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Thurman Adams, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0619
Abstract

Democratic Senator Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928-2009) was the longest-serving senator in the history of the Delaware General Assembly. Adams was also the president of T.G. Adams & Sons, Inc., an agricultural feed and grain business in Bridgeville, Delaware. The Thurman Adams, Jr., papers chronicle the personal and professional life of the longest-serving senator (a Democrat from the 19th District) in the history of the Delaware General Assembly.

Dates: 1939-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-2009

Ashhurst family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0549
Abstract

Personal and business papers of three generations of the Philadelphia-based Ashhurst family, including Richard Ashhurst (1784-1861); sons John Ashhurst (1809-1892) and Lewis Richard Ashhurst (1806-1874), partners with their father in the drygoods firm Richard Ashhurst & Sons; as well as the legal papers of Richard L. Ashhurst (1838-1911?).

Dates: 1818-1909

William S. Auchincloss scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0420
Abstract This one-volume scrapbook, with contents spanning 1862- 1892, includes correspondence, maps, tickets, papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, documents, advertisements, and drawings; and was largely assembled from the professional activities of William S. Auchincloss. Evidence within the scrapbook points to the wide range of interests that captured the attention of Auchincloss, a civil and mechanical engineer, originally from New York who later resided in Wilmington, Delaware, and in...
Dates: 1862-1892

Frederic A. Blank papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0572
Abstract

The papers of centenarian, World War I veteran, and retired wall covering entrepreneur Frederic Blank, spanning close to 150 years, illustrate the varied life of a twentieth-century businessman and provide important sample books of iconic mid-twentieth-century American wall coverings.

Dates: 1866-1991; Majority of material found within 1917-1974

John Costen real estate advertisement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0142
Abstract

One autograph draft of a real estate advertisement for properties in Kent County, Delaware, near Marydel, Delaware, sent to several newspapers by John Costen of Dover, Delaware, on December 16, 1871.

Dates: 1871 December 16

Cuala Industries records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0153
Abstract

This small collection of Cuala Industries records includes business correspondence from Elizabeth and Lily Yeats, as well as hand-colored cards and broadsides from the Cuala Press.

Dates: 1903-1943

Centennial Exposition scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0015
Abstract

This scrapbook of advertisements, trade cards, and collectible ephemera from the 1876 Centennial Exposition was created by Richard W. Davids.

Dates: 1876

Rita Katz Farrell collection related to dance

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0430
Abstract

Reference and research files that Rita Katz Farrell compiled during her career as a critic, freelance writer, and teacher.

Dates: 1920-1993; Majority of material found within 1950-1993

Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material

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Identifier: MSS 0646
Abstract The Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material comprises approximately 1.6 linear feet of material pertaining to English bibliographer, book collector, and forger Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937). Much of the collection's material was compiled by English bibliographer and book collector John Carter (1905-1975), who co-authored with Graham Pollard (1903-1976) An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which effectively outed Wise as a...
Dates: 1897-2007, undated; Majority of material found within 1934-1975

Jones-Minsinger gelatin and convenience food ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0788
Abstract

The Jones-Minsinger Gelatin and convenience food ephemera collection contains recipe booklets and advertisements promoting Jell-O and Royal-brand gelatin as well as other convenience foods dating from the 1910s to the 1980s.

Dates: approximately 1910-1990

Notes on practice of medicine taken by S. P. Kerns from the lectures of J. M. DaCosta, M.D., L.L.D. Emeritus Professor of Practice of Medicine in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia Pa.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0139
Abstract

These notebooks belonged to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, doctor Samuel Proctor Kerns and contain notes on lectures given by Jacob M. Da Costa at Jefferson Medical College from 1889 to 1891 on diseases of the nervous, circulatory, and respiratory systems.

Dates: approximately 1889-1891

Richard McCann papers

 Collection
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

George W. and Pauline Murray, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0702
Abstract This collection documents the lives of Newark, Delaware, residents George W. Murray, Jr., and Pauline E. Murray during World War II. The collection is small, yet it gives a glimpse of both military service and the homefront experiences of the young married couple during war. Included are handwritten correspondence exchanged by the married couple while George Murray was stationed at Army Air Force bases on the continental United States and in Europe, illustrating life both at home and abroad...
Dates: 1939-1946

Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0431
Abstract

The Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger Scrapbook chronicles the 1909 cruise taken by Philadelphia resident and theatrical manager Nixon-Nirdlinger and his wife from New York City to France, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Hungary. The scrapbook records various aspects of the early twentieth-century travel business and is particularly rich with theatrical ephemera, indicating Nixon- Nirdlinger’s trip combined theatrical business interests with pleasure.

