Since 1989, Dance: Current Selected Research has presented manuscripts in the form of chapters, that have covered various aspects of the field of dance.
Diplomatic and professional papers of George S. Messersmith (1883-1960). Consists of correspondence, memoranda, and official dispatches written during Messersmith’s tenure with the U.S. Department of State, as well as ...
The Gertrude Käsebier papers consist of a small amount of handwritten and typed reminiscences, typed transcripts of the original handwritten material, and newspaper clippings collected by immediate family members to document ...
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 ...
This collection consists of correspondence (1905-1910) to and from Edwin S. Cramp during and after his term as President of the Standard Arms Company, which operated out of Wilmington, Delaware.
This collection of correspondence consists of thirty-nine letters written primarily between 1860 and 1863. The majority of the letters were written by Edward A. Fulton to his mother, Mary Fulton, of Wilmington, Delaware.
Henry Clay Trumbull (1830-1903) was a noted author, editor, and Sunday-school missionary. The collection contains 120 letters written by various members of Henry Clay Trumbull's family. The majority of the letters are ...
Letters written by Union soldier Thomas M. Reynolds to his fiancee Louisa J. Seward commenting on his relationship with Seward and his opinions about the Civil War.
The Robert B. McKee papers consist of correspondence, military orders, medical supply inventories, casualty reports, and other material related to service as a surgeon in the 1st Delaware Calvary regiment during the Civil War.
The papers of the Blanding family of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, consist of one linear foot of diaries, family correspondence, and other papers spanning the years 1801-1920, with the majority of the material falling between ...
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 ...
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 Iron Hill Museum oral history collection consists of 37 interviews (recorded on 58 audio-cassettes) documenting the history of the Iron Hill School #112C, which was one of the African American schools built in Delaware ...
The Karl Wolfgang Böer papers supplement contains the publications, scientific notes, and other papers documenting the professional activities of Karl Wolfgang Böer, a preeminent physicist who pioneered the development of ...
This collection contains 22 oral history interviews providing a wealth of information on history and culture of the New London Road/Cleveland Avenue community in Newark, Delaware.
The Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia document Wolf’s military service in World War II, his early agricultural research and DuPont Company career, his political career and public service, as well as the ...
This collection consists of oral history interviews with faculty from the University of Delaware Department of Women and Gender Studies, conducted as part of the 2011 "Women at the Center" project.
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 ...
Marie Jucht Kaufman (1930-1994) documented her survival of the Holocaust through letters written to her son, American writer and artist Alan Kaufman, between 1993 and 1994.
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.
The diaries, journals, and ships' logs housed in this collection are personal narratives and records acquired singly by the University of Delaware Library.
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.
This booklet contains miscellaneous, handwritten notes kept by Delaware College professor Elisha Conover, for the period 1897-1899. The notes consist of lists of expenditures by month during the two-year time period and ...
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.
This manuscript consists of M.C.L. (Miriam C. Lamborn) Worrell’s reminiscences about Wilmington, Delaware, in the 1810s-1820s. The notes were recorded by Worrell in the 1880s-1890s.
This volume contains the constitution, bylaws, amendments, membership roster, and presidential oath for the Pestalozzi Literary Society of Delaware College (later the University of Delaware), an early student group for ...
Journal kept by the passenger John Clarke aboard the ship Governor Morton documenting the trip from New York to San Francisco between March 12, 1852 and December 20, 1852.
The Alfred I. Paxson family history, diary, and reflections consists of approximately 116 pages of handwritten commentary and reflection relating to the life of Delaware Quaker and farmer Alfred I. Paxson.
This journal belonged to P. B. Durfee and chronicles two trips from Providence, Rhode Island, to Memphis, Tennessee, where he worked as a clerk during the 1860s.
H. A. Emerson kept this diary from January 1 to December 29, recording aspects of his job as the proprietor of the paper mill in Franklin, Massachusetts.
Logbook kept by Frederick A. Hodge aboard the HMS ships Minotaur, Achilles, and Swiftsure documenting regular military voyages between February 14, 1881, and November 20, 1885.
Ship's log kept by the whaler Charles Howell on the ship Marcus documenting three whaling voyages out of Sag Harbor, New York, between August 24, 1830, and March 12, 1833.
Ship's log kept by Georg [George] S. Johnson aboard the schooner Antarctic documenting two whaling voyages out of Provincetown, Massachusetts, between November 10, 1881, and July 11, 1884.
Partial ship's log kept by a crew member aboard the bark Jenny Pitts describing the voyage from Galway, Ireland, to Chincha Island, Peru, between April 16, 1862, and November 10, 1862.
This diary was kept by a member of the 56th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, possibly named James E. Smith, from January 1 to May 5, 1864, during the U.S. Civil War.
This diary was kept by an Irish Protestant between January 1, 1847 and September 9, 1849, who described the potato famine and other turmoil in Ireland.
