Manuscript and Archival Collections
Manuscript and Archival Collections at the University of Delaware Library are managed in collection Call Number Series as listed below. An alphabetical list (by title of collection) is also available.
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100 > Manuscript and Archival Collections
The bulk of manuscript and archival collections in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library are housed in the collection Call Number Series beginning with MSS 100. Additional online finding aids and collection descriptions will be added as they become available.
- 100 Cohn, Louis Henry and Marguerite, Hemingway collection
- 101 Harris, Mark, papers
- 102 Shaw, Bernard, collection
- 103 Brinnin, John Malcolm, papers
- 104 Desegregation of Delaware archives
- 105 Coleman, Emily Holmes, papers
- 106 Goodrich, Lloyd and Edith Havens papers relating to Albert Pinkham Ryder
- 107 Ward, Christopher, papers
- 108 Telford, Fred, Charles P. Messick papers
- 109 Messersmith, George S., papers
- 110 Pagany archive
- 111 Untermeyer, Louis, papers
- 112 Williams, Tennessee, collection
- 113 Dunbar-Nelson, Alice, papers
- 114 Matthews, Elva de Pue, papers
- 115 Ryden, George Herbert, correspondence
- 116 Hall, John Wood, shipping papers
- 117 Latimer family papers
- 118 McCord, Howard, papers
- 119 Ernest, John Reynolds, papers
- 120 Pyle, Katharine, papers
- 121 Johnson, Robert Underwood, collection
- 122 Beck, Lewis White, manuscripts of Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy
- 123 Sorrentino, Gilbert, papers
- 124 Signatures archive
- 125 Bates, George Handy, Samoan papers
- 126 Yeats, William Butler, collection
- 127 Williams, Senator John J., papers
- 128 Bright family papers
- 129 Lewis, John Frederick, papers
- 130 Lewis family papers
- 131 Boyle, Kay, papers
- 132 Ribner, Irving, papers
- 133 Handy, George, papers
- 134 Beebe, Anna, papers
- 135 Zebley, Frank R, papers
- 136 O'Donnell, Frank J. Hugh, papers
- 137 O'Connor, Ulick, papers
- 138 Wieners, John, papers
- 139 Marvel, David T., family correspondence
- 140 Kettell, George F., correspondence
- 141 O'Faoláin, Seán, letters
- 142 Teasdale, Sara, letter to Joyce and Aline Kilmer
- 143 Johnson, Charles, papers
- 144 Haverlin, Carl, papers related to Carl Sandburg
- 145 Walsh, Grace Lloyd, papers
- 146 Williams, William Carlos, collection
- 147 Colum, Padraic, papers
- 148 Loveman, Samuel, papers
- 149 Kasebier, Gertrude, papers
- 150 Yeats, Jack B., correspondence
- 151 Phillpotts, Eden, collection
- 152 Ayer family papers
- 153 Cuala Press
- 154 Chanticleer archives
- 155 Thatcher family papers
- 156 Dussauce, Hippolyte, papers
- 157 Livermore, William, papers
- 158 Richardson, William, collection
- 159 Scott, Anne Geraldine, correspondence
- 160 Maulsby family papers
- 161 Lukens family papers
- 162 Scott family papers
- 163 Bowles, Paul, papers
- 164 Bowles, Paul, collection
- 165 Sawyer-Lauçanno, Christopher, papers related to Paul Bowles
- 166 Dawson, Luella Delamartre, photographs of China
- 167 Gray, George, papers
- 168 Middle States Council for the Social Studies archive
- 169 Delaware Health Council
- 170 Maxwell, James R., papers
- 171 Strickland, Peter, papers
- 172 Mizener, Arthur, papers
- 173 Stoddard, Richard Henry, papers
- 174 McClure Publishing Company archives
- 175 Booth, James C., papers
- 176 Williams, Talcott, papers
