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Benjamin T. Biggs papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0063
Abstract

U.S. Representative and Governor of Delaware, Benjamin T. Biggs, wrote a temperance speech, two love poems, and a letter to an editor. Also included is a bill from the Portsmouth, Virginia, Y.M.C.A. to a B.T. Biggs in 1917.

Dates: 1849-1917
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Delaware Miscellany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0598
Abstract

The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1825-1958; Majority of material found within 1920-1958
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Carl Haverlin papers relating to Carl Sandburg

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0144
Abstract

This collection consists of the Carl Sandburg files kept by BMI president and radio pioneer Carl Haverlin (1899-1985) spanning the years 1909-1964. During Haverlin's years at BMI he developed a close working relationship and friendship with Carl Sandburg.

Dates: 1909-1964; Majority of material found within 1947-1963
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Clarice U. Heckert papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0841
Abstract

Clarice U. Heckert (1911-2005), a Republican and community activist, served as representative to the Delaware General Assembly in the 11th (1965-1968) and the 9th districts (1969-1974), in the Wilmington area, between 1964 and 1974.The Clarice U. Heckert papers document the decade-long political career of a northern Delaware woman in the Delaware General Assembly during the mid-twentieth century.

Dates: 1960-1984; Majority of material found within 1966-1972
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Horacio D. Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0732
Abstract

The Horacio D. Lewis papers consist of Dr. Lewis’ letters, articles, and publications related to his personal and civic involvement and recognition of activities associated with the civil rights of the Latino and African-American communities in Delaware and the desegregation of Delaware’s public schools.

Dates: 1960-2003
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Gustave Percival Wiksell miscellaneous material related to Bliss Carman, F. B. Sanborn, and R. W. Trine

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0921
Abstract

Gustave Percival Wiksell (1863-1940) was a Boston dentist who also served as president of the Walt Whitman Fellowship from 1903 until 1919. The Gustave Percival Wiksell miscellaneous material related to Bliss Carman, F. B. Sanborn, and R. W. Trine contains letters, photographs, and clippings that were originally laid in books that were part of Wiksell's collection.

Dates: 1887-1939
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hagley Museum 1
Haverlin, Carl, 1899-1985 1
Heckert, Clarice U. 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
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Lewis, William Ditto 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Long, David J. 1
McDowell, Harris B. (Harris Brown), 1906-1988 1
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Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968 1
Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948 1
Morris, Hugh M. 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
No, Kum-Sok 1
Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982 1
Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902 1
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 1
Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927 1
Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917 1
Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 1
Sparkman, John, 1899-1985 1
Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 1
Trine, Ralph Waldo, 1866-1958 1
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations 1
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University of Delaware--History--19th century 1
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University of Delaware. Marine Laboratory 1
Vallandigham, Edward Noble, 1854-1930 1
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 1
Whitaker, Epher, 1820-1916 1
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