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Louis Untermeyer papers, 1902-1972 (inclusive) 1912-1935 (bulk)

Extent:
5 linear foot (16 boxes)
Abstract:
The Louis Untermeyer papers consist of five linear feet of manuscript material abandoned by Untermeyer when he sold his Adirondack home, Stony Water, around 1970. Dating from 1902 through 1972, with the bulk of the papers dating 1912–1935, the collection is composed of correspondence, proofs, lists, scrapbooks, notes, photographs, programs, announcements, lectures, anthologies, poems, reviews, essays, and a bookplate.

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

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Tennessee Williams collection, 1939-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:
4.3 linear foot (5 boxes), 1 oversize box, and 12 oversize removal
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The Tennessee Williams collection, spanning the dates 1939-2013, consists of an extensive collection of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera related to American playwright Tennessee Williams.

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

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Carl Haverlin papers relating to Carl Sandburg, 1909-1964 (inclusive) 1947-1963 (bulk)

Extent:
.7 linear foot (circa 535 items)
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This collection consists of the Carl Sandburg files kept by BMI president and radio pioneer Carl Haverlin (1899-1985) spanning the years 1909-1964. During Haverlin's years at BMI he developed a close working relationship and friendship with Carl Sandburg.

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

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Paul Bowles collection, 1929-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 linear foot (6 boxes), 6 oversize box (6 boxes), 1 oversize galley proof, 2 oversize removal, 4 phonograph record, 1 dvd-r, and 1 vhs tape
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The Paul Bowles collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, editorial matter, periodicals, ephemera, and miscellaneous material acquired from a variety of sources. The collection is added to periodically and complements the Paul Bowles papers (MSS 0163) as well as several other manuscript collections related to Paul Bowles at the University of Delaware Library.

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

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Sam Shepard collection, 1968-1979 (inclusive)

Extent:
.3 linear foot (7 items)
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The Sam Shepard collection is a group of seven incidental items spanning the dates 1968-1979, related to the dramatic work of this American playwright, which includes three playscripts, two programs, a contract, and a poster.

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

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New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records, 1893-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
14.6 linear foot (9 boxes)
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The New Century Club of Newark, Delaware, records document the history, organization, and activities of this women's club, which began in 1893 as a reading club, but quickly developed into an organization dedicated to promoting civic responsibility and social service in the Newark community.

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

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Everett C. and Louise Staton Johnson papers, 1835-1988 (inclusive) 1916-1958 (bulk)

Extent:
2 linear foot (4 boxes and oversized material)
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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]

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Edward Field papers, 1943-1994 (inclusive)

Extent:
21 linear foot
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The Edward Field papers consist of twenty-one linear feet of the personal and literary papers which document the life and writing career of American writer and poet Edward Field (b. 1924) from 1943–1994.

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

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Alice Marston scrapbook, 1896-1906 (inclusive)

Extent:
.3 linear foot (1 volume)
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The Alice Marston scrapbook, 1896-1906, chronicles a decade of Marston family life, revealing information about the social, cultural, and leisure activities of an ordinary upper-middle-class Philadelphia family at the turn of the twentieth century.

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

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Harrison Street Methodist Church papers, 1935-1955 (inclusive)

Extent:
.33 linear foot (1 box)
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The Harrison Street Methodist Church was incorporated in Wilimington, Delaware in 1891, closing in 1978. The papers comprise published Church newsletters (1950-1952), and weekly programs (1941-1954), but also includes church directories, correspondence, annual reports, budgets, programs for various Church services, and lists of church members, officials, and Sunday school students.

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

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Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger scrapbook, 1909

Extent:
.3 linear foot (1 box)
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The Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger Scrapbook chronicles the 1909 cruise taken by Philadelphia resident and theatrical manager Nixon-Nirdlinger and his wife from New York City to France, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Hungary. The scrapbook records various aspects of the early twentieth-century travel business and is particularly rich with theatrical ephemera, indicating Nixon- Nirdlinger's trip combined theatrical business interests with pleasure.

