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G. Burton Pearson, Jr., papers, 1840-1999 (inclusive) 1880-1950 (bulk)

Extent:
6.3 linear foot (7 boxes) and 3 oversize box
Abstract:
Personal correspondence, papers, and photographs from Delaware lawyer, judge, and banker George Burton Pearson, Jr., as well as papers from relatives in the Pearson, Cochran, Warren, and Hardcastle families.

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

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Robert C. Fraim poetical writings, 1873-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:
.3 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:
Delaware educator and attorney Robert C. Fraim collected the poetry and articles he wrote for Philadelphia and Wilmington newspapers in this volume. The papers also include a history of the Fraim family, estate inventory, and other clippings.

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

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Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers, 1792-1999 (inclusive) 1850s-1980s (bulk)

Extent:
7.6 linear foot (10 boxes)
Abstract:
The Truxton W. Boyce genealogical research and family papers contains twenty-six three-ring notebooks and nine folders of genealogical research notes, family photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera related to nineteenth- and twentieth-century generations of Boyce's family lines from Delaware and Virginia. Boyce's research includes the Boyce, Justis, Morrow, Shreve, Wright, Brownley, Lawrence, Sebree, Adams, and Tuley families, as well as the family lines of his wife, Doris Jolls Boyce (including the Jolls, McColgan, Colge, Wise, Lutz, and Lorenz families). In addition to the genealogical focus of the collection, nine autobiographical scrapbooks document the family life of Truxton W. Boyce and his wife, Doris Jolls Boyce, who began their married life in 1942 in Newark, Delaware.

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

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Austin Dobson collection, 1762-1999 (inclusive) 1861-1962 (bulk)

Extent:
8.3 linear foot (9 boxes), 7 oversize box, and 4 oversize removal
Abstract:
The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962) and his son, Christopher Dobson (1916-2005), primarily during the period between the author's death in 1921 and Alban Dobson's death in 1962.

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

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Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers, 1692-1978 (inclusive) 1850-1920 (bulk)

Extent:
60 linear foot and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:
Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in north Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives, as well as the ancestry and legacy, of several generations of Delawareans associated with Rockwood.

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

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Thomas Pole papers, 1709-1964 (inclusive) 1770s-1870s (bulk)

Extent:
1 linear foot (2 boxes)
Abstract:
The Thomas Pole papers consist of three bound manuscripts, a letter case with silhouettes, an annotated map, and a collection of papers related to American-born Quaker physician, Thomas Pole (1753-1829).

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

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Reminiscences of Wilmington, 1880s-1890s (inclusive)

Extent:
1 item
Abstract:
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.

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

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John Hill Martin family history, 1726-1899 (inclusive) 1870-1899 (bulk)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
This volume contains an extensive history of the Martin family of Chester County and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, created by John Hill Martin. Martin created the history during the 1870s-1890s, but included materials from both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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

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John Bartram Association records relating to its foundation and early organization, 1779-1937 (inclusive) 1893-1911 (bulk)

Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:
The John Bartram Association was founded in 1893 for the purpose of protecting and enhancing the the home and garden of John Bartram, known today as "Bartram's Garden." This collection, dating from 1779 to 1937 (bulk 1893 to 1911), document the association's foundation and early administrative activities predominately through correspondence, accented by newspaper clippings, advertising fliers, and invitation cards.

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

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