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Gordon A. Pfeiffer Delaware postcard and ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0146
Abstract

Gordon A. Pfeiffer is a Delaware book, postcard, book art, and ephemera collector and an original founder of the Delaware Bibliophiles. The Gordon A. Pfeiffer Delaware postcard and ephemera collection comprises over 1500 postcards depicting Delaware cities and towns, landmarks and events, and advertisements of goods and services in the First State between 1860 and 2008. The collection also contains over 250 QSL broadcasting cards used for promotional purposes by state radio stations.

Dates: 1895-2008

Sir William Rothenstein and Sir John Rothenstein collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0502
Abstract

The University of Delaware Library’s collection of books from the family library of the British artist Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945) and his son, the art historian Sir John Rothenstein (1901-1992), numbers over six hundred volumes. The collection documents the important careers of the Rothensteins.

Dates: 1894-1983

Walter Penn Shipley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0608
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to Walter Penn Shipley, a Philadelphia lawyer and well-known amateur chess enthusiast of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Materials include photographs, magazines and newspaper articles of Shipley’s chess activities as well as photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Walter Penn Shipley, his family, and his friends.

Dates: 1879-1951

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

W. D. Snodgrass correspondence with Daniela Gioseffi

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Identifier: MSS 0272
Abstract

Correspondence between twentieth century American writers W. D. Snodgrass and Daniela Gioseffi.

Dates: 1977-1984

Barrie Stavis letter to Horst and Barbara Höhne

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0918
Abstract

In April of 1991, American playwright Barrie Stavis wrote this letter to the Höhnes to accompany the enclosed issue of Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature, which contains Stavis's Lamp at Midnight: a Play about Galileo.

Dates: 1991 April 11

Barrie Stavis letters to Stanley Weintraub

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0856
Abstract

Between 1971 and 1995, American playwright Barrie Stavis (1906-2007) wrote approximately 30 letters to historian Stanley Weintraub (born 1929) in which he discussed mutual friends, his writing projects, and their families.

Dates: 1971 March 25-1994 March 21

Marion H. Steele papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0439
Abstract

The papers of Marion H. Steele, former managing editor of the Journal of Home Economics and University of Delaware graduate.

Dates: 1906-1999; Majority of material found within 1923-1985

William G. Thompson Briarwood Writers' Alliance correspondence and publicity records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0671
Abstract

William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Dates: 1964-2007

Horace Traubel collection of Walt Whitman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0099-F0819
Abstract

This collection comprises materials collected by Horace Traubel, American journalist, on his longtime friend, poet Walt Whitman.

Dates: 1854-1916

University of Georgia Press collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0501
Abstract

This collection of items from University of Georgia Press, the oldest and largest publication house in the state, consists of trade materials published between 1934 and 1999 that were used by the press at its publication office.

Dates: 1934-1999; Majority of material found within 1967-1990

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

Robert A. Wilson John Wieners collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0555
Abstract The Robert A. Wilson John Wieners collection comprises one linear foot of materials, spanning the dates between 1958-1988, relating to the literary career of and publication of works by Boston-born poet John Wieners (1934-2002). The collection includes manuscripts, page and galley proofs, mock-ups of some of Wieners's shorter publications, postcards, correspondence to Robert Wilson from Wieners, sheet music, flyers for Wieners's New York readings, reviews of Wieners's work, and...
Dates: 1958-1988

Ben Yagoda papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0672
Abstract

American author, editor, critic and blogger Ben Yagoda (born 1954) retired from teaching journalism and writing at the University of Delaware in 2016. The collection includes research material, drafts and notes, and interviews toward Yagoda's various articles and book-length projects.

Dates: 1975-2015

Anne Wheeler Young and William Young scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0003
Abstract This collection comprises eight scrapbooks and special periodical issues assembled and collected by Philadelphia resident Anne Wheeler Young, who was interested in sensational news such as the trial and execution of Bruno Hauptmann for the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., and celebrity coverage of British royalty, particularly King George V, King Edward VII, and Queen Elizabeth II. The collection also includes a scrapbook complied by Mrs. Young’s son, William Young, for an eighth-grade...
Dates: 1934-1953

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 2
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Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 2
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 2
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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