Form: Color slides - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Mary Pickford photographs and publicity stills, 1914-1933 (inclusive)

Extent:: .33 linear foot
Abstract:: This collection of American actress Mary Pickford photographs and publicity stills contains 40 photographs and two glass slides. The photographs and slides provide insight into production, distribution, and publicity during Hollywood's era of silent films.

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

Delaware. Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, "Forward Women from Delaware's Past", 1979

Extent:: .1 linear foot (1 folder) and 1 audio cassette
Abstract:: Script, audio cassette and 135 black-and-white and color slides containing the audio/visual presentation, "Forward Women from Delaware's Past," created by Delaware's Governor's Commission on the Status of Women.

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

Malcolm L. Mackenzie papers, circa 1926-2007 (inclusive)

Extent:: 5.5 linear foot (7 boxes) and 3 oversize box
Abstract:: This collection contains materials relating to Malcolm L. Mackenzie's publicity firm Malcolm L. Mackenzie & Associates and Mackenzie's personal involvement with the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation, other local cultural institutions, and his interests in general maritime history and historic ships. Materials include publicity materials, written reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, facsimile maps, newsletters, photographs, photograph negatives, slides, and sailing and maritime history books. The collection also includes personal papers such as photographs albums, scrapbooks and Mackenzie's ships log, 1946 to 1948, of voyages to ports in the United States, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and Europe while serving as a Second Mate in the Merchant Marine.

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

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers, 1911-2009 (inclusive) 1950-2000 (bulk)

Extent:: 32.75 linear foot (50 boxes)
Abstract:: The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of organizations. The collection also highlights the career of Jane Mitchell, one of Delaware's first African-American nurses and former director of nursing at the Delaware State Hospital. There are also photographs, slides, and other media documenting the Mitchells' family life as well as their participation in local and national events. The collection also contains a significant amount of the many awards and citations received by Littleton and Jane Mitchell for their achievements. As a whole, the papers...(see more)

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

Angus Stewart correspondence and publishing files, 1971-1977 (inclusive) 1972-1973 (bulk)

Extent:: .3 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: Angus Stewart (1936-1998) was an Australian-born British writer known for the novels Sandel (1968) and Snow in Harvest (1969), a book of verse titled Sense and Inconsequence: Satirical Verses (1972), and the memoir Tangier: A Writer's Notebook (1977). The Angus Stewart correspondence and publishing files collection comprises letters from Angus Stewart to publishers Timothy d'Arch Smith (born 1936) and Michael Ayres, as well as London bookdealer Fuller d'Arch Smith, Ltd. files relating to the 1972 publication of Sense and Inconsequence.

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

Charles Allmond papers, 1982-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear foot (3 boxes), 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: The papers of Delaware artist Charles Allmond (born 1931) document over three decades (1981-2013) of his prolific career. The collection comprises 3 linear feet and oversize removals that include drawings, designs, slides, sculptures, as well as files of correspondence and documentation for exhibitions in which his work was included.

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

John Furnival papers, 1941-2016 (inclusive) 1970-2016 (bulk)

Extent:: 5 linear foot (6 boxes) and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: John Furnival (1933-2020) was a British visual artist whose work is associated with the Concrete Poetry, Mail Art, and Fluxus movements, as well as with the American Beats. In 1964, Furnival, along with Dom Sylvester Houédard, founded Openings Press, a small Gloucestershire press dedicated to publishing concrete poetry and similar work. The John Furnival papers encompass nearly fifty years of the artist's personal and professional activity and document his involvement with the International Concrete Poetry and Mail Art movements through correspondence, publications, broadsides, and posters.

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

Franklin C. Daiber botanical slides, 1975-1999 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 linear foot
Abstract:: Professor Emeritus of marine studies Franklin C. Daiber (1919-2003) and his wife Joanne Currier Daiber (1927-2007) were two of the first marine scientists hired by the University of Delaware in the 1950s. The Franklin C. Daiber botanical slides comprise hundreds of images of various flower and plant specimens photographed by Dr. Daiber in the mid-Atlantic region from 1975-1999.

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

Esther B. Aresty papers, 1937-1989 (inclusive) 1963-1989 (bulk)

Extent:: 7 linear feet (14 boxes)
Abstract:: Esther B. Aresty (1908-2000) was a cookbook collector and culinary historian who wrote on food, cooking and etiquette. This collection documents Aresty's personal and professional activities, primarily through correspondence, publication drafts, and research materials regarding her books, entitled The Grand Venture (1963), The Delectable Past (1964), The Best Behavior (1970), and The Exquisite Table (1980).

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Etta Winigrad papers, 1968-2016 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 linear feet (11 boxes)
Abstract:: Etta Winigrad (1936- ) is a Philadelphia-based sculptor who works primarily in clay and mixed media. She earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts from the University Pennsylvania in 1958, and completed postgraduate study at Moore College and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1976. Winigrad's figurative ceramic sculpture combines realistic and fantastical elements, animal-like figures, and humor. This collection, which focuses on Winigrad's life and work as an active artist, includes correspondence, notebooks and sketchbooks, exhibition records, photographs, and negatives. Each of Winigrad's sculptural works is represented in a number of slides, which comprise the bulk of this collection. These images are available online.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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