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Friends of Rockwood records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0675
Abstract
The Friends of Rockwood, Inc., supported the maintenance of the site, collections, and educational mission of the Rockwood Museum in Wilmington, Delaware, from 1976 to 2014. The Friends of Rockwood records comprise the organization’s general administrative records; officer and member files; board of directors’ minutes and correspondence; files pertaining to the Friends’ association with New Castle County, Delaware; records relating to properties and capital improvements at Rockwood;...
Dates:
1890-2017; Majority of material found within 1976-2014
Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0361
Abstract
The Everett C. & Louise Stanton Johnson papers concern the personal affairs of prominent Delaware publisher and politician Everett C. Johnson (1877-1926) and his wife Louise Staton Johnson (1882-1977). In addition, the collection contains material from their Newark publishing house, the Press of Kells, which brought the Arts and Crafts Movement to the community from 1916 to 1918.
Dates:
1835-1988; Majority of material found within 1916-1958
Abraham Lincoln collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0521
Abstract
The Abraham Lincoln collection comprises a variety of Lincolniana - including Civil War era newspapers, art work, sheet music, and realia - collected and assembled by the Lincoln Club of Delaware.
Dates:
1841-1996; Majority of material found within 1862-1868, 1920-1977
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