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Delaware Miscellany collection
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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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William Ditto Lewis served as librarian at the University of Delaware's Memorial Library from 1930 until 1958, when he assumed the role of archivist. In 1961 his history of the University and Newark, entitled "University of Delaware: Ancestors, Friends and Neighbors," was published in
Delaware Notes (no. 34).Lewis was largely responsible for compiling and binding together the materials that now form the Delaware Miscellany collection.
Munroe, John A.The University of Delaware: A History. Newark, Delaware: The University, 1986. (Available online at http://www.udel.edu/PR/munroe/) Information derived from the collection.
The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware. Many of the items housed in the collection provide biographical information about former University of Delaware faculty and staff, as well as historical background about the institution. Other items include newspaper articles about prominent Delaware figures, legends, geographic locales, and architectural landmarks, as well as black-and-white photographs of U.S. Naval vessels. Although the volumes are not dated, the age of many of the documents suggests that the volumes were compiled sometime between the late 1940s and late 1950s.
While the physical arrangement of the volumes does not reflect any overarching organizational scheme, each volume does contain an index. These indices, which have been compiled and reproduced in this finding aid, are useful for locating items relating to specific individuals or subjects. The indices are less helpful, however, in directing researchers to items within the collection that are related to one another either by origin, topic, time period, or creator. Therefore, some attempt has been made to overlay an organizational hierarchy based on origin and/or subject matter of the material in the contents list below.
The collection has been broken into two series. Series I. Historical essays and documents, 1825-1958, primarily contains works written or produced to provide historical background about the University, state, or region. This series is further subdivided into six subseries, which are: Subseries I.A. University of Delaware history, 1920-1957, Subseries I.B. University of Delaware faculty, staff, and alumni, 1908-1956, Subseries I.C. Newark history, 1897-1951, Subseries I.D. Delaware history, 1899-1958, Subseries I.E. General history, 1825-1956, and Subseries I.F. Henry Clay Reed student essays, 1927-1928. All of the subseries, save Subseries I. F. Henry Clay Reed student essays, are separated according to the subject matter of the items housed within the series. All of the documents contained within Subseries I.F. were originally written as student assignments by students in Henry Clay Reed's history courses. These essays, though all historical in nature, cover topics as varied as banking, politics, slavery, religion, and family genealogy, from throughout the region including Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
The second series, Series II. University of Delaware documents, 1911-1958, primarily consists of items generated by or for the University. This series consists of seven subseries, including the following: Subseries II.A. Speeches and addresses, 1951-1955, Subseries II.B. Biographies of honorary degree recipients, 1928-1958, Subseries II.C. Faculty biographical information, 1944-1952, Subseries II.D. Press releases, 1950s, Subseries II.E. Resolutions, 1911-1956, Subseries II.F. Committee reports and memorandum, 1936-1954, and Subseries II.G. Miscellaneous, 1928-1954. Of note in this series are an extensive list of honorary degree recipients from 1874-1958; several resolutions adopted by the University Board of Trustees upon the death of prominent individuals including, among others, Charles B. Lore, Hamilton M. Barksdale, Lewis West Mustard, Dr. Theodore R. Wolf, Dr. Charles Lyndall Penny, William Frederick Curtis, Frederic H. Robinson, Dr. Francis Hagar Squire, and Dr. Edward N. Vallandigham; copies of three commencement speeches from 1951, 1953, and 1955; and biographical information about former University of Delaware faculty members and staff.
Many well-known Delawareans are featured in this collection, including many for whom several University buildings are named. Among these men and women are Francis Alison; Harry Fletcher Brown; Walter Hullihen; William Henry Purnell; Amy Rextrew; Rev. Andrew K. Russell; Hugh Rodney Sharp; Margaret S. Sterck; Wilbur Owen Sypherd; Frank A. Virdin; and Theodore Wolf. Some of the notable landmarks and architectural structures featured in the collection include the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Railroad; Barratt's Chapel; Doe Run Church; Fenwick Island; Fort Delaware; the Oaklands; Old Town Hall; Old Swedes Church; Shipping Creek Plantation; U.S.S. Delaware Battleship; the Wilmington Institute Free Library; and the Winterthur Museum. Organizations and companies discussed in the collection include, among others, the Du Pont Company; Friends School; Delaware Newspapers (including the
Newark Post , Saturday Visitor , Newark Record , Newark Journal , and University of Delaware Review ); and the Underground Railroad.The information found in this collection will be useful to researchers and students involved in a wide variety of topics related not only to University of Delaware history, but to the background of the First State itself.
This series outline reflects the intellectual arrangement of the collection. The physical location of items is recorded in the Detailed Contents List.
