Form: Books and Clippings (information artifacts) / Language: English - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 4.4 linear foot (13 boxes) and 2 oversize removal
Abstract:: The James R. Maxwell papers consist of the personal, professional, and family papers of James Maxwell, a resident of Newark, Delaware, and a civil engineer who worked for significant railroads in the American West and South America in the late 19th century.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 6.75 linear foot (8 boxes), 9 phonograph record (8 acetate discs and 1 aluminum disc), and 1 oversize removal (1 oversized folder)
Abstract:: Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers supplement, spanning from 1914-1992, contains substantial editions to the original collection, documenting Brayman's dual careers in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and articles, photographs, memorabilia and books.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2 linear foot (4 boxes and oversized material)
Abstract:: The Everett C. & Louise Stanton Johnson papers concern the personal affairs of prominent Delaware publisher and politician Everett C. Johnson (1877-1926) and his wife Louise Staton Johnson (1882-1977). In addition, the collection contains material from their Newark publishing house, the Press of Kells, which brought the Arts and Crafts Movement to the community from 1916 to 1918.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 2.5 linear foot (3 boxes)
Abstract:: The papers of centenarian, World War I veteran, and retired wall covering entrepreneur Frederic Blank, spanning close to 150 years, illustrate the varied life of a twentieth-century businessman and provide important sample books of iconic mid-twentieth-century American wall coverings.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 8 linear foot and 1 oversize box
Abstract:: William G. Thompson as President of the Briarwood Writers' Alliance, Inc., represented more than 150 writers, poets, and performers by booking lectures and readings at educational institutions, literary gatherings, and community events.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 17.2 linear foot (21 boxes), 1 oversize box, and 38 audio cassette
Abstract:: American author, editor, critic and blogger Ben Yagoda (born 1954) retired from teaching journalism and writing at the University of Delaware in 2016. The collection includes research material, drafts and notes, and interviews toward Yagoda's various articles and book-length projects.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.5 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: American poet and publisher Jonathan Williams (1929-2008), often associated with the Beat poets and the Black Mountain School, is known as a founder of The Jargon Society, a publishing firm that popularized the poetry of the post-World War II American avant-garde. The Michael von Uchtrup collection of Jonathan Williams correspondence and ephemera details the relationship that developed between Williams and von Uchtrup in the 1990s and provides insight into Williams's publishing career, writing, travels, and daily life.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 8.33 linear foot (9 boxes), 5 oversize box, 4 oversize galley proof, and 1 oversize folder
Abstract:: Zephyrus Image, founded by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers, was a small Northern California press operating from approximately 1969-1983, notable for its socially- and politically-subversive books and ephemera and its fine works on paper. The Zephyrus Image records document the activities of the California press and its proprietors and the planning and development of roughly 300 printed works of poetry and political and satirical books and ephemera. Zephyrus Image projects were created for and in collaboration with a host of literary and artistic figures, including Edward Dorn, Tom Raworth, William T. Wiley, Lucia Berlin, Stan Brakhage, and Robert Creeley.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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