Occupation: Activists - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 6.6 linear foot (8 boxes) and 6 oversize box
Abstract:: The M. Clark Chambers Kay Boyle collection consists of materials collected by Chambers during the fifteen year process of compiling and researching his bibliography of her work. It consists of books and periodicals containing works by Boyle, reviews of her work, interviews, and other material. A great deal of the material is in the form of photocopies. There is also a small group material pertaining to the research and composition of the bibliography as well as a small group original Boyle work and Boyle related ephemera.

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

Extent:: .3 linear foot (1 box) and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: Award-winning American author, educator, and political activist Kay Boyle (1902-1992) was a prominent member of the American expatriate modernist circle of the 1920s and 1930s. Boyle's later years are characterized by her extensive political activism. The Kay Boyle letters to Helga Einsele document Boyle's decades-long friendship with criminologist and prison reformer Helga Einsele (1910-2005). The collection comprises letters from Boyle and their enclosures, drafts of Einsele's replies, photographs of Boyle, as well as clippings of articles honoring Boyle at the end of her life and after her death.

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

Extent:: 14.3 linear foot (16 boxes), 1 oversize box, and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: The Frank E. and Anna Hayes Owens family papers comprises 14.3 linear feet of materials, spanning the dates between 1900 and 2011, and includes correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, travel brochures, reel-to-reel tapes, magazines, fanzines, and other materials documenting intergenerational American family life in Delaware.

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

Extent:: 18 linear foot (40 boxes), 6 oversize box, and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: The papers of American photojournalist, restaurateur, and peace activist Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) encompass nearly seventy years of professional activity. This collection not only provides abundant documentation of Bissinger's careers in photography and social activism, but also offers rich visual resources for the history of photography in post-World War II America.

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

Extent:: .3 linear foot (2 boxes), 1 oversize removal, 1 vhs tape, and 5 dvd-r
Abstract:: The George Wolkind papers document the involvement of native Delaware activist George Wolkind (born 1945) in the Newark and Wilmington, Delaware, counterculture and music scenes in the 1960s and 1970s.

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