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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

Samuel Bancroft and Joseph Bancroft and Sons records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0067
Abstract

Five volumes of financial transactions for Samuel Bancroft and the Joseph Bancroft and Sons Co., textile manufacturers in Delaware and Pennsylvania during the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1869-1913

George Handy Bates Samoan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0125
Abstract

The George Handy Bates Samoan papers are made up of correspondence, documents, memoranda, clippings, photographs, and other material relating to George Handy Bates's tenure as a special investigator into Samoan affairs beginning in 1886, and as a commissioner to the 1889 Berlin Conference on Samoan Affairs.

Dates: 1869-1916; Majority of material found within 1880-1899

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

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

 Collection
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

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

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

Bernie Joe "Tex" Burkett collection related to Watergate

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0843
Abstract

Bernie Joe (BJ) “Tex” Burkett (1924-2010), was a Republican political operative and public relations professional. The Bernie Joe "Tex" Burkett collection related to Watergate include a copy of the articles of impeachment proposed by Rep. Harold Donohue (D-MA), as well as background and briefing materials for Senator William Roth (R-DE), preparing the senator for the possible impeachment trial of President Richard M. Nixon.

Dates: 1974

Donald Callender papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0588
Abstract This collection documents the for-profit and nonprofit work of Donald W. Callender, Jr., an industrial archaeologist whose career in the greater Delaware-Pennsylvania-New Jersey area has involved maintenance and restoration of railroads and rail cars. In addition, Callender was involved in the establishment of a regional living history museum, the leadership of historic preservation organizations, and efforts to restore the Wilmington Waterfront and increase tourism to the city. The...
Dates: 1968-2008; Majority of material found within 1974-1999

Thomas R. Carper congressional papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0399
Abstract Thomas R. Carper (1947- ) served the state of Delaware as its member-at-large in the U.S. House of Representatives for five terms: he was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993). Carper served on the committees of Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries, with memberships on several subcommittees. Carper was elected with the "budget conscious class of 1982" and was a fiscal conservative...
Dates: 1979-1993; Majority of material found within 1982-1992

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

Mary Jane Elliot papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0533
Abstract

The Mary Jane Elliot papers relate to her volunteer work in the area of Wilmington, Delaware, between 1979 and 1992.

Dates: 1979-1992

John Reynolds Ernest papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0119
Abstract The collection consists of a variety of letters, bulletins, documents, and memorabilia relating to the United States Army Aircraft Warning Service and the Newark Council for Civilian Defense for the period 1941-1944. Gathered by John R. Ernest, who served in these programs, the papers consist primarily of letters, memoranda, schedules, and training material directed to John Reynolds Ernest and others in their official capacity with the United States Army Aircraft Warning Service and with the...
Dates: 1941-1944

Thomas Evans and Benjamin T. Biggs farm account book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0010
Abstract

This farm account book was kept by Dr. Thomas Evans and Benjamin T. Biggs of Pencader Hundred, Delaware, between 1792 and 1869.

Dates: 1792-1800, 1847-1869

Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0315
Abstract J. Allen Frear, Jr. (1903-1993) was a politician from Dover, Delaware (Kent County). A member of the Democratic Party, Frear served two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware. The Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers are primarily those of his congressional career, when he represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1949 to 1960, though the collection also includes personal material from pre- and post-Congressional periods. The collection dates from 1917 to 1963, with bulk of the material dating...
Dates: 1917-1963; Majority of material found within 1949-1961

Chauncey P. Holcomb farm diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0166
Abstract

This volume is a farm diary kept by Chauncey P. Holcomb of New Castle County, Delaware, between 1843 and 1850. Holcomb recorded information related to his crops and livestock, as well as references to the weather, his health, and his involvement in agricultural reform.

Dates: 1843-1850

Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0660
Abstract Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman (b. 1939) represented Delaware in the United States Senate from January 15, 2009 - November 15, 2010. Democrat Ted Kaufman was appointed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate vacancy caused by the resignation of newly elected Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Senator Ted Kaufman did not seek election to the office in a special election for the seat in November 2010. The bulk of the Ted Kaufman papers documents the 22 months he spent in the United States...
Dates: 1994-2013; Majority of material found within 2009-2010

Michael Bartholomew Mahony memorandum book

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0167
Abstract

This collection consists primarily of a memorandum book kept by Philadelphia merchant Michael Bartholomew Mahony between 1879 and 1883. Mahony recorded observations on the weather, local and international news, household activity, financial transactions, and the deaths of friends, family members, and acquaintances. The collection also contains two photographs and a number of loose receipts, newspaper clippings, and other pieces of paper ephemera.

