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Account book for a Wilmington, Delaware, dry goods store

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0001
Abstract

Daybook for an unidentified store located in Wilmington, Delaware, focusing on the sale of textiles and other dry goods. The daybook consists of daily transactions with names, items, and additional notes added in.

Dates: 1859 September 30-1865

Printed document signed by U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0132
Abstract

Official document sent to the Watchman in Wilmington, Delaware, signed by future U.S. President John Quincy Adams, selecting it as the offical printer, in the state of Delaware, for news on any acts approved and ratified by the second session of the eighteenth Congress.

Dates: 1824 November 13

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

American Association of University Women Delaware Division records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0529
Abstract

The American Association of University Women Delaware Division records reflect the history, structure, public policies, and programs of this group, and its relationship to the state branches and national organization of AAUW. AAUW's mission is to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy, research, and philanthropy.

Dates: 1922-2010

American Association of University Women Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0531
Abstract

The American Association of University Women Mill Creek Hundred Branch (Del.) records reflect the organizational structure and detail the social, intellectual, and civic life of this women's group, which was formed to support the AAUW mission to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy, and research. The records span the extant dates of the branch, 1972-2002.

Dates: 1972-2002

John Anderson account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0080
Abstract

Includes one account book belonging to Newark, Delaware, resident John Anderson, documenting bank notes due, sales of cows, pigs, sheep, and other crops, and lists of expenses and goods purchased.

Dates: 1891-1940; Majority of material found within 1891-1898

Archaeological Society of Delaware records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0578
Abstract

This collection contains the administrative and organizational records for the incorporated educational group, the Archaeological Society of Delaware. The materials span the length of the organization's existence from 1933 to the present.

Dates: 1933-2011

Elizabeth Ashburnham receipt book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0003
Abstract

This receipt book was kept by Elizabeth Ashburnham of Wilmington, Delaware, between 1824 and 1866 to record her expenditures, primarily payments for boarding and taxes.

Dates: 1824 August 3-1866 May 26

Myrna Bair papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0689
Abstract

Myrna L. Bair served in the Delaware Senate from 1980 to 2000, representing Delaware's 5th District as a member of the Republican Party. For sixteen years, she held a legislative leadership position, including fourteen years as Senate minority leader and two years as minority whip. The bulk of the Myrna Bair papers documents her time as a senator and consists of legislation, correspondence, personal notes, press clippings, and other materials.

Dates: 1980-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

George Bancroft letter to Meredith Read

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0002
Abstract

Letter from George Bancroft, prominent scholar of American history, to General J. Meredith Read, informing General Read of Bancroft's inability to obtain a copy of the Journal of Delaware in 1776, containing Delaware revolutionary records. The letter is attached to a board with "letter of George Bancroft[,] the emiment American historian[,] to General Meredith Read" printed on it.

Dates: 1860 March 21

W. Young, Mills & Son watermarked bank bonds

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0126
Abstract This one sheet of eight W. Young, Mills & Son (W Y & Co.) watermarked bank bonds for duties payable at Bank of United States dates from circa 1803-1811. This was William Young (1755-1829) & Co. of Philadelphia who established a paper mill in Delaware about 1794 with his partner, Robert Gilmour. Young became the sole proprietor in 1803 and had a thriving business until a fire destroyed his paper mill in 1814. The charter for the First Bank of the United States was granted in 1791...
Dates: circa 1803-1811

Albert B. Barrett railroad letterbook

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Identifier: MSS 0607
Abstract

Albert B. Barrett worked at the Georgetown, Delaware, railroad yard of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company. This letterbook includes correspondence concerning the railroad yard management in Georgetown from January to November, 1886.

Dates: 1886 January 6-November 14

Mahlon and James Batten family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0793
Abstract

This collection consists of four volumes containing tax assessments, mathematical exercises, accounts, memoranda, and school compositions created by Mahlon and James Batten of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1832 and 1874.

Dates: 1832-1874

Anna Beebe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0134
Abstract

The Anna Beebe papers consist of a collection of letters written to Delaware native and teacher Anna Beebe (circa 1898-1990) during the period 1906-1919.

Dates: 1906-1919

Bill of sale for Caleb Cox

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0017
Abstract

Legal document stating that an enslaved boy named Caleb Cox has been sold by Mary and William Herdman, administrators of the estate of John Herdman, to John Thompson of New Castle, Delaware.

Dates: 1832 March 27

Black family papers

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Identifier: MSS 0249
Abstract

The Black Family Papers contain 174 items, including letters, greeting cards, postcards, telegrams, pamphlets, programs, photographs, and diaries pertaining to Helen Black Stewart, Lynam Stewart and other members of the Black Family. The papers span the dates 1889-1982, with the bulk of the material dating from 1917-1919 when Willard Black, Helen Black's brother, served in World War I.

