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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

Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0583
Abstract The Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers contains twenty-six three-ring notebooks and nine folders of genealogical research notes, family photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera related to nineteenth- and twentieth-century generations of Boyce's family lines from Delaware and Virginia. Boyce's research includes the Boyce, Justis, Morrow, Shreve, Wright, Brownley, Lawrence, Sebree, Adams, and Tuley families, as well as the family lines of his wife, Doris Jolls...
Dates: 1792-1999; Majority of material found within 1850s-1980s

Harry Fletcher Brown collection

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Identifier: MSS 0436
Abstract

The Harry Fletcher Brown collection, spanning the years 1881-1960 (bulk dates 1910-1952), contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, business cards, legal documents, printed material, ephemera, a photograph, World War I medal, programs, and blueprints of his Wilmington, Delaware, residence.

Dates: 1881-1960; Majority of material found within 1910-1952

Brian Coffey papers

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Identifier: MSS 0382
Abstract

The Brian Coffey papers consist of personal and literary papers which document the life and career of the avant-garde Irish poet from 1917 to 1996.

Dates: 1917-1996

Alice Dunbar-Nelson papers

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Identifier: MSS 0113
Abstract The Alice Dunbar-Nelson papers consist of the literary, professional, and personal papers of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. The papers include an extensive collection of her incoming correspondence. Of particular note is her correspondence (1895-1904) with Paul Laurence Dunbar, which also includes her letters to Dunbar. The Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers also include a comprehensive collection of manuscripts of her writing, including novels, stories, poetry, drama, and essays. Dunbar-Nelson maintained a...
Dates: 1895-1942

Frazer Jones papers of the Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution

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Identifier: MSS 0450
Abstract

Two linear feet of correspondence, clippings, official records, photographs, publications, ephemera, and other materials primarily related to Junior President Frazer Jones’s work in the Robert Kirkwood Society of the Children of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1929-1968; Majority of material found within 1955-1965

Littell family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0449
Abstract

The Littell family papers include correspondence, letters, scrapbooks, commonplace books, copybooks, published material, ephemera, realia, financial records, diaries, books, artwork, photographs, greeting cards, postcards, clippings, and research notes created or collected by members of the Morris, Harrington, Littell, and Winslow families of Pennsylvania and Delaware from circa 1808 to 2004.

Dates: 1808-2005

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

Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger scrapbook

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Identifier: MSS 0431
Abstract

The Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger Scrapbook chronicles the 1909 cruise taken by Philadelphia resident and theatrical manager Nixon-Nirdlinger and his wife from New York City to France, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Hungary. The scrapbook records various aspects of the early twentieth-century travel business and is particularly rich with theatrical ephemera, indicating Nixon- Nirdlinger’s trip combined theatrical business interests with pleasure.

Dates: 1909

Jessie Southard Parker journal and scrapbook

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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

Berta Ruck travel journals

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Identifier: MSS 0362
Abstract

Six volumes of Welsh writer Berta Ruck's travel journals, including correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. Ruck records partial drafts of her works in progress, accounts of her financial and romantic difficulties, and memorabilia from her travels. She also details the growing anti-Semitism and the gradual rise of Nazi support in Austria.

Dates: 1928-1937

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

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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Photographs 13
Clippings (information artifacts) 12
Correspondence 10
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Programs (documents) 5
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Diaries 4
Reports 4
Women in community organization--Delaware--History--20th century 4
Women--Societies and clubs--Delaware--History--20th century 4
Awards 3
Brochures 3
Delaware--History--20th century 3
Financial records 3
Genealogy 3
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Pamphlets 3
Receipts (financial records) 3
Account books 2
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 2
Broadsides (notices) 2
Certificates 2
Commonplace books 2
Copybooks (instructional materials) 2
Cruise ships--History--20th century 2
Deeds 2
Delaware--History--19th century 2
Directories 2
Genealogies (histories) 2
Genealogists 2
Historic buildings 2
Invitations 2
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Letters (correspondence) 2
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Recipes 2
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Students 2
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Tourism--Europe--History--20th century 2
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Women in education--History--20th century 2
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African American authors 1
African American authors--20th century 1
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Agriculturists 1
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Allentown (Pa.) 1
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Artifacts (object genre) 1
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Audio cassette 1
Austria--Description and travel 1
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Banks and banking--Delaware--History--19th century 1
Belmont (Mass.) 1
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Boston (Mass.) 1
Boyce (Va.) 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.) 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--History--19th century 1
Brandywine Hundred (Del.)--History--20th century 1
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Business cards 1
Businesspeople--Delaware--History--19th century 1
Businesspeople--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Bylaws (administrative records) 1
Cabinet photographs 1
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 1
Checks (bank checks) 1
Chemical industry--History--19th century 1
Chemical industry--History--20th century 1
Chemists (scientists) 1
Children--Delaware--Societies and clubs 1
China--History--20th century 1
Choral Societies 1
Christian Science 1
Clarke County (Va.) 1
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French 2
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Spanish; Castilian 1
 
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American Association of University Women 2
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 2
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 2
General Federation of Women's Clubs 2
Advent Books (Firm) 1
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American Association of University Women. Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 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
Brown, Harry Fletcher 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Du Pont, Alice Belin, 1872-1944 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Embolador, Pinto Repentista 1
Episcopal Church 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harrington family 1
Harrington, Maria (Mia) Ruán, -1926 1
Harrington, Mary Elizabeth, 1837-1928 1
Harrington, Mary Lofland,1813-1871 1
Harrington, Purnell Frederick, 1844-1937 1
Harrington, Richard, 1772-1821 1
Harrington, Richard, 1847-1884 1
Harrington, Samuel M. (Samuel Maxwell), 1803-1865 1
Harrington, Samuel Milby, 1840-1878 1
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Jones, Frazer 1
Junior Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) 1
Littell Families of America 1
Littell family 1
Littell, Charles Willing, 1832-1895 1
Littell, Eliakim, 1797-1870 1
Littell, Elton Gardiner, 1877-1962 1
Littell, Estelle Sherman, 1889-1978 1
Littell, Gertrude (Gretchen), 1905-2003 1
Littell, Gertrude Wilson, -1919 1
Littell, Harriet Hare, 1835-1885 1
Littell, Helen Arcadia Harrington, -1924 1
Littell, Helen Arcadia, 1880-1934 1
Littell, Helen, 1914- 1
Littell, John Stockton, 1806-1875 1
Littell, John Stockton, 1870- 1
Littell, Margaret, 1903-1990 1
Littell, Mary Morris, 1884-1984 1
Littell, Samuel Harrington, 1873-1967 1
Littell, T. Gardiner, 1837-1911 1
Littell, Thomas Gardiner, 1902-1929 1
Littell, Walter Wilson, 1910-1995 1
Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898 1
McAlpine, Margaret Mary 1
Morris family 1
Morris, Elizabeth Carrington, 1775-1865 1
Morris, Susan Sophia, 1800-1868 1
Morse family 1
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 1
New Century Club of Newark, Delaware 1
Nixon-Nirdlinger, Fred G. (Frederick G.), 1877-1931 1
Onions, Oliver, 1873-1961 1
Parker, Jessie Southard 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Shippen family 1
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