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Creator:	Layton, C. S. (Caleb Sipple), 1798-1882
Title:	Caleb S. Layton papers
Date(s):	1845-1881
Call No:	MSS 0098, F0147
Abstract:	Consists of ten letters, one receipt, and one account book belonging to nineteenth-century Delaware attorney, legislator, and judge Caleb S. Layton (1798-1882), reflecting his legal career and personal life and[...] finances.
Subjects:	Lawyers--Correspondence \| Lawyers--Delaware--History--19th century \| Lawyers \| Georgetown (Del.)--History--19th century \| More Subjects

Creator:	Donnell, Samuel M.
Title:	Samuel M. Donnell account books
Date(s):	1852-1880
Call No:	MSS 0096, Item 0081
Abstract:	The account books of Samuel M. Donnell span the dates 1852 until 1880 and encompass both Donnell's real estate concerns and his farming and household interests in Newark, Delaware.
Subjects:	Real property--Alabama--Montgomery--History--19th century \| Moneylenders--19th century \| Finance, Personal--Delaware--Newark--History--19th century \| Agriculture--Delaware--Newark--History--19th century \| More Subjects

Creator:	Creator unknown
Title:	Children's scrapbook belonging to "A.R."
Date(s):	1850-1899
Call No:	MSS 0093, Item 0026
Abstract:	This nineteenth-century children's scrapbook bears the initials "A.B." and the date 1891 in cross stitch on a small oval canvas label affixed to a red cloth cover. The scrapbook features[...] both German and English trade cards; collectible scraps of flowers, animals, children, and flowers; visiting cards; New Year cards; color printed cartoons of Grimm fairy tales and rhymes in German; and other color printed images.
Subjects:	Scrapbooks--19th century

Creator:	Creator unknown
Title:	Nineteenth-century British scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content
Date(s):	1846-1899
Call No:	MSS 0093, Item 0040
Abstract:	This British nineteenth-century scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content features images created from multiple printing processes, predominantly monochromatic engravings, though the album also includes original artwork, elaborately printed[...] Victorian-era greeting cards, and other color illustrations. Collected images include Italian, French, and primarily British landmarks, abbeys, cathedrals, historic landscapes, and British monarchs and nobility. This scrapbook also contains numerous theatrical images of Shakespearean actors, apparently cut from Tallis Dramatic Magazine, and General Theatrical and Musical Review. The date span for this album ranges from 1846-1890s, based on the inclusion of eight chapter illustrations by Phiz from Charles Dickens's Dombey and Son, which was serialized between 1846-1848, and a portrait of a mature Edward, Prince of Wales.
Subjects:	Theater--Great Britain--History--19th century \| Scrapbooks--Great Britain--19th century \| Great Britain--Pictorial works

Creator:	Wilson, Archibald, active 1843
Title:	Forecastle Journals
Date(s):	1842-1883
Call No:	MSS 0097, Item 0085
Abstract:	This journal, named after the forecastle or upper forward deck of a sailing ship, was kept by American sailor Archibald Wilson during the period 1842-1843 and documents five trips taken[...] while serving aboard the ships James Edwards, Pioneer of Alexandria, and James Perkins. The journal entries document meteorological conditions, events of the day, duties performed aboard the ship, Wilson's thoughts and mood, and his interest in literature. Clippings from an 1883 issue of the magazine Harper's Weekly are also pasted into the volume.
Subjects:	Merchant mariners--Diaries \| Transatlantic voyages--History--19th century \| Merchant mariners \| North Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel

Creator:	Studer, Heinrich
Title:	Instructional dyeing receipt book
Date(s):	1842-1889
Call No:	MSS 0097, Item 0161
Abstract:	This manuscript by Heinrich Studer is written in German and gives instructions for dyeing, bleaching, and textile printing.
Subjects:	Color in the textile industries--History--19th century \| Dyes and dyeing--Handbooks, manuals, etc. \| Dyes and dyeing--History--19th century \| Textile industry--Germany--History--19th century \| More Subjects

Creator:	Booth, James Curtis, 1810-1888
Title:	James C. Booth papers
Date(s):	1833-1888
Call No:	MSS 0175
Abstract:	The James C. Booth papers consist of an extensive collection of Booth's personal, professional, and family papers. Included is a large collection of incoming and outgoing correspondence with colleagues[...] in the chemistry and geology professions; substantial correspondence with family members, notably his mother, Ann Bolton Booth, and his wife Margaret M. "Rettie" Booth; and extensive correspondence with and concerning professional and charitable organizations. Booth's work as a chemical consultant and assayer, as well as his work as Chief Melter and Refiner at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, is documented in correspondence and documents. A collection of James Booth's journals and notebooks, including his survey notes taken during the 1838 Delaware Geological Survey, are also present.
Subjects:	Chemistry \| Families--United States--History--19th century \| Geology

