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Myrna Bair papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0689
Abstract

Myrna L. Bair served in the Delaware Senate from 1980 to 2000, representing Delaware's 5th District as a member of the Republican Party. For sixteen years, she held a legislative leadership position, including fourteen years as Senate minority leader and two years as minority whip. The bulk of the Myrna Bair papers documents her time as a senator and consists of legislation, correspondence, personal notes, press clippings, and other materials.

Dates: 1980-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Donald Callender papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0588
Abstract This collection documents the for-profit and nonprofit work of Donald W. Callender, Jr., an industrial archaeologist whose career in the greater Delaware-Pennsylvania-New Jersey area has involved maintenance and restoration of railroads and rail cars. In addition, Callender was involved in the establishment of a regional living history museum, the leadership of historic preservation organizations, and efforts to restore the Wilmington Waterfront and increase tourism to the city. The...
Dates: 1968-2008; Majority of material found within 1974-1999

Delaware Miscellany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0598
Abstract

The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1825-1958; Majority of material found within 1920-1958

John Reynolds Ernest papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0119
Abstract The collection consists of a variety of letters, bulletins, documents, and memorabilia relating to the United States Army Aircraft Warning Service and the Newark Council for Civilian Defense for the period 1941-1944. Gathered by John R. Ernest, who served in these programs, the papers consist primarily of letters, memoranda, schedules, and training material directed to John Reynolds Ernest and others in their official capacity with the United States Army Aircraft Warning Service and with the...
Dates: 1941-1944

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

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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

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Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
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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 v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Council of State Governments 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
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Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
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Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
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Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hagley Museum 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. (Del.) 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica)--Design and construction--20th century 1
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 1
Lewis, William Ditto 1
Long, David J. 1
Messick, Charles P. 1
Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948 1
Morris, Hugh M. 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 Conference of State Legislatures 1
No, Kum-Sok 1
Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
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Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
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Redding, Louis L. 1
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 1
Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927 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
State Government Affairs Council 1
Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 1
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Army. Air Corps 1
University of Delaware 1
University of Delaware Research Foundation 1
University of Delaware--History--19th century 1
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University of Delaware. Marine Laboratory 1
Vallandigham, Edward Noble, 1854-1930 1
Visitor's Council of Delaware County 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1
Whitaker, Epher, 1820-1916 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
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