Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. Records At Hagley Museum and Library

Arranged and described by David H. Burdash 2011

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HISTORY The history of the Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., is a study in orderly development of urban and suburban growth designed to benefit the economic, social, and recreational needs of the residents of Wilmington and New Castle County, Delaware. The evolution of the spirit and mission of Woodlawn began with the company’s founder, William Poole Bancroft (1835-1928), whose dream was “for someone to gather up the rough land along the Brandywine Creek above Rockland and hold it for the future Wilmington, a Wilmington of hundreds of thousands of people.” He said, “It has been a hobby, or a concern with me, for more than twenty-six years, to endeavor to get park land for the advantage of the people of Wilmington and its vicinity.” 1 William Poole Bancroft was born in Rockford, near Wilmington, Delaware, on July 12, 1835. His parents were Joseph Bancroft, founder of the cotton mills Joseph Bancroft & Sons, and Sarah Poole, daughter of William Poole, a silversmith and miller. Both parents were members of the Society of Friends. William’s part-time employment in his father’s cotton mill at age seven taught him not only to appreciate the rewards of hard work, but also the benefits of preserving the resources upon which the mills depended. William worked full time in the mills at the age of fourteen, and by the age of thirty, he was made a partner in the business. The profits of the cotton mill provided William and his brother Samuel with a comfortable life. With his share of the profits, William began to purchase open space with the intent to grant it outright or sell it, without profit, to the City of Wilmington for park lands. He was especially interested in providing public parks, parkways, and well-planned residential areas. He hoped that working citizens could find low-cost housing in neighborhoods that included important educational and social institutions, such as a school and library, as well as retail establishments, and, most importantly, parks for recreational activities. By 1901, Bancroft had purchased hundreds of acres of undeveloped land, and he formed a corporation governed by five directors who would oversee future acquisitions. He transferred his land holdings to the company, which was named The Woodlawn Company. The charter of the new company stated “The nature of the business, or objects, or purposes to be transacted, promoted, or carried on are as follows---For the benefit of the people of Wilmington and its vicinity---to acquire without limitation as to amount, by gift, devise, purchase or otherwise, and to hold, own, use, mortgage, lease, pledge, sell, assign, transfer, and convey in fee simple or otherwise XXXXXXX real estate, bonds, stocks, goods, and chattels XXXXX and property of every class and description as it shall be believed will be beneficial as aforesaid.” 2 1

From a copy of a paper read by William Poole Bancroft before a meeting of the West Brandywine Grange, February 18, 1909. 2

“The Hope of the Woodlawn Trustees,” C.A. Beck, 1922.

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The charter further stated that land acquisitions would be transferred to the Mayor and City Council of Wilmington provided that the land was used for parks or playground purposes; that there was wise planning in the development of the city; and that there would be construction of houses and other buildings which might be considered beneficial under the charter. It is clear from the charter that the Woodland Company’s mission emphasized that the lands acquired by the City were to be used for parks, wise urban planning, and housing if the directors of the Woodlawn Company deemed it wise. William Bancroft also believed that the City of Wilmington would outgrow its current boundaries, and he began to purchase land in the Brandywine Hundred area in New Castle County. By 1922, according to Charles Beck’s paper, “The Hope of the Woodlawn Trustees,” Woodlawn owned about 1900 acres between the Brandywine Creek and the Concord Pike (Route 202), from Rockland Road to the Pennsylvania state line, and intended to preserve the open space for park lands and well-planned residential areas. In 2010, much of the property west of the Concord Pike is still owned by Woodlawn. Some stock of the Woodlawn Company was awarded to non-profit institutions in Wilmington, dividends from which would provide a constant source of income. Additional shares of stock were purchased by William Bancroft, his wife Emma Cooper Bancroft, other members of the Bancroft family, and prominent individuals in Wilmington. Earlier, in 1884, Bancroft had sponsored legislation to form the Wilmington Park Commission. He served on the board of the Park Commission from 1884 until 1922, agreeing to be president for the final eighteen years of his tenure. During his term as a Park Commissioner, Bancroft worked not only to preserve and conserve park land, but to build a connecting road between two large parks: Rockford Park in Northeast Wilmington and Canby Park in West Wilmington. In 1912, he proposed a tree-lined boulevard and low-cost housing along the boulevard for the benefit of the hard-working residents who lived in Woodlawn “flats.” Construction of the boulevard met with frequent obstructions, but it was finally completed. The City of Wilmington, acknowledging Bancroft’s effort to beautify the several neighborhoods adjacent to the boulevard, named the street Bancroft Parkway in 1932. The parkway project illustrates the patience and business practices of the Woodlawn Trustees for the benefit of the community. The parkway was proposed in 1912, but was not completed and named until 1932. While the need was clear and Bancroft’s dream had merit, Woodlawn waited patiently for community approval while gathering the resources to build the boulevard and acquiring the land to fulfill the dream. The boulevard was constructed in two “halves,” separated by the B & O Railroad tracks at 9th Street and Grant Avenue. Bridge construction over the railroad tracks came to a halt with a shortage of steel during the Depression and during World War II, thus leaving Bancroft’s dream unfulfilled. The two “halves” of the boulevard were not connected until 2005 when a footbridge was constructed across the railroad tracks as part of the beautification of the

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neighborhood. The “new” neighborhood included a new public library, appropriately named the Woodlawn Library (Woodlawn had donated space, utilities, and maintenance to a much smaller library since 1925), and gardens in a new well-groomed community park. With financing from the Woodlawn Trustees and New Castle County, Bancroft’s dream—one beautiful, uninterrupted boulevard from Rockford Park to Canby Park—at long last (1912-2005) was finally real. Nearby residents could then walk directly to their neighborhood library without driving to avoid the railroad tracks.

“Flats” The “flats” were the first houses constructed by Woodlawn, on property bounded by Fourth and Seventh Streets, northwest of Union Street and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Wilmington. The “flats” were row houses of four or six rooms, semi-detached houses of four, six, or eight rooms, and apartments of three, four, five, six or eight rooms. Originally, not all of the houses were equipped with modern utilities, heating, and appliances, but these were updated as capital and more modern equipment became available. The “flats” project (twenty acres) was begun in 1903, at a time when small houses were in great demand in Wilmington. Rents from the “flats” were kept at a moderate level to attract working people and were intended to provide capital to be used for philanthropic activities, to provide funds to maintain the rental units, and to provide an investment for the educational non-profit institutions which held shares of stock in the Woodlawn Company. William Bancroft consulted Charles W. Leavitt and Frederick Law Olmstead, noted urban planners, civil engineers, and landscape designers, to plan the community. Between 1903 and 1914, twenty long rows of houses, 398 units, were constructed, providing housing for 390 families, or 1,300 to 1,500 people. It is noteworthy to remember that all the houses were built without the advantage of steam-powered machinery or power tools. Basements were hand-dug, boards were hand-cut, and manpower was the only true resource for craftsmanship. Bancroft originally provided financing, but eventually rent payments financed new construction. From 1914 until the 1930s, no additional units were constructed, but there were several modifications and alterations to reduce larger houses to smaller apartment, due to the changing demands of the renters. Some additional houses were constructed during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. In 1970, there were a total of 455 units owned and rented by Woodlawn in the Flats area of Wilmington. In 1991, the trustees listed 457 units, one store, one library, a maintenance shop, a warehouse, and ninety-four garages. On February 15, 1912, William Bancroft wrote a letter to the directors of the Woodlawn Company, projecting that the construction of Woodlawn Houses would probably end in 1913, due to the shortage of space for new homes near the Woodlawn Tract in Wilmington. He stated that he was looking to the Brandywine Hundred area in New Castle County for additional property. Bancroft had already purchased more than 1,000 acres and was looking for more. He offered his property to the Woodlawn Company, and presumed that capital generated from rents of the “flats” would be available for long-term

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use for buying farms in the “country.” Recognizing that a large acquisition of land was inevitable, Bancroft suggested that the lands be held in trust for the community. The board agreed to transfer all properties to a trust to be governed by a group named the Woodlawn Trustees. The stock in the company that was owned by charitable organizations was converted to 5% bonds for the benefit of those institutions. Stock held by individuals was given to the trust. The Internal Revenue Service granted tax-exempt status to the new organization in 1927. The Certificate of Incorporation for the Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., reiterated that the purposes of the Trustees were (1) acquiring and holding lands for parks and recreation; (2) wise community planning and wise development of the trust’s holdings; and (3) construction of housing deemed wise by the Trustees.

