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Donald Callender papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0588
Abstract This collection documents the for-profit and nonprofit work of Donald W. Callender, Jr., an industrial archaeologist whose career in the greater Delaware-Pennsylvania-New Jersey area has involved maintenance and restoration of railroads and rail cars. In addition, Callender was involved in the establishment of a regional living history museum, the leadership of historic preservation organizations, and efforts to restore the Wilmington Waterfront and increase tourism to the city. The...
Dates: 1968-2008; Majority of material found within 1974-1999

Peter Owen publishing records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0571
Abstract

Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Dates: 1951-1995

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

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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

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Bayley, Solomon 1
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Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
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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
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cumming, Anne 1
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
Four States Railway Services 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau 1
Halegua, Lillian 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Hargreaves, Gloria 1
Haylock, John 1
Herbert, David 1
Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. (Del.) 1
Home, Stewart, 1962- 1
Inoue, Yasushi, 1907-1991 1
Jefferis, James, 1758-1822 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Kalmar Nyckel (Ship : Replica)--Design and construction--20th century 1
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 1
Kihlman, Christer, 1930- 1
Le Vay, David 1
Lympany, Moura, 1916-2005 1
Maraini, Dacia 1
Minco, Marga 1
Moorepark, Howard 1
Murch, A. E. (Alma Elizabeth) 1
Parland, Oscar, 1912-1997 1
Peter Owen (Firm) 1
Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963 1
Pitt-Kethley, Fiona, 1954- 1
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829 1
Pulsifer, Gary 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Railway Management Services 1
Reed, Jeremy 1
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 1
Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 1
Rootes, Nina 1
Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton, 1751-1834 1
Rubinstein, Stanley J. (Stanley Jack) 1
Russell Taylor, Elisabeth, 1930- 1
Ruyslinck, Ward, 1929-2014 1
Sade, marquis de, 1740-1814 1
Sellers, Alexander, 1875-1957 1
Sellers, William F., 1824-1905 1
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 1
Tate, Joan 1
Valery, Anne, 1926-2013 1
Vansittart, Peter 1
Vesaas, Tarjei, 1897-1970 1
Virtue, Noel, 1947- 1
Visitor's Council of Delaware County 1
Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers 1
Welsh, John, 1770-1854 1
Wilkins, Williams Woods, 1773-1795 1
Wilmington and Western Railroad 1
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