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Lee Anna Embrey student diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0151
Abstract These three diaries were kept between 1927 and 1929 by Central High School (Washington, D.C.) student and aspiring writer Lee Anna Embrey. Embrey described in very detailed, descriptive, and articulate language the events of her life. She wrote about family members, friends, school lessons, thoughts, and aspirations, as well as budding relationships. The diaries focus particularly on high school activities such as clubs and social events, with a special emphasis on the journalism club (Quill...
Dates: 1927-1929

Rita Katz Farrell collection related to dance

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0430
Abstract

Reference and research files that Rita Katz Farrell compiled during her career as a critic, freelance writer, and teacher.

Dates: 1920-1993; Majority of material found within 1950-1993

Brian C. Felder small press poetry archive

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Identifier: MSS 1030
Abstract Brian C. Felder (1945-2021) was an American poet who had over 400 poems published in small press literary journals, magazines, and anthologies between 1969 and 2021. From 1969 to 1971, he was co-editor of The Bummer, a Milwaukee-based literary magazine. The Brian C. Felder small press poetry archive contains issues of periodicals in which Felder's poems were published between 1969 and 2021, correspondence concerning his accepted submissions, logs and indices of his...
Dates: 1969-2021

Edward Field papers

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Identifier: MSS 0363
Abstract

The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

Dates: 1943-1994

Friends of Rockwood records

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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

Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material

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Identifier: MSS 0646
Abstract The Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material comprises approximately 1.6 linear feet of material pertaining to English bibliographer, book collector, and forger Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937). Much of the collection's material was compiled by English bibliographer and book collector John Carter (1905-1975), who co-authored with Graham Pollard (1903-1976) An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which effectively outed Wise as a...
Dates: 1897-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1934-1975

Allen Ginsberg poems and letters

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0759
Abstract

Typescript poems, a published letter, a postcard written by Allen Ginsberg, and items related to the article "The Sound of Beat" published in the July 1959 issue of Playboy.

Dates: 1959-1966, 1984

Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection

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Identifier: MSS 0658
Abstract

British attorney and author Sir Joseph Gold (1912-2000) was a collector of modern first editions of British and American writers and poets. The Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, publishing files, and publications of mid-twentieth century British and American poets, publishers, and scholars.

Dates: 1904-1972; Majority of material found within 1949-1972

John E. Hart collection regarding Albert Halper

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Identifier: MSS 0434
Abstract Correspondence relating to research and publication for Professor John E. Hart's essay “Albert Halper’s World of the Thirties” (Twentieth Century Literature, v. 9:4, January 1964), and his book, Albert Halper (1978), part of the Twayne United States Authors Series. The collection contains both original correspondence and other material from Halper, as well as the correspondence Hart conducted with a number of individuals and institutions...
Dates: 1962 - 1988

Nancy Hoyt Paul Bowles collection

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Identifier: MSS 0486
Abstract

The Nancy Hoyt Paul Bowles collection consists of various written material by or about Paul Bowles.

Dates: 1943-1994

Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers

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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

Lucie Jenkins Johnson culinary ephemera collection

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Identifier: MSS 0794
Abstract

The Lucie Jenkins Johnson culinary ephemera collection contains recipe booklets, periodicals, pamphlets, books, and recipe cards related to twentieth-century American foodways. The collection is a rich source of materials from corporations, trade associations, and government agencies that highlight contemporary ideas about advertising, nutrition, and household technology.

Dates: 1904-2015

Alan Kaufman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates: circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007

Nellie Day Lawrence papers

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Identifier: MSS 0903
Abstract Nellie Day Lawrence (born 1865) was an editor and club officer of the Turner Grange, Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, in Turner Center, Maine. The Nellie Day Lawrence papers consist of articles and drafts, manuscript copies of the Grange Banner, printed ephemera related to the Turner Grange and Maine schools, correspondence, and other writing. Topics range from musings on the weather and animals, to life in Maine, farming, the World’s Columbian Exposition, the...
Dates: 1879-1942

J. Ben Lieberman papers

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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

Richard McCann papers

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Identifier: MSS 0616
Abstract The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia...
Dates: 1920s-2008; Majority of material found within 1978-2005

Harris B. McDowell, Jr., magazine and guest list

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0160
Abstract

Two items related to Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (D, U. S. Representative from Delaware): the April 1962 issue of Delaware Today with an article entitled "Foreign aid helps the nation," by McDowell and a copy of the guest list/seating chart for a Delaware Congressional reception and dinner (May 1, 1962).

Dates: 1962 April-May

Harriet Monroe letters to Grant Hyde Code

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0159
Abstract

Letters from American poet and Poetry editor Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) to American poet, editor, and teacher Grant Hyde Code (1896-1974), detailing a professional correspondence centering on his submissions to and support of Poetry.

