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Carol Hoffecker Delaware bookplate collection

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Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]181 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19717-5267

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the University of Delaware Library Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Native Delawarean and Richards Professor Emerita of History Dr. Carol E. Hoffecker is a Delaware historian and author of numerous books chronicling Delaware's history, such asCorporate Capital: Wilmington in the Twentieth Century (1983), Delaware: The First State (Revised Edition, 1998), Honest John Williams (2000), and Democracy in Delaware: The Story of the First State's General Assembly (2004). Hoffecker earned her bachelor's degree in history from the University of Delaware and her PhD from Harvard University. Dr. Hoffecker spent three decades as a member of the University of Delaware's history faculty, retiring in 2003. In 1999, she was named Delaware Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She has also served as editor of Delaware History magazine and has been an exhibit curator and consultant to the Historical Society of Delaware, the Delaware Public Archives, and the Rockwood Museum. Delaware Division of Libraries: LibGuides. "Books by Dr. Carol Hoffecker." http://guides.lib.de.us/content.php?pid=114196&sid=2318212 (accessed October 4, 2012).University of Delaware. "Carol E. Hoffecker: Doctor of Humanities" (PDF file). Downloaded from the University of Delaware website. http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2009/may/images/HoffeckerCitation.pdf (accessed October 4, 2012).

The Carol Hoffecker Delaware bookplate collection comprises 71 bookplates belonging to prominent early twentieth-century Delawareans and regional organizations. Individuals represented include statesmen, businessmen, and members of distinguished families, such as the du Pont and Warner families.

The collection includes the bookplates of 19 different individuals and organizations. These include individuals such as du Pont heiress and University of Delaware benefactor Amy E. duPont (1880-1962), prominent businessmen such as Frank Gifford Tallman (1860-1938), Lewis Rumford II (1905-1997), and Norris Wright (born 1886), as well as State Representative and House Speaker Frank R. Zebley (1883-1960). The bookplates vary in style and bear depictions of classical, pastoral, and maritime images, as well as personal caricatures and photographic portraits. Artists represented in the collection include Charles S. Chapman (1879-1962) and caricaturist and cartoonist Gee Tee Maxwell (1889-1965). The collection contains duplicates of many of the bookplates.

  1. Box 1, Item 0001: Shelved in SPEC GRA 0098 manuscript boxes

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Gift of Carol E. Hoffecker, July 2012.

Processed and encoded by Elyse Brown, October 2012.

Publisher
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2012 October 1
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec

Collection Inventory

Armstrong, Alfred Warner, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Depicted is Armstrong family crest.

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1 item

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Bush, Charles Whiteley, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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1 item

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Capelle, George S., Jr., undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Artwork on the bookplate is signed "Amy Otis."

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1 item

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Conrad, Henry C., undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Artwork on the bookplate is signed "D. A. Royer."

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1 item

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du Pont, Amy E., undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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19 items

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Garesché, Mimi H., undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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1 item

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Historical Society of Delaware bookplate, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Depicted is the seal of the Historical Society of Delaware.

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1 item

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Laird, Philip Dandridge, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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4 items

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Mudge, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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1 item

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Pennsylvania Seamen's Friend Society bookplate, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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1 item

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Rumford, Elizabeth C., undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Contains two style variants.

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4 items

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Rumford, Lewis, II, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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13 items

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Tallman, Frank Gifford, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Contains two style variants. Artwork on one of the bookplates is signed "A. D. W. 1932."

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2 items

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Taylor, Herman C., undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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One bookplate features a photograph of Taylor, the other a nautical engraving with a stamp featuring the same photograph of Taylor pasted above his name.

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4 items

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Warner, Charles and Ethel, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Family motto written in Latin. Artwork on the bookplate is signed "Charles S. Chapman."

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1 item

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Wright, Fleta and Norris, 1925.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Depicted is possibly "Granite Mansion" in Newark, Delaware, which Norris Wright owned and renovated in 1924. The artwork is signed by artist Walter J. Willoughby (b. 1888) and was drawn in 1925.

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4 items

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Zebley, Frank R., 1938.
Box 1 Folder F1
Scope and Contents

Depicted is a caricature of Zebley in 1938 drawn by cartoonist George T. "Gee Tee" Maxwell (1889-1965).

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17 items

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Envelope of Frank R. Zebley, undated.
Box 1 Folder F1
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1 item

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