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Frank O'Connor postcard to Nancy McCarthy
Postcard from Frank O'Connor to Nancy McCarthy.
Jessie Southard Parker journal and scrapbook
These nine volumes are a journal and scrapbook kept by Jessie Southard Parker of Belmont, Massachusetts, from 1899 to 1916. Parker wrote extensively about her social and family life, thoughts on current events, and belief in Christian Science, supplementing her entries with theatrical programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other pieces of ephemera.
G. Burton Pearson, Jr., papers
Personal correspondence, papers, and photographs from Delaware lawyer, judge, and banker George Burton Pearson, Jr., as well as papers from relatives in the Pearson, Cochran, Warren, and Hardcastle families.
Peter Owen publishing records
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.
Gordon A. Pfeiffer Delaware postcard and ephemera collection
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.
Ezra Pound postcard written to H. L. Pound
Autograph note written by Ezra Pound to his father, H. L. Pound on a picture postcard of Venice, dated July 23, 1908.
Carl Rakosi letters to Tom Clark
Two autographed postcards, and a short typed note, written by Carl Rakosi to Tom Clark in 1984 regarding the release of the author's Collected Prose.
A. M. Riegelman publicity copy book
This collection contains the 1918 Conservation and Reclamation publicity campaign copybook of advertising firm A. M. Riegelman. The campaign ran at Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Winifred J. Robinson papers
Winifred J. Robinson (1867-1962) served as the first dean of the Women’s College of the University of Delaware. The Winifred J. Robinson Papers consists of a small group of eclectic material spanning the dates 1912-1949.
Muriel Rukeyser letters to David Posner
This small collection of letters and miscellaneous items from American poet Muriel Rukeyser to David Posner reflects their shared interests in poetry and spans the dates of 1942 to 1944.
Emilie Sargent scrapbook of West Indies and South American cruise aboard R.M.S. Mauretania
George Bernard Shaw postcard to Daphne Harwood
George Bernard Shaw postcard to Daphne Harwood. The collection also contains two photographs.
George Bernard Shaw card to Fred Terry and Miriam Michelson, The Duchess Barbara [of Leeds] : playscript
George Bernard Shaw card laid in a copy of Miriam Michelson's "The Duchess Barbara [of Leeds]."
Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers
Jennie Skerl Paul Bowles collection
American Beat scholar Jennie Skerl (born 1944) met American author and composer Paul Bowles (1910-1999) on a visit to Tangier, Morocco, in 1985. This small collection comprises correspondence with Bowles and others, as well as Skerl's research materials related to Paul Bowles and his literary circle in Tangier.
Doug Smith collection of Mark Harris correspondence, manuscripts, and ephemera
American author Mark Harris (1922-2007) wrote approximately 34 letters to close friend sportswriter Doug Smith between 1996 and 2007, in which he included details about his daily life and reflections on his own writing.
Notes on trips to Paris, Normandy and Brittany : Notes on a trip through the Smoky Mountains in 1935
These two travel journals belonging to Emily Sowden contain descriptions of trips to France, the Southeast United States, and Latin America in the 1930s. The entries feature itineraries with commentary and are supplemented by numerous postcards, photographs, small maps, and plant specimens.
Michael Tarachow letters to Ray Freed
Over twenty letters written by Michael Tarachow to Ray Freed between 1976 and 1978. Some of the letters are written on the verso of broadside cards with printed poetry, mostly concerning Tarachow's solicited submission for Toward a Further Definition and his small press in New York City, Doctor Generosity Press, from 1969 to 1972.
Frank W. Tober papers
The Frank W. Tober papers comprise letters, postcards, photographs, pamphlets, magazines, newspaper clippings, newsletters, printing ephemera, invoices, notebooks, woodblocks, prints, coins, sculpture, and other realia. A major portion of the papers relate to Tober's collections and collecting activities. Tober was a chemical engineer with a substantial personal interest in the study of rare books, printing, Napoleon and the French Revolution, and, in particular, literary forgery.
Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera
Robert J. Voshell collection of Delaware political ephemera scrapbooks
Delaware native Robert J. Voshell spent his career working for the Delaware Department of Motor Vehicles and served as a State Senator representing the Milford area from 1993-1998. The Robert J. Voshell collection of Delaware political ephemera scrapbooks contains 17 volumes and 2 albums of flyers, clippings, bumper stickers, newsletters, brochures, posters and other ephemeral material pertaining to local, state and federal elections, Delaware government and politics.
Miriam E. Welliver travel diary
The Miriam E. Welliver travel journal documents this Pennsylvania school teacher's month-long, 5,100 mile automobile trip across 19 states and Canada via handwritten journal entries, black-and-white photographs, postcards, telegrams, plant specimens, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous materials.
Literary letters to Dr. Alvin C. Weseley
This collection consists of correspondence from writers Elizabeth Tallent, Jane Smiley, and Larry McMurtry to Dr. Alvin C. Weseley, dating between 1987 and 1995.
Forecastle journals
Gregory C. Wilson collection of postcards and trade cards depicting stereotypes of African Americans
Gregory C. Wilson is a white collector and dealer of antiquarian material. The Gregory C. Wilson collection of postcards and trade cards depicting stereotypes of African Americans contains over 450 items, the majority of which are examples of negative stereotypes and racist portrayals of Black people in general and African Americans specifically.