Citizens Housing Corporation The Woodlawn Trustees acquired properties in Wilmington owned by the Citizens Housing Corporation (CHC), an organization which in 1925 began to purchase and rehabilitate houses in the African-American community. By 1960, the CHC had sold about 98% of its stock to the Woodlawn Trustees, who had agreed to buy the sixty housing units for more than face value to avoid collapse of the CHC. By 1970, the CHC (Woodlawn) owned ninety units, and by 1991, there were 111 units among the residences of the CHC.

Bancroft Humanitarianism As William Bancroft became more active as an environmentalist and conservationist, he drifted away from the day-to-day management of Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company. However, his treatment of mill workers and his fellow citizens was a direct result from the values learned from his Quaker faith and a sense of honesty and integrity instilled in him by his father Joseph. The “Company” was an early pioneer in the introduction of “welfare work,” a term denoting an attempt to bring management closer to the labor force by providing more comfortable working conditions during an age when most companies ignored the plight of those who were “front line” laborers. Earlier, Joseph Bancroft had made workplace improvements. He reduced the number of daily working hours, substituted mules for heavy carrying; paid his workers in cash, rather than using company stores as a focus for remuneration; offered a company savings bank to workers; and provided a school and library at the Brandywine mill. William Bancroft’s philanthropic activities reflected lessons learned as a devout Quaker and from his background in business. Records exist which document his personal longterm grants to students, financial support to non-profit institutions, and most importantly, the contributions of open space for recreational use to the residents of City of Wilmington, New Castle County, and the State of Delaware.

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Bancroft realistically judged that his dream of far-reaching park land for residents of Wilmington and New Castle County might not be possible during his lifetime. There were delays in securing the properties he desired. Many landowners did not wish to sell their land or set the asking price at a level considered too high by Woodlawn, who would then wait until a better price was quoted. Some projects were not completed until decades after Woodlawn’s original interest (such as the Bancroft Parkway project). If the deal was not “right,” the deal could “wait.” However, whether the Trustees were involved in issues in the “flats,” or the Citizens Housing Corporation, or in the “country,” they were regarded with utmost respect, with rare exceptions. They were fair, but realistic in their real estate transactions. Their integrity was rarely questioned, and their word was their bond. Following Bancroft’s death in 1928 and his wife Emma’s death in 1929, the Woodlawn Trustees pursued the work of their founder. During the Great Depression, tenants in the Woodlawn houses were greatly affected by unemployment and poverty. The trustees were lenient in the collection of rents and helped their tenants to rebound from the Depression and slowly pay their debts. The Trustees started a building program to assist unemployed laborers and craftsmen, and the following were constructed: thirty-three garages, a warehouse addition, thirteen four-room houses, and three pairs of six-room semi-detached houses. In 1940, construction continued with the addition of more houses and garages, but World War II caused the building program to come to a halt. Following the war, however, construction resumed to honor a contract with the DuPont Company to build four pairs of six-room houses to be rented to DuPont employees. The project was besieged by so many problems caused by few experienced workers and a lack of materials that Woodlawn decided to wait for a better economy to undertake similar building programs in the future.

The “Country” The economy in the next three decades was more conducive to development in the “country” north of Wilmington. In the late 1940s, the Trustees had decided that low-cost housing, although important to the tenants, was not a sound investment for the future. They were determined to continue to maintain and improve the “flats” when needed and to retain moderate rents for houses in the City. However, securing the capital for maintaining urban low-cost housing would have to come from commercial development of the Brandywine Hundred acreage in New Castle County and Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Since the early days of the century, Woodlawn held properties in New Castle County and Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was time to plan orderly development in those areas, combining commercial and residential construction while setting aside significant lands for recreational purposes. Proceeds from development in the “country” would continue to help support Woodlawn’s urban investments and to maintain the large areas of open space that Woodlawn would eventually grant to the State for public parks.

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During the 1950s, the neighborhood developments of Alapocas, Woodbrook, and Sharpley were begun, followed by the construction of Edenridge and Tavistock in the 1970s. Records indicate that the developments in Brandywine Hundred had been part of a Master Plan designed by Charles Leavitt in 1922 and later revised by Whitman, Requardt and Associates in 1973. Complimenting the construction of homes were property sales to restaurants, business offices, and retail stores in the 1980s. In the 1990s, the Trustees recorded their ownership of properties in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to include twenty-five houses, five houses with barns; six farms, one farmette; three commercial rentals; and thirty agricultural leases. William Bancroft’s “dream package” was almost complete. The only missing piece of his Master Plan was the addition of extensive park lands and greenways.

Parks The acquisition of land for park use was clearly a primary goal for William Bancroft and later the Woodlawn Trustees. The proceeds from any lands which were rented or sold for profit were used for maintaining the parks and rental units. By the time Bancroft died in 1928, he had donated more than 200 acres to the City of Wilmington for park use. With the creation of the Wilmington Board of Park Commissioners in 1883, Bancroft found a set of sympathetic ears to listen to his ideas about the use of open space for enhancing the quality of life among his neighbors. William M. Canby was elected president of the Board of Park Commissioners. Canby’s hobby was the study of botany. He traveled and corresponded with his friends Charles Darwin and John Muir, as well as his cousin William P. Bancroft, all of whom were influenced by each other’s eagerness to preserve park land. Other members of the board were Henry A. du Pont, Joseph L. Carpenter, George W. Bush, another William Canby, William P. Bancroft, Edward Betts, Francis N. Buck, Thomas F. Bayard, and J. Taylor Gause. Each member was a very influential member of the community, which gave credibility to any decisions formulated by the board. 3 As early as 1881, William Bancroft unsuccessfully requested that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company donate land to the City of Wilmington for a park. He again mentioned the subject at the first meeting of the Board of Park Commissioners, but there was no response. As a result, Bancroft offered the city his own property of fifty acres, located in Rockford. Months after Bancroft’s offer, the Board suggested that Frederick Law Olmstead, noted landscape designer, be consulted as to the suitability for parks of Bancroft’s land and lands in the current Brandywine Park area. Following much deliberation about Olmstead’s favorable report for purchasing the land, the Park Commissioners agreed to present Olmstead’s recommendation to City Council. City Council purchased most of the Brandywine Park lands in 1886. Although William Bancroft’s offer did not include land in Brandywine Park, it was his enthusiasm for a park system that finally persuaded City Council to invest in park lands. Later, the City

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“Development of a Public Park in Wilmington,” by Priscilla Thompson, December 12, 1976.

