Kent County (Del.)

One autograph draft of a real estate advertisement for properties in Kent County, Delaware, near Marydel, Delaware, sent to several newspapers by John Costen of Dover, Delaware, on December 16, 1871.

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.

This volume and its associated materials contain attendance records from School District 83 in Kent County, Delaware. The records were kept from 1878-1879 and 1881-1883.

One patent for a tract of land in Kent County, Delaware, for William and Elizabeth Annand signed by Colonial Secretary James Logan and politicians Isaac Norris and Richard Hill on June 6, 1716.

One document for a tract of land called "Denbe" on St. Jones Creek for Daniel Jones, signed by the first Governor of colonial Pennsylvania William Markham and Deputy Governor John Goodson in 1689.

W. Barksdale (William Barksdale) Maynard is a lecturer in art and architectural history at the University of Delaware. The W. Barksdale Maynard photographs of Delaware collection contains color slides and digital images of numerous buildings, documenting Delaware's architectural history.

William Satterfield, a native of Dover, Delaware, served as a news reporter and news director of WKEN (AM 1600) between 1975 and 1984. The William Satterfield collection of Delaware political radio commercials and interviews contains approximately 485 unique recordings, documenting the political discourse of the First State in the 1970s and 1980s.

One land indenture between Joseph and Sarah Snow and Silas Snow for property located in Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, dated June 18, 1822.

This collection relates to the Virden (or Virdin) family of Delaware, specifically Samuel Virden (1793-1876) of Kent County and his descendants. Samuel's children and their spouses also figure prominently in this collection. The Virden family papers, spanning the years 1783-1901, consist of thirty-six letters, receipts, deeds, accounts, and other documents.