- 177 Symons, A.J.A., papers
- 178 Combs, Tram, correspondence
- 179 Delaware Oral History collection
- 180 Clark, David R., papers
- 181 Binyon, Laurence, correspondence
- 182 De La Mare, Walter, letters to John Middleton Murry
- 183 Di Prima, Diane, collection of letters and poetry
- 184 Olson, Toby, letters to Carl Thayler
- 185 O'Connor, Frank, plays
- 186 Jennings, Elizabeth, papers
- 187 Rostler, Fritz, papers
- 188 Levine, Philip, letters to Stephen Berg
- 189 Leahy, Paul, papers
- 190 Macleod, Norman, papers
- 191 Justice, Donald, papers
- 192 Schoonover, Frank E., - Thornton Oakley, correspondence related to Howard Pyle
- 193 Everson, William, collection
- 194 Shepard, Sam, collection
- 195 Dean, William, notebooks
- 196 Morris family papers
- 197 Alden, Henry Mills, papers
- 198 Kasebier collection
- 199 Farano, Michel, papers
- 200 Hoskins, Katherine, papers
- 201 Wanger, Walter, papers
- 202 Cramp, Edwin S., papers
- 203 Masten, Cornelius, papers
- 204 Symons, Julian, manuscripts
- 205 Philadelphia Theatrical papers
- 206 Hossinger, James, papers
- 207 University Place Book Shop papers
- 208 Rushmore, Arthur W., papers
- 209 Goudy, Frederic W., collection
- 210 Bennett, Paul A., collection
- 211 Douglas, Lester, collection
- 212 Robinson, Lennox, papers related to John Quinn
- 213 Viñes, Ricardo, music manuscripts
- 214 Farrell, James T., papers
- 215 Forman, H. Buxton, papers relating to John Keats
- 216 Johnson, R. Brimley, papers relating to Shelley-Leigh Hunt
- 217 Lanman, Charles, papers
- 218 Fulton, Edward, papers
- 219 Lilley, David, letters
- 220 Futurism collection
- 221 Black, John Janvier, papers
- 222 Henderson, Benjie, papers
- 223 Lewis, Henry Carvill, papers
- 224 MacDiarmid, Hugh, papers
- 225 MacDiarmid, Hugh, papers related to First Hymn to Lenin & Other Poems
- 226 Smith, Sydney Goodsir, papers
- 227 Pearn, Nancy, papers
- 228 Curtis, Cyrus H.K., papers
- 229 Potter family papers
- 230 Great Raven Press
- 231 Bartlett, Lee, papers
- 232 Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, papers
- 233 Pyle, Howard, correspondence
- 234 Ridgely family papers
- 235 Newark Music Society records
- 236 Press of Kells
- 237 Read family papers
- 238 Trumbull, Henry Clay, correspondence
- 239 Meredith, Samuel, letters and documents
- 240 Meredith, Samuel, papers
- 241 Cooke, Jay, papers
- 242 Andrew Clow & Co. papers
- 243 Brennan, Robert, and Maeve Brennan papers
- 244 Holzapfel, Rudi, poetry manuscripts
- 245 Holzapfel, Rudi, papers
- 246 Brooks, Shirley, letters
- 247 Patriotic Order of the Sons of America collection
- 248 Shipley family papers
- 249 Black family papers
- 250 Dodd, Mead, & Co. archives
- 251 Textile Manufacturers, papers relating to
- 252 Taylors Gut manuscripts
- 253 Sajous, Charles, Dr., papers
- 254 American propaganda
- 255 Albertson family papers
- 256 Young, Pauline, papers
- 257 Brinnin, John Malcolm - Kimon Friar correspondence
- 258 Reynolds, Florence, collection related to Jane Heap and the Little Review
- 259 Lawrence, Seymour, papers related to Kurt Vonnegut
- 260 New Century Club of Newark, Delaware archive
- 261 Brayman, Harold, papers
- 262 Boyle, Kay, papers relating to the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia
- 263 Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament records
- 264 Evans, Montgomery, II, collection of Lord Dunsany manuscripts
- 265 Burdick, Kim Rogers, papers related to Delaware folklife
