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Charles Kean letter to J. Webster

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0803
Abstract

Autograph letter from English actor and theater manager Charles Kean to J. Webster.

Dates: 1839 March 3

The common shore : uncorrected proofs and letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0836
Abstract

Author's uncorrected proofs for Robert Kelley's "The Common Shore" and an accompanying letter written by Kelly to publisher John Martin of Black Sparrow Press in which he lists corrections and offers ideas for the book's design.

Dates: 1969 June 19

Rockwell Kent letters to David Wesley

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0304
Abstract

The Rockwell Kent collection consists of letters written by twentieth century American artist Rockwell Kent to his personal friend and twentieth century American journalist David Wesley.

Dates: 1951-1969

E. L. Kimball letter to Julian Janvier

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0032
Abstract

Letter from E. L. Kimball to Julian Janvier about the publication of Janvier's book on "the game" (draughts or checkers).

Dates: 1882 January 5

James Kirk papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0145
Abstract

One autograph letter from Thomas N. Lidiard to Delaware printer James Kirk regarding a subscription to The Delawarean and a receipt signed by Kirk for consignment of goods by Collins and M. Lester from Dover, Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore railroad.

Dates: 1871 November 30 -1872 January 18

Robert Kirkwood documents from the collection of Helen and Paul Elm

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0777
Abstract

This collection features a letter, dated June 23, 1777, from Captain Robert Kirkwood of Newark, Delaware, to his father (Robert Kirkwood, Sr.) during the Continental Army’s New Jersey Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. The collection also contains military records related to officer appointments, muster rolls, subsistence rolls, and clothing supplies.

Dates: 1777, 1779-1780

Dugald S. Laidlaw letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0459
Abstract

This collection consists of one letter book, containing copies of letters written by Dugald S. Laidlaw between 25 November 1844 and 26 June 1846. Laidlaw was an English businessman, charged with overseeing the management of several sugar plantations on the island of Dominica in the British West Indies.

Dates: 1844-1846

J. J. Lankes bookplate collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0581
Abstract

The J. J. Lankes bookplate collection contains 47 bookplates created by Lankes between 1920 and 1940, an undated promotional circular, copies of letters written by J. J. Lankes's to artist Burl Neff Osburn, copies of artwork by Lankes and Osburn, and two lists of bookplates for sale by Stanley O. Bezanson.

Dates: 1922-1960

Latimer family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0117
Abstract The manuscript collection of the Latimer Family Papers consists of material spanning the dates 1690-1927, with bulk dates of 1770-1870. The collection as a whole includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, ledgers, checks, bills, receipts, indentures, deeds, wills, photographs, and ship logs. The collection details the personal and business affairs of the Latimer family and also documents events of historical and economic significance in the context of revolutionary America and early...
Dates: 1690-1927; Majority of material found within 1770-1870

Mary Lavin letter to "Charlotte"

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0430
Abstract

Letter from Mary Lavin to Charlotte.

Dates: 1968 September 11

Emily Lawless letter to Smith

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0131
Abstract

Letter from Irish author Emily Lawless to "Mr. Smith" originally laid in a copy of Lawless' book Atlantic Rhymes and Rhythm (1898).

Dates: 1911 February 10

L. Lee Layton, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0534
Abstract

The L. Lee Layton, Jr., papers include personal and business papers of this well known Sussex countian and Dover-area businessman. Files relate to his business Layton & Company, and landholdings in Layton Farms and Cypress Farms. Mr. Layton maintained topical files on various political and social issues, as well as correspondence and publications related to his opinions. Additional papers belong to Mr. Layton's wife, Marianne Layton.

Dates: 1928-1984

Meridel Le Sueur papers

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Identifier: MSS 0409
Abstract

The papers of the American writer of the political left Meridel Le Sueur consist of typescripts of Le Sueur’s poems and stories, sixty-three letters to her friend writer and journalist Doris Kirkpatrick (1902-1984), letters written to Le Sueur by others, photos and other images, news clippings and a periodical.

Dates: 1929-1942

Winsor Bradford Leach scrapbook of Civilian Conservation Corps camp print shops

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0067
Abstract

This scrapbook was created by Winsor Bradford Leach, a printing instructor at two integrated Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in Plymouth and Holyoke, Massachusetts, between 1936 and 1938. The scrapbook contains photographs of life in the camps and print samples compiled by Leach.

Dates: 1936-1938

Brad Leithauser letters and manuscript

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0777
Abstract

Three letters (two typed and one handwritten) written by Brad Leithauser, one to Jeff Schaire and two to Celia B. McGee, as well as a typescript by Leithauser, titled In Praise of the Haunted spanning January 22, 1984, to August 26, 1985.

Dates: 1984 January 22-1985 August 26

Letters to William Young

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0178
Abstract

The correspondence contained in this collection is addressed to William Young in regards to his papermaking business in Delaware. Notable letters are from the Treasury Department Revenue Office with orders for stationery. The shipping receipts give a good sense of the quantities of materials that William Young shipped during the late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century.

Dates: 1794-1824

Letters written during a South American cruise

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0460
Abstract

This collection consists of one letterbook containing ten long letters from an anonymous Philadelphian to his friend, Ned, written between 1826-1827. The author, a crew member on the frigate Brandywine, vividly and poetically describes life on board the ship and ashore in South America.