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received lands from Bancroft or Woodlawn which today comprise most of the open space set aside for parks in Wilmington. 4 The gifts of park lands from Woodlawn did not cease after Bancroft’s death. In 1981, the Woodlawn Trustees transferred a large tract of land to the State of Delaware as an addition to Brandywine Creek State Park. More than 500 acres of land previously acquired by Bancroft, the Woodlawn Company, and the Woodlawn Trustees was transferred to the State. The first lands to be identified as Brandywine Creek State Park were 433 acres purchased at the urging of Forward Lands, Inc., an organization devoted to preservation of open space. With grants from the Crystal Trust, the Longwood Foundation, and the Woodlawn Trustees, the State was able to match a grant from the Delaware Water Conservation Aid Fund to create the state’s sixth state park. Coupled with the 500 acres transferred by the Woodlawn Trustees, the park continues to be one of the state’s largest public parks. In October 1981, at a ceremony in Brandywine Creek State Park, the Woodlawn Trustees announced that a foundation had been established to protect and maintain the Park. The Trust Fund continues today, adding assets to the fund from conservationists, Preservationists, and individuals who, because of the efforts of the Woodlawn Trustees, have enjoyed the beauty of parks. The most recent state park in Delaware is the Alapocas Run State Park which was created on land originally transferred to the state by Woodlawn. Alapocas was one of the first neighborhoods created in the Brandywine Hundred area by Woodlawn. Nearby was Alfred I. du Pont’s Blue Ball Barn, built in 1914 and adjacent to the site of Blue Ball Tavern and inn. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the State converted the renovated barn and a 27,000 square foot Can-Do Boundless Playground for children into a recreational area for a public park. The barn contains the park office, a conference center, and art galleries. The Can-Do Playground offers unbounded space for children’s activities of all kinds. Objects not achieved, Opportunities lost With the addition of parks to the other two elements of William Bancroft’s mission— namely, housing and planned communities with shops, schools, libraries, and other enhancements for quality of life—Woodlawn had nearly completed their founder’s dream. From time to time during their history, the Woodlawn Trustees pondered their achievements. In 1990, the board deliberated over the report “William Bancroft and

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Woodlawn: Objects not achieved, Opportunities lost.” 5 In the report, “objects not achieved” alludes to (1) a connection to the two “halves” of the Bancroft Parkway (subsequently achieved in 2005) and (2) a park connection from Brandywine Park to Alapocas Woods (achieved in 2009 with a walking trail). Among the lost opportunities were listed the purchase of (1) the Bancroft Mill property lying north and south of the Brandywine at Rockford; (2) The Bird/ Malone property in Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania; and, (3) The Fulenwider property, along Smith’s Bridge Road in Pennsylvania. It is not known if the list has been updated. Legal Issues Although Woodlawn’s positive reputation is well documented, the Trustees have not been without problems during the twentieth century. Infrequently, Woodlawn has been involved with legal issues. The question of Woodlawn’s tax-exempt status has, from time to time, become an issue with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. In 1927, Woodlawn was granted tax-exempt status, following a four-year dispute to clarify the philanthropic nature of the organization. In 1937, Woodlawn’s claim for an exemption from paying tax on capital stock was met with an objection from the IRS initially, but was overruled, provided that the purposes of Woodlawn had not changed from those for which it was originally created. Also in 1937, Woodlawn was asked to show reason for claiming a tax exemption, and the 1937 ruling was affirmed. Issues with the IRS seemed to be rare during the next twenty-six years until Woodlawn’s exemption was revoked in 1963, and they received a statement from the U.S. Treasury Department showing due a balance of $103,465.84 for the period ending December 31, 1964. As a result of the revocation, Woodlawn was forced to pay taxes from the years 1951 through 1964. A long legal dispute ensued, and following a favorable ruling regarding the tax emption, Woodlawn sued the U.S. Government for back taxes and won. The issue of philanthropy was the primary argument for each suit with the IRS. At the same time as the Woodlawn Trustees were discussing their tax-exempt status with the IRS, they became involved with a challenge of a different nature. In September 1963, the Wilmington Monthly Meeting adopted a statement which called for Woodlawn to institute open housing without discrimination. The Monthly Meeting appointed a five-person committee to write to all members of the Woodlawn Trustees who were members of the Society of Friends. The Committee’s report stated that a deed to property in Alapocas in 1936 restricted residency to Caucasians and that Woodlawn lacked a policy on the race, creed, or national origin of their residents. Woodlawn believed that there was no evidence that William Bancroft had any policy to integrate housing. Nevertheless, the committee believed that the Woodlawn Trustees should consider integrating their housing. Woodlawn was urged to integrate housing by news reporters, various representatives of neighborhood organizations, protests in 5

“William Bancroft and Woodlawn: Objects not achieved, Opportunities lost,” a report compiled by Stephen Clark, with sketch maps by Lynn Williams, for the Board of Woodlawn Trustees, 6/14/1990.

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front of Philip Rhoads’ house by Monthly Meeting members, and by the New Castle County Housing Commission. Eventually, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal law barred all racial discrimination (private or public) in the sale or rental of property. The community’s protest persisted through the late 1960s, beyond Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination and beyond the riots in downtown Wilmington. The protesters requested open housing for Wilmington residents and for residents of New Castle County in those developments already being constructed on Woodlawn’s lands. In 1969, one more committee was created by the Wilmington Monthly Meeting to convince Woodlawn to change its housing policy, declaring that Woodlawn, in its decision to sell lands for upscale residential houses and commercial property in Brandywine Hundred, had clearly drifted from the original mission of William Bancroft. As a response to the criticism and to determine the feasibility of providing low-cost housing in Brandywine Hundred, Woodlawn decided to create a Master Plan for developing their holdings in the Brandywine Hundred area (the “country”). The plan, completed in June 1971, concluded that low-cost housing in New Castle County was not economically feasible for Woodlawn. This was due to the high cost of construction and the need to charge high rents or sale prices which would be beyond the reach for those who needed it. Woodlawn’s housing policy continued to be a divisive element in the Wilmington Monthly Meeting, with some Quakers believing that the Trustees were following Bancroft’s dream, while others thought not. The issue was further exacerbated by a resolution of the Wilmington’s City Council calling for a policy from Woodlawn stating opposition to discrimination in housing. In 1972, the Woodlawn Trustees agreed to a Delaware State Human Relations Commission request to establish a policy that Woodlawn would not discriminate in awarding housing due to race, creed, or national origin. All protest from the Wilmington and Philadelphia Monthly Meetings ceased, and in 1981, an article in the Wilmington News Journal declared the “flats” to be “a model of integration.” During the latter portion of the ongoing discussion about discrimination, an event occurred which intensified the issue. It was a lawsuit brought by Mrs. William du Pont in December 1972. She had been refused the sale of a house by Woodlawn on Mt. Lebanon Road in Talleyville. The property was listed for sale for $75,000, and Mrs. du Pont offered a down payment while confirming her acceptance of the purchase by letter. When she stated that the house would be used for a home for neglected children, the sale was rejected, and the down payment was returned. Mrs. du Pont’s position was that Woodlawn did not want to sell to an organization that would permit African-American children to inhabit the house and therefore Woodlawn was discriminating. The suit was dismissed with prejudice in October 1974. The 1960s and 1970s were years of challenge for the Woodlawn Trustees. They prepared volumes of information and documents used in the hearings for the revocation of Woodlawn’s tax-exempt status and subsequent suits with the U.S. Government and the State of Delaware for back taxes, the claims of discrimination by the Society of Friends,

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and Martha Ann du Pont’s discrimination suit. The pressure was so great that in the 1970s, the Trustees were preparing plans to sell all of their assets.