- Boxes 1-3 (Volumes 1-3): Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes
- Box 4 (Removals): Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (1 inch)
Transferred to Special Collections, 1997.
Processed by Tammy Kiter, November-February 2002. Revised and encoded by Lora J. Davis, June 2009. Additional encoding by Jaime Margalotti, November 2019.
People
- Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944
- Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993
- Hullihen, Walter
- Long, David J.
- Messick, Charles P.
- Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968
- Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948
- Morris, Hugh M.
- No, Kum-Sok
- Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982
- Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902
- Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972
- Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927
- Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955
- Vallandigham, Edward Noble, 1854-1930
- Whitaker, Epher, 1820-1916
Organization
- Barratt's Chapel (Kent County, Del.)
- Delaware (Ship)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Hagley Museum
- Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
- University of Delaware--History--19th century
- University of Delaware--History--20th century
- University of Delaware. Marine Laboratory
- University of Delaware Research Foundation
- Wilmington (Ship)
Place
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Library Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009 June 23
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Collection Inventory
Autograph manuscript. Excerpt from the diary of J. Alexander Fulton of Delaware College. The entry, dated July 3, 1872, pertains to a Board of Trustees meeting.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Recollections of Delaware College by a member of the graduating class of 1887.
Physical Description15 pp.
Typescript. Letter to W.Q.H. regarding conditions at the University of Delaware circa 1920. Though unsigned, the letter was almost certainly written by former University of Delaware president Walter Hullihen to his father Walter Quarrier Hullihen.
Physical Description12 pp.
Typescript. List of University of Delaware buildings built between 1833 and 1933, including the dates of completion and monetary values of the listed buildings.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Written recollections of Dr. Thomas S. Baker, former Dean of the University of Delaware, regarding the establishment of religious organizations at the University.
Physical Description2 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Copied entry from John Munroe's journal noting his interview with Edward Neill '06. During the interview Neill mentioned several prominent Delaware figures including Cecil Fulton and Charles Black Evans.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Speech delivered by professor Wilbur Owen Sypherd briefly describing the history of the University of Delaware, including select biographical information about Sypherd.
Physical Description2 pp.
Includes a reprint of an article from the January 1957 edition of the
AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences) Bulletin (Vol. VII, No. 1) about the University of Delaware Marine Laboratories. Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Letter of greeting and thanks from an English department faculty member at the University of Delaware to Mother Agatha of Ursuline Academy.
Physical Description3 pp.
Typescript. Historical essay about the seal of the University of Delaware.
Physical Description2 pp.
Typescript. Biographical information about Francis Alison, founder of the New London Academy, predecessor to the University of Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Newspaper article containing biographical information about Francis Alison, as well as historical information about the University of Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Biography of Hannah Chamberlain, former principal of Newark Academy.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Brief biographical essay about Newark College student and United States navy midshipman Louis McLane excerpted from Alonzo Phelps'
Contemporary Biography of California's Representative Men (1881). Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Biography of William Henry Purnell, former president of the University of Delaware.
Physical Description3 pp.
Newspaper clipping. Newspaper article about the Reverend Dr. Epher Whitaker, valedictorian of Delaware College's class of 1847.
Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Newspaper article about a celebration held to commemorate the centennial of the arrival of Delaware College alumnus the Reverend Dr. Epher Whitaker to Southold, Long Island, New York.
Physical Description1 p.
Typed letter signed. Letter from Mary Howell Wells (Mrs. Joseph A. Wells) to a Mr. Lewis, presumably William D. Lewis of the University of Delaware library, discussing the life of and historical collection related to Delaware College alumnus the Reverend Dr. Epher Whitaker.
Physical Description1 p.
One printed postcard with a black and white photograph of Southold Presbyterian Church, Long Island, New York, on the front. The church was the home church of Delaware College alumnus the Reverend Dr. Epher Whitaker.
Physical DescriptionPrinted postcard.
One print of a photograph of Delaware College alumnus the Reverend Dr. Epher Whitaker. Hand written beneath the image is Whitaker's name, as well as "Southold 1851-1916," the date span of his career at Southold Presbyterian Church in Southold, Long Island, New York.
Physical DescriptionBlack-and-white print.
Newspaper clipping. Newspaper article about Delaware College alumnus, the Reverend Dr. Epher Whitaker.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Pamphlet containing a statement upon the death of the Reverend William Force Whitaker which was adopted by the Session of the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, N. J., and accepted by the members of the board of deacons and board of trustees. William Force Whitaker was the son of Delaware College alumnus the Reverend Dr. Epher Whitaker.
Physical Description2 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Poem by Delaware College alumnus Epher Whitaker.
Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Obituary for Delaware College alumnus the Reverend Dr. Epher Whitaker.
Physical Description2 pp.
Stenciled writing on tracing paper. Tracing of the memorial marker listing the names of the Delaware College men who lost their lives in World War I.
Physical Description18" x 24"
Typed letter signed. Letter from University of Delaware Alumni Association President A. Taylor urging Alumni Association member Mr. Charles Evans to write a letter to the President of the United States supporting the appointment of Dr. George Ryden to the post of United States Minister to Finland. Also see vol. 3, p. 382.
Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Clipping from the
Butte Post containing a photograph of former Montana governor and Delaware City native John E. Rickards. Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Obituary for former Montana governor and Delaware City, Delaware, native John Ezra Rickards.
Physical Description1 p.
Autograph manuscript. List of biographical information about Donald M. Ashbridge, former University of Delaware ROTC commander and first director of the University of Delaware's Business Guidance Bureau.
Physical Description2 pp.
Newspaper clipping. Obituary for journalist and author George Morgan clipped from the January 9, 1936, issue of the
New York Times. Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Excerpt from letter listing the qualifications of Dr. George Ryden, Chair of Political Science and Government at the University of Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Letter of recommendation for J. Harmer Donaldson from University of Delaware president Walter Hullihen.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Brief biography of Walter Hullihen, former president of the University of Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Address given in memory of H. Fletcher Brown by the Harvard Club of Delaware.
Physical Description2 pp.
Certificate appointing Dr. Sypherd to the Delaware Day Commission, signed by Secretary of State William J. Storey and Governor Walter W. Bacon, and bearing the Great Seal of the State of Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Magazine article about former University of Delaware president Dr. Samuel C. Mitchell. The article, most likely from a University of Richmond alumni magazine, was written by journalist Guy Friddell, one of Mitchell's former students at the University of Richmond .
Physical Description3 pp.
Typescript. Letter of recognition to Dr. Sypherd on behalf of the E 52 Players, a University theater group, upon the occasion of the group's fiftieth major production.
Physical Description2 pp.
Typed letter signed. Letter to University of Delaware librarian William D. Lewis requesting biographical information on Supreme Court Justice David Davis.
Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Obituary for Miss Bernice L. Knowles, Head of Catalogue Unit at the University of Delaware Library.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Speech delivered in honor of Dr. Wilbur Owen Sypherd at the Delaware Alpha reunion dinner of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity.
Physical Description3 pp.
Clipping. Article announcing the gift of the personal library of Dr. W. O. Sypherd to the University of Delaware Library. The article, written by University Librarian W. D. Lewis, also notes that duplicate volumes from Sypherd's library will be available to his former students and friends to take home as a remembrance of Sypherd.
Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Includes a newspaper article clipped from the September 23, 1897 edition of the
Evening Journal. The article provides information about a fire at the historic J. Frank Elliot property near Newark, Delaware. Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Article about the Oakland Mansion, Newark, Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Newspaper article remembering the Newark, Delaware, landmark, the Evans House.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Historical essay about the Kerr family and the family farm, which was located approximately one mile south of Newark on the "road leading from Newark to Elkton."
Physical Description2 pp.
Typescript. Biography of Alexander Macbeth, a descendant of the Macbeth family of Newark, Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Timeline of the establishment of newspapers in Newark, Delaware, from 1876 to 1910.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Historical essay about Newark, Delaware, written by Mrs. H. B. Evans, including information about the founding of the town and Newark Academy.
Physical Description7 pp.
Typescript. Reflections of Ethyl Howard Rowe upon a June 1899 dance at Old College, Newark, Delaware, including remarks on etiquette and entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.
Physical Description3 pp.
Typescript. Letter from Ethyl Howard Rowe to Dr. John A. Monroe.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Speech given by Miss Nell Wilson on the occasion of her retirement as organist of the First Presbyterian Church, Newark, Delaware, after forty-three years of service.
Physical Description4 pp.
Autograph letter signed and newspaper clipping. Autograph letter from John Hammon Burton Mustard to "George," speaking of life in Sussex County, Delaware, including references to the cost of flour ($3.00 a barrel), the laying of track for the Queen Anne Railroad, and the Sussex County "Swamp Angel." Also includes a newspaper clipping of unknown origin that references Mustard's 1897 letter and elaborates on the history of Sussex County "Swamp Angel," a traveling African-American evangelist.
Physical Description3 pp.
Typescript. List of men who joined the United States Service at Camp Tunnel, Middletown, Delaware, on May 16, 1898.
Physical Description2 pp.
Typescript. Biographical information about former Delaware secretary of state and federal district court judge Willard Hall.
