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American Association of University Women Delaware Division records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0529
Abstract

The American Association of University Women Delaware Division records reflect the history, structure, public policies, and programs of this group, and its relationship to the state branches and national organization of AAUW. AAUW's mission is to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy, research, and philanthropy.

Dates: 1922-2010

American Association of University Women Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0531
Abstract

The American Association of University Women Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) records reflect the organizational structure and detail the social, intellectual, and civic life of this women's group, which was formed to support the AAUW mission to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy, and research. The records span the extant dates of the branch, 1972-2002.

Dates: 1972-2002

William S. Auchincloss scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0420
Abstract This one-volume scrapbook, with contents spanning 1862- 1892, includes correspondence, maps, tickets, papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, documents, advertisements, and drawings; and was largely assembled from the professional activities of William S. Auchincloss. Evidence within the scrapbook points to the wide range of interests that captured the attention of Auchincloss, a civil and mechanical engineer, originally from New York who later resided in Wilmington, Delaware, and in...
Dates: 1862-1892

Clara Agnes Boulter mid-nineteenth century scrapbook from the American South

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0033
Abstract This antebellum and mid-nineteenth century scrapbook from the American South bears the name Clara Agnes Boulter on the inside front endpaper. The contents of this book are largely centered on ladies' manners, etiquette, advice, short stories, and fashion for women, though a significant component includes references to Confederate generals and Southern sympathies. Several items suggest the creator had ties to Texas and Virginia, and new clippings from Southern papers in Knoxville, Louisville,...
Dates: approximately 1843-1869

Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0583
Abstract The Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers contains twenty-six three-ring notebooks and nine folders of genealogical research notes, family photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera related to nineteenth- and twentieth-century generations of Boyce's family lines from Delaware and Virginia. Boyce's research includes the Boyce, Justis, Morrow, Shreve, Wright, Brownley, Lawrence, Sebree, Adams, and Tuley families, as well as the family lines of his wife, Doris Jolls...
Dates: 1792-1999; Majority of material found within 1850s-1980s

Harold Brayman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0261
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers, spanning from 1900-1991, document the successful dual career of one man in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and...
Dates: 1900-1991; Majority of material found within 1928-1978

Harry Fletcher Brown collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0436
Abstract

The Harry Fletcher Brown collection, spanning the years 1881-1960 (bulk dates 1910-1952), contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, business cards, legal documents, printed material, ephemera, a photograph, World War I medal, programs, and blueprints of his Wilmington, Delaware, residence.

Dates: 1881-1960; Majority of material found within 1910-1952

Brian Coffey papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0382
Abstract

The Brian Coffey papers consist of personal and literary papers which document the life and career of the avant-garde Irish poet from 1917 to 1996.

Dates: 1917-1996

Austin Dobson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0644
Abstract The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962)...
Dates: 1762-1999; Majority of material found within 1861-1962

Alice Dunbar-Nelson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0113
Abstract The Alice Dunbar-Nelson papers consist of the literary, professional, and personal papers of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. The papers include an extensive collection of her incoming correspondence. Of particular note is her correspondence (1895-1904) with Paul Laurence Dunbar, which also includes her letters to Dunbar. The Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers also include a comprehensive collection of manuscripts of her writing, including novels, stories, poetry, drama, and essays. Dunbar-Nelson maintained a...
Dates: 1895-1942

Lillian Ann Gibbins, The Girl Graduate : Her Own Book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0063
Abstract

This gift book was used as a scrapbook by Lillian Ann Gibbins to commemorate her graduation from St. Elizabeth Academy in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1926.

Dates: approximately 1924-1929

Harriet Elizabeth Hutchison papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0513
Abstract

Documents and memorabilia associated with Harriet Elizabeth Hutchison's service as a nurse in the Army during World War II, and some post-war personal notes and official documents.