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

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Frazer Jones papers of the Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution, 1929-1968 (inclusive) 1955-1965 (bulk)

Extent:
2 linear foot (2 boxes) and 1 oversize removal
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Two linear feet of correspondence, clippings, official records, photographs, publications, ephemera, and other materials primarily related to Junior President Frazer Jones's work in the Robert Kirkwood Society of the Children of the American Revolution.

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

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Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection, 1960-1996 (inclusive) 1960-1970 (bulk)

Extent:
0.6 linear foot (2 boxes) and 1 oversize removal (poster)
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The attorney and author Joseph Gold was born in London, England, on July 12, 1912; he died on February 22, 2000, in Bethesda, Maryland. The Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection comprises .67 linear feet of newsletters, pamphlets, posters, blank letterhead, and typed pages from the 1960s through the 1990s.

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

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Karl Wolfgang Böer papers, 1945-2003 (inclusive) 1961-1986 (bulk)

Extent:
148 linear foot
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Physicist, inventor, university professor, and solar energy pioneer Karl Wolfgang Böer was born March 23, 1926, in Berlin, Germany. He became a naturalized American citizen in August 1972. The Karl Wolfgang Böer papers, 1945-2003, document the life work and professional career of this German-American physicist, inventor, university professor, and solar energy pioneer. Böer's work in solid state technology, understanding the photoconductivity and structure of cadmium sulfide, and photovoltaics are seminal to twentieth-century advances in solar energy conversion and the modern energy conservation movements. Dr. Böer's papers are integrally related to his career at the University of Delaware, where he has been since 1961. The collection reflects a relationship with the institution that allowed Böer to fulfill his academic role and conduct scientific research, while also allowing him every opportunity to build research laboratories and pursue entrepreneurial initiatives applying...(see more)

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

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Roland E. Bounds collection papers and ephemera, 1931-2002 (inclusive) 1970-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
2 linear foot and 48 oversize removal
Abstract:
The Roland E. Bounds Collection: Papers and Ephemera includes books, magazines, convention programs, posters, photographs, artwork, and objects related to Bounds’s collecting activities. The bulk of this collection relates to his interest in science fiction and its subgenres, fantasy and horror. Roland E. Bounds (1953 – 2002) was, by vocation and avocation, a collector.

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

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Torch Club of Delaware records, 1930-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.3 linear foot (4 boxes) and 1 oversize removal
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Spanning the dates 1930 to 2016, the Torch Club of Delaware records include administrative documents, financial records, monthly meeting minutes, annual reports, correspondence and newspaper clippings documenting the social, intellectual, and financial changes this civic club underwent throughout the twentieth century.

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

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American Association of University Women Delaware Division records, 1922-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
6 linear foot (8 boxes)
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The American Association of University Women Delaware Division records reflect the history, structure, public policies, and programs of this group, and its relationship to the state branches and national organization of AAUW. AAUW's mission is to advance equity for women and girls through education, advocacy, research, and philanthropy.

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

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Reverend Willard M. White scrapbooks, 1919-1988 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 volume and 2 item
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The scrapbook collection of Reverend Willard M. White, Delaware-born Methodist minister, spans nearly seventy years and includes ten scrapbooks relating to White’s education at the Westminster (later Wesley) Theological Seminary, work with Christian youth clubs and camps during the 1930s, and service to several Methodist Protestant and United Methodist churches in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

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

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Archaeological Society of Delaware records, 1933-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.3 linear foot (7 boxes) and 1 oversize box
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This collection contains the administrative and organizational records for the incorporated educational group, the Archaeological Society of Delaware. The materials span the length of the organization's existence from 1933 to the present.

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

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Eastern States Archeological Federation records, 1936-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 linear foot (4 boxes)
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The records of the Eastern State Archeological Federation (ESAF), spanning over seventy years beginning in 1933, contains correspondence, minutes, programs, audiocassette recordings, publications, financial records, and other items that document the work of the organization, which was created in 1933 as an umbrella organization to promote the field of archaeology through member societies in Eastern North America.

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

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Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference records, 1978-2004 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear foot (1 box)
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The records of the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, spanning over twenty-five years beginning in 1978, document the work, activities, and annual meetings of the Conference, a body which is dedicated to bringing together professional and avocational archaeologists from across the mid-Atlantic region.

