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Bernie Joe "Tex" Burkett collection related to Watergate
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.
Daughters of the American Revolution Elk Chapter (Elkton, Md.) transcripts of Cecil County wills
Photocopies of handwritten and typed transcripts of ninety-one 17th and 18th century wills from Cecil County, Maryland. Though the photocopies were made circa 1980, the date span of the original wills ranges from 1675-1720. The collection also includes a 20-page photocopied index that corresponds with many of the names of individuals found on wills.
Keepsakes : typescript
Mimeograph transcript typescript of George H. Faulkner's Keepsakes, based on books by Carl Sandburg. A "Du Pont Company Presents the Cavalcade of America" radio broadcast with Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln, broadcast on January 30, 1951.
Friends of School Hill oral histories and images
Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material
Robert L. Hampel University of Delaware College of Education oral history collection
Iron Hill Museum oral history recordings and transcripts
The Iron Hill Museum oral history collection consists of 37 interviews (recorded on 59 audio cassettes) documenting the history of the Iron Hill School #112C, which was one of the African American schools built in Delaware with funds provided by Pierre S. du Pont. Additional interviews in this collection document life in the Iron Hill community and nearby Pleasant Valley, as well as education provided in a few other Delaware schools in Hockessin, Milton, and Claymont.
New London Road/Cleveland Avenue oral histories and research materials
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.
Henry Clay Reed papers
Henry Clay Reed, 1899-1972, was a renound Delaware historian and history professor at the University of Delaware for forty years, researching, teaching, writing, and editing numerous articles and books.
The Henry Clay Reed papers, spanning the dates from 1915-1974, contains legal documents, photographs, microfilm, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, publications, and ephemera from the historian and University of Delaware professor.
Robert H. Richards, Jr., Delaware oral history collection
The Delaware Oral History collection was a project of the University of Delaware History Department, directed by Dr. John Munroe and funded by Robert H. Richards, Jr.. Interviews with 317 Delawareans conducted between 1966 and 1978 cover topics including the following: educators, immigrants, journalism, politics, and the University of Delaware, Delaware in the Depression, and the 1950s relocation of Long Island and New Jersey potato farmers to Delaware.
Lennox Robinson papers related to John Quinn
The Lennox Robinson papers related to John Quinn consist of editorial correspondence, transcripts of letters, and other manuscripts and material toward a proposed two-volume edition of letters written to the New York lawyer, patron of the arts, and collector John Quinn by Irish playwright, manager, producer, director, and editor Lennox Robinson.
Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno papers related to Paul Bowles
The Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno papers related to Paul Bowles consist of research material gathered by the writer and educator Sawyer-Lauçanno for his biography of American composer and writer Paul Bowles, titled An Invisible Spectator.
Swingtime at the Savoy : good time no. 1 : radio transcript
Noble Sissle was the moderator, and Langston Hughes the primary author, of this radio transcript for the debut installment of the National Broadcasting Company program, "Swingtime at the Savoy."
Jennie Skerl Paul Bowles collection
American Beat scholar Jennie Skerl (born 1944) met American author and composer Paul Bowles (1910-1999) on a visit to Tangier, Morocco, in 1985. This small collection comprises correspondence with Bowles and others, as well as Skerl's research materials related to Paul Bowles and his literary circle in Tangier.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, transcripts of letters relating to Delaware
Transcripts of reviews for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Two typescript carbon transcripts of a critical review written by Howard Taubman and an unidentified person for The New York Times on Edward Albee's play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Taubman's transcript is undated while the unidentified person's is dated November 5, 1962.
The Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Companies, vs. the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company, and the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad Company
This volume contains transcripts of court proceedings and the arguments of Misters Willimanson, Browning, and Vroom on behalf of the defendants in the case of Delaware and Raritan Canal Company and Camden and Amboy Rail Road and Transportation Company vs. Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company and the Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad Company.
Homer C. Wiggins collection
The Homer C. Wiggins Collection concerns the story of juvenile criminal and escaped convict Homer C. Wiggins, who was killed in 1913 by Wilmington, Delaware, police.
World War II maps and radio broadcasts collection
Emily C. Stump, an executive secretary at Hercules Powder Company, compiled for the company briefing notebooks of newspaper clippings which tracked military progress of Allied and Axis powers throughout World War II. She also collected transcripts of daily radio news broadcasts from stations WOR and WDEL. The World War II maps and radio broadcasts collection includes maps, newspaper clippings, radio broadcasts and militray manuals, documenting war operations in World War II.