The Future By the 1960s, Concord Pike, formerly a country road bounded by undeveloped farmland, became a thriving growth zone with retail shops, commercial office buildings, and professional businesses. The growth continued into the next thirty-five years, resulting in thorough development with residential and commercial structures. Due to the popularity of a “new” interstate highway with convenient exits to Brandywine Hundred and with the focus of shopping shifting from Wilmington to the northern suburbs, heavy traffic seemed to defeat the purpose of moving out to the “pleasurable life.” The Woodlawn Trustees, putting aside the list of “opportunities lost,” at least for the moment, became one of the primary agents for change in Brandywine Hundred. Woodlawn promoted wise planning in the growth of the new commercial hub. Open space and greenways were integrated with the furious pace of construction of restaurants, hotels, office buildings, and professional businesses on lands leased or sold by Woodlawn. In 2008, many residents believed that there was no more room for development in Brandywine Hundred. However, Woodlawn’s president, Elke McGinley, disagreed. In an article in a local newspaper, McGinley was reported to say that William Bancroft’s early sketches of the Brandywine Hundred area coincided with twenty-first century plans to develop the intersection of Concord Pike and Beaver Valley Road. “His idea was that people needed to work, shop, and have recreation somewhere.” She added, “Communities have to grow, but in an orderly fashion.” Woodlawn still owns 1,970 acres in northern New Castle County, extending into Pennsylvania. McGinley said that Woodlawn would continue to leave the open space in the Brandywine Valley untouched for the enjoyment of those who continue to walk the trails and greenways. However, she noted, Woodlawn was still the largest provider of affordable housing in Wilmington with nearly 600 rental units. Housing needs constant maintenance, and Woodlawn must continue to lease much of its lands for income to maintain the housing to which it is already committed. McGinley admitted that more of Woodlawn’s property along Concord Pike would eventually be leased or sold for commercial purposes, but that would be done slowly, with the best interests of Woodlawn’s tenants and the residents of New Castle County in mind. 6 The Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., archives are valuable for understanding various historical aspects of social progress. The collection can be used to study the organization’s 6

“The Preservation Puzzle: Woodlawn Trustees a Century Later,” by Jesse Chadderdon, Community News, July 29, 2008, http://nl.newsbank.com/nlsearch/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=1280633EB1CD7B30&p_docnum=2&p_th eme=gatehouse&s_site=HCNH&p_product=HCNH

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motivation for and rewards from preservation and conservation of natural resources. The collection documents the organization’s approach to its huge undertaking of real estate and development. While some might decide to study Woodlawn’s propensity for honest business management, others might choose to learn Woodlawn’s art and science of urban and suburban planning. Most of all, any student of the Woodlawn Trustees will understand that a business can be successful while in pursuit of one man’s dream of enhancing the quality of life of his neighbors.

PROVENANCE AND ARRANGEMENT NOTE The records of the Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., are divided into two record groups based on their provenance. Record Group I is composed of the records from the Woodlawn Trustees’ headquarters on Bancroft Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, where most of the materials were collected by officers of the Board of Directors and Trustees. Record Group 2 contains the records of William Poole Bancroft, which were collected by him, his wife Emma Cooper Bancroft, and other members of the Bancroft family. Bancroft’s records were preserved by the Woodlawn Trustees who transferred the records to Hagley Museum and Library in 2008. Documents in Record Groups 1 and 2 are further divided into series. The series are arranged by function.

Records less than twenty-five years old are closed under time seal.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

RECORD GROUP I: RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES, INC. SERIES I.

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS

Sub-series A. Corporate Vision and Mission (1901-1989) This sub-series contains William Poole Bancroft’s vision for parks, orderly urban and suburban development, and low-cost housing, as expressed in his letters and speeches, and remembrances by his colleagues and successors. Reports, brief histories by contemporaries, as well as news articles articulating the mission of the Woodlawn Company and the Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., are in this sub-series. Sub-series B. Evolution of the Corporate Structure (1901-1918) As Bancroft’s property holdings grew, a company was formed to manage a corporate approach to the additional huge acquisition of lands which were to be used for low-cost housing and future parks. In 1901, he named the new organization the Woodlawn Company (see “The Story of Woodlawn,” by Theodore Beck, 1971, included in these records). Also, this sub-series comprises records which report the dissolution of the for-profit Woodlawn Company and the creation of a new non-profit Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., with the stockholders of the old company contributing all shares to the new organization. The original Certificate of Incorporation and its revisions, the bylaws of the new company and all of its amendments through 1976 are included here. Sub-series C. Directors and Officers (1901-1972) This sub-series includes a list of trustees and officers in Theodore Beck’s report “The Story of Woodlawn.” It also includes miscellaneous records about various subjects including property holdings, open housing, and other records provided by directors of Woodlawn. Sub-series D. Minutes of Directors’ and Trustees Meetings (1901-1982) Although there are very few records of the minutes of the Woodlawn Company, there are references to actions taken which affirm the Company’s original mission, and they are included here. Also included here are minutes of meetings of the Woodlawn Trustees, 1936-1982, which include much information further described elsewhere among boxes of Trustees’ records listed in the finding aid. Sub-series E. Correspondence (1920-2000) Notes and letters to/from the directors and officers of the Woodlawn Company and the Woodlawn Trustees are included here. Letter books of Woodlawn, 1901-1928, and miscellaneous correspondence of directors and officers also appear in this sub-series. Sub-series F. Organizations of Interest to Woodlawn (1918-2005)

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Woodlawn collected information about organizations interested Woodlawn for various reasons. They were interested in organizations which might be competitors for real estate acquisitions, or which had the same interests in conservation and preservation of open space, or which shared Woodlawn’s goal of enhancing people’s social, educational, and recreational quality of life, or which might impact on the welfare of city and county residents. As in all other aspects of Woodlawn's business, their interest in a great variety of organizations in the community was vast. Information about those organizations is collected here. SERIES II.

REAL ESTATE AND HOUSING

Sub-series A. Properties in the “Flats” (1902-1960s) From 1902 until 1914, William Bancroft constructed low-cost housing, the rental fees from which he used to maintain parks and to provide housing for blue-collar workers in Wilmington. This sub-series includes applications for rental properties and responses from Woodlawn; data about rents; lists of expenses for each building; lists of bidding specifications; furnishings; and information about construction, lists of tenants, and inspections by the Wilmington Department of License and Inspections. Sub-series B. Properties of the Citizens Housing Corporation (1925-1960) This sub-series -comprises records about the beginning of the CHC to provide low-cost housing in Wilmington’s African-American community. Major investors, financing, and all correspondence are included. In addition, there are descriptions of the types of houses owned by the CHC, lists of addresses and rents, financial information, and expenses for maintaining the houses. Sub-series C. Properties in Brandywine Hundred (1918-1990) Believing that Woodlawn had very little open space left in which to develop housing and parks in Wilmington, Bancroft turned to lands in the Brandywine Hundred area of New Castle County in which to invest. Records here indicate that he began to buy farms concurrently with the formation of Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. Included in the records are survey books and descriptions of farms and records that indicate that in 1922, he commissioned noted civil engineer, landscape designer, and urban planner Charles W. Leavitt to develop a master plan for future communities and thoroughfares in Brandywine Hundred. This sub-series also includes lists of properties purchased, expenses for construction and renovation, and communities later developed by the Woodlawn Trustees from the 1950s through the 1970s: Alapocas, Woodbrook Edenridge, Tavistock, and Sharpley. Monies from property sales and rental fees were used to maintain and renovate the low-cost housing originally constructed in Wilmington’s “Flats” area.

Sub-series D. Parks (1886-2000) This sub-series includes several reports and lists of the lands transferred to the City of Wilmington for parks beginning with the purchase of Brandywine Park in 1886-1887. There is evidence in Scharf’s History of Delaware of an unsuccessful attempt to create a park in Wilmington earlier in 1868, when funds for a park were not a priority. Much