Physical Description1 p.
Newspaper clipping. Newspaper article about a stone mile marker set by Mason and Dixon at the end of the 85th mile on the tangent boundary line between Delaware and Maryland.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Historical essay about the first lending library in Harrington, Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Includes two brief biographies of the Reverend Andrew K. Russell. The first is a typed excerpt from James L. Vallandigham's
A Historical Discourse Delivered July 2nd, 1876, at Head of Christiana Church, New Castle County, Del. (Philadelphia: J.M. White & Co., 1898). The second biography is excerpted from Henry G. Welbon's A History of Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church (1933). Physical Description3 pp.
Typescript. Biographical essay about railroad engineer William Schultz.
Physical Description9 pp.
Typescript. Historical essay written by eight students in James B. Owen's class Education #445: School and Community Development. The authors of the paper include: Mrs. Ruth B. Long, Mrs. Sallie Q. Ellis, Mrs. Ruth L. H. Hudson, Mrs. Edythe E. Gum, Mrs. Amanda C. Moffett, Mr. Thomas E. Hickman, Mr. A. M. Remel, and Mr. Leslie E. Timmons.
Physical Description32 pp.
Typescript. Selected excerpts from the two volume book
Travels in the United States of America, in the years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811 (1815) written by John Melish. The selected passages pertain to the Delaware River, Newcastle, and Delaware. Physical Description6 pp.
Typescript. Typed excerpts from volume 2 of W. Winterbotham's
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies : in four volumes (1796). Physical Description10 pp.
Typescript. Includes typed excerpts from the multi-volume compilation work
American Archives published between 1837 and 1853 by printer and former Washington, D.C., mayor Peter Force. All of the excerpts pertain to Revolution-era events in and around Delaware. Physical Description9 pp.
Typescript. Includes a detailed list of furnishings and decor, as well as floor plan maps.
Physical Description13 pp.
Signed typescript. Historic view of Barratt's M.E. Chapel, Kent County, Delaware.
Physical Description6 pp.
Typescript. Resolutions presented to Judge Hugh M. Morris upon the death of Judge George Gray by the Bar Association of New Castle County.
Physical Description5 pp.
Typed letter signed. Letter from Elizabeth Bacon (Mrs. Josiah Bacon), secretary of the Wilmington Music Commission, to Dr. Walter Hullihen, president of the University of Delaware. The letter describes the song "Hail Wilmington!" and was sent to Hullihen along with a signed copy of the piece of music, which is preserved on the preceding page of this volume (p. 23).
Physical Description1 p.
Printed sheet music. One printed leaf of sheet music for the song "Hail Wilmington!" written by contest-winners Christina Howes Hadcock and Leslie Carpenter and adopted as the official song for the city of Wilmington by City Council on May 3, 1923. The sheet music, printed by the Wilmington Music Commission, is signed by the composers.
Physical Description1 p.
Autograph letter signed. Letter from Charles Curtis to Franklin Pote, including information about Old Swedes Church, in Wilmington, Delaware.
Physical Description2 pp.
Typescript. Historical essay about Fenwick Island.
Physical Description5 pp.
Typescript. Autobiography of Selbyville, Delaware, native David Long.
Physical Description7 pp.
Typescript. Typed copy of a letter from David James Long to Mrs. Dorothy Pepper of Philadelphia.
Physical Description2 pp.
Typescript. Historical essay about astronomer and Dover, Delaware, native, Dr. Annie Jump Cannon.
Physical Description4 pp.
Typescript. Historical essay about Fort Delaware.
Physical Description5 pp.
Typescript. Personal account of Fort Delaware given by Mrs. Constance Cary Harrison copied from her volume
Recollections Grave and Gay (1912). Physical Description5 pp.
Typescript. Timeline of the founding and administration of the Delaware School for Deaf Children, Inc.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript pamphlet. Historical information and map regarding the Mason Dixon Line.
Physical Description2 pp.
Typescript. Informational piece written by Catharine C. Maull, curator of the Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes, Delaware, regarding eighteenth century coins which were found on Rehoboth Beach and put on display at the Zwaanendael Museum.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Reprint of an article that originally appeared in the
Londonderry Journal, on November 15, 1785. Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Historical essay about the eighteenth-century Irish Wood's halfpence coin.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Reprint of a February 4, 1881,
Crawford Journal article about the wreck of the ship Faithful Steward. The article includes a personal account by shipwreck survivor James McEntire. Physical Description9 pp.
Newspaper clipping.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Table listing nonagricultural occupations and the average number of Delaware residents employed in those fields.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. A brief history of the Friends of Georges Creek of Odessa, Delaware. A note on the document indicates it was obtained at the Friends meeting house.
