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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

John Furnival papers

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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

New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records

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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

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

Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0752
Abstract American poet and publisher Jonathan Williams (1929-2008), often associated with the Beat poets and the Black Mountain School, is known as a founder of The Jargon Society, a publishing firm that popularized the poetry of the post-World War II American avant-garde. The Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera details the relationship that developed between Williams and von Uchtrup in the 1990s and provides insight into Williams’s publishing career,...
Dates: 1969-2003

Gregory Wilson collection of American political ephemera

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Identifier: MSS 0971
Abstract

Gregory C. Wilson is a collector and dealer of antiquarian items. The Gregory Wilson collection of American political ephemera spans nearly two centuries of primarily United States presidential politics and election. The collection includes campaign buttons and pins, a wide array of political artifacts, and paper ephemera.

Dates: 1832-2016

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Arnolfini Gallery 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, 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
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 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 State Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. 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
General Federation of Women's Clubs 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 1
Mitchell, Adrian, 1932-2008 1
New Century Club of Newark, Delaware 1
Openings Press 1
Openings-Closings Press 1
Pénard, Rémy 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Poltroon Press 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Rees, Darrel 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 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 Delaware 1
Volta, Ornella 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008 1
Wilson, Gregory C. 1
Zelevansky, Paul 1
von Uchtrup, Michael 1
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