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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

Thomas F. Jones, Sr., papers regarding the Civilian Conservation Corps and Pearl Harbor

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0651
Abstract

This collection consists of photograph albums, training manuals, documents, and artifacts related to Thomas F. Jones, Sr.'s service in the Civilian Conservation Corps and later as a solider in the United States Army Coast Artillery stationed in Hawaii during and after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Dates: 1937-1946

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

Robert B. McKee papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0416
Abstract

The Robert B. McKee papers consist of correspondence, military orders, medical supply inventories, casualty reports, and other material related to service as a surgeon in the 1st Delaware Calvary regiment during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1901; Majority of material found within 1861-1865

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

Pierce family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0293
Abstract

The Pierce family papers comprise materials relating to the Pierce family of New Castle, Delaware, from the early nineteenth century to the middle twentieth century. Most of the forty-eight items date from the American Civil War and provide a personal description of military life.

Dates: 1833-1954; Majority of material found within 1862-1864

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United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
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World War, 1939-1945 2
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Affirmative action programs--Delaware 1
African American churches--Delaware 1
African American civil rights workers 1
African Americans--Civil rights--Delaware--History--20th century 1
African Americans--Domestic life 1
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African Americans--Race identity 1
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Baynesville (Va.) 1
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Hale-Byrnes House (Newark, Del.) 1
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University of Delaware 2
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883 1
Billings, John 1
Bliss, Zenas E. 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
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Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Burton, William, 1789-1866 1
Card, Benj. C. (Benjamin Cozzens), 1825-1914 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Clark, D. C. 1
Cox, C. C. 1
Cummings, A. 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Eckler, James N. 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Frank, E. B. 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Hamilton, William N. 1
Heald, Thomas 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Johnson, Henry 1
Jones, Theodore 1
Jones, Thomas F., Sr. 1
Knauf, Paul W., Jr. 1
Knight, N. B. 1
Laurence, Samuel B. 1
Lobdell, William W. 1
Massey, George V. 1
McKee, Anna M. 1
McKee, Robert B. 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
Perry, Alexander J. (Alexander James), 1828-1913 1
Pierce family 1
Pierce family--Correspondence 1
Pierce, Elias 1
Pierce, Elias--Correspondence 1
Pierce, Enos 1
Pierce, Enos--Correspondence 1
Pierce, Ezra 1
Pierce, Ezra--Correspondence 1
Pierce, George 1
Pierce, George--Correspondence 1
Pierce, Marey 1
Pierce, Marey--Correspondence 1
Pierce, William 1
Pierce, William--Correspondence 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
Redding, Louis L. 1
Rice, N. P. 1
Shields, J. Hayes 1
Simpson, S. J. 1
Speel, F. 1
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Army. Air Corps 1
United States. Army. Coast Artillery, 15th 1
United States. Army. Delaware Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) 1
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 97th (1861-1865) 1
United States. Army. Signal Corps 1
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1
Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884 1
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