Physical Description1 p.
Autograph manuscript. Handwritten minutes of a committee meeting of the Doe Run Presbyterian Church. Some of the original minutes have been lost due to tears in the sheet.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Transcription of handwritten minutes found on preceding page (Volume 3, p. 338). Also included is a list of church members' names from a letter dated April 21, 1836.
Physical Description2 pp.
Printed card. Advertisement for a festival held for the benefit of the Catholic Church at Union Hall, Richfield Springs, on Friday, August 18, 1876.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Typed duplicate of the January 4, 1765, will of Alexander Hutcheson of Elkton, Maryland.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Historical essay about Shipping Creek Plantation on Kent Island, Queen Anne County, Maryland.
Physical Description2 pp.
Typescript. Typed copy of an obituary for the Rev. Joseph T. Brown of Cecil County, Maryland, who died on May 8, 1865.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Historical information about the U.S. Navy gunboat U.S.S. Wilmington, which was commissioned on May 13, 1897.
Physical Description12 pp.
Typescript. Timeline and historical information about the U.S. Navy gunboat the U.S.S. Wilmington. The following is handwritten on the first page of the timeline: "Lt. Cmdr. Richard Wainwright, Supt. Archives Sections, Navy Records, U.S. Navy, Wash."
Physical Description4 pp.
Typescript. Historical information about the battleship the U.S.S. Delaware, which was commissioned on April 4, 1910.
Physical Description6 pp.
Includes eight black-and-white photographic reproductions of paintings and photographs of various Delaware ships. The ships illustrated are as follows: "U.S. Frigate Delaware. Asiatic Station. 1867, '68, '69, & '70," "U.S.S. 'Delaware'," "U.S.S. 'Delaware', 'North Carolina', 'Brandywine', and 'Constellation'," (from a painting by J.C. Evans), "U.S.S. Delaware, Commander Don T. Patterson, off the coast of America, Homeward bound, 1836" (from a painting by J.C. Evans), "The Situation of the Delaware 15 minutes after she was struck by the White Squall, loosing all her Sails," (from a painting by J.C. Evans), "U.S.S. Delaware No. 6," "Submarine Patrol 467, Delaware," and "U.S.S. Wilmington, Gunboat." All of the photographs are approximately 6" x 8".
Physical Description8 pp.
Newspaper clipping. Newspaper article that includes common phrases used by southern Delawareans in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Physical Description1 p.
Typescript. Pamphlet-sized reprint of Private Law 869 of the 84th Congress entitled "S. 267 An Act for the relief of certain aliens." The act is stamped by the office of U.S. Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. of Delaware.
Physical Description1 p.
Reprinted article signed by author. Includes an article from the
Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review by University of Delaware president John A. Perkins. The article provides a sketch of English educational reformer Thomas Arnold. Physical Description4 pp.
Essays are listed in alphabetical order by author.
Typescript. Student essay about the election of 1882 in Delaware.
Physical Description8 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay written by Isadore Berlin for the course Delaware History taught by Professor Henry Clay Reed. The report lists advertisements for runaway slaves that were printed in Delaware newspapers during the year 1825.
Physical Description9 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay written by Louis Vardie Blum.
Physical Description11 p.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about Delaware's highway system, written for the course Delaware History (History 4) by J.C. Boggs. After graduating from the University of Delaware in 1931, Boggs went on to serve as governor of the state from 1953-1960.
Physical Description8 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about St. Mary Anne's parish written by Robert Bostwick for the course Delaware History 3.
Physical Description9 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about Delaware railroads written by Harold C. Brown, class of 1931.
Physical Description10 pp.
Typescript with autograph notations. Student essay about the underground railroad in Delaware, written by Sam B. Brown.
Physical Description4 pp.
Typescript. Student genealogical essay written by Wayne Burton.
Physical Description5 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about slavery in Delaware submitted by Howard H. Conaway.
Physical Description10 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware history report written by Hugh E. Conly for Professor Henry Clay Reed.
Physical Description5 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay written by Robert E. Cooper about his ancestor Margaret Phillips Cooper.
Physical Description18 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware History term paper written by Walter W. Davis.
Physical Description5 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about the history of agriculture in the state of Delaware. The author of this essay is unknown.
Physical Description8 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student term paper written by David A. Eastburn for the course American Economic History.
Physical Description11 p.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware History term paper written by Robert Ely.
Physical Description24 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay submitted by Herbert M. Fox for the course Delaware History.
Physical Description9 pp.
Typescript. Student essay written for the course Delaware History (History 4).
