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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
Willard Stewart photographs of Delaware
Collection
Identifier: GRA 0139
Abstract
Willard Stewart, one of Wilmington, Delaware's, most prominent professional portrait photographers, became the primary photographer for the Delaware Federal Writers' Project and photographed numerous Delaware buildings and landscapes. These photographs document his contributions to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).
Dates:
circa 1936-1938
University of Delaware Library collection of websites relating to the Library’s literary collections
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0799
Abstract
This collection documents websites and social media related to authors, playwrights, and other literary figures and organizations which complement and enrich existing literary collections held in Special Collections. This collection includes sites related to University of Delaware Library holdings in American literature; Irish literature; and theatre.
Dates:
2016-2017