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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Friends of the Newark Free Library records, 1966-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:
4 linear foot (4 boxes)
Abstract:
The records of the Friends of the Newark Free Library in Newark, Delaware, include correspondence, newsletters, financial records, and other material documenting the organization and activities of the group.

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

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Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences records, 1923-2011 (inclusive)

Extent:
5 linear foot (5 boxes)
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The records of the Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences include correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, financial files, newsletters and other material which document the functions and activities of this statewide professional organization.

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

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

Extent:
5.5 linear foot (7 boxes) and 3 oversize box
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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]

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Richard McCann papers, 1920s-2008 (inclusive) 1978-2005 (bulk)

Extent:
13.2 linear foot (16 boxes)
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The Richard McCann papers document the personal life and professional career of this American author, poet, and educator. The collection includes McCann's early creative writing; teaching materials; reviews, essays, and critical writing; personal and professional correspondence; and extensive drafts of McCann's poetry and fiction. McCann's fiction has autobiographical roots, often drawn from family relationships and personal experiences, as illustrated in photographs and family memorabilia also included in the collection.

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

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World fairs and expositions collection, 1851-1967 (inclusive) 1893 (bulk)

Extent:
0.6 linear feet (2 boxes) and 5 oversize box
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This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.

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

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Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia, 1925-2013 (inclusive) 1980-1993 (bulk)

Extent:
3.6 linear foot (6 boxes) and 6 oversize box
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Dale E. Wolf served as lieutenant governor of Delaware (1989-1992) and briefly as governor (December 31, 1992-January 19, 1993). The Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia document Wolf's military service in World War II, his early agricultural research and DuPont Company career, his political career and public service, as well as the community service of his wife, Clarice Wolf.

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

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Delaware Women's Conference records, 1984-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
11.5 linear foot (11 boxes) and 3 oversize box
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The Delaware Women's Conference records, which document the only all-volunteer women's conference in the United States, provide a record of an organization which sought to empower women of all ages, economic backgrounds, and lifestyles, to engage and to improve the status of all women.

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

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Lewis Warsh collection of twentieth-century poetry ephemera, 1962-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear foot (3 boxes) and 1 oversize removal
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American poet Lewis Warsh (born 1944) compiled this collection of promotional ephemera primarily documenting what is known as the second generation of the New York School. The collection also includes material relating to Warsh's own readings and performances, writing, and publishing ventures.

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

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Sara Driver collection related to the film adaptation of Paul Bowles's "You Are Not I", 1980-2012 (inclusive)

Extent:
.3 linear foot (1 box) and 1 oversize removal
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This collection comprises material related to Independent filmmaker Sara Driver's short film You Are Not I (1981), based on the 1948 short story by American composer and author Paul Bowles (1910-1999) of the same name. Included in the collection is a variety of promotional materials, distribution information, and other ephemera from the film's initial release and early screenings.

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

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Robert B. Kegerreis The Tell-Tale Heart and theatrical collection, 1909-1925 (inclusive) dates 1909-1911 (bulk)

Extent:
.6 linear foot (1 box) and 1 oversize removal
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This collection comprises material related to the American actor and playwright Robert B. Kegerreis's 1909 dramatic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and his involvement in the New York theater scene of the early twentieth century.

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

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American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards, 1951-2011 (inclusive) 1965-1998 (bulk)

Extent:
1.4 linear foot (1 box) and 1 oversize folder
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This collection of American and English poetry readings fliers, posters, and cards comprises promotional ephemera documenting live poetry events in America and England. The collection contains posters, fliers, postcards, calendars, newsletters, programs and other printed and hand-drawn ephemera documenting the activities of poets, live performance venues, and literary networks largely associated with the California and New York experimental poetry scenes.

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

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Newark Publishing Co. records, 1936-1981 (inclusive) 1971-1981 (bulk)

Extent:
33 linear foot (41 boxes) and 8 oversize box
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Newark Publishing Co. was a Newark, Delaware, printing business established in the mid-20th century and was owned and operated by William H. Durham from circa 1967 to 1981. Newark Publishing Co. records comprises over 3000 job printing files created by the press for largely Newark, Delaware-based businesses between 1963 and 1981. The collection also includes administrative and financial records of the company and its precursor, the Newark Post weekly newspaper, from 1936-1981.

