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Scrapbook of turn-of-the-twentieth century portraits of world leaders and international celebrities

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0053
Abstract

This scrapbook, compiled by an unknown creator, is a collection of turn-of-the-twentieth century portraits of world leaders and international celebrities. From royalty to military and diplomatic leaders to men and women of science, arts, and letters to personalities of the stage and silent screen, the news clippings, engravings, and cut illustrations from popular reading sources found in this scrapbook present a glimpse of fame documented in another era.

Dates: approximately 1885-1920; Majority of material found within 1890-1910

Scrapbook of twentieth-century American valentines and greeting cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0037
Abstract

This early twentieth-century American scrapbook primarily contains greeting cards, many of which are valentines. Other card types include Easter, Christmas, and birthday. Only two cards had visible signatures.

Dates: approximately 1903-1925

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

Marj Skinker album of Republican women's Voteswagon tour

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0154
Abstract Marjorie Bragunier "Marj" Skinker (1928-2020) had a lifelong involvement with the media and Republican Party politics, including serving as Press Secretary for the Republican National Committee during the 1968 presidential campaign. The Marj Skinker album of Republican women's Voteswagon tour contains photographs, postcards, correspondence, and ephemera relating to the Voteswagon, a bus decorated with campaign stickers and run by women members of the Republican Party, which toured the...
Dates: 1968-1969

The Centennial scrap book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0042
Abstract This late nineteenth-century American scrapbook bears the title "The Centennial Scrap Book" and its contents suggest that it may have been made by an adolescent female: scraps and images depict courtship, infants, fashionable ladies, flowers, and religious sentiments. The album features a series of Centennial exhibition cards that show the buildings in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, that were constructed for the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. The album also includes prayer...
Dates: 1876

Louis Untermeyer papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0111
Abstract

The Louis Untermeyer papers consist of five linear feet of manuscript material abandoned by Untermeyer when he sold his Adirondack home, Stony Water, around 1970. Dating from 1902 through 1972, with the bulk of the papers dating 1912–1935, the collection is composed of correspondence, proofs, lists, scrapbooks, notes, photographs, programs, announcements, lectures, anthologies, poems, reviews, essays, and a bookplate.

Dates: 1902-1972; Majority of material found within 1912-1935

Robert J. Voshell collection of Delaware political ephemera scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0119
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1925-2004; Majority of material found within 1968-2000

Lillie J.S. Watt friendship album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0062
Abstract

This friendship album belonged to Lillie J.S. Watt of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and contains autograph inscriptions, signatures, and drawings done by her friends between 1884 and 1909.

Dates: 1884-1909; Majority of material found within 1884-1885

Reverend Willard M. White scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0576
Abstract

The scrapbook collection of Reverend Willard M. White, Delaware-born Methodist minister, spans nearly seventy years and includes ten scrapbooks relating to White’s education at the Westminster (later Wesley) Theological Seminary, work with Christian youth clubs and camps during the 1930s, and service to several Methodist Protestant and United Methodist churches in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Dates: 1919-1988

Joseph Willett 1856 eclectic scrapbook of engravings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0043
Abstract

This American scrapbook bears the name Joseph Willett, along with the date 1856, on the inside cover and is predominantly comprised of monochromatic engravings, printed images, and illustrated verses.

Dates: 1856-1880

Williams family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0353
Abstract The Williams family papers concern the business and personal affairs of prominent Delaware politician and landowner James Williams (1825-1899), and his son Nathaniel J. Williams (1857-1943), who was also a prominent politician and landowner. In addition, the collection contains documents relating to the business of Parvis & Williams, a Middletown-based fertilizer manufacturing company headed by James Williams once he joined John Parvis in 1885. The collection comprises correspondence,...
Dates: 1861-1947

Senator John J. Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0127
Abstract

The papers of Senator John J. Williams span the dates 1946-1988, with the bulk of the collection representing the years of his career in the U.S. Senate, 1947-1970.