Journal kept by Robert Possac Rogers aboard the ship Franklin documenting the voyage from Boston to Rio de Janeiro between October 5, 1842, and November 26, 1842.
Deck log describing the journey of the United States steam sloop Enterprise from New York to European Station duty from November 1, 1878, through May 10, 1880.
Unless indicated otherwise, letters are from Paul Laurence Dunbar and addressed to Alice Moore, and following their marriage to Alice Moore Dunbar. Letters from Alice Moore Dunbar to Paul Laurence Dunbar are identified as ...
Consists primarily of Alice Dunbar-Nelson's incoming literary, professional, business, and personal correspondence. Correspondence is arranged chronologically and generally directed to Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Occasional ...
Consists of an extensive file of letters (1907-1911) from Edwina Kruse, founding principal of Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware, and a close friend of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Kruse wrote Dunbar-Nelson almost daily ...
Consists of a small group of miscellaneous letters to Paul Laurence Dunbar. Correspondents include his mother, Matilda Dunbar; his sister, Lillie Dunbar; P. Moore (Alice Dunbar-Nelson's mother); and Leila Moore. Of particular ...
Consists primarily of incoming letters from various newspaper editors with whom Nelson corresponded as editor of The Washington Eagle. The majority of the letters respond to Nelson's efforts to sell Alice Dunbar-Nelson's ...
Consists of a bound datebook and three bound volumes containing Alice Dunbar-Nelson's detailed records of books she has read. Record books are unfoldered and shelved separately next to Box 13. 4 items.
Letters, photographs, and an unidentified manuscript fragment from novelist, poet, and teacher, Arlo Bates, as well as letters written by his father-in-law, George L. Vose, a former professor of Civil Engineering at Bowdoin ...
The well-known Waples family of Milton, Delaware, was related to another prominent southern Delaware family, the Careys. These two families were central to the economic development of Broadkill Hundred, Sussex County, ...
Personal papers of Gideon Waples as well as a few items about his wife Sarah. The majority of documents are deeds for properties that he acquired in Milton, Delaware. There is an 1834 manumission that sets the date for the ...
The Townsend family (of Delaware) papers consists of letters, accounts, and other business records, spanning the years 1809-1920, with the majority of the material falling between 1834 and 1894. The collection mainly ...
The Torbert-Ellegood Collection, spanning 1759-1889, with the bulk of the papers dating 1820-1840, consists of 1.3 linear feet of legal papers, land records, accounts, receipts, correspondence, and other documents, many ...
Consists of family correspondence between John Torbert (JT), his brother, William Torbert (WT), and their children. Many of the documents are incoming letters to John Torbert's son, William W. Torbert (WWT), from his siblings.
Mostly the business and legal papers of John Torbert (JT), but also involving his brother, William Torbert (WT). Later papers pertain to John Torbert's son, William Warner Torbert (WWT). The material includes household and ...
Records related to the administration of the estate of James McClyment by John Torbert and Sarah McClyment (later Lowber), including accounts, receipts, and legal documents. Many of the accounts were written before McClyment's ...
Deeds, surveys, articles of agreement, and other land records of the Timmons family of Sussex County, Delaware. Family members include John Timmons and his sons William A. Timmons and Eli C. Timmons. Also includes a judgment ...
Legal papers, land records, accounts, receipts, letters, and other documents related to Joshua A. Ellegood (JAE), his family, his business dealings, and his work as a Justice of the Peace and Land Commissioner for Sussex ...
Records related to the administration of the estate of Alexander White (often spelled Whyte) by Joseph A. Ellegood, including numerous accounts, receipts, judgments, and other legal documents. Many of the accounts were ...
Receipts for the transferal of money attained through executions of legal judgments. As constable, Ellegood was apparently responsible for these transferals.
Inventories and appraisals, mainly undertaken in the course of lawsuits or debt settlements. Many from Sussex County. Includes the estates of Thomas A. Jones, George Spier, Thomas C. White, William J. Tindal, and many others.
Orders placed with W. G. Phillips and Bros., wood merchants in Newport, Delaware. Customers include George M. Steinman and Company, Garrett & Son, and many others.
Receipts, promissory notes, bonds, accounts, and executions related to the administration of the estate of John Lee Bayley by Jeremiah Lee Bayley and Frederick Travers.
This collection includes early nineteenth-century correspondence of the Budd family of Philadelphia (primarily to or from lawyer Thomas Allibone Budd) and the Davis family of Smyrna, Delaware, and late nineteenth-century ...
The papers chronicle Conard-Pyle's evolution from a small-scale retail business to an influential wholesaler, as well as the financial, legal, and marketing concerns of a major nursery company.
The Bates family papers comprise 1.3 linear feet of correspondence, diaries, and ephemera documenting the personal and professional lives of three generations of Bates family members and largely centering on materials ...
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