Dates: 1925-1933, 1936

Swine print : serial and letter to Anne

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0814
Abstract

One handwritten letter from Henry Morris to Anne (last name unknown) with two issues of his short-lived serial Swine Print.

Dates: 1978-1979

David M. Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0328
Abstract

The David M. Nelson papers document the military, athletic, coaching, and administrative careers of twentieth century American football rules authority and former University of Delaware coach and administrator, David Moir Nelson.

Dates: 1936–1991; Majority of material found within 1951–1991

Chris Oakley collection of alternative press

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Identifier: MSS 0471
Abstract

Chris Oakley was a longtime resident of Newark, Delaware, a community organizer and a strong advocate for media democracy. The Chris Oakley collection of alternative press consists of alternative press newspapers, community newsletters, magazines and ephemera related to from local to international communities, women's activism and local writers, as well as some personal papers.

Dates: 1968-1992

Ulick O'Connor papers

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Identifier: MSS 0137
Abstract

This collection consists of material accumulated over a 25-year period by Ulick O’Connor: biographer, poet, playwright and journalist. O’Connor’s biographies of Brendan Behan and Oliver St. John Gogarty have been recognized internationally as definitive works. A large portion of the collection deals with materials for these books.

Dates: 1904-1976; Majority of material found within 1960-1974

William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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Identifier: MSS 0638
Abstract The William A. Oliver, Jr. collection related to The Mystery of Edwin Drood comprises 10.5 linear feet of material plus oversize items dating from 1844 to 2005 and includes extensive bibliographic information relating to the works of Charles Dickens and specifically to the author's final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), which was unfinished at the time of his death. The collection, which illuminates Oliver's activities as a...
Dates: 1844-2005

Pagany archive

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Identifier: MSS 0110
Abstract

The archive of the little magazine Pagany: a native quarterly consists of 5.5 linear feet of material, which spans the dates 1925–1970, with the bulk of the material dating from 1929 to 1933. The collection includes founder and editor Richard Johns's personal papers and all known surviving material related to the publication of Pagany (some letters and manuscript were destroyed in a 1932 fire or stolen from Johns's car the same year).

Dates: 1925-1970; Majority of material found within 1929-1933

Warner Perry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0613
Abstract

The Warner Perry papers include personal records related to Perry’s life and many hobbies. The major subjects of the collection are Perry’s magic documents, his personal papers, financial information, written works, invention designs, and family photographs.

Dates: 1900-1997; Majority of material found within 1940-1995

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Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 3
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Mrabet, Mohammed, 1936- 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
Stavis, Barrie 2
Stavis, Barrie--Correspondence 2
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Agee, Sally 1
Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 1
Alden, John 1
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Allmond, Charles M., 1931-2019 1
American Home Economics Association 1
American Institute of Graphic Arts 1
American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc. 1
Atwater, Helen W. 1
Bauer, Charlotte Andrews 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) 1
Beck, Julian, 1925-1985 1
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 1
Behan, Brendan 1
Bissinger, Karl 1
Bissinger, Karl. The luminous years : portraits at mid-century 1
Black Sparrow Press 1
Black Stone Press 1
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Branaman, Robert R. 1
Branch, Edgar Marquess, 1913- --Correspondence 1
Branch, Edgar Marquess, 1913-2006 1
Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc. 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-1998 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 1
Böer, K. W. (Karl Wolfgang), 1926-2018 1
Cafe Nicholson 1
Campbell, Sandy 1
Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994. Stimmen von Marrakesch. English 1
Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 1
Carothers, Martha L. 1
Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
Central High School (Washington, D.C.) 1
Chaikin, Joseph, 1935-2003 1
Chambers, M. Clark 1
Champion Papers, inc. 1
Chanticleer 1
Charrière, Gérard, 1935- 1
Christian Nationalist Crusade 1
Churchill, Sarah, 1914-1982 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Claire, William F. 1
Code, Grant Hyde 1
Code, Grant Hyde--Correspondence 1
Cohen, Ira 1
Cohn, Louis Henry 1
Cohn, Louis Henry, Mrs. 1
Conard-Pyle Co. 1
Coron, Béatrice 1
Corso, Gregory 1
Creator unidentified 1
Cronin, Ted (Edward T.), 1954-1992 1
Crozier, Andrew 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Daiber, Franklin C. 1
Daiber, Joanne Currier 1
Davis, Jonas, 1792-1872 1
Delaware College 1
Derrick, Neil 1
Di Prima, Diane 1
Dickens Fellowship (London, England) 1
Dickens Fellowship (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Dickens, Cedric Charles 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Adaptations 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921--Bibliography 1
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