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Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno papers related to Paul Bowles, 1946-1989 (inclusive) 1985-1989 (bulk)

Extent:: 2.3 linear foot (7 boxes)
Abstract:: The Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno papers related to Paul Bowles consist of research material gathered by the writer and educator Sawyer-Lauçanno for his biography of American composer and writer Paul Bowles, titled An Invisible Spectator.

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

Robert H. Richards, Jr., Delaware oral history collection, 1955-1981, 2012, 2020 (inclusive) 1966-1978 (bulk)

Extent:: 4 linear foot and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: The Delaware Oral History collection was a project of the University of Delaware History Department, directed by Dr. John Munroe and funded by Robert H. Richards, Jr.. Interviews with 317 Delawareans conducted between 1966 and 1978 cover topics including the following: educators, immigrants, journalism, politics, and the University of Delaware, Delaware in the Depression, and the 1950s relocation of Long Island and New Jersey potato farmers to Delaware.

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

Lennox Robinson papers related to John Quinn, 1903-1931 (inclusive)

Extent:: .3 linear foot (136 items)
Abstract:: The Lennox Robinson papers related to John Quinn consist of editorial correspondence, transcripts of letters, and other manuscripts and material toward a proposed two-volume edition of letters written to the New York lawyer, patron of the arts, and collector John Quinn by Irish playwright, manager, producer, director, and editor Lennox Robinson.

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

World War II maps and radio broadcasts collection, 1940-1945 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 linear foot
Abstract:: Emily C. Stump, an executive secretary at Hercules Powder Company, compiled for the company briefing notebooks of newspaper clippings which tracked military progress of Allied and Axis powers throughout World War II. She also collected transcripts of daily radio news broadcasts from stations WOR and WDEL. The World War II maps and radio broadcasts collection includes maps, newspaper clippings, radio broadcasts and militray manuals, documenting war operations in World War II.

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

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, transcripts of letters relating to Delaware, 1703-1782 (inclusive) 1703-1776 (bulk)

Extent:: .3 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) was established in London in 1701 through a charter from King William III. The organization was created as a vehicle for sending priests and teachers to North America, in order to improve and expand the ministry of the Church of England to the colonists. The University of Delaware's collection of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Transcripts consists of one box of typescript letters related to the Delaware activities of the SPG.

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

Henry Clay Reed papers, 1833-1979 (inclusive) 1915-1972 (bulk)

Extent:: 7 linear foot (14 boxes) and 2 oversize box
Abstract:: Henry Clay Reed, 1899-1972, was a renound Delaware historian and history professor at the University of Delaware for forty years, researching, teaching, writing, and editing numerous articles and books. The Henry Clay Reed papers, spanning the dates from 1915-1974, contains legal documents, photographs, microfilm, correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, publications, and ephemera from the historian and University of Delaware professor.

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

Iron Hill Museum oral history recordings and transcripts, 2003-2010 (inclusive)

Extent:: 59 audio cassette
Abstract:: The Iron Hill Museum oral history collection consists of 37 interviews (recorded on 59 audio cassettes) documenting the history of the Iron Hill School #112C, which was one of the African American schools built in Delaware with funds provided by Pierre S. du Pont. Additional interviews in this collection document life in the Iron Hill community and nearby Pleasant Valley, as well as education provided in a few other Delaware schools in Hockessin, Milton, and Claymont.

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

New London Road/Cleveland Avenue oral histories and research materials, 2004-2006 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.3 linear foot (1 box) and 23 audio cassette (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection contains 22 oral history interviews providing a wealth of information on history and culture of the New London Road/Cleveland Avenue community in Newark, Delaware. These interviews, collected during two oral history projects by University of Delaware Professor Bernard L. Herman and students from 2004-2006, feature members of the New London Road community and discuss various aspects of life in the predominantly African-American community. The collection contains transcripts of selected interviews created by students as well as research data, recipes, and galley proofs for the book "Food Always Brings People Together: recipes, poems, and stories from the New London Road community, Newark, Delaware," written by the University of Delaware Center for Material Culture Studies, under the direction of Professor Herman.

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

Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material, 1897-2007, undated (inclusive) 1934-1975 (bulk)

Extent:: 1.6 linear foot (3 boxes) and 4 oversize removal
Abstract:: The Bruce Garland collection of Thomas Wise material comprises approximately 1.6 linear feet of material pertaining to English bibliographer, book collector, and forger Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937). Much of the collection's material was compiled by English bibliographer and book collector John Carter (1905-1975), who co-authored with Graham Pollard (1903-1976) An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets (1934), which effectively outed Wise as a forger. The collection contains correspondence, including original correspondence of Wise's, manuscripts, page proofs, galley proofs, auction catalogs, clippings, scrapbooks, periodicals and articles, and ephemera.

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

Jennie Skerl Paul Bowles collection, 1985-1997 (inclusive) 1985-1988 (bulk)

Extent:: .3 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: The Jennie Skerl Paul Bowles collection contains correspondence from Paul Bowles to American Beat scholar Jennie Skerl, as well as additional correspondence, notes, and transcripts of interviews about Bowles's life, work, and Tangier literary circle.

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

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