Physical Description4 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware history report submitted by Robert S. Glover, Jr.
Physical Description14 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Written lyrics to a political song sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle." The song, which contains lyrics referencing "Josey," "Booth," and "Haslett," was written in about the 1822 Delaware gubernatorial election in which Democrat Joseph Haslett defeated Federalist opponent James Booth. The song lyrics accompany Robert S. Glover, Jr.'s report entitled "State Election of 1822." (See vol. 2, p. 215)
Physical Description2 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware History term paper submitted by Martin Harwitz.
Physical Description4 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about the history of the ship building and equipment manufacturing company Pusey and Jones. The author of the report is unknown.
Physical Description4 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware History term paper submitted by Guy B. Hunt for the course Delaware History (History 4).
Physical Description13 pp.
Typescript. Student essay written by Merrill S. Jones.
Physical Description4 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay submitted by Abraham Krigstein for the course History 3.
Physical Description11 p.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware history report written by Edward C. Lecarpentier.
Physical Description7 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay written by Robert Leishman for Professor Henry Clay Reed.
Physical Description19 pp.
Typescript and seven black-and-white snapshots. Student essay about community life and transportation at the Hagley powder yards written by Victor Lichtenstein. Included with the report are seven 2.25" x 3" black-and-white snapshots of old and new mills, workers homes, and other buildings located at the Hagley site.
Physical Description9 pp. and 7 photographs
Autograph manuscript. Delaware history report submitted by Jack M. Matthews for the course History 4. The report examines events in the history of the state from 1815 until the Civil War.
Physical Description8 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student history report written by John N. McDowell for the course Delaware History (History 4).
Physical Description12 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware history report written by Francis McIntire.
Physical Description15 pp.
Typescript. Student term paper written by Leslie W. Moore.
Physical Description12 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about the history of the lottery in Delaware.
Physical Description14 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about Old Town Hall in Wilmington, Delaware. The essay was submitted by Howard Pancoast for the course History 3.
Physical Description12 pp.
Typescript. Student essay about Iron Hill near Newark, Delaware. The paper was submitted by Benjamin R. Phillips for the course History 3.
Physical Description7 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student history theme written by H. Holt Pratt.
Physical Description9 pp.
Typescript. Student essay written by Ralph C. Raughley for the course Delaware History.
Physical Description6 pp.
Typescript. Student essay written by Francis A. Reardon for the course Economic History.
Physical Description11 p.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about the Naamans Tea House building, which was built in the late seventeenth century. The report was submitted by G. L. Ricard for the course History 3.
Physical Description6 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student term paper by Harry H. Rosenburg.
Physical Description7 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Delaware history report submitted by E. F. Smith, Jr.
Physical Description10 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay by Ralph K. Stephenson submitted for the course History 3.
Physical Description13 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay submitted by Eugene J. Szatkowski for the course History 4, taught by professor Henry Clay Reed.
Physical Description10 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay about the fishing industry in the state of Delaware.
Physical Description20 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay submitted by Frank A. Virdin for the course History 4: Delaware History.
Physical Description14 pp.
Typescript. Student essay about the underground railroad in Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania. The essay includes a hand-drawn map of several underground railroad routes.
Physical Description12 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay written by A. C. Warrington.
Physical Description18 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay submitted by William ("Bill") B. Warrington for the course Delaware History.
Physical Description5 pp.
Autograph manuscript. Student essay on slavery in Delaware submitted by Raymond V. West for the course Delaware History.
Physical Description15 pp.
Typescript. Student essay about the Maryland slave trader Patty Cannon. The essay was submitted by Allan Wilson for the course History 3.
Physical Description5 pp.
Typescript. Includes a copy of a talk delivered to the freshman class at the University of Delaware by William V. Smith.
Physical Description6 pp.
Typescript. Address delivered at the University of Delaware Honor's Day ceremony.
Physical Description6 pp.
Typescript. Address given by Henry B. Du Pont, vice president of E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, at the dedication ceremony of H. Fletcher Brown Chemical Laboratory.
Physical Description3 pp.
Typescript. Address given by Dr. Ward I. Miller, Superintendent of the Wilmington Public Schools, at the Eleventh Classroom Teachers National Conference.
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Typescript. Includes a copy of the convocation address delivered by University President Dr. John A. Perkins on September 22, 1954.
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Typescript. Address delivered by University president Dr. John A. Perkins concerning increased enrollment at the University.
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Typescript. University of Delaware Commencement Speech delivered by Ward I. Miller, Superintendent of Schools, Wilmington School District.
