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Karl Bissinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0682
Abstract

The papers of American photojournalist, restaurateur, and peace activist Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) encompass nearly seventy years of professional activity. This collection not only provides abundant documentation of Bissinger's careers in photography and social activism, but also offers rich visual resources for the history of photography in post-World War II America.

Dates: 1800, 1935-2008

Franklin C. Daiber botanical slides

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0816
Abstract

Professor Emeritus of marine studies Franklin C. Daiber (1919-2003) and his wife Joanne Currier Daiber (1927-2007) were two of the first marine scientists hired by the University of Delaware in the 1950s. The Franklin C. Daiber botanical slides comprise hundreds of images of various flower and plant specimens photographed by Dr. Daiber in the mid-Atlantic region from 1975-1999.

Dates: 1975-1999

Christopher Felver portrait collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0160
Abstract

The Christopher Felver portrait collection comprises 79 black and white photographic portraits of prominent twentieth-century artistic and literary figures taken between 1981 and 2008 by American photographer and filmmaker Christopher Felver (born 1946).

Dates: 1981-2008

Charles Gatewood photographs

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0144
Abstract

Charles Gatewood (1942-2016) was an American photographer, writer, and videographer, predominantly known for his photographs of Beat generation writers, American musicians and cultural icons, and alt- and countercultural figures and communities. The collection comprises Gatewood’s photographs of musician Bob Dylan, writer William S. Burroughs, artist Brion Gysin, journalist Robert Palmer, sexologist Annie Sprinkle, and body modification and performance artist Fakir Musafar.

Dates: 1966-1980

Paul W. Knauf, Jr. World War II photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0582
Abstract

The Paul W. Knauf, Jr. World War II photograph collection consists of seventy-one black and white photographs depicting events in the European Theater of Operations from 1943 through 1945. Fifteen of the photographs were created using the Army’s radio tele-photograph electronic-transmission system. In addition to the photographs, the collection includes newspapers, a certificate from the Bell Telephone Laboratories School for War Training, and an issue of the publication "Army Talks."

Dates: 1943-1945

Cherie Nutting photographs related to Paul Bowles

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0121
Abstract

Cherie Nutting is a photographer and musical artist manager known, among other activities, for her photographs of expatriate author and composer Paul Bowles. This collection comprises Nutting’s photographs of Paul Bowles in various settings as well as photos of his residence and several objects of significance to him. The photographs include Nutting’s handwritten captions and contextual inscriptions.

Dates: 1986-1994

Mary Pickford photographs and publicity stills

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0159
Abstract

This collection of American actress Mary Pickford photographs and publicity stills contains 40 photographs and two glass slides. The photographs and slides provide insight into production, distribution, and publicity during Hollywood's era of silent films.

Dates: 1914-1933

Frank X. Riedy photographs of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0158
Abstract

The Frank X. Riedy photographs of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition contains 33 photographs taken by American photographer Frank Xavier Riedy (1866-1957) at the exposition held in San Francisco, California. The photographs document examples of the art, architecture, and landscaping at the exposition and also include panoramic images of the fairgrounds and the surrounding city and bay.

Dates: 1915

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

Willard Stewart photographs of Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0139
Abstract

Willard Stewart, one of Wilmington, Delaware's, most prominent professional portrait photographers, became the primary photographer for the Delaware Federal Writers' Project and photographed numerous Delaware buildings and landscapes. These photographs document his contributions to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).

Dates: circa 1936-1938

Carl Van Vechten photograph portrait of William Demby

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0099-F0038
Abstract

Black-and-white photograph portrait of novelist and film translator William Demby (1922-2013) taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten in New York on March 13, 1956.

Dates: 1956 March 13

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Bissinger, Karl. The luminous years : portraits at mid-century 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, 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
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 1
Cafe Nicholson 1
Campbell, Sandy 1
Canetti, Elias, 1905-1994. Stimmen von Marrakesch. English 1
Chaikin, Joseph, 1935-2003 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Daiber, Franklin C. 1
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Di Prima, Diane 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Domestic Resurrection Circus 1
Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Felver, Christopher, 1946- 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gatewood, Charles 1
Gregg, Linda 1
Gysin, Brion 1
Hanley, Richard 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Historic American Buildings Survey 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Kelham, George W. (George William), 1871-1936 1
Knauf, Paul W., Jr. 1
Ladd, Anna Coleman, 1878-1939 1
Lanvin, Jeanne, 1867-1946 1
Lewis, Edna 1
Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.) 1
Malina, Judith, 1926-2015 1
Martinelli, Sheri 1
Maybeck, Bernard R. 1
Musafar, Fakir, 1930-2018 1
Neilan, Marshall A., 1891-1958 1
Nicholson, John, 1916-2016 1
Nutting, Cherie 1
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Owens, Jeanne 1
Paley, Grace 1
Palmer, Robert, 1945-1997 1
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Paul Taylor Dance Company 1
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Rahmn, Knut Olaf, 1876-1957 1
Riedy, Frank Xavier, 1866-1957 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
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Rosher, Charles, 1885-1974 1
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Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
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Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Sprinkle, Annie, 1954- 1
Stewart, Willard S., 1915-2003 1
Tourneur, Maurice, 1876-1961 1
United Artists Corporation 1
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Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 1
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Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
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