Dates: 1889-1982

Selected from various authors: Chosen paragraphs, agreeable to the fancy of the compiler

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0005
Abstract

This single bound volume was compiled by Dr. Samuel Henry Black between 1810 and 1844, containing transcribed quotations, prose, and poetry; agricultural memorandums (1815); and an open letter in which he declined to run for the Delaware General Assembly (1821).

Dates: 1810-1844

J. Caleb Boggs letter to John M. Dawson

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0186
Abstract

U. S. Senator J. Caleb Boggs (R-Del., 1961-1973) wrote to University of Delaware librarian John M. Dawson regarding an appropriations bill which included libraries.

Dates: 1972 July 20

Booth and Green family account-keeping exercise book and ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0004
Abstract

This account-keeping exercise book, general store ledger, and shoemaker’s ledger reflect the economic activities of members of the Booth and Green families as well as other residents of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, between 1807 and 1857.

Dates: 1807 April 3-1857 April 29

Journal or a running record of some of the thoughts, feelings and events of my life

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0007
Abstract

This journal documents the life of nineteenth-century Vermont native and lawyer Lucien Cyrus Boynton, as well as his introspective musings on religion, nature, and philosophy during the period 1835-1853.

Dates: 1835-1853

Seth C. Brace collection

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0103
Abstract

The Seth C. Brace collection comprises eight original pencil sketches and one modern reproduction of an original watercolor depicting churches and landscapes surrounding Newark, Delaware, drawn by Delaware College mathematics professor Seth C. Brace between 1842 and 1844.

Dates: 1842-1844

Harold Brayman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0261
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers, spanning from 1900-1991, document the successful dual career of one man in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and...
Dates: 1900-1991; Majority of material found within 1928-1978

Harold Brayman papers supplement

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0261s
Abstract Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers supplement, spanning from 1914-1992, contains substantial editions to the original collection, documenting Brayman's dual careers in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence,...
Dates: 1914-1992

David Breintnalt bill for shoemaking services

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0086
Abstract

A handwritten account detail of M. Dickinson's bill with shoemaker David Breintnalt.

Dates: 1806-1808

Armistead W. Browning, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0635
Abstract

Born in 1938, Armistead Willis Browning, Jr., was a landscape architect, environmentalist and teacher who dedicated his life to environmental preservation and education. The papers chronicle Browning's experience at three architectural firms, two main centers of education, and with numerous independent projects, symposia, and workshops.

Dates: 1923-1990; Majority of material found within 1971-1987

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Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784 7
United States. Congress. Senate 7
Du Pont, Pierre S. 5
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 5
Williams, John J. (John James), 1904-1988 5
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 4
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 4
Reagan, Ronald 4
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 4
United States. Congress. House 4
American Association of University Women 3
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856 3
Creator unidentified 3
Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs 3
General Federation of Women's Clubs 3
Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 3
Guest, John, -1707 3
League of Women Voters of Delaware 3
League of Women Voters of Greater Wilmington, Delaware 3
McLane, Louis, 1786-1857 3
Miles, Edward, active 1748-1759 3
Miscellaneous Scientific and Humanities Manuscripts Collection (University of Delaware Library) 3
Morris family 3
Morris, Hugh M. 3
Mullen, Shaun D., 1947- 3
Munroe, John A. (John Andrew), 1914-2006 3
Newark (Del.). City Council 3
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 3
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 3
Young, William, 1755-1829 3
Zebley, Frank R. 3
Adams, Phelps 2
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 2
American Association of University Women. Delaware Division 2
Anderson, John 2
Archaeological Society of Delaware 2
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993 2
Brayman, Harold, 1900-1988 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 2
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 2
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 2
Burdick, Kim, 1948- 2
Carpenter, Walter Samuel, 1888-1976 2
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 2
Chrysler Corporation. Newark Assembly Plant. 2
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856--Correspondence 2
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2
Cornell University 2
Davis, David 2
De Valinger, Leon, 1905-2000 2
Delaware College 2
Delaware Humanities Forum 2
Delaware. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control 2
Delaware. Department of Transportation 2
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 2
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 2
Donnell, Samuel M. 2
Ferguson, Robert, active 1780-1781 2
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 2
Gilmour, Robert (Papermaker) 2
Glasford, Hugh, 1750- 2
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 2
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 2
Hoffecker, Carol E. 2
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 2
International House 2
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
Johnson, Napthtaly 2
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 2
Kaufman, Edward E., 1939- 2
Knickerbocker Press 2
Lincoln Club of Delaware 2
Lowman, Samuel 2
McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817 2
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 2
Morrison, C. M. (Charles Munro) 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 2
National Press Club (U.S.) 2
Pfeiffer, Gordon A. 2
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company 2
Public Relations Society of America 2
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 2
Republican Party (Del.) 2
Rodney, Thomas, 1744-1811 2
Saulsbury, Willard, 1861-1927 2
Sharkey, Stuart 2
Shipley, Joseph, 1795-1867 2
Sierra Club. Delaware Chapter 2
Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 2
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 2
United States. Army 2
University of Delaware--History--19th century 2
University of Delaware. Agricultural Experiment Station 2
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