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information is included on the development of a park system during the subsequent ninety-three years in the city. Bancroft’s creation of the Wilmington Board of Park Commissioners in 1883 is recorded, as well as his subsequent transfer of lands to Wilmington, followed by Woodlawn’s later gifts. Also included is Woodlawn’s donation in 1981 of 500 acres to the State of Delaware as an addition to the already existing Brandywine Creek State Park. Records are included about the dedication ceremony for BCSP and plans for the development of greenways throughout New Castle County. There are records here regarding park maintenance, funded by a trust fund in Wilmington created in 1935, and another trust fund for maintaining Brandywine Creek State Park. Sub-series E. Leases and Deeds (1889-1981) This sub-series includes deeds written during the period 1862-1915, as well as deed restriction documents for the communities constructed in Brandywine Hundred. The deed restrictions for communities constructed by Woodlawn for seventy-five years were later suggested by a Woodlawn lawyer to be unenforceable once the properties were sold. SERIES III: FINANCIAL RECORDS Sub-series A. Ledgers and Journals (1904-1985) Loose leaf and bound ledgers include segments of time between1904 to 1985 with information about trial balances, rent accounts in the “Flats,” the Citizens Housing Corporation, and the Brandywine Hundred farms. In addition, expenses for buildings in each of the three housing areas are part of this sub-series. The trustees also kept records of labor distribution per housing cost estimates, general journals for properties in Pennsylvania, and analyses of net profits and quarterly income comparisons. Sub-series B. Financial Records, Journal Entries, Audits, and Check Stubs (1896-1995) In addition to audit reports, there are confirmation letters to banks for the release of account information, Woodlawn’s tax information, land transaction lists, quarterly financial reports for select months, and information on tax credits for rehabilitating lowcost housing. Investment statements and bank statements are included. Sub-series C. Staff Wages and Benefits (1940-1982) Included are records for salaries, benefits and labor distribution in select years of employment. The development of a pension plan for employees appears in the form of restatement of the plan to comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1976 (ERISA). Also included is information about staff bonuses, officers’ compensation, Delaware’s work safety program, labor costs as part of site expenses, and bank statements for pension assets. Sub-series D. Stephen Clark’s Financial Information (1971-1993) Long-time Woodlawn Trustees board member Stephen Clark left records of his financial affairs to the owners of the William Bancroft papers. Included are bank statements, trust account statements, tax information, IRA fund statements, and statements from the trust of Sarah Bancroft Clark, the income from which was distributed to Stephen and his

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siblings and their heirs. Issues with the disbursement of the income from his mother’s trust are also reviewed. THESE RECORDS ARE CLOSED TO RESEARCH SERIES IV.

LEGAL ISSUES

Sub-series A. Woodlawn’s Tax Exemption Revoked (1963) In 1927, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service determined that Woodlawn was exempt from paying taxes. In 1963, the IRS revoked the tax exemption, declaring that the Trust was violating the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by receiving revenues from a business unrelated to its original purpose—namely, profits from real estate rentals and sales. The revocation was made retroactive to 1951, with more than $1,000,000 owed to the federal government. This sub-series contains lengthy records filed with the IRS about Woodlawn’s original mission, proof of prior tax exemptions, testimony of officers of Woodlawn, the company’s historical documents proving that Woodlawn’s history is one of a philanthropic nature, and finally, the decision of the IRS in 1972. Having first paid the amount owed to the IRS and the IRS having decided in Woodlawn’s favor in the tax exemption issue, Woodlawn sued the U.S. Government for rebates on their payments and won. However, as a result of the tax law of 1969, a portion of which pertained to restrictions on non-profit institutions, Woodlawn decided to avoid the restrictions which would prohibit the company from doing its work and decided to pay all future taxes. Woodlawn continues to pay taxes today. Sub-series B. Woodlawn’s Housing Policy Challenged (1963) Concurrent with the 1963 revocation of its tax exemption, Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., was challenged by the Wilmington and Philadelphia Friends Meetings to adhere to the original aims and purposes of William Bancroft, claiming that Woodlawn’s expansion to residential and commercial real estate activities in Brandywine Hundred was never intended by their founder. The Friends Meeting in Wilmington was also concerned that Woodlawn’s housing policy was too restrictive and did not permit integration of AfricanAmerican families with Caucasians in Woodlawn’s developed communities. Correspondence, news clippings, meeting minutes, and final agreements with the Delaware Human Relations Commission are included here. Sub-series C. du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. (1972) Woodlawn’s housing policy was again challenged in 1972 by Mrs. William du Pont who sued Woodlawn for discrimination in its housing developments. All of the records filed in the lawsuit are included in this sub-series, including testimony, news clippings, and correspondence. The suit was finally dismissed with prejudice in 1974. SERIES V.

PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

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their construction projects beginning in the 1940s, especially later in Brandywine Hundred. In addition, when renovating the “flats,” Woodlawn took full advantage of the use of photography to report progress at Board Meetings and for presentations to the general public. Historical pictures include reproductions of a painting of William Bancroft, painted in 1906. The slides, photographs, collages, and renderings have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections Department at the Hagley Library. Sub-series B. News Clippings, Brochures, and Accolades (1928-2000) Most major events, people, and places of interest to the Bancrofts and Woodlawn and their employees are subjects of the news clippings collected in this sub-series. Also included here are records acknowledging Woodlawn’s work in providing affordable housing, conservation, and preservation of open space and their donations of park land to Wilmington, New Castle County, and the State of Delaware.

SERIES VI.

REPORTS, STUDIES AND PAMPHLETS

Sub-series A.

Research and Comments about Woodlawn and Studies Prepared for Woodlawn This sub-series contains print materials which were commissioned by Woodlawn to chronicle important people, places, deeds, and events in the history of Woodlawn. Board members and Woodlawn’s “neighbors,” from time to time, needed chronological clarification of Woodlawn’s mission and future expectations. There are reports written by professional information specialists, using board minutes, letter books, and historical correspondence to tell the story of Woodlawn for the company’s future officers and employees. Also included here are materials about the Quaker faith written by those who influenced early trustees. There are also white papers developed by officers of Woodlawn’s board. Sub-series B.

Materials Relevant to Conservation and Preservation of Open Space Woodlawn resolutely collected materials which would enhance their understanding of better ways to preserve and conserve open space for the benefit of the general public. This sub-series comprises print materials best describing various aspects of preservation and conservation of open space and orderly urban and suburban planning. Sub-series C. Materials Pertaining to Zoning and Miscellaneous Reports Publications by local governments about zoning, along with books about short-term and long-term planning and construction were necessary for building houses on the grand scale undertaken by Woodlawn. This sub-series includes those works most helpful in Woodlawn’s construction activities. Also, this sub-series contains brochures, pamphlets, and leaflets from businesses which provided bids for jobs or hoped for the opportunity to bid or actually received bids. Most of the materials were collected from 1930 through 1950. Most of the machinery and appliances promoted in these files were used in the 1950s.

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RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES Accession 2424

RECORDS GROUP I: RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES, INC. SERIES I:

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS

Sub-series A.

Corporate Vision and Mission

Box 1 1882-1999 This chronological file contains William Poole Bancroft’s vision for urban and suburban planning, recreational parks, and affordable housing. These documents record Bancroft’s own words, as well as subsequent writings by his successors, who pursued the vision of their founder. Oversized Box #1 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photos of a painting of William Poole Bancroft, by Percy Bigland, 1906. Folder 1 1882-1919 Letter to William Sellers, dated November 5, 1882, regarding Bancroft’s wish to purchase eighty acres for a public park for the people of Wilmington. Excerpt from Bancroft’s letter books regarding a plan to build up a tract of land bounded by 4th, 7th, and Union Streets for small homes affordable by working families, 1901. (Later to become the “Flats.”) Photograph of a color drawing of the original layout for the “Flats,” construction to begin in 1902 for 450 units of affordable rental housing. Speech by William Bancroft in 1909 to the West Brandywine Grange regarding his twenty-six-year “hobby” of gathering lands to be used as parks. Excerpt from Bancroft’s letter books in 1912 describing his wish to continue purchasing land in Brandywine Hundred for parks in Wilmington which he later thought would be annexed. Brief explanation of Bancroft’s offer of park land to the City of Wilmington in 1915 and the Wilmington Park Commission’s purchase land that had been offered, without referring to WPB’S offer. Letter to the Woodlawn Trustees about Bancroft’s aims and purposes, June 24, 1919. News article from the Delmarva Star, July 13, 1919, reporting that the non-profit group was formed for the benefit of the people of Wilmington and its vicinity, according to its certificate of incorporation.