- 266 Moore, George, collection
- 267 Frank, Bill, collection
- 268 Hemingway, Ernest, manuscripts
- 269 Hemingway, Ernest, collection
- 270 Delauney, Ralph, collection related to Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo
- 271 Evans, George G., family papers and supplement
- 272 Snodgrass, W.D., correspondence with Daniela Gioseffi
- 273 Snodgrass, W.D., letters and manuscripts to Jerome Mazzaro
- 274 Snodgrass, W.D., papers
- 274 Snodgrass, W.D., papers: Fuehrer Bunker Research Library
- 275 Gallagher, Hugh F., Jr., family papers
- 276 Delaware Victory Bond manuscript collection
- 277 Roop-Rogers family papers
- 278 Oakley, Thornton, diaries
- 279 Rubber Development Corporation Reports
- 280 Wilson, Elizabeth H., papers
- 281 Price, Eli K. papers
- 282 Jennings, Elizabeth, letters & poetry manuscripts
- 283 Jennings, Elizabeth, poetry notebooks
- 284 Jennings, Elizabeth, poetry manuscripts
- 285 Chester, Alfred, letters to Curtis Harnack
- 286 Junior Order of United American Mechanics records
- 287 Boyle, Kay, papers related to Irish Women
- 288 Viele, Teresa, scrapbooks
- 289 Hewitt, Graily, letters to Sidney Feinberg
- 290 Booth, Thomas R., diaries
- 291 Halio, Jay, papers related to Angus Wilson
- 292 Ford, Charles Henri, letters to Ted Joans
- 293 Pierce family papers
- 294 Ford, Charles Henri, archive on Om Krishna II
- 295 Reynolds, Thomas M., letters to Louisa J. Seward
- 296 Townsend, George Alfred, collection
- 297 DePol, John, papers
- 298 Johnson, Fridolf, papers
- 299 Pieratt, Asa, papers related to Kurt Vonnegut: a comprehensive bibliography
- 300 Klinkowitz, Jerome, papers relating to Kurt Vonnegut
- 301 Pieratt, Asa, collection of ephemera relating to Kurt Vonnegut
- 302 Barry, Sir Gerald, correspondence
- 303 Wilson family papers
- 304 Kent, Rockwell, letters to David Wesley
- 305 Jennings, Elizabeth, letters to Barbera Cooper
- 306 Jennings, Elizabeth, letters to Ruga Stanley
- 307 Jennings, Elizabeth, poetry manuscripts
- 308 American Academy of Music papers
- 309 MacGreevy, Thomas, letters to Eleanor and Frederick Reid
- 310 Reid, Eleanor and Frederick, collection related to Jack B. Yeats
- 311 Baker - Fales - Rush family papers
- 312 Anderson, John, papers
- 313 Proscenium Press archives
- 314 Rush family papers
- 315 Frear, J. Allen, Jr., papers
- 316 Black Stone Press archive
- 317 Snow, Wilbert, letters to Homer E. Woodbrigde
- 318 Wheeler, Ethel Rolt, letters to
- 319 Greene, Paulette, paper collection
- 320 Gratz, Alfred, family papers
- 321 Rodney family papers
- 322 Dorsey, George M., letters
- 323 Bowles, Paul, letters to William Saroyan
- 324 Bowles, Paul, letters to John Martin
- 325 World War II maps and radio broadcasts
- 326 Chance, Elbert T., papers
- 327 Biddle family papers
- 328 Nelson, David M., papers
- 329 Koch - Messchert family papers
- 330 Caldwell, Joseph, papers
- 331 Saulsbury, Willard, papers
- 332 BBC Third Programme radio scripts
- 333 Cobden - Sanderson, Richard, letters to
- 334 Pilsbury, Caroline, letters to Hannah Stickney
- 335 Ulster Theatre plays
- 336 Henry, Margaret Rose, speeches
- 337 Rosenthal, Irving, papers
- 338 Feinberg, Sidney, and George Grady, letters from calligraphers to
- 339 Gravell, Thomas, watermark collection
- 340 Field, Edward, Alfred Chester archives
- 341 Dinwiddie, Robert, official correspondence and military letters of Virginia Colony Lt. Gov.