Dates: 1943-1974

Frazer Jones papers of the Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0450
Abstract

Two linear feet of correspondence, clippings, official records, photographs, publications, ephemera, and other materials primarily related to Junior President Frazer Jones’s work in the Robert Kirkwood Society of the Children of the American Revolution.

Dates: 1929-1968; Majority of material found within 1955-1965

Rachel Leah Lindeman album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0008
Abstract

The Rachel Leah Lindeman album is a presentation album which was given to Lindeman on March 18, 1862, in honor of her birthday. The album, which contains thirty-four pages of photographs, poems, artwork (pencil sketches, ink drawings, cartoons, illuminations, watercolors, etc.), elaborate calligraphy, and pressed flowers dating from 1862 to 1877, is a fine example of a Victorian presentation album with colonial Indian influences.

Dates: 1862-1877

Littell family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0449
Abstract

The Littell family papers include correspondence, letters, scrapbooks, commonplace books, copybooks, published material, ephemera, realia, financial records, diaries, books, artwork, photographs, greeting cards, postcards, clippings, and research notes created or collected by members of the Morris, Harrington, Littell, and Winslow families of Pennsylvania and Delaware from circa 1808 to 2004.

Dates: 1808-2005

Malcolm L. Mackenzie papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0611
Abstract This collection contains materials relating to Malcolm L. Mackenzie's publicity firm Malcolm L. Mackenzie & Associates and Mackenzie's personal involvement with the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, other local cultural institutions, and his interests in general maritime history and historic ships. Materials include publicity materials, written reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, facsimile maps, newsletters, photographs, photograph negatives, slides, and sailing and...
Dates: circa 1926-2007

Michael Bartholomew Mahony memorandum book

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0167
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of a memorandum book kept by Philadelphia merchant Michael Bartholomew Mahony between 1879 and 1883. Mahony recorded observations on the weather, local and international news, household activity, financial transactions, and the deaths of friends, family members, and acquaintances. The collection also contains two photographs and a number of loose receipts, newspaper clippings, and other pieces of paper ephemera.

Dates: 1879-1883

Alice Marston scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0421
Abstract

The Alice Marston scrapbook, 1896-1906, chronicles a decade of Marston family life, revealing information about the social, cultural, and leisure activities of an ordinary upper-middle-class Philadelphia family at the turn of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1896-1906

Stephen McKenna papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0625
Abstract English novelist Stephen McKenna (1888-1967) published forty-seven novels and six nonfiction books about English upper-class life before and after World War I. The collection spans from 1917 to 1966, with the bulk of the materials dating between 1917 to 1935, and includes correspondence to the author, manuscripts of short stories and lectures by McKenna, excerpts from other authors' works, newspaper clippings from McKenna's 1921 promotional tour in Sweden, and a volume of photographs...
Dates: 1917-1966; Majority of material found within 1917-1935

Agnes P. Medill Boys' and Girls' Liberty Clubs of Delaware scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0417
Abstract

This one-volume scrapbook contains photographs, news clippings, and information that Agnes P. Medill kept during 1918-1922, when she was employed by the Delaware College Extension Service to organize Boys' and Girls' Liberty Clubs in the Delaware public schools. During the 1918 school year, Agnes Medill organized at least fifteen clubs throughout Delaware schools.

Dates: 1918-1922

Milford New Century Club records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0542
Abstract

The Milford New Century Club records document the history of the club from its founding in 1898 and demonstrate the intellectual, social, and civic commitment of club members.

Dates: 1900-2005

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

New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0260
Abstract

The New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records document the history, organization, and activities of this women's club, which began in 1893 as a reading club, but quickly developed into an organization dedicated to promoting civic responsibility and social service in the Newark community.

Dates: 1893-2011

Beverley Nichols papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0620
Abstract

The Beverley Nichols papers document the personal and professional activities of prolific twentieth-century English novelist, playwright, journalist, composer, and political activist Beverley Nichols. The collection comprises correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, manuscripts, musical compositions, and photographs primarily dating between 1911 and 1991.