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Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 7 Five maps of Wilmington, Delaware, 1898-1929. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 3 Map showing the confluence of the Brandywine and Christina in the area of Wilmington in 1904, showing the businesses along the Christina River. Map of city lands to the north and east of the Brandywine Creek, 1939. Folder 2 1922-1969 “The Hope of the Woodlawn Trustees,” by Charles A. Beck, 1922. “Woodlawn Trustees, A Story of Social Services On A Special Basis,” the Equitable Trust Company Monthly, January 1922, by E.D. Prince. “The Woodlawn District.” by Charles A. Beck, 1922. “The Woodlawn Trustees, Alias William Bancroft,” in One-Two-One-Four, a house paper for Smedley of Brosius and Smedley, September 1924. Folder 3 1971-1973 “The Story of Woodlawn,” by Theodore Beck, 1971. “Operations and Purposes of Woodland,” by Philip Rhoads, 1972. “Aims and Policies of Woodlawn, by Philip Rhoads, 1973. Folder 4 1973-1999 “William Bancroft, He Dared To Think Big,” Delaware Today, August, 1973. Restatement of Aims and Policies. Annual Meeting—see Woodlawn’s Annual Meeting of 1973. “Descriptions, Goals, and Accomplishments 1918-1960,” by Lynn Williams, 1990. “A Brief Description of Woodlawn Trustees, Incorporated,” by Lynn Williams, 1999. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 8 Proposed organizational chart for the Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., 1993.

Sub-series B.

Evolution of the Corporate Structure 1901-1974 This set of files reports the need for Bancroft to incorporate as The Woodlawn Company. Then, understanding the benefit of a non-profit company, he formed Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., in 1918, and finally dissolved the Woodlawn Company in 1926.

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Box 1 continued Folder 5 1901-1918 See “The Story of Woodlawn,” by Theodore Beck, 1971, in Folder 3 for the creation of the Woodlawn Company. List of stockholders in the Woodlawn Company, with amounts of stock, February 21, 1918. Includes the terms of Woodlawn’s agreement to support select Wilmington charities. Copy of notes of a meeting, November 15, 1918, of those whose charitable institutions held stock in the Woodlawn Company. Woodlawn proposed that the new company, The Woodlawn Trustees, would not hold any capital stock, and that the stock belonging to the charitable organizations should be converted to 5% bonds , the income from which would be distributed to those institutions annually. Four copies of the certificate of incorporation of Woodlawn Trustees, Incorporated, December 5, 1918. Woodlawn’s office manual, “Policies and Suggestions For Transactions of Business,” composed by Charles A. Beck in 1920, revised in 1938. Four copies of the certificate of incorporation as amended in 1943. One original and one copy of the certificate of dissolution of Woodlawn Company, April 7, 1926. Copy of notes from directors’ meeting on May 17, 1948, regarding the disposition of bonds held by charities, should the charities wish to sell the bonds. Folder 6 1918-1969 By-laws of Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. with amendments through 1969. Folder 7 1972-1974 Discussion papers about amending Woodlawn’s certificate of incorporation to restate the mission of the corporation and to create an executive committee of the board. A copy of the restated certificate of incorporation is included, dated October 3, 1974. Sub-series C. Directors and Officers (1901-1981) This sub-series comprises a list of directors and officers of the Woodlawn Company and the Woodlawn Trustees, as well as their miscellaneous correspondence, 1901-1981.

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Folder 8 1901-1972 A list of directors and officers, 1901-1972, as well as a list of those who resigned or had died, and their terms in office.

Folders 9-12 1916-1928 Correspondence received by Woodlawn, arranged alphabetically within each year, 1916 to 1928. Most of the correspondence pertains to legal matters. Ledger type letter books for Woodlawn Correspondence, 1901-1928. See six letter books in Box 2. Document Box # 1 Letter from Stephen Clark in New Orleans to his parents, January 1, 1938. Letter from Stephen Clark in New Orleans, January 11, 1939. Letter to Stephen Clark from Bancroft Clark, February 12, 1959. Letter to Stephen Clark from Pat Taylor, including a photo of two horses, December 19, 1976. Letter (in French) to Stephen Clark from Clark Shoes, France, May 2, 1977. Correspondence between Stephen Clark, long-time president of Woodlawn Trustees, and Marie Arrich (in French), 1978-1987. Letter from Stephen Clark to Ruth Rhoads Cooch (daughter of J.E. Rhoads) regarding photos and Mr. Rhoads’s death, November 16, 1983. Oversized Folder #1 Stephen Clark’s correspondence about his trip to America in 1979 and earlier correspondence to Nathan Clark, 1979. Box 1, continued Folders 13, 14 1977-1981 Letters written to Woodlawn requesting permission to camp on Woodlawn property, September 9, 1977 to October 7, 1981. Sub-series D.

Minutes of Directors’ and Trustees’ Meetings (1936 to 1982)

Folder 15 1936-1942 Officers Reports for Annual Meetings, 1936-1942, consisted of Balance Sheets only. Folder 16 1944-1948 Folder 17 1950-1954 Folder 18 1955-1956 Folder 19 1957-1958 Folder 20 1959-1960 Folder 21 1961-1962

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Folder 22 Folder 23 Folder 24 Folder 25 Folder 26 Folder 27 Folder 28

1963-1964 1965-1966 1967-1968 1969-1970 1971-1972 1973 1974

Document Box #2 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Document Box # 3 Folder 36 Folder 37 Folder 38 Folder 39

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1998 CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL

Box 2 Sub-series E. Correspondence This box contains seven letter books. Three contain correspondence of the Woodlawn Company; three contain correspondence of the Woodlawn Trustees, Inc.; and one contains a letter book of Charles Beck, 1912-1926. Folder 1 Miscellaneous correspondence to trustees, 1920-2000. PORTION UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 2 Correspondence of Philip Rhoads, 1937-1973. Letter Book Letter Book Letter Book Letter Book Letter Book Letter Book

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Box 3 Sub-series F. Organizations of Interest to Woodlawn This box contains information about various agencies and institutions that had an impact on Woodlawn’s mission or that was a charity which Woodlawn supported. Interest extended also to people who influenced Woodlawn and their employees. Folder 1 1730-1902 Information presented by the Greater Wilmington Development Council about Brandywine Mills, 1730s -1902. Oversized Folder #2 Information about the African School Society; William Bancroft served on the board. Includes annual meeting notes, agreement with Security Trust, and the corporate seal. Folder 2 1945-2000 Information about The Brandywine Conservation Project Organization Meeting, March 21, 1945. Octavia Hill Association, 1950-2000, is based in Philadelphia and refurbishes and rehabilitates communities in a fashion similar to the Woodlawn Trustees. Folder 3 1954-2000 Information about the Natural Lands Trust. Folder 4 1956-1982 News clippings on the Delaware Highway Department, the Greater Wilmington Development Council, Little Sisters of the Poor, Shopping Centers, Housing Authorities, Inner Neighborhood Consortium, and the City of Wilmington. Folder 5 1971 Two copies of a supplement to the Sunday Delaware State News, December 5, 1971, titled “Raider’s Digest, Ralph Nader’s ‘The Company State.” Copy of the Nader Report that referred to the Woodlawn Trustees as an organization that buffered du Pont properties on the west side of the Concord Pike. A newspaper clipping in the Wilmington Morning News, Monday, December 13, 1971, referring to the Nader Report. Letter from the Peninsula United Methodist Homes, June 30, 1971.