Dates: 1879-1883

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

Peter Owen publishing records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0571
Abstract

Peter Owen publishing records is the publisher’s archive (1950s-1995) of an independent British firm renowned for its international list of major authors and avant garde works. The bulk of the collection consists of the production files of selected works, primarily from the 1980s and 1990s, including edited typescripts, proofs, and other materials documenting the process of turning an author’s manuscript into a finished book.

Dates: 1951-1995

James B. Pond papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0624
Abstract

American lecture manager and memoirist James B. Pond represented American and British explorers, preachers, politicians, scientists, and writers, on the lecture circuit from 1874 to his death in 1903. The majority of the collection is comprised of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Pond; also included are manuscripts and ephemera relating to Pond's family and business.

Dates: 1878-1944; Majority of material found within 1885-1903

Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0684
Abstract Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans...
Dates: 1660-1987; Majority of material found within 1735 - 1975

Seems like old times : screenplay and shooting call

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0848
Abstract

A photographically reproduced typescript of Neil Simon's revised final draft of his screenplay, Seems Like Old Times, has laid in a shooting call for the first day of filming.

Dates: 1980 April

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 3
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International House 2
Knickerbocker Press 2
Morrison, C. M. (Charles Munro) 2
National Press Club (U.S.) 2
Public Relations Society of America 2
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 2
United States. Congress. House 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
University of Delaware 2
Adamson, Hans 1
American Legislative Exchange Council 1
Bair, Myrna L. (Myrna Lynn), 1940- 1
Bancroft, Samuel, 1804-1891 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Bates, George Handy, 1845-1916 1
Batten, James H., 1851-1925 1
Batten, Mahlon, 1819-1888 1
Bayley, Solomon 1
Bernard, Oliver 1
Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954 1
Bigelow, Poultney, 1855-1954--Correspondence 1
Biggs, Benjamin T. (Benjamin Thomas), 1821-1893 1
Bishop's Mill Historic Institute 1
Black, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1782-1827 1
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 1
Blank, Frederic A., 1890-1992 1
Bode, Charles Gustav, 1901- 1
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 1
Bringhurst, Anna James Webb, 1843-1923 1
Bringhurst, Deborah, 1773-1844 1
Bringhurst, Edith Ferris, 1874-1947 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1809-1884 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1835-1912 1
Bringhurst, Edward, 1884-1939 1
Bringhurst, James, -1810 1
Bringhurst, Joseph 1
Bringhurst, Mary Dickinson, 1806-1886 1
Bringhurst, Mary Thomas, 1865-1965 1
Bringhurst, Sarah Shipley, 1812-1896 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Charles Brockden, 1771-1810 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
Burkett, B.J. "Tex" (Bernie Joe) 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr. 1
Callender, Donald W., Jr.--Archives 1
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Correspondence 1
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 1
Columbia Pictures 1
Committee for the Re-election of the President 1
Council of State Governments 1
Crosland, Margaret, 1920- 1
Cumming, Anne 1
Delaware (Ship) 1
Delaware Alliance Federal Credit Union 1
Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 1
Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell), 1834-1928 1
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1
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Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939 1
Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939--Correspondence 1
Elliot, Mary Jane 1
Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996 1
Ernest, John Reynolds 1
Evans, Thomas, -1796 1
Faldbakken, Knut 1
Farnum, Edith Claypoole Sellers, 1910-1998 1
Farr, Evelyn 1
Ferris, Benjamin, 1780-1867 1
Fischer, Wolfgang Georg, 1933- 1
Four States Railway Services 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Frederic Blank & Co. 1
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 1
Galt Smith, Elizabeth Shipley Bringhurst, 1863-1932 1
Galt Smith, John, 1843-1899 1
General Motors Corporation 1
Gibson, H. B. (Hamilton Bertie) 1
Glass, N. M. (Norman M.), 1894-1976 1
Governor Bacon Health Center 1
Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau 1
Gridiron Club (Washington, D.C.) 1
Hagley Museum 1
Halegua, Lillian 1
Hargraves, Gordon Sweat, 1898-1983 1
Hargraves, Nancy Sellers, 1898-1972 1
Hargreaves, Gloria 1
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