 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, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Clark, Laurie 1
Clark, Thomas A. 1
Clay, Steven, 1951- 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Cohen, Ryosuke, 1948- 1
Conz, Francesco, 1935- 1
Cudworth, Nick 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dysio, Patricia B. 1
Elderhostel, Inc. 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fuller, Ron 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Furnival, Astrid, 1940- 1
Furnival, John, 1933-2020 1
Galántai, György 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gordy, William J., 1910- 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harker, Patrick T., 1958- 1
Hutchinson, Betty Lee 1
Hutchinson, Harry D. 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
League of Women Voters of Delaware 1
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 1
Mitchell, Adrian, 1932-2008 1
Newark (Del.). City Council 1
Newark Free Library (Newark, Del.) 1
Openings Press 1
Openings-Closings Press 1
Parker, Jessie Southard 1
Pénard, Rémy 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Poltroon Press 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Reagan, Ronald 1
Rees, Darrel 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Roselle, David P. 1
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry 1
Sackner, Marvin A., 1932- 1
Sackner, Ruth 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Skuber, Berty 1
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 1
University of Michigan 1
University of Pittsburgh 1
Volta, Ornella 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Zelevansky, Paul 1
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