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Account books for a blacksmith shop in Newark, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0005
Abstract

These three volumes are account books for the Newark, Delaware, blacksmith shop of Gilbert W. Chambers, kept between 1887 and 1921.

Dates: 1887 December 31-1921 September 11

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

Mary F. Armstrong autograph album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0001
Abstract

This mid-nineteenth century autograph album belonged to Mary F. Armstrong of Newark, Delaware, and contains original or transcribed poems about friendship signed by her female friends. Many of the contributors are from Delaware.

Dates: 1848-1852

Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers

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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

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

Edward Cairns papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0518
Abstract

The papers of Edward L. Cairns reflect the interest of this longtime resident of the greater Elkton, Maryland, and Newark, Delaware, area and citizen activist in regional highway planning, local environmental issues, traffic patterns, and growth concerns for the region, since the early 1970s.

Dates: 1973-2000

Frederick D. Chester catalog of insects

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0092
Abstract

This volume contains Frederick D. Chester’s research notes on insects collected between 1890 and 1895 in Delaware.

Dates: 1890-1895

Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0650
Abstract This collection contains audiovisual material, publications, photographs, and other material from the Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant publicity office, donated after the closure of the plant in December 2008. Much of the material documents the working life of Chrysler employees in the Newark plant, human resources and employee training, and the processes required to build automobiles at the plant. The collection also documents many of the programs instituted by the United Auto...
Dates: 1986-2008

Chrysler Corporation Newark Assembly Plant oral history collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0643
Abstract

This collection consists of digital audio interviews with twelve former employees of the Chrysler Assembly Plant in Newark, Delaware. These interviews were conducted by University of Delaware students in HIST 667: Oral History, taught by Professor Roger Horowitz, in the Spring semester of 2011.

Dates: 2011

Diary of Joseph Cleaver, Jr., kept at Delaware College

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0014
Abstract

This typed transcript of a diary kept by Delaware College student Joseph Cleaver for the period 1853-1854 describes student life at the college, the curriculum, and Cleaver’s involvement in the Athenaean Literary Society.

Dates: 1853 August 31-1854 November 21

Francis Alison : his life and influence on his times : typescript

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Identifier: MSS 0098-F0044
Abstract

One photocopy typescript of an address at the Founders' Day Exercises, Academy of Newark, University of Delaware, delivered on November 21, 1982, by Delaware lawyer, Edward W. Cooch, Jr., entitled, "Francis Alison, His Life and Influence on His Times." Includes pages 1-7, 9-14.

Dates: 1982 November 21

Deer Park Hotel guest register

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Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0007
Abstract

This registry book for the Deer Park Hotel in Newark, Delaware, was kept between October 1944 and March 1952, and lists hotel patrons in chronological order, noting their arrival date, name, and room number.

Dates: 1944 October 21-1952 March 25

Delaware Afro-Latina oral histories collection

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Identifier: MSS 0661
Abstract

This collection of raw and edited footage of interviews of Newark, Delaware, area Afro-Latinas was created in Spring 2009 by students in a Women's Studies course (WOMS 410) at the University of Delaware. Included are Mini-DV tapes containing raw footage of the interviews and DVDs containing the edited interviews.

Dates: 2009

Delaware ephemera collection related to politics, policy, and government

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0733
Abstract

This Delaware ephemera collection is a vertical file of fliers, clippings, artifacts, and other ephemeral materials pertaining to local and federal election campaigns, environmental groups, grassroots organizations, and political groups.

Dates: 1936-2023; Majority of material found within 1970-2021

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

Digest of Town Council Minutes Newark, Delaware

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Identifier: MSS 0464
Abstract

This collection consists of one volume containing abstracts of minutes of town council meetings held in Newark, Delaware, between 1866 and 1900 (bulk dates 1888-1900). This digest was prepared in 1959-1960 by William Ditto Lewis, who served as University Librarian at Delaware from 1930-1958.

Dates: 1866-1900; Majority of material found within 1888-1900

Samuel M. Donnell account books

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0081
Abstract

The account books of Samuel M. Donnell span the dates 1852 until 1880 and encompass both Donnell's real estate concerns and his farming and household interests in Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1852-1880; Majority of material found within 1866-1880

Samuel M. Donnell insurance records for Newark, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0096-Item 0066
Abstract

The insurance records of Newark, Delaware, realtor, insurance agent, and notary Samuel Mathewson (S.M.) Donnell provide information about Newark property holders and building structures related to Donnell's job as agent for two insurance companies: Fire Association of Philadelphia and Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool, England.

Dates: 1888-1914

Mary J. Evans notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0026
Abstract

This small notebook contains brief, sporadic notes taken by Newark, Delaware, resident Mary J. Evans from 1904 to 1906. The entries document monetary transactions, home life, and events in the community over the two-year period.

Dates: 1904 February 8-1906 March 12

Land indenture between Robert Ferguson, his wife Jane, and Joseph Kinkead, New-Ark, New Castle County, Delaware

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0170
Abstract

This land indenture between Robert Ferguson, his wife Jane, deeds a parcel of land located in New-Ark, White Clay Creek Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, to Joseph Kinkead on July 24, 1781.

Dates: 1781 July 24

Friends of School Hill oral histories and images

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0784
Abstract Oral histories and images collected at the event, "Preserving the Past: Gathering History & Mementos of the New London Road / School Hill Community," Saturday, May 20, 2017 and images collected at the event, "A Celebration for the New London Avenue School, One Hundred Years," Sunday, March 6, 2022. Established in 1867 as the first documented public school for African-American youth in the Newark, Delaware, community, the school and its surrounding property were also an important social...
Dates: May 2017, March 2022

Friends of the Newark Free Library records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0592
Abstract

The records of the Friends of the Newark Free Library in Newark, Delaware, include correspondence, newsletters, financial records, and other material documenting the organization and activities of the group.

Dates: 1966-2016

Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0275
Abstract

The Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., family papers document the lives of a 20th century family from Newark, Delaware, and contain a wide variety of papers, clippings, and printed material related to the history and development of Newark, civic activities, and University of Delaware alumni activities. The bulk of the papers come from Hugh F. Gallagher, Jr., a realtor and one of the first developers of suburban Newark, Delaware.

Dates: 1933-1991; Majority of material found within 1950-1980

Land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for property in the White Clay Creek Hundred

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0173
Abstract

Eighteenth-century land indenture between Hugh and Ann Glasford and Robert Ferguson for 223 acres in the White Clay Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, dated February 21, 1780.

Dates: 1780 February 21

Granite Mansion Fund, Inc., documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0180
Abstract

The Granite Mansion Fund, Inc., papers include materials relating to the formation of the organization and its fundraising efforts to save the historic Granite Mansion structure from demolition in 1986.

Dates: 1986

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Chambers, Gilbert W., 1856-1930 1
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