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Nellie Day Lawrence papers, 1879-1942 (inclusive)

Extent:
1.5 linear foot (2 boxes)
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Nellie Day Lawrence (born 1865) was an editor and club officer of the Turner Grange, Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, in Turner Center, Maine. The Nellie Day Lawrence papers consist of articles and drafts, manuscript copies of the Grange Banner, printed ephemera related to the Turner Grange and Maine schools, correspondence, and other writing. Topics range from musings on the weather and animals, to life in Maine, farming, the World's Columbian Exposition, the local state fair, challenges faced by women, education, and narratives of travel and adventure.

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Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection, circa 1930-2007, undated (inclusive) 1950-2000 (bulk)

Extent:
2 linear foot (3 boxes) and 2 oversize folder
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W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English and American poet, translator, librettist, playwright, and essayist. The Robert A. Wilson W. H. Auden collection comprises Wilson's collected materials created by and related to W. H. Auden. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts, proofs, and published versions of Auden's poetry, translations, prose, and dramatic works; programs and promotional ephemera for Auden's readings and events as well as other performances related to the writer; audiovisual recordings of Auden's works; Wilson's and Auden's correspondence with each other and others; Auden's personal ephemera and realia; photographs by and of Auden; critical writings about Auden and catalogs of Audenia; and Chester Kallman's personal papers.

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James Conway collection relating to James T. Farrell and William Targ, 1935-2009 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.2 linear_foot (1 box)
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The collection consists of correspondence between author, James T. Farrell, and World Publishing Company editor-in-chief, William Targ, of Chicago, Illinois. Also included is correspondence between the author and various editors, working files and publisher materials, and newspaper clippings and other publicity materials relating to James T. Farrell and his legacy.

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

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Rod McKuen Miss America Pageant judge's binder, 1982 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 boxes
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A three-ring binder supplied to Rod McKuen as one of the judges for the 1982 Miss America Pageant. The contents of the binder provides an inside look at judge's evaluations of the Miss America contestants. Annotations with McKuen's opinions and criticisms are written on the biographical sheet for each contestant and on the judge's work sheets.

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

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Abbie Huston Evans papers, 1960-1968 (inclusive)

Extent:
7 item (7 pages)
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The papers consist of a greeting card, a Delaware poetry day dinner program, two poems, "Alive This Night" and "Martian Landscape" (initialed and dated), and newspaper clippings related to Abbie Huston Evans, a poet, born in New England, who later worked and taught in Philadelphia.

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

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Penn Law School Collection, 1873-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.75 linear feet
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The University of Pennsylvania Law School was founded in 1850 as the law department of the University of Pennsylvania. In fulfilling its core mission of providing legal education and scholarship, the school has hosted lecture series, symposiums, and other educational programs, and its students, faculty, and alumni have taken part in the activities of various academic legal societies. The school has undergone several renovations and construction projects over the years. In addition, the school has engaged in institutional development activities, including alumni relations and other promotional programs. Members of the school community have also taken part in a variety of extra-curricular activities and law school related social events. The Penn Law School Collection, 1890-2010, includes publications related to the law school's administration, student life, alumni activities, academic programs, departments, and history; promotional materials, invitations, and programs for events...(see more)

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library [Contact Us]

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Records of the Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 1992-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:
3.6 linear feet (8 document boxes and 1 half document box)
Abstract:
Established in 1994, the Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine creates a forum for deliberation of relevant issues in public health, and provides information for the development of health policy. The Section brings together public health professionals from all across the region to study public health problems and assess potential responses. The Records of the Section of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) document the 1994 establishment and later activities of the Section for during its first 15 years of existence, up to 2010, through meeting minutes, correspondence, membership information, and programming. This collection is a rich resource for those interested in the programming for and advocacy of a non-profit institution related to public health issues. Researchers should note that the media found in this collection (cassette tapes) are not able to be played as the Library does not have the required hardware.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

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