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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

Pocket diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0059
Abstract

This diary was kept by a member of the 56th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, possibly named James E. Smith, from January 1 to May 5, 1864, during the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1864 January 1-May 5

Henry J. Southmayd, Jr., World War II letters to the Southmayd family

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0666
Abstract

This collection consists of 58 letters written by Henry J. Southmayd, Jr., to his family between 1940 and 1945 while serving in the 65th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group of the 12th Army Air Force. The letters detail his recruitment into the Army Air Corps and subsequent training as well as the events and conditions experienced while participating in the North African and Italian campaigns of the European Theater during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1967; Majority of material found within 1940-1945

Journal of the U.S.S. Enterprise

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0070
Abstract

Deck log describing the journey of the United States steam sloop Enterprise from New York to European Station duty from November 1, 1878, through May 10, 1880.

Dates: 1874-1882; Majority of material found within 1878 November 1-1880 May 10

Townsend family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0445
Abstract

The Townsend family (of Delaware) papers consists of letters, accounts, and other business records, spanning the years 1809-1920, with the majority of the material falling between 1834 and 1894. The collection mainly consists of business letters sent to Samuel and John Townsend, political and personal letters sent to Samuel Townsend, and family correspondence, including twenty letters written by Edmund Townsend during the Civil War.

Dates: 1809-1920; Majority of material found within 1833-1894

Lydia S. Wilds family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0833
Abstract

This small collection of family letters, photographs, and an autograph album was created by the Wilds family of Delaware between 1860 and 1922.

Dates: 1860-1922

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Aument, Anna 1
Aument, George M. 1
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883 1
Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949 1
Billings, John 1
Blank, Frederic A., 1890-1992 1
Bliss, Zenas E. 1
Boss, Charles 1
Boss, Charles--Diaries 1
Boyce, Doris Lee Jolls, 1920- 1
Brinton, Christian, 1870-1942 1
Brinton, George, 1804-1858 1
Brinton, John H. (John Hill), 1832-1907 1
Brinton, John Hill, 1772-1827 1
Brinton, Ward, 1873-1935 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Edward E. 1
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 1
Burton, William, 1789-1866 1
Camp Croft (S.C. : Military camp) 1
Card, Benj. C. (Benjamin Cozzens), 1825-1914 1
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) 1
Clark, D. C. 1
Cox, C. C. 1
Crawford, Jack, 1847-1917 1
Creator unidentified 1
Cummings, A. 1
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Di Giovanni, Pasquale 1
Dolton (Brigantine) 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Eckler, James N. 1
Enterprise (Sloop) 1
Fort Dix (N.J.) 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Frank, E. B. 1
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 1
Frederic Blank & Co. 1
Fulton, Anna 1
Fulton, Anna--Correspondence 1
Fulton, Edward A. 1
Fulton, Edward A.--Correspondence 1
Fulton, Mary 1
Fulton, Mary--Correspondence 1
Fulton, Sarah 1
Fulton, Sarah--Correspondence 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Grover, John C. (John Charles), 1844-1903 1
Grover, John C. (John Charles), 1844-1903--Diaries 1
Hamilton, William N. 1
Heald, Thomas 1
Herbert, Charles, 1757-1808 1
Herbert, Charles, 1757-1808--Diaries 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Italy. Regio Esercito 1
Jefferson Medical College 1
Jenkins, Burris, 1896-1966 1
Johnson, Henry 1
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792 1
Jones, Theodore 1
Jones, Thomas F., Sr. 1
Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904 1
Kirkwood, Robert, 1756-1791 1
Knauf, Paul W., Jr. 1
Knight, N. B. 1
Laurence, Samuel B. 1
Lilley, Annie 1
Lilley, Annie--Correspondence 1
Lilley, David N. 1
Lilley, David N.--Correspondence 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination 1
Lobdell, William W. 1
Mallouk, Robert S. 1
Malone, Dorothy V., 1916-1991 1
Malone, Eleanor C. Wycherly, 1885-1962 1
Malone, Thomas Becker, Jr., 1919-1980 1
Malone, Thomas Becker, Sr., 1879-1942 1
Massachusetts (Steamer) 1
Massey, George V. 1
Matlack family 1
Matlack, Clemmie, 1844- 1
Matlack, Lewis J., 1842-1909 1
Matlack, Mason, approximately 1824-1868 1
Matlack, Matilda E., approximately 1808-1894 1
Matlack, Samuel J., 1845-1898 1
McDowell, Julia Dudkewitz, 1923-2001 1
McDowell, Samuel C. T., 1920-2007 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
Murray, George W., 1920-2010 1
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