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Frederic A. Blank papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0572
Abstract

The papers of centenarian, World War I veteran, and retired wall covering entrepreneur Frederic Blank, spanning close to 150 years, illustrate the varied life of a twentieth-century businessman and provide important sample books of iconic mid-twentieth-century American wall coverings.

Dates: 1866-1991; Majority of material found within 1917-1974

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

Peter Owen publishing records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0571
Abstract

Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Dates: 1951-1995

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

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Bayley, Solomon 1
Bernard, Oliver 1
Blank, Frederic A., 1890-1992 1
Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 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
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cumming, Anne 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Ernest, John Reynolds 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
Frederic Blank & Co. 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Halegua, Lillian 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Hargreaves, Gloria 1
Haylock, John 1
Herbert, David 1
Home, Stewart, 1962- 1
Inoue, Yasushi, 1907-1991 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Kihlman, Christer, 1930- 1
Le Vay, David 1
Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005 1
Maraini, Dacia 1
Minco, Marga 1
Moorepark, Howard 1
Murch, A. E. (Alma Elizabeth) 1
Parland, Oscar, 1912-1997 1
Peter Owen (Firm) 1
Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963 1
Pitt-Kethley, Fiona, 1954- 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pulsifer, Gary 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Reed, Jeremy 1
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rootes, Nina 1
Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Rubinstein, Stanley J. (Stanley Jack) 1
Russell Taylor, Elisabeth, 1930- 1
Ruyslinck, Ward, 1929-2014 1
Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Tate, Joan 1
Valery, Anne, 1926-2013 1
Vansittart, Peter 1
Vesaas, Tarjei, 1897-1970 1
Virtue, Noel, 1947- 1
Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
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