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Typescript. Commencement address delivered by Robert Silliman Hillyer, Visiting Professor of English, on September 20, 1953.
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Typescript. Commencement address delivered by Alfred H. Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, on June 5, 1955.
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Typescript. List of honorary degree recipients from 1874 to 1917.
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Typescript. List of honorary degree recipients from 1918 to 1958.
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Typescript. Address at dedication of Evans Hall at which honorary degrees were bestowed upon seven successful University of Delaware engineering graduates, including the following: Daniel Paddock Barnard, IV; James Draper Craig; Ralph Gray Davis; Charles Edmund Grubb; Emery Wright Loomis; Arthur Lee Price; and William Thomas Homewood.
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Typescript. Biographical information for honorary degree recipient Roland Sletor Morris, Professor of International Law at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Typescript. Biographical information for honorary degree recipient Harry Fletcher Brown, director of the Smokeless Powder Operating Department of the duPont Company.
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Typescript. Biographical information for honorary degree recipient Andrew J. Wiley, Delaware alumnus and member of the Board of Consulting Engineers of the Bureau of Reclamation's Boulder Dam Project.
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Typescript. Biographical information about University of Delaware alumnus Charles P. Messick.
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Typescript with autograph notations. Biographical information about University of Delaware alumnus Charles P. Messick. Notations on the document indicate that Messick was presented with an honorary degree on June 13, 1932.
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Typescript. Biographical information for honorary degree recipient Erling Eidem, Archbishop of Uppsala.
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Typescript. Biography of Crawford Hallock Greenewalt, a research supervisor at DuPont Experimental Station.
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Typescript with autograph notations. Biographical information for honorary degree recipient Crawford Hallock Greenewalt.
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Typescript with autograph notations. Biographical information for honorary degree recipient George DeWitt Graves, duPont chemist.
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Typescript. Biographical information about honorary Doctor of Engineering degree recipient General Eugene Reybold. Reybold, a University of Delaware alumnus, served as the Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Second World War.
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Typescript. Biographical information for honorary Doctor of Science degree recipient Rear Admiral William Henry Purnell Blandy. Blandy, a 1913 graduate of Delaware College, achieved the rank of Rear Admiral upon being named Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Typescript. Biographical information for honorary degree recipient Major General Eugene Reybold of Delaware City, Delaware.
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Typescript. Biographical information for honorary degree recipient Elmer Kaiser Bolton, chemist and DuPont employee.
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Typescript. Includes two brief biographical sketches of Delaware native John F. Metten, President of the New York Shipbuilding Company.
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Typescript with autograph notations. Biographical information for honorary Doctor of Science degree recipient Willis Fleming Harrington. Harrington, a native Delawarean and University of Delaware alumnus, served as vice-president of the Dyestuffs Department of the Du Pont Company.
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Typescript with autograph notations. Biographical information for honorary Doctor of Engineering degree recipient John Farrell Metten, president of the New York Shipbuilding Company.
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Typescript. Biographical information for honorary Doctor of Science degree recipient Thomas Chilton, duPont chemist.
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Typescript. Biography of Dr. C. M. A. Stine, director of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
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Typescript. Letter from Wilbur Owen Sypherd to President Carlson regarding the honorary degree given to Hugh Rodney Sharp.
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Typescript. Biographical information for Walter Hullihen, former president of the University of Delaware.
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Typescript form with autograph notations. Faculty biographical information for Amy Rextrew, former Dean of the School of Home Economics at the University of Delaware.
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Typescript form with autograph notations. Faculty biographical information for Charles C. Palmer, professor of bacteriology and hygiene.
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Typescript form with autograph notations. Faculty biographical information for Thomas F. Manns, professor of plant pathology.
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Typescript with autograph notations. Faculty biographical information for William (Bill) D. Murray, former director of Health, Physical Education, and Athletics at the University of Delaware.
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Typescript with autograph notations. Biographical information for Dr. W.O. Sypherd, professor of English and former University of Delaware president.
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Typescript. Faculty biographical information for Amy Rextrew, University of Delaware Dean of Women.
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Typescript. Biographical information for Charles Whitely Bush, University of Delaware administrator and the first Rhodes Scholar from the state of Delaware.
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Typescript. Faculty biographical information for Dr. William Samuel Carlson, twentieth president of the University of Delaware.
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Typescript. Faculty biographical information for Robert H. Duenner, M.D., university physician.
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Typescript with autograph notations. Announcement of the promotion of Harold W. Chase to the position of assistant professor of political science.
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Typescript. Press release announcing the recall to active Marine Corps duty of Harold W. Chase, assistant professor of political science.
