New Castle County (Del.)--History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81018750
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Rules for the government of the public schools of Wilmington, Del.
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0018
Abstract
Consists of a list of rules for parents with children attending public schools in Wilmington, Delaware, including rules on student absences, student behavior, and school holidays.
Dates:
approximately 19th century
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