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Folder 6 1972 Correspondence regarding repair of Rockford Tower in 1972. Box 3, continued Folder 7 1974-1991 A copy of Reports of Findings: A Survey of Popular Attitudes Toward Public Affairs in Wilmington, Delaware, Study # 2009, July 1974. Information about the Friendship House, Friends of the Concord Pike Library, Greenville Development Corporation, The Lincoln Club, The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, Swarthmore College, and the YMCA of Wilmington and New Castle County. Folder 8 1977 A sixty-three-page Directory of Private Organizations Concerned With Environment In Delaware, May 1977. Folder 9 1986-1993 Information about the Jewish Community Center, 1989; the Old Capitol Trail Greenway Committee, 1990; and the Interfaith Housing Task Force, 1986-1993. PORTION CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 10 1989-1995 Information about the Rock Manor Park Preservation Council, 1989-1991; Regional Land Management Group, 1990; Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation, 1995. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 11 1992-1993 Workshop notes of the Upper East Side Development Symposium, for Workshops #1-7, with a poll regarding the formation of an Upper East Side Development Council. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 12 1992-1995 Handwritten notes for the Upper East Side Development Association and the UES Development Council, including names of members and addresses. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Oversized Folder #3 Woodlawn’s agreement with the Urban Environmental Center, 1995. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 13 1992-1996 Meeting notes for the Upper East Side Development Council, the Hendon Property Associates, and Hagley Museum and Library. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL

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Box 3 continued Folder 14 1980-2000 Information about Forward Lands (original champion of Brandywine Creek State Park lands), 1980-1990; Harvest Film Works, Inc., 1990; Friends Society of Brandywine Park, 1991-1999; Friends of the First State, 2000; the Ingerman Group, 2000; and the Rodney Square Club (no date). PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 15 1995-2000 Information about Friends School and its activities. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 16 1998-2002 Information about Preservation Delaware. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Box 3 A Folders 1-27 continue the files about organizations of interest to Woodlawn, 1972-2003.

SERIES II. REAL ESTATE AND HOUSING Sub-series A.

Properties in the “Flats”

Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 2 Map of the City of Wilmington, 1898. Brochure with map of Wilmington, 1923. Map of the Metropolitan District of Wilmington, 1929. Street plan of Wilmington published by Charles Smith. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 1 Drawing of Wilmington, block by block, showing a proposed system of sewerage, 1892. Bancroft’s vision for the “flats” as reported by city planner and landscape designer John Nolen (1869-1937) at a meeting in Washington D.C., December 15,1916. Box 4 Woodlawn’s definition of the word “flat” explained by Steven Clark in 1999, and a brief history of the beginning of the “Flats” precedes the folders. Folders 1-45 1937-1970 These folders contain applications for rental properties and also Woodlawn’s responses to those who applied between 1937 and 1970. They are arranged alphabetically by surname. Box 5 Folders 1-23 pertain to the rents and acquisitions of the “Flats.”

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Folder 1 1914-1924 Property Book of memoranda about select properties in Wilmington, 1914-1916. Property Book of memoranda about select properties in Wilmington, 1916-1924. Houses damaged by storm of June 25, 1924, at 5:00 p.m. Folder 2 1926-1930 Property Book of memoranda about select properties in Wilmington, 1926-1930. Folder 3 1968-1977 Rent Book and building expenses records for 601 North Bancroft Parkway, as well as total receipts and expenses for Woodlawn Buildings in the “Flats.” Folders 4-9 1970-1978 Twelve rent books for houses in the “Flats,” dated July 24, 1970-October 31, 1978. Folders 10, 11 1938-1958 Delinquent files and requests from lawyers to take legal action. Folder 12 1945-1979 Requests to tenants for payment for damaged property 1945, 1961 Requests to tenants to pay garage rents 1948-1972 Pyle St. Garages—misuse and offers to buy 1968-1979 Folder 13 Sample lease Sample rent increase notice Hardship cases for tenants

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Folder 14 Rent increases

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Folder 15 Rent studies

1948-1970 1948-1970

Folder 16 1932-1951 Information about Wilmington’s attempt to pay rents for the unemployed during the Depression, and information about post-war rent control. Folder 17 no dates Lists of Woodlawn’s houses in the “Flats” area by type (number of rooms). . Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 4 Survey drawing of 412 Sherman Street, no date.

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Box 3 continued Folders 18-20 1991-1997 Lists of tenants in “Flats” houses with address and rents, 1991-1997. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 21 1930-1973 Miscellaneous lists of properties, rents and tenants, 1930-1973. Folder 22 1996-1998 Units occupied in 1996, move-outs, rental progress for 1997, and list of all rental properties for 1998. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 23 1916-1984 Miscellaneous records regarding “Flats” rents and houses, including uncollected rents, average cost of houses, number of houses by type, and square footage of house types. Ledgers containing rents for “Flats” 1904-1970 Ledger # I 1904-1920 Ledger # II, III 1914-1925 Ledger # IV 1921-1930 Ledger # V 1931-1937 Ledger # VI 1938-1944 Ledger # VII 1945-1952 Ledger # VIII 1953-1959 Ledger # IX 1960-1963 Oversized Box # 13 Oversized Box # 14 Ledger # X

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Oversized Box # 15

1971-1976

Box 6 1975-1976 Rent receipt books from June 23, 1975-December 30, 1976. BOX 7 This box contains information about the construction (Folders 1-24) and renovation (Folders 25-45) of houses in the “Flats” area of Wilmington. Oversized drawings and maps are arranged by date and placed as closely as possible to the subjects of the construction and renovations. Map Case Drawer #110, Folder #7 Maps of Wilmington, 1898, 1923, 1929. Street plan of Wilmington, n.d.

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Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 2 Color map of Wilmington and vicinity, 1942; reprinted 1950. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 6 Tracings for fourteen houses and a store on West Springer Street between 6th and 7th Streets (20 sheets), 1903. Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 5 Drawings for houses on West Springer between 6th and 7th Sts., 1903-1936. Plans, Equitable Building on East Springer Street, near 6th St. 1904 Rolled Drawings S, JJ 15 B Street plan of Delaware Avenue at Woodlawn, Bayard, and Grant, 1904. Floor plans of houses on lots on Delaware Avenue between Red Oak Road and Greenhill Avenue, 1905. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 6 Tracings for one row (nine) houses on East Springer Street, between 6th and 7th Streets, 1904. Tracings of two rows of houses (twenty-eight) on Springer Street between 5th and 6th Streets, 1905. Tracings of one row of houses on West Grant Street between 4th and 5th Streets and one row of houses on East Grant between 4th and 5th Streets (nineteen sheets), 1906. Map Case Drawer #110, Folder #8 Tracings of twenty-six houses two rows) on E. Grant between 5th and 6th Sts., and one row on Union between 4th and 5th (ten sheets), 1907. Tracings for two rows of houses (twenty-eight) on Bayard Ave. between 6th and 7th Sts., 1908. Tracings for two rows of houses (twenty-eight) on Bayard Ave. between 5th and 6th Sts. (ten sheets), 1909. Tracings for two rows of houses (twenty-eight) on Union between 5th and 6th Sts., 1910. Map Case Drawer # 110, Folder 1 Tracings for one row of houses on Bayard between 4th and 5th Sts., and one row of houses on Ferris between 4th and 5th Sts., 1911. Tracings for two rows of houses (twenty-eight) on Grant between 6th and 7th Sts., 1912. Tracings of two rows of houses (twenty-eight) on Ferris between 5th and 7th Sts., (13 sheets), 1913. Oversized Box #17 Survey map of corner of Red Oak Rd. and Willard Street, n.d. Plot plan of house on corner of Red Oak Rd and Willard St., n.d. Drawing of the intersection of Rockford Road, Red Oak Road, Benson Street, and Willard Street showing the People’s Railway, n.d.