Dates: 1698, 1911-1991, undated; Majority of material found within 1911-1991

Nineteenth-century children's scrap album with photograph of two boys

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0032
Abstract This nineteenth-century children's scrapbook bears the title "ALBUM" in blue letters with additional black and gold stamping on the maroon cloth cover. The scrapbook, which is completely filled with carefully placed images throughout, features collectible, die-cut, color scraps from sets of flowers, cats, dogs, birds, butterflies, insects, reptiles, children, cherubs, cartoonish faces, comic figures, and fashionable women and characters in ethnic dress. The album also includes holiday...
Dates: circa 1875-1885

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Letters (correspondence) 5
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Women--Societies and clubs--Delaware--History--20th century 5
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Delaware--History--20th century 4
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Poems 4
Realia 4
Women in community organization--Delaware--History--20th century 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
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Genealogy 3
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Newsletters 3
Obituaries 3
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Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 3
Poets 3
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Authors, English--20th century 2
Authors, English--20th century--Correspondence 2
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Children--Delaware--Societies and clubs 2
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Contracts 2
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Cruise ships--History--20th century 2
Deeds 2
Delaware--History--19th century 2
Directories 2
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Editors (assembling, revising) 2
Estate inventories 2
Genealogists 2
Historic buildings 2
Historic ships--18th century 2
Historic ships--19th century 2
Journals (accounts) 2
Magazines (periodicals) 2
Membership lists 2
Newark (Del.)--History--20th century 2
Newspapers 2
Notes 2
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Playbills 2
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Publishers 2
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Recipes 2
Saint Louis (Mo.) 2
Scrapbooks--United States--History--19th century 2
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Silhouettes 2
Sketches 2
Souvenirs 2
Speeches (documents) 2
Stationery 2
Steamboats--History--19th century 2
Stock certificates 2
Students 2
Studio portraits 2
Suburban life--United States--History--20th century 2
Theater programs 2
Tickets 2
Tourism--Europe--History--20th century 2
Voluntarism--Delaware--History--20th century 2
Wilmington (Del.) 2
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 4
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 3
General Federation of Women's Clubs 3
American Association of University Women 2
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 2
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Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 2
Creator unidentified 2
University of Delaware 2
Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 1
Adams, Phelps 1
Advent Books (Firm) 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
American Association of University Women. Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) 1
American Pilot (Training ship) 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bluenose (Ship) 1
Bluenose II (Ship) 1
Bolger, Dermot, 1959- 1
Bonheur, Gaston 1
Boulter, Clara Agnes, active 1843-1869 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992 1
Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992--Correspondence 1
Brayman, Harold, 1900-1988 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
Brown, Harry Fletcher 1
Burgess, Paul 1
Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Chill, R. W. 1
Chilton, John, 1932- 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Committee for the Re-election of the President 1
Connon, Bryan. Beverley Nichols: a life 1
Cornell University 1
Cunard Line, ltd. 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 1
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921--Bibliography 1
Du Pont, Alice Belin, 1872-1944 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 1
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore, 1875-1935 1
Duncan, Hank, 1896-1968 1
Edson, Gus, 1901-1966 1
Embolador, Pinto Repentista 1
Episcopal Church 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Finglas Writer's Workshop 1
Fogel Grip (Ship) 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gibbins, Lillian Ann 1
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 1
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.) 1
HMS Rose (Ship : Replica) 1
Half Moon (Ship : Replica) 1
Halloran General Military Hospital 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Harrington family 1
Harrington, Maria (Mia) Ruán, -1926 1
Harrington, Mary Elizabeth, 1837-1928 1
Harrington, Mary Lofland,1813-1871 1
Harrington, Purnell Frederick, 1844-1937 1
Harrington, Richard, 1772-1821 1
Harrington, Richard, 1847-1884 1
Harrington, Samuel M. (Samuel Maxwell), 1803-1865 1
Harrington, Samuel Milby, 1840-1878 1
Harris, Dorothy 1
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988 1
International House 1
James B. Eads (Ship) 1
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