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Ayer family papers
The Ayer family Papers document the lives of two generations of the Ayer family, Joseph Cullen Ayer (1839-1918) of Massachusetts and Joseph Cullen Ayer, Jr. (1866-1944), the second son of Joseph and Carrie Ayer.
Karl Wolfgang Böer papers
James C. Booth papers
Guy Newell Boothby poetry notebook
Guy Newell Boothby's undated notebook with typescript cut-outs of poems pasted into it, as well as five loose pages.
Fleda Brown papers
Fleda Brown (born 1944) is an American poet, scholar, and educator, and was poet laureate for the state of Delaware from 2001-2007. The Fleda Brown papers, spanning circa 1950-2014 (bulk 1963-2014), comprise early works, poem drafts and notes, journals, correspondence, and materials related to Brown’s professional life as a poet and professor of English at the University of Delaware.
Armistead W. Browning, Jr. papers
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.
Padraic Colum papers
The papers of Padraic Colum, Irish poet, playwright, and author, are comprised of book reviews, letters to author and theatrical producer Basil Burwell, and original manuscripts of Colum's work.
William Dean notebooks
The William Dean notebooks are a collection of twelve small autograph booklets of notes, summaries, and transcriptions from numerous books and catalogues pertaining to watercolor painting or heraldry. Created during the 1870s or 1880s, the booklets are Dean's working notes on these two topics.
Mary J. Evans notebook
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.
Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection
British attorney and author Sir Joseph Gold (1912-2000) was a collector of modern first editions of British and American writers and poets. The Sir Joseph Gold literary manuscript collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, publishing files, and publications of mid-twentieth century British and American poets, publishers, and scholars.
Charles Green mathematical notebooks
Charles Green of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, created these notebooks of mathematical rules and exercises around 1840-1841 to aid his study of practical geometry.
Elizabeth Jennings papers
The Elizabeth Jennings papers document the work of British poet Elizabeth Jennings (1926-2001). Associated with The Movement, Jennings was a prolific writer. The collection contains letters, notebooks, miscellaneous prose, and juvenilia.
Larry Kearney papers
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.
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.
The Naomi Poems : autograph notebook
One spiral notebook containing 36 pages of handwritten poems written by Bill Knott and published as the The Naomi Poems, in 1968.
Edith A. Lowther meeting notes for Presbyterian Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
This notebook from Edith A. Lowther (1874-1948) contains her meeting notes for the Presbyterian Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies circa 1895. Although Lowther lived in Henry Clay, Delaware, most of her notes relate to a meeting held at Manokin Presbyterian Church in Princess Anne, Maryland.
James Maxwell papers
The James R. Maxwell papers consist of the personal, professional, and family papers of James Maxwell, a resident of Newark, Delaware, and a civil engineer who worked for significant railroads in the American West and South America in the late 19th century.
McLeod family papers
The McLeod family papers, spanning the dates 1798 to 1893, primarily pertain to the careers of Rev. Alexander McLeod and his son Rev. John Niel McLeod, who consecutively served as pastors to the First Reformed Presbyterian Church in New York City.
Papermaking apprentice's notebook
This notebook belonged to an English papermaking apprentice in the 1890s and contains instructions and recipes for making paper as well as poetry.
Notes of R. Parker - upon the lectures delivered by Professor Davis to the junior class of law - the session of 1832-3
This college notebook belonged to Virginia congressman and jurist Richard Parker, judge in the trial of abolitionist John Brown. The book contains lecture notes taken from 1832 to 1833 during a University of Virginia class on law.
Caroline Pilsbury letters to Hannah Stickney
The Caroline Pilsbury letters consist of autograph copies of letters written by nineteenth century American school teacher Caroline Pilsbury to her friend and former classmate at the Byfield Female Seminary, Hannah Stickney.
Shipley--Bringhurst--Hargraves family papers
John Shirley papers related to Thomas Harriot
The John Shirley papers related to Thomas Harriot contains material related to British mathematician, astronomer, and scientist Thomas Harriot (1560–1621), all of which was collected by twentieth century American scholar and educator John Shirley.
Henry M. Snyder notes on Americanization
The Henry M. Snyder notes on Americanization consists of two bound volumes of lecture notes taken from a six-week course at the Americanization Institute. The lecture course spanned the dates November 12 - December 21, 1918. These notes are handwritten by Snyder, a teacher from Wilmington, Delaware, from lectures delivered by fourteen guest speakers.
Samuel M. Talley trigonometry notebook and account book
This trigonometry and surveying notebook belonged to Samuel M. Talley, who lived in Brandywine Hundred, near Wilmington, Delaware, in the nineteenth century. The notebook features mathematical problems and solutions related to the principles of trigonometry and the surveying of land. The latter part of the volume contains an account book listing wages due for farm labor.