Dates: 1909

Scrapbook of automobiles

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0009
Abstract

This single volume scrapbook contains advertisements for automobiles, as clipped from magazines published during the 1950s, particularly the Saturday Evening Post, plus an occasional newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1936-1954; Majority of material found within 1950-1954

Delaware State Lotteries letter advertising special ticket package by Seary Company

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0050
Abstract

Document issued by the Seary Company, acting as General Agents for the Delaware State Lotteries, soliciting the purchase of a package of lottery tickets.

Dates: 1860 November 20

Irvin Stock papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0545
Abstract

The Irvin Stock papers, spanning the dates 1882 to 2004, comprise 4.3 linear feet of manuscripts, books, letters, newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and teaching materials documenting the life and work of the American literary scholar Irvin Stock.

Dates: 1882-2004

The Press of A. Colish archives

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0358
Abstract

The Press of A. Colish archives contains materials relating to the printing career of American fine printer and publisher Abraham Colish (1882–1963).

Dates: 1913–1990; Majority of material found within 1930s–1950s

Grace Lloyd Walsh papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0145
Abstract

The Grace Lloyd Walsh papers consist of approximately 1.5 linear feet of personal and business papers, a scrapbook, photographs, and ephemera documenting the personal and professional life of prominent Wilmington businesswoman and freelance artist Grace Lloyd Collins Walsh (1896?–1992).

Dates: 1910-1992; Majority of material found within 1913-1935; Majority of material found within 1957-1970

L. Wood sketchbook of poster and show card designs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0185
Abstract

This single volume sketchbook by English artist L. Wood contains graphite and painted advertising designs created for posters and show cards used in windows of London-based companies active in the 1920s.

Dates: approximately 1924-1929

World fairs and expositions collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0630
Abstract

This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.

Dates: 1851-1967; Majority of material found in 1893

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Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
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American University (Washington, D.C.) 1
Armitage, R.N. Green 1
Ashhurst family 1
Ashhurst, John, 1809-1892 1
Ashhurst, John, 1839-1900 1
Ashhurst, Richard Lewis, 1838-1911 1
Ashhurst, Richard, 1784-1861 1
Auchincloss, W. S. (William Stuart), 1842-1928 1
Aument family 1
Aument, Anna 1
Aument, George M. 1
Bellow, Saul 1
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 1
Blank, Frederic A., 1890-1992 1
Campbell Soup Company 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Carter, John, 1905-1975 1
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 1
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
Colish, Abraham, 1882-1963 1
Costen, John 1
Creator unidentified 1
Cuala Industries 1
Cuala Press 1
Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes), 1833-1900 1
Davids, Richard W. 1
Delaware State Lottery (1835) 1
Delaware. General Assembly 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Du Pont, Pierre S. 1
Dun Emer Press 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979 1
Farrell, James T. (James Thomas), 1904-1979--Correspondence 1
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 1
Frederic Blank & Co. 1
Garland, Bruce 1
General Foods Corporation 1
Genesee Pure Food Co. 1
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1
Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 1
Grolier Club 1
Göteborgs universitet 1
Heller, Joseph 1
Hollins College 1
Howe, Marie, 1950- 1
Hoyt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1830-1892 1
Jefferson Medical College 1
Jell-O Company 1
Jones-Minsinger, Elizabeth 1
Kerns, Samuel Proctor, 1862-1940 1
Kevorkian, Karen 1
Kraft, Inc. 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 1
McCann, Richard 1
McCann, Richard--Archives 1
McCarthy, Mary, 1912-1989 1
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 1
Murray, George W., 1920-2010 1
Murray, Pauline E., 1919-1997 1
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) 1
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) 1
Nixon-Nirdlinger, Fred G. (Frederick G.), 1877-1931 1
Nobility Silver Company 1
Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) 1
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992 1
Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992--Correspondence 1
Seary Company 1
Standard Brands Incorporated 1
Stock, Irvin, 1920- 1
Stock, Irvin, 1920- --Correspondence 1
Todd, William B. 1
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 1
Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975 1
Trilling, Lionel, 1905-1975--Correspondence 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Navy 1
University of Delaware 1
University of Iowa 1
Virginia Commonwealth University 1
Walsh, Grace Lloyd Collins 1
Wanamaker & Brown 1
Whirlpool Corporation 1
White, William Hale, 1831-1913 1
Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937 1
Wood, L. 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.) 1
Yaddo (Artists' colony) 1
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet, 1868-1940 1
Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler), 1871-1957 1
Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949 1
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