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Typescript. Announcement of the promotion of George K. Anderson, assistant professor of military tactics at the University of Delaware, to the rank of major in the United State Army. Also includes a press release noting the assignment of Anderson to the position of assistant professor of military science and tactics at the University of Delaware.
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Typescript. Resolutions made in memory of Charles B. Lore, faculty member of Delaware College, by the college's Board of Trustees.
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Autograph manuscript. Acknowledgment of the resignation of Professor George A. Harter, President of the University of Delaware.
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Typescript. Statement upon the death of H.M. Barksdale, member of the Board of Trustees of Delaware College.
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Typescript. Statement upon the death of Lewis West Mustard, member of the board of trustees.
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Typescript. Resolutions by the board of trustees upon the announcement of the resignation of President Mitchell.
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Typescript. Resolution from the board of trustees upon the death of Daniel W. Corbit, member of the board.
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Typescript. Resolutions of the board of trustees upon the death of Dr. Theodore R. Wolf, faculty member at the University of Delaware.
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Typescript. Memorial and resolution on the death of Dr. Charles Lyndall Penny, faculty member at the University of Delaware.
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Typescript. Resolution by the board of trustees upon the death of Manlove Hayes.
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Typescript. Resolution by the board of trustees upon the death of William F. Curtis, member of the board.
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Typescript. Record of the death of Professor Frederic H. Robinson, faculty member at the University of Delaware.
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Typescript. Resolutions of the board of trustees upon the death of Lewis P. Bush, member of board.
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Typescript. Resolutions adopted in memory of Dr. Vallandigham, professor of English at University of Delaware, and one of the oldest living alumni at the time.
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Typescript. Letter of gratitude from the board of trustees to Mr. Josiah Marvel acknowledging his work on stabilizing the Student Loan Fund.
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Typescript. Announcement of the death of former University of Delaware president Dr. Samuel C. Mitchell, including biographical information. The announcement also contains comments from University President William S. Carlson and a list of Mitchell's accomplishments while at the University of Delaware.
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Signed typescript. Biography of Dr. Francis Hagar Squire prepared on the occasion of his death by Edwin D. Steel, Jr. for the Sons of Colonial Wars. At the time of his death Squire served the University of Delaware as a professor of history, Dean of the University, and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.
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Typescript. Letter to the Survey Committee of the Board of Trustees, University of Delaware, from University president Walter Hullihen.
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Typescript. Detailed outline of proposed changes to the protocol for awarding degrees with distinction.
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Typescript. Proposal outlining the need for an Institute of Human Relations at the University, including the proposed institute's purpose, scope, and methods.
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Typescript. Proposal to form a corporation under the name of Haskell Research Foundation, Inc., which would carry out scientific research at the University of Delaware.
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Typescript. Report to the president and faculty of the University of Delaware from the newly formed Committee on the Coordination of Student Affairs. The report, submitted by committee chairman Frederick B. Parker, outlines the organization and function of the committee, lists the major activities of the committee, notes problems facing the committee, and appraises the structure of the student affairs program.
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Typescript. Report submitted by the Committee on Written and Oral Communication noting the committee's progress on implementing measures to make sure the University of Delaware graduate only those students who have "demonstrated competency in the use of their native language."
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Typescript. Memorandum sent to University faculty and administrators from Francis X. Gallagher, Director of Public Relations. Attached to the memorandum was a copy of the address delivered by Dr. Ward I. Miller at the Eleventh Classroom Teachers National Conference on July 8, 1954.
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Typescript. Biographical information for the honorable Edward G. Bradford written to accompany a portrait of Bradford that was hung in the University of Delaware Library.
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Typescript. Statement of gratitude upon receiving a portrait of former Delaware College trustee George William Marshall to be hung in Old College, University of Delaware.
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Typescript. List of readings from the King James Version of the English Bible, prepared by University Professor Emeritus Wilbur Owen Sypherd.
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Typescript. List of readings from the King James Version of the English Bible, prepared by University Professor Emeritus Wilbur Owen Sypherd. The list includes approximate times for each reading and indicators for when music should be played.
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Typescript. Carbon copy of a an essay about select readings from the King James Version of the English Bible, prepared by University of Delaware professor emeritus Wilbur Owen Sypherd.
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Typescript. Letter of gratitude to William S. Carlson upon his resignation as President of the University of Delaware from faculty members Irma Ayers, Cyrus L. Day, Ardwin J. Dolio, Jack A. Gerster, Carl J. Rees (chairman), Winthrop C. Skoglund, and Frank Zozzora.
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Typescript. Letter from Hugh M. Morris of Morris, Steel, Nichols & Arsht to University of Delaware president Dr. John A Perkins.
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