- 342 Morris, Dr. Allston, papers of, relating to Southbridge Medical Advisory Council
- 343 Shirley, John, papers related to Thomas Harriot
- 344 Herlihy, James Leo, papers
- 345 Wiggins, Homer C., collection
- 346 Powell family papers
- 347 Newark, Delaware, Churches, transcripts of early
- 348 Sorrentino, Gilbert, letters to David Markson
- 349 Lewis, Dorsey Waitman, papers
- 350 Barker, Elsa, letters to
- 351 Corman, Cid, letters to David Giannini
- 352 Cummins, William Polk, papers
- 353 Williams family papers
- 354 Beadle and Adams archives
- 355 Grubb family papers
- 356 Rubicam, Charles A., architectural drawings
- 357 Martin, Edward William, architectural works
- 358 A. Colish, Press of, archives
- 359 Collins & Autenrieth architectural drawings
- 360 Thoyts, E.E., "Old Paper Watermarks"
- 361 Johnson, Everett C. & Louise Staton, papers
- 362 Ruck, Berta, travel journals
- 363 Field, Edward, papers
- 364 Rahn, Charles Edward, architectural drawings
- 365 Fernald, James C., architectural blueprints
- 366 American-Moninger architectural drawings of greenhouses and conservatories
- 367 Williams, Harry F, papers
- 368 Phillips, Gene, collection of James T. Farrell papers
- 369 Wilson, Robert A., collection related to James Purdy
- 370 Purdy, James, manuscripts
- 371 Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, biographical introductions to the Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
- 372 Morgan, George, papers
- 373 Bates, Arlo, and George L. Vose, papers
- 374 Irish Theatre journals
- 375 Frank, Waldo, papers
- 376 Houghton, Clinton Osborne, diaries
- 377 Wilson, Wilbur T., map collection
- 378 Clark, John Alonzo, The Reverend, sermons
- 379 Burd family papers
- 380 Stone, The Reverend Nathan, sermons
- 381 United States Light-House Board collection
- 382 Coffey, Brian, papers
- 383 Hunn, Ezekiel, Jr., letters to Lydia Hunn
- 384 Marshals of Napoleon collection
- 385 Parker, David Bigelow, letterbook
- 386 Flint, William Russell, Sir, letters to Kay Pickford
- 387 Shorter, Clement King, papers
- 388 Wilson, Alexander, papers
- 389 Clapp, William, papers
- 390 Browne, Gordon, letters to
- 391 Humberd, Charles, dime novel collection
- 392 Enslin, Theodore, letters to Howard McCord
- 393 Great Britain. Board of Ordnance. Plymouth Office of Ordnance, Record book of the,
- 394 Girvin family papers
- 395 Graff family papers
- 396 The Park 1 archive f
- 397 Morgan, Charles, letters to Ronald Armstrong
- 398 Reed, Ishmael, papers
- 399 Carper, Thomas R., congressional papers
- 400 Daniels, Pearl Herlihy, map collection papers
- 401 Carey Bros. Wallpaper Manufacturing Company records
- 402 Waples family papers
- 403 Fulton, Gardiner, papers
- 404 Brinnin, John Malcolm, letters to John Matthew O'Shea
- 405 Corman, Cid, journals
- 406 Gardner, Ralph D., papers
- 407 H. Rubinfine & Son archive
- 408 Sparks family papers
- 409 Le Sueur, Meridel, papers
- 410 Boyle, Kay, letters to Robert Nellen
- 411 J.K. Wright Printing Ink Company records
- 412 Hood, W. Russell, collection related to typography and graphic design
- 413 Robinson, Winifred J. papers
- 414 En Passant archive
- 415 Townsend, George Alfred, correspondence
- 416 McKee, Robert B., papers
- 417 Medill, Agnes P., Boys and Girls Liberty Clubs of Delaware scrapbook
- 418 Forney, John W. The Letters of Occasional
- 419 The Bassoon
- 420 Auchincloss, William S., scrapbook
- 421 Marston, Alice, scrapbook
- 422 Williams, William John, papers
- 423 Wilds, Jennie, and Caddie Lynch autograph albums and daguerreotypes
- 424 Browne, N. B., papers
- 425 Harrison Street Methodist Church papers
- 426 Rather Press collection
- 427 Tragara Press
- 428 Delaware 19th Century business and trade card collection
- 429 Woolf, Douglas, papers
- 430 Farrell, Rita, collection related to dance
- 431 Nixon-Nirdlinger, Frederick G., scrapbook
- 432 Pearson, G. Burton, Jr., papers
- 433 McKenna, Bernard, collection related to Irish theater and writers
- 434 Hart, John E., collection regarding Albert Halper
- 435 Fraim, Robert C., poetical writings
- 436 Brown, Harry Fletcher, collection
- 437 Coatsworth, Elizabeth, papers
- 438 Salmon Publishing, Ltd. archives
- 439 Steele, Marion H. (Marion Harlan), papers
- 440 Merci Train collection
- 441 Untermeyer, Louis, correspondence with John D. Weaver
- 442 Brown, Patricia D., papers of Col., related to service in Vietnam
- 443 Alderson, William T., papers
- 444 Kirk, James, family papers
- 445 Townsend family papers
- 446 Gold, Sir Joseph, collection related to Samuel Beckett
- 447 Angelica and Amity Presses archives
- 448 League of Women Voters of Newark, DE, archive
- 449 Littell family papers
- 450 Jones, Frazer, papers of the Robert Kirkwood Society, Children of the American Revolution
- 451 Blanding family papers
- 452 Pentagram Press archives
- 453 Brinton family papers
- 454 Bongé, Lyle - James Leo Herlihy correspondence
- 455 Stern, Madeleine B., papers related to Joseph de Nancrde
- 456 Pommy-Vega, Janine, manuscripts
- 457 Plymell, Charles, manuscripts
- 458 Millgate, Michael - C. P. Snow collection
- 459 Laidlaw, Dugald S., letterbook
- 460 Letters written during a South American Cruise, 1827-1828, 1982
- 461 Torbert - Ellegood collection
- 462 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Transcripts of Letters Relating to Delaware
- 463 Friendship Fire Company, Wilmington, Delaware, records
- 464 Digest of Town Council Minutes, Newark, Delaware
- 465 Autograph Abraham Lincoln Documents from the Lincoln Collection
- 466 Barthelme, Donald, collection
- 467 Raven Arts Press archive
- 468 Cohen, William J., papers
- 469 R. Hoe & Company collection
- 470 Clayton, Donna, collection
- 471 Oakley, Chris, collection
- 472 Gold, Joseph, Sir, political and miscellaneous ephemera
- 473 Tober, Frank W., French revolutionary-era song sheets and pamphlets
- 474 Tober, Frank W., manuscript and early printed leaf collection
- 475 Abbey Theatre playbills and related materials
- 476 Coughlin, Jack, portraits of Beckett
- 477 Womans Suffrage collection
- 478 M.J. Ivers and Company records
- 479 Homer, William Innes, papers related to Albert Pinkham Ryder
- 480 Georgetown, Delaware, businesses archives
- 481 Wilson, Robert A., collection
- 482 Reade, John, family papers
- 483 Böer, Karl Wolfgang, papers
- 484 Hoffman, Richard - Neil Simon collection
- 485 Hoffman, Richard - Arthur Miller collection
- 486 Hoyt, Nancy - Paul Bowles collection
- 487 Herrmann, Irene - Paul Bowles collection
- 488 Schleuning, Neala - Meridel LeSueur collection
- 489 Virden family papers
- 490 Hoffman, Richard - David Rabe collection
- 491 Holzapfel, Rudi, letters to Ellen Shannon-Mangan
- 492 Onions, Oliver, papers
- 493 Wilson, Helen Howard, collection of work books for Froebel's System of Gifts
- 494 Bounds, Roland E., science fiction collection / papers and ephemera
- 495 Bazelon, David T., papers
- 496 Hoffman, Richard - David Mamet collection
- 497 Hall, S.C. and Mrs. S.C., collection
- 498 Bamberger books archive
- 499 Reed, Henry Clay, papers
- 500 Yellow Barn Press collection of John DePol wood blocks
- 501 University of Georgia Press collection
- 502 Rothenstein, Sir William, and Sir John Rothenstein collection
- 503 Foundation Center Cooperating Collection Delaware: Tax Returns of Private Foundations in Delaware: Forms 990-PF and 990-AR
- 504 Posner, David Louis, papers
- 505 Hoffman, Richard - John Guare collection
- 506 Hartshorne, Charles and Dorothy - Jeremy Ingalls collection
- 507 Carty family papers
- 508 Hoffman, Richard - Lorraine Hansberry collection
- 509 Oakley, Thornton, and Amy Oakley collection
- 510 Hoffman, Richard - August Wilson collection
- 511 Rowell family papers
- 512 Stokes, William Axton, papers
- 513 Hutchison, Harriet Elizabeth, papers
- 514 McLeod family papers
- 515 Lieberman leaf collection
- 516 Lieberman, J. Ben, papers
- 517 Sinclair, John, Guitar Army manuscript
- 518 Cairns, Edward, papers
- 519 Hamilton and Hood papers
- 520 Mergenthaler Linotype Company archive
- 521 Lincoln, Abraham, collection
- 522 Torch Club of Delaware papers
- 523 Hill, Mary, correspondence
- 524 Tilghman family papers
- 525 Townsend, Joseph Brevitt, family papers
- 526 Arsht, Roxana Cannon,papers
- 527 Carr, Virginia Spencer, papers
- 528 Smith, Gwynne, papers
- 529 AAUW Delaware Division archive
- 530 AAUW Newark Branch archive
- 531 AAUW Mill Creek Branch archive
- 532 Womens Club of Claymont archive
- 533 Elliot, Mary Jane, papers
- 534 Layton, L. Lee, Jr., papers
- 535 Lueders, Alfred D., Metropolitan Merchandise Marts. Inc / Clifton Park Manor collection
- 536 Blackburn, Paul, provencal poets collection
- 537 Viereck, George Sylvester John Thomas Head correspondence
- 538 Russell, Frank B., geneological material
- 539 Smith, Charles, papers
- 540 Budd family papers
- 541 Nineteenth-century American Military collection
- 542 Milford New Century Club archives
- 543 Kallal, Catherine W., papers
- 544 Boytinck, Paul C.P. Snow collection
- 545 Stock, Irvin, papers
- 546 Moore, Harry, papers
- 547 Warsh, Lewis, collection
- 548 Wallenstein, Barry, James T. Farrell collection
- 549 Ashhurst family papers
- 550 Hoffman, Richard - Beth Henley collection
- 551 Hoffman, Richard - Woody Allen collection
- 552 Mid-Atlantic Food Processors Association, Inc. records
- 553 Bounds science fiction paperback collection
- 554 Wakeman, Geoffrey, Plough Press collection
- 555 Wilson, Robert, John Wieners, collection
- 556 Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett, papers
- 557 Tatum, George B. papers
- 558 Munroe, John A., papers
- 559 Burke, W. Merritt, III, pulp paperback book collection
- 560 Sombre Reptiles Press, records
- 561 Bush-Brown, Henry Kirke, "Henry Kirke Brown: The Father of American Sculpture" manuscript
- 562 Sloan, Helen Farr, Philadelphia Inquirer notebooks
- 563 German Dyeing Catalog collection
- 564 Hareven, Tamara K., papers
- 565 Delaware Council for International Visitors records
- 566 Rinard, Sally, papers
- 567 Hughes, Langston, ephemera collection
- 568 Lincoln Club of Delaware records
- 569 Digby, John, papers
- 570 Williams, William H., papers
- 571 Owen, Peter, archive
- 572 Blank, Frederic A., papers
- 573 Dutilh family business records
- 574 Delaware clippings and scrapbook collection
- 575 Hulings, David Watts, papers
- 576 White, Willard M. (Melvin), scrapbooks
- 577 Delaware State Beekepers Association records
- 578 Archaeological Society of Delaware records
- 579 Eastern States Archeological Federation records
- 580 Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference records
- 582 Knauf, Paul W., Jr., World War II photograph collection
- 583 Boyce, Truxton W., genealogical research and family papers
- 585 Baker, Alfred Gustavus, papers
- 586 Storey, George Adolphus, papers
- 587 Delaware Academy of Science. Iron Hill Museum oral history recordings and transcripts
- 591 Hoffman, Richard, collection of American and British theater and film scripts
- 592 Friends of the Newark Free Library records
- 595 Waller, Alfred and Annie, letters
- 596 Klein, Herbert, collection related to the film Barabbas (The Theif and the Cross)
- 597 Delaware Association of Family and Consumer Sciences records
- 600 Tober, Frank W., papermaking and paper samples collection