Dates: 1946-1988; Majority of material found within 1947-1970

Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0648
Abstract

Dale E. Wolf served as lieutenant governor of Delaware (1989-1992) and briefly as governor (December 31, 1992-January 19, 1993). The Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia document Wolf’s military service in World War II, his early agricultural research and DuPont Company career, his political career and public service, as well as the community service of his wife, Clarice Wolf.

Dates: 1925-2013; Majority of material found within 1980-1993

Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0532
Abstract

The Woman's Club of Claymont (Del.), records, spanning the dates 1920-2002, and detail the social and civic life of this women's club located in Claymont, Delaware.

Dates: 1920-2002

World fairs and expositions collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0630
Abstract

This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.

Dates: 1851-1967; Majority of material found in 1893

World's Columbian Exposition scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0017
Abstract

Created by an unknown individual, this scrapbook contains newsclippings from an unidentified source that document the World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 1 to October 30, 1893.

Dates: approximately 1893

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

Frank R. Zebley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0135
Abstract

The Frank R. Zebley Papers spans the period 1897-1950, and consists of .5 linear feet of material comprising correspondence, business of the Delaware state legislature, legal and financial business of the estate of Alexander C. Rodgers, a scrapbook, and ephemera. This is a very small collection of personal papers with large lacunae that make it difficult to piece together a narrative of Zebley's life.

Dates: 1897-1950

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Scrapbooks--United States--History--19th century 11
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Delaware--History--20th century 6
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Women--Societies and clubs--Delaware--History--20th century 5
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Women in community organization--Delaware--History--20th century 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
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Authors, English--20th century 3
Bibliographers 3
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Broadsides (notices) 3
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Cruise ships--History--20th century 3
Female friendship--United States--History--19th century 3
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Notes 3
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Creator unidentified 27
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 4
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 3
General Federation of Women's Clubs 3
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Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911 2
American Association of University Women 2
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 2
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 2
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 2
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 2
Dobson, Alban, 1885- 2
Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921 2
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928 2
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 2
Pears (A. & F.) Limited 2
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 2
Raphael Tuck & Sons 2
University of Delaware 2
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 2
Adams, Phelps 1
Advent Books (Firm) 1
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973 1
Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 1
Allen, William F. (William Franklin), 1883-1946 1
American Association of University Women. Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) 1
American Pilot (Training ship) 1
Anderson, Harry, active1880-1890 1
Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918 1
Atlantic Transport Line 1
Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 1
Babcock, Nathan 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 1
Behan, Brendan 1
Belville, Sarah 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Bluenose (Ship) 1
Bluenose II (Ship) 1
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993 1
Bolger, Dermot, 1959- 1
Bolster, Esther, active 1858 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
Brooke, John Charles, 1748-1794 1
Brooks, Mary T. 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher 1
Burgess, Paul 1
C. B. Cottrell & Sons Company 1
Campbell, Colen, 1676-1729 1
Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
Chalfant, Jefferson David, 1856-1931 1
Chew, Phyllis G. 1
Chill, R. W. 1
Chilton, John, 1932- 1
Churchill, Sarah, 1914-1982 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Citizen's National Bank of Middletown 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995 1
Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives 1
Coffey, Denis J. 1
Commercial Union 1
Committee for the Re-election of the President 1
Connon, Bryan. Beverley Nichols: a life 1
Cornell University 1
Cottrell & Babcock 1
Cottrell Company 1
Cottrell, Calvert Byron, 1821-1893 1
Cottrell, Calvert Byron, Jr. 1
Cottrell, Charles P. 1
Cottrell, Edgar H. 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 1
Cunard Line, ltd. 1
D.C. Heath and Company 1
Davids, Richard W. 1
Day, Cassie E. 1
De Souza, Mary Ann, active 1858 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 1
Democratic Party (Del.) 1
Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959 1
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