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Alfred G. Baker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0585
Abstract

The Alfred G. Baker papers comprise personal correspondence and business records of nineteenth-century Philadelphia businessmen Michael V. Baker and his son Alfred G. Baker, who became a prominent citizen and patron of the arts.

Dates: 1837-1913; Majority of material found within 1837-1851

Carty family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0507
Abstract

The Carty family papers, 1815-1912, represent nearly a century of the business activities as well as the personal lives of various members of the Carty family of New Jersey. The collection also includes papers of the Shreve family, which seems to have been related to the primary family in some way. The material consists mainly of receipts, account ledgers, and personal and business correspondence.

Dates: 1815-1912

M.J. Ivers & Co. records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0478
Abstract

M.J. Ivers and Company was a publisher or cheap books, including several of the Beadle's Dime series during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Included in this collection are business receipts, correspondence, and publication lists. This archive represents only a small portion of material generated by M.J. Ivers and Company.

Dates: 1880-1915; Majority of material found within 1898-1905

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
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

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

Virden family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0489
Abstract

This collection relates to the Virden (or Virdin) family of Delaware, specifically Samuel Virden (1793-1876) of Kent County and his descendants. Samuel's children and their spouses also figure prominently in this collection. The Virden family papers, spanning the years 1783-1901, consist of thirty-six letters, receipts, deeds, accounts, and other documents.

Dates: 1783-1901; Majority of material found within 1820s-1860s

Williams family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0353
Abstract The Williams family papers concern the business and personal affairs of prominent Delaware politician and landowner James Williams (1825-1899), and his son Nathaniel J. Williams (1857-1943), who was also a prominent politician and landowner. In addition, the collection contains documents relating to the business of Parvis & Williams, a Middletown-based fertilizer manufacturing company headed by James Williams once he joined John Parvis in 1885. The collection comprises correspondence,...
Dates: 1861-1947

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American Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
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Baker, Alfred Gustavus, 1831-1913 1
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Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) 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 family 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Carty family 1
Carty, Peter 1
Carty, Shreve 1
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
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Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
George Munro's Sons 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Hall, John Wood, Jr. 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Hurst & Company 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
M.J. Ivers & Co. 1
Merchant's Collecting Association 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Moss, John 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
National Bank of Smyrna 1
Parvis & Williams 1
People's National Bank of Middletown 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Redding, Louis L. 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Shreve family 1
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 1
United States. Army 1
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Virden family 1
Virden, Edwin, 1823-1899 1
Virden, Samuel, 1793-1876 1
Virden, Sarah Elizabeth, 1833- 1
Weiss, Remigus 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Williams family 1
Williams, James, 1825-1899 1
Williams, Nathaniel J., 1857-1943 1
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