Dates: 1826-1827, 1832

Cecil Day Lewis letter to G.M. Young

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0722
Abstract

One typed letter and signed written by Cecil Day Lewis to author G. M. Young, with Day Lewis's embossed letterhead on first leaf, dated approximately 1930.

Dates: 1930

Lewis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0130
Abstract The Lewis family papers consist of three linear feet of material related to this Newark, Delaware, farming family, who also owned property in Little Creek Hundred in Kent County, Delaware. Material in the collection dates largely from the mid- to late-nineteenth century. Members of the family were farmers and large landholders who maintained business relations with many prominent citizens of early Newark, such as George Platt, Samuel Donnell, James T. Maxwell, and Eri Haines. The collection...
Dates: 1696-1915; Majority of material found within 1791-1874

Horacio D. Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0732
Abstract

The Horacio D. Lewis papers consist of Dr. Lewis’ letters, articles, and publications related to his personal and civic involvement and recognition of activities associated with the civil rights of the Latino and African-American communities in Delaware and the desegregation of Delaware’s public schools.

Dates: 1960-2003

John Frederick Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0129
Abstract The papers of prominent Philadelphia lawyer and philanthropist John Frederick Lewis (1860–1932) span the dates 1882 to 1932 and include letterbooks, correspondence, advertising brochures, legal documents, and ephemera. The papers primarily document the legal business of Lewis through his work at the firm Lewis, Adler & Laws, but also reflect social and domestic affairs of John Lewis and his wife, Anne Baker Lewis, as well as cultural interests, through development of personal collections...
Dates: 1882-1932; Majority of material found within 1909-1928

J. Ben Lieberman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0516
Abstract

Educator, editor, author, amateur printer, and proponent of the private press, J. Ben Lieberman is widely regarded as the father of the twentieth-century chappel movement in the United States. The J. Ben Lieberman Papers reflect some of the accomplishments of J. Ben Lieberman and his wife Elizabeth Koller Lieberman.

Dates: 1902-1997; Majority of material found within 1945-1984

David N. Lilley letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0219
Abstract

Letters from Delaware resident David N. Lilley to his sister Annie, written during his period of service in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1864

Autograph Abraham Lincoln documents from the Lincoln Collection at the University of Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0465
Abstract

Documents in the University of Delaware’s Lincoln Collection that contain Abraham Lincoln’s original signature or other autograph writing, including rare signed copy of “A Resolution,” submitting the Thirteenth Amendment to the States. Part of a much larger collection of Lincolniana that came to the University from the Lincoln Club of Delaware in 1972.

Dates: 1855-1887

Littell family papers

 Collection
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

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 14
Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868 8
Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971 7
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 7
O'Casey, Sean, 1880-1964 7
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Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972 6
Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 6
AE, 1867-1935 5
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968 5
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 5
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009 5
Somerville, E. Œ. (Edith Œnone), 1858-1949 5
Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931 5
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977 5
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 4
Carter, John, 1905-1975 4
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 4
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 4
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 4
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence 3
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 3
Creator unidentified 3
Gogarty, Oliver St. John, 1878-1957 3
Irish statesman (Dublin, Ireland : 1919) 3
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857 3
Morgan, Charles, 1894-1958 3
Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 3
Peter Owen (Firm) 3
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811 3
Ward, Christopher, 1868-1943 3
AE, 1867-1935--Correspondence 2
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 2
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 2
Bancroft, William P. (William Poole), 1835-1928 2
Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898 2
Black Sparrow Press 2
Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946 2
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 2
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 2
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 2
Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 2
Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879 2
Carvel, Elbert Nostrand, 1910-2005 2
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856--Correspondence 2
Coleman, Leighton, 1837-1907 2
Conrad, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1852- 2
Davenport, Guy 2
Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972 2
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron, 1878-1957 2
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 2
Field, Edward, 1924- 2
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 2
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 2
Joans, Ted 2
Kaufman, Alan 2
Knight, Arthur Winfield, 1937- 2
Knight, Kit 2
Lane, Hugh Percy, Sir, 1875-1915 2
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 2
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 2
Martin, John, 1930- 2
Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921 2
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817--Correspondence 2
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 2
Messick, Charles P. 2
Miller, Henry, 1891-1980 2
Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859 2
O'Brien, Kate, 1897-1974 2
O'Sullivan, Seumas, 1879-1958 2
Onions, Oliver, 1873-1961 2
Owen, Peter, 1927-2016 2
Pentagram Press 2
Peters, Richard, 1704-1776 2
Pommy-Vega, Janine 2
Purdy, James, 1914-2009 2
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 2
Reed, Jeremy 2
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 2
Rolt-Wheeler, Ethel 2
Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978 2
Rush family 2
Russell, George William, 1867-1935--Correspondence 2
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 2
Saroyan, William, 1908-1981 2
Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926 2
Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918 2
Snodgrass, W. D. (William De Witt), 1926-2009--Correspondence 2
Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 2
Stavis, Barrie 2
Strong, L. A. G. (Leonard Alfred George), 1896-1958 2
Tarachow, Michael 2
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933 2
Teasdale, Sara, 1884-1933--Correspondence 2
Turco, Lewis 2
Turner, Tom, 1870- 2
United States. Post Office Department 2
University of Delaware 2
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 2
Whittemore, Reed, 1919-2012 2
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