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Homer C. Wiggins collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0345
Abstract

The Homer C. Wiggins Collection concerns the story of juvenile criminal and escaped convict Homer C. Wiggins, who was killed in 1913 by Wilmington, Delaware, police.

Dates: 1913, 1915, 1943

World War II maps and radio broadcasts collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0325
Abstract

Emily C. Stump, an executive secretary at Hercules Powder Company, compiled for the company briefing notebooks of newspaper clippings which tracked military progress of Allied and Axis powers throughout World War II. She also collected transcripts of daily radio news broadcasts from stations WOR and WDEL. The World War II maps and radio broadcasts collection includes maps, newspaper clippings, radio broadcasts and militray manuals, documenting war operations in World War II.

Dates: 1940-1945