Creator:	Creator unknown
Title:	Spanish calligraphy manuscript
Date(s):	1850-1899
Call No:	MSS 0097, Item 0180
Abstract:	This Spanish calligraphy manuscript is a notebook of penmanship exercises created by a 13-year-old girl (Juanita?) in the mid-nineteenth century.
Subjects:	Calligraphy \| Young women--Conduct of Life

Creator:	Clapp, William
Title:	William Clapp papers
Date(s):	1843-1884
Call No:	MSS 0389
Abstract:	The William Clapp papers are the diaries, farm registers, and account books of William Clapp and other members of the Clapp family, who had a[...] thriving fruit orchard in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in the mid-nineteenth century. The entire collection appears to have been the personal property of William Clapp, although a few account books record information about the finances of other family members. William Clapp lived either with or near his parents and brothers, who are mentioned almost every day in the diaries and farm registers; other relatives are also regularly mentioned in the diaries and ledgers. The focus of all three types of record books--diaries, farm registers, and ledgers--is the nursery business. The account books provide detailed information about the number of laborers necessary for various jobs in the orchard and around the property, laborer wages, and the prices for which the Clapps sold their produce. While William's focus was the work of the family orchard, his daily notations also included the family, social, intellectual, and cultural scope of his life. The significance of this collection lays in the complete record of one mid-nineteenth century New England family's management of an orchard business. Another significant aspect of this collection lays in the interests and activities of William Clapp himself. Though William did not use his diaries to express feelings, emotions, and opinions, and though he noted his activities and current events with only brief factual statements, the record he left of his interests and activities depicts a man who combined practical business activity with intellectual and cultural interests. In many ways, William was an example of the American yeoman farmer as idealized by Thomas Jefferson: independent, enterprising, well-informed, and civic-minded

Creator:	Janvier, John
Title:	John Janvier account books for New Castle, Delaware
Date(s):	1836-1885
Call No:	MSS 0096, Item 0054
Abstract:	In these mind-nineteenth-century account books, John Janvier of New Castle, Delaware, records his personal loans and investments, including stage lines, financial institutions, and rail companies.
Subjects:	Investments \| Transportation--Delaware--History--19th century \| Delaware--History--19th century

Creator:	Creator unknown
Title:	Nineteenth-century collecting card album
Date(s):	1850-1899
Call No:	MSS 0093, Item 0085
Abstract:	This nineteenth-century album contains approximately 154 illustrated collecting cards depicting various human-built or natural landscapes, places, activities, and wildlife. Many, if not all, of these collecting cards were part[...] of sets produced by Louis Prang & Co. of Boston, Massachussetts.
Subjects:	Scrapbooks--History--19th century \| Botanical illustration \| Outdoor recreation \| Central Park (New York, N.Y.)

Creator:	Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1830-1903
Title:	Henry Clay Trumbull correspondence
Date(s):	1844-1892
Call No:	MSS 0238
Abstract:	Henry Clay Trumbull (1830-1903) was a noted author, editor, and Sunday-school missionary. The collection contains 120 letters written by various members of Henry Clay Trumbull's family. The majority of the[...] letters are between Trumbull and his parents and siblings.
Subjects:	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 \| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Chaplains \| United States--Religious life and customs--History--19th century \| Connecticut--Description and travel

Creator:	Wilson, Alexander
Title:	Alexander Wilson papers
Date(s):	1852-1890
Call No:	MSS 0388
Abstract:	The personal and business papers of Alexander Wilson, a manufacturer of agricultural machinery just below Newark in Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, [...] include letters, envelopes, brochures, receipts, checks, and ephemera. As a successful businessman in New Castle County, Delaware, Wilson was involved in county government. From evidence in the collection, Wilson was a Trustee of the Poor (1877), Secretary of School District 54, New Castle County (1875), and a commissioner of the New Castle County Levy Court. The correspondence concerns customer inquiries about the equipment that Wilson manufactured and responses to Wilson's own inquiries and orders from other manufacturers and retailers of parts and supplies. Most letters are very brief: acknowledging orders, requesting clarification of orders, and stating transportation arrangements with railroad companies, especially the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad, whose tracks lay not far from Wilson's plant. The strength of this collection lays in the advertising information presented on brochures, trade cards, and envelopes, which offer detailed information about agricultural machines, engines, parts, and tools, and often specify prices, sizes, and provide diagrams. Another strength of this collection lays in its record of a network of interdependent manufacturing concerns in the East and midwest, each producing goods necessary to the operation of the others.