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Street plan for Rockford Road at Benson and Delaware Avenue, n.d. Floor plans of basement and first floors of club stable, n.d. Road plan along Delaware Avenue intersecting Bayard and Grant Avenues. Rolled Drawings M, JJ 15 A Plans for twenty-eight houses on Grant Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets, 1912. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 6 1903 Tracings for fourteen houses and a store on West Springer St. between 6th and 7th Streets. Map Case Drawer # 110, Folder 4 Drawings for elevations and floor plans for a store/dwelling at 4th and Union Streets, 1903. Box 7 continued Folder 1 1904 Specifications for the construction of the house of Charles Bush. Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 1 Tracings of twenty-six houses on East Grant Ave. between 5th and 6th Sts., and one row of houses on Union Street between 4th and 5th Sts., 1907. Oversized Folder #4 Specifications for houses

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Oversized Folder #5 Specifications for houses and millwork

1909-1913

Folder 2 1919-1925 Costs for roofing and wiring and lighting fixtures in “Flats” houses. Map Case Drawer # 110, Folder 4 Drawings of elevations and floor plans for a store/dwelling at NW corner of 4th and Union Streets, 1903. All drawings are in Folder 12, within Map Drawer Folder 4. Drawings for a house/store on Ferris between 6th and 7th Streets, 1921. Oversized Folder #6 1923-1946 Specifications for construction and renovation work at specified houses. Folder 3 1932 Specifications for the construction of six row houses, east side of Grant, S. of 8th St. Folder 4 1932 Specifications for six four-room houses, east side of Bancroft, between 7th and 8th Sts.

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Rolled Drawings S, JJ 15 B Six four-room houses, east side of Bancroft, 1932.

Box 7 continued Folder 5 State and city licenses for contractors.

1935-1941

Folder 6 1935-1950 Bids and brochures for the construction of garages at 8th St. and Grant Avenue. Folder 7 1935 Specifications for plumbing and heating for four apartments at 614 and 621 Springer St. Folder 8 1937 Specifications for six houses (three pairs semi-detached) W. side of Bancroft, S. of 3rd St. Folder 9 1936-1937 Specifications for seven four-room houses, E. side of Bancroft, between 7th and 8th Sts. Rolled Drawings S, JJ 15 B Plans for seven four-room houses, 1936. Folder 10 1937 Specifications for six-room houses, cost, bids, and estimates. Folder 11 1937 Specifications for a row of eight garages, north side of Pyle St. between Bancroft and Bayard. Rolled Drawings L, JJ 15 A Plans and specifications, eight garages, north side of Pyle St. between Bancroft and Bayard. Rolled Drawings K, JJ 15 A Plans for semi-detached houses number 213-223 Bancroft Parkway, 1937. Hogan’s House, 39th St. between Shipley and Tatnall, n.d. Folder 12 1940 Specifications for six four-room houses, E. side of Grant, S. of 9th St. Lumber standards for 1939. Folder 13

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Specifications for twelve four-room houses, 828-850 Grant Avenue. Folder 14 1941 Specifications for eight four-room houses, 812-826 Grant Avenue. Box 7 continued Map Drawer Case # 109, Folder 4 Plans, proposed garages between Grant and Union, between 8th and 9th Sts. 1941 Blueprint of catch basin on Grant between 8th and 9th Sts. no date. Folder 15 1942 Specifications for one ten-family apartment building, ## 2101-2119 Pyle St. Folder 16 1946 Specifications for eight houses (four pairs semi-detached) E. side of Bancroft between Lancaster and 2nd St. Folder 17 1946 Lumber lists and plantings list for Grant St. and specifications for an eight-room house. Folder 18 1946 Specifications for ten four-room houses, N. side of Pyle St. ## 2101-2119 (revised from 1942). Folder 19 1946-1947 Specifications for eight six-room houses on N. Bancroft ## 100-114, built for DuPont employees, and lease negotiations. The number of eight houses turned into fifty houses. Folder 20 1952 Supplies needed for the construction of twenty-four garages on Pyle Street. See also Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 4 for plans of the Pyle St. garages. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 8 Plans for garages between Bancroft Parkway and Bayard Avenue, 1952 Folder 21 Lumber lists.

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Folder 22 1960 Specifications for unidentified structures. Folder 23 1960-1961 Specifications for six houses and thirteen garages on Grant Avenue. Folder 24

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Annual reports from companies which bid on jobs. Rolled Drawings M, JJ 15 A Plans for the house of Eugene DiSabitino at 16th Street and Bancroft Parkway. Rolled Drawings N Map of Wilmington, color-coded for Wilmington Public Schools, 1963.

BOX 7, continued Folders 25-45 pertain to renovation and conversion of the “Flats” houses. Folder 25 1931 Renovations to “Flats” houses and garages, including overhead doors, plumbing and heating, excavating , masonry, tile, and concrete work. Oversized Folder #7 Specifications for garages and warehouse at 6th and Ferris Streets, 1931. Rolled Drawings G JJ 14 B and K JJ 15 A Plans for additions to warehouse and garages on Ferris St. between 6th and 7th Sts., 1931. Folder 26 1933 Alterations to 2104 W. 4th Street and 434 N. Bancroft Parkway. Oversized Folder #8 Electric light wiring in the house between 4th and 7th Streets, between Union and Ferris. Oversized Box #17 Proposed alterations of 434 North Bancroft, with specifications. Folder 27 Alterations to 2003 West 4th Street to create two apartments. Rolled Drawings N, JJ 15 A Plans for the alterations in Folder 27. 1934 Rolled Drawings O, JJ 15 A Plans to alter 2103 W. 4th St., 1934. Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 5 Plans, alterations to 603, 605 West Springer between 6th and 7th Streets. Folder 28 Alterations to 433 N. Union, 401 Union.

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Rolled Drawings O, JJ 15 A Plans to alter plumbing and heating for 433 North Union Street, 1934.

Box 7 continued Folder 29 1935 Alterations to houses on Bayard, Springer, Ferris and Bancroft. Folder 30 Alterations on 603, 605, 619, 621, Springer. Folder 31 1935-1939 Snow removal schedule for “Flats” houses. Two unidentified handwritten notes about plumbing, insulation, kitchen cabinets, and electrical bath receptacles. 1936 Rolled Drawings L, JJ15 A Plans, alterations to hot water and heating 607, 609 Springer Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 4 Plans and equipment needed for one-pipe gravity vacuum heating system. Folder 32 1936-1956 Alterations to houses on Bayard, Springer, and Bancroft. . Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 4 Drawing for modernized bath in a typical six-room house, 1940. Drawing for revised F.S. profile of a decorative urn, 1940. Folder 33 1940-1952 Renovations to houses on Grant Avenue, Bancroft Parkway, 2201 W. 11th St. and Pyle Street Garages, and 601 Bancroft Parkway. Map Case Drawer # 110, Folder 4 Drawing for a single fluorescent lighting unit, 1949 Drawings of proposed alterations to 400 N. Bancroft Pkwy, 1955. Drawings for proposed alterations to 635 Springer St., 1956. Drawings of proposed kitchen and bath alterations, 400 E. 12th St., 1956. Oversized Box #5 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photo collage of “Exchange Possibilities” at 618 E. 11th Street and vacant lot at Kirkwood and E. 11th Street, 11/2001.

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Folder 34 1961-1992 Renovations to various properties, including painting, wainscoting, plastering, community clean-up, and other maintenance and renovation projects. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 4 Plans for an addition to 410 East 12th Street, 1970 Box 7 continued Folder 35 1973 Delmarva Drawings—proposed distribution of electric power to houses on 5th and 6th Sts. between Ferris and Bayard Sts. Folder 36 1973 Delmarva Drawings—proposed distribution of electric power to houses on 4th and 5th Sts. between Ferris and Bayard. Folder 37 1973 Delmarva Drawings—proposed distribution of electric power to houses on 5th and 6th Sts. between Bayard and Springer and on 5th and 6th between Bancroft and Springer. Folder 38 1973 Delmarva Drawings—proposed distribution of electric power to houses on 6th and 7th Sts. between Bancroft and Springer. Oversized Box #5 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photo collage of “Exchange Possibilities:” vacant lot at rear of 900 block of E. 7th Street next to Old Swedes Church, 11/2001; one panoramic photo of 900 block of E. 7th Street, 6/2003. Folder 39 1973 Delmarva Drawings—proposed distribution of electric power to houses on 4th and 5th Sts. between Bancroft and Union. Folder 40 1979 Information about the issue of lead poisoning. Folