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Beverly Axelrod papers

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Identifier: MSS 0884
Abstract

Beverly Axelrod was a San Francisco-based lawyer heavily involved in civil rights and social justice movements and organizations in the 1950s and 1960s, both as an attorney and as an activist. Her papers consist of correspondence, legal files, organization documentation, activist literature, and other material relating to her life and career. A large portion of the collection documents Axelrod's relationship with writer and activist Eldridge Cleaver.

Dates: 1935-2009; Majority of material found within 1953-2003

Arlo Bates and George L. Vose papers

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Identifier: MSS 0373
Abstract

Letters, photographs, and an unidentified manuscript fragment from novelist, poet, and teacher, Arlo Bates, as well as letters written by his father-in-law, George L. Vose, a former professor of Civil Engineering at Bowdoin College. Includes correspondence from many well known novelists, poets, biographers, scholars, editors, publishers, composers, and statesmen.

Dates: 1879-1916

Pasquale Di Giovanni personal documents

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Identifier: MSS 0832
Abstract

This small collection contains documents related to the military service and travels of Italian-American immigrant Pasquale Di Giovanni between 1883 and 1903.

Dates: 1883-1903

John Digby papers supplement

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Identifier: MSS 0569s
Abstract British-born poet and collagist John Digby (born 1938) immigrated to the United States in 1978 and lives on Long Island with his wife Joan Digby, whose creative work is also represented in this collection. The John Digby papers supplement reflects Digby's prolific artistic and literary career, Joan Digby's creative and professional work, and their collaboration as editors and contributors to their imprint, The Feral Press, between 2002-2016. The Digbys published nearly 100 authors and...
Dates: circa 1860-2016

Regola di Santa Teresa : secondo la mitigatione fatta da Santi Pontefici da dalle monache del ssmo. saluatore dell'isola e cittá di Capri

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Identifier: MSS 0095-Item 0001
Abstract

Rule (in manuscript) for a monastery named after Santa Teresa on Capri Island.

Dates: circa 1700s

Harriet Elliot manuscript original drawings

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0049
Abstract

This bound volume of original graphite sketches, notes, and nature prints is attributed to Harriet Elliot (d. 1825), daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto. Minto House and the surrounding landscape in Roxburghshire, Scotland, are the subjects of this sketchbook, with contents dated between 1807-1808. The volume also includes copied verse and studies of geometry and perspective.

Dates: 1807-1808

John Furnival papers

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Identifier: MSS 0746
Abstract John Furnival (1933-2020) was a British visual artist whose work is associated with the Concrete Poetry, Mail Art, and Fluxus movements, as well as with the American Beats. In 1964, Furnival, along with Dom Sylvester Houédard, founded Openings Press, a small Gloucestershire press dedicated to publishing concrete poetry and similar work. The John Furnival papers encompass nearly fifty years of the artist’s personal and professional activity and document his involvement with the International...
Dates: 1941-2016; Majority of material found within 1970-2016

Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection

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Identifier: MSS 0472
Abstract

The attorney and author Joseph Gold was born in London, England, on July 12, 1912; he died on February 22, 2000, in Bethesda, Maryland. The Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection comprises .67 linear feet of newsletters, pamphlets, posters, blank letterhead, and typed pages from the 1960s through the 1990s.

Dates: 1960-1996; Majority of material found within 1960-1970

Betty Lee Hutchinson papers

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Identifier: MSS 0839
Abstract

Betty Lee Hutchinson (1925-2020), a Democrat and Newark City Council member (1977-1980 and 1984-1988) was born November 18, 1925, in Uniontown, PA, to Harry J. Truman, Sr. (1897-1965), and Merle Carte Truman (1901-2001). The Betty Lee Hutchinson papers document the personal interests and civic activities of a woman with ties to Newark, Delaware, and the University of Delaware community.

Dates: 1900-2012; Majority of material found within 1975-2005

Alan Kaufman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0599
Abstract The papers of Alan Kaufman--an American Jewish author, editor, performer, artist, and impresario--include drafts of his memoir Jew Boy, his novel Matches, editorial material related to volumes in his Outlaw Bible series, and the magazine Davka: Jewish Cultural Revolution. There are numerous notebooks with notes, observations, lists, and drafts of poetry and writing, as well as original...
Dates: circa 19th century, 1952-2007; Majority of material found within 1952-2007

J. Ben Lieberman early printed leaf collection

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Identifier: MSS 0515
Abstract

The J. Ben Lieberman early printed leaf collection contains examples of printing Lieberman acquired as an amateur printer, type enthusiast, and proponent of the private press. The collection includes eleven specimens in Latin, German, Italian, and French, and spans the fifteenth century to the eighteenth century. The leaves represent a variety of texts, with topics ranging from art and architecture to the Bible.

Dates: 1400s-1700s

Richard McCann papers

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Identifier: MSS 0616
Abstract The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia...
Dates: 1920s-2008; Majority of material found within 1978-2005

Michael Peich paper specimens catalogs collection

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Identifier: MSS 0805
Abstract

Michael Peich is an emeritus professor of English at West Chester University. In 1982, he founded the Aralia Press, a fine arts press used to teach university students the art of printing. The Michael Peich paper specimens catalogs collection comprises American and worldwide paper manufacturers’ sample books sent to Peich and Aralia Press from 1977-2008, largely advertising hand- and machine-made art and printing paper.

Dates: 1977-2008

Ships’ bills of health

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Identifier: MSS 0817
Abstract

This collection consists of bills of health from ships traveling from ports in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean between 1894 and 1932.

Dates: 1894-1932 and undated

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

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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

Sarah Marks Stockton travel journal

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0118
Abstract

This journal of New Jersey resident Sarah Marks Stockton chronicles her travels in Italy and stay in Rome as a member of high society from 1858 to 1860. Stockton’s journal contains extremely detailed autograph entries describing her stay in Italy with her children while her husband John P. Stockton served as the American minister to the Papal States.

Dates: 1858-1860

Frank W. Tober papermaking and paper samples collection

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Identifier: MSS 0600
Abstract

Frank W. Tober collected this wide variety of paper specimens and samples from around the world, including manufacturer's paper sample books, catalogs, individual paper specimens, and a portion of St. Louis collector and bookbinder Francis T. Guelker's collection on the history and craft of bookbinding and papermaking.

Dates: circa 1050, 1850-1993; Majority of material found within 1920-1990

Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection

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Identifier: MSS 0982
Abstract W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson’s collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden’s poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden’s readings and events as well as other performances related to the...
Dates: circa 1930-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

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Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918 1
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Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Bird & Bull Press 1
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 1
British Airways 1
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Furnival, Astrid, 1940- 1
Furnival, John, 1933-2020 1
Galántai, György 1
Gerber, Nancy, 1956- 1
Giannini, David 1
Gibraltar. Port Department 1
Gold, Joseph, 1912- 1
Goodnough, Robert, 1917-2010 1
Gordon, Joan, 1947- 1
Graham, Bill, 1931-1991 1
Guelker, Francis T., 1922- 1
Guyton, Daniel 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969 1
Harker, Patrick T., 1958- 1
Harter, Jim 1
Harvard College (1780- ) 1
Hell's Angels 1
Hirschman, Jack, 1933- 1
Hollins College 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
Hutchinson, Betty Lee 1
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Imprimerie royale (France) 1
Institute of Paper Chemistry (Appleton, Wis.) 1
International Monetary Fund 1
Iowa Center for the Book 1
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 1
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Jhaverī, Dilīpa, 1943- 1
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 1
Jones, Russel C. (Russel Cameron) 1
Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975 1
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Kaufman, Alan 1
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Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513 1
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Kupferberg, Tuli 1
League of Women Voters of Delaware 1
Leale, B. C. 1
Lehtpere, Ilmar 1
Levin, Dan, 1914-2015 1
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