Creator:	David, B. B.
Title:	David, David, and Smith travel and real estate journals
Date(s):	1851-1906
Call No:	MSS 0097, Item 0019
Abstract:	These diaries, contained in four volumes, highlight daily life and travel to Wyoming, social activities, and real estate business, primarily in Iowa and Wyoming between 1851 and 1906. Individuals named[...] B. B. David, E. C. David, and William W. Smith produced three of these four volumes. The final compiler of the diaries is unknown.
Subjects:	Travel writing--United States--History--19th century \| Real property--Iowa--History--19th century \| Surveyors \| Travelers \| More Subjects

Creator:	Baker, Matilda
Title:	Matilda Baker diary
Date(s):	1854-1880
Call No:	MSS 0097, Item 0089
Abstract:	Matilda Baker of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, kept this diary between May 1857 and March 1858, recording information about social visits, her work habits, and events taking place in Philadelphia. She[...] also recorded information about railroad shares, bonds, and other financial investments held by herself and other women from 1854 to 1880.
Subjects:	Women--United States--Diaries \| Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century

Creator:	Collins & Autenrieth
Title:	Collins and Autenrieth architectural works
Date(s):	1852-1904
Call No:	MSS 0359
Abstract:	Despite the prominence of the nineteenth-century Philadelphia architectural firm of Collins & Autenrieth, not much is known about the background of its two founding members. Edward Collins (1821-1902) was born[...] in Köningsberg, Prussia, and studied at universities in Karlsruhe and Berlin, two important architectural centers in Germany. While there, he became friends with Charles M. Autenrieth (1828-1906), who was born in Wurtenburg, and who was also a student of architecture. According to the records of his family, Collins came to Philadelphia in 1849, and it is likely that he persuaded Autenrieth to come with him. The work of Collins and Autenrieth was quite varied, designing buildings for both private individuals and civic institutions, and much of their work centered on the German immigrant community of Philadelphia. The Collins & Autenrieth architectural works collection covers the entire span of their partnership from 1854-1902 and contains 422 items, and includes elevations, floorplans, perspectives, renderings, sections, details, blueprints, and several notebooks. The collection at the University of Delaware contains only a portion of the extant works from the firm of Collins & Autenrieth. Nevertheless, the collection provides a good indication of the scope and quality of their work.

Creator:	Russel, William, 1777-1858
Title:	William Russel ledgers
Date(s):	1808-1885
Call No:	MSS 0096, Item 0076
Abstract:	Includes two ledgers kept by the Russel family of Lewes, Delaware, primarily documenting the accounts of William Russel's tannery, farming, and dry goods services, but also containing miscellaneous items related[...] to other pursuits or other family members.
Subjects:	Tanners--Delaware--Lewes--History--19th century \| Dry-goods--Delaware--Lewes--History--19th century \| Farmers--Delaware--Lewes--History--19th century \| Tanners \| More Subjects

Creator:	University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Title:	Nineteenth-century American military collection
Date(s):	1846-1903
Call No:	MSS 0541
Abstract:	The Nineteenth-century American military collection is an artificial collection that contains 1.6 linear feet of American military records spanning the period 1846-1903. The bulk of the collection dates from the[...] American Civil War (1861-1865). Additional records are from the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) and the remainder of the nineteenth century. There are also five items pertaining to the Mexican War (1846-1848) and two documents from the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers from 1856-1858. The records primarily document the administrative and bureaucratic logistics of waging a war and maintaining an army. Items include official correspondence between officers; orders; morning, trimonthly, and consolidated reports of unit manpower and supplies; food inspections; cargo and livestock manifests; provisions for supplies; and discharges and appointments of individual soldiers. Some personal letters (11 items) to and from Civil War soldiers are also present, as are a number of personal letters to and from Civil War veterans written during the post-war period.
Subjects:	Mexican War, 1846-1848 \| Patronage, Political--United States--History--19th century \| Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) \| Soldiers \| More Subjects

Creator:	Baker, Alfred Gustavus, 1831-1913
Title:	Alfred G. Baker papers
Date(s):	1837-1913
Call No:	MSS 0585
Abstract:	The Alfred G. Baker papers comprise personal correspondence and business records of nineteenth-century Philadelphia businessmen Michael V. Baker and his son Alfred G. Baker, who became a prominent citizen and[...] patron of the arts.
Subjects:	Dry-goods--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century \| Art patronage--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--19th century \| Businesspeople \| Patrons \| More Subjects

Creator:	University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Title:	Papers of Wilmington banks
Date(s):	1831-1895
Call No:	MSS 0594
Abstract:	The Papers of Wilmington Banks, 1831-1895, consists of .1 linear feet of material pertaining to the chartering and dissolution of specific independent and national banks in Wilmington, Delaware, and the[...] passing of the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864.
Subjects:	Banks and banking--Delaware--History--19th century \| National banks (United States)--History--19th century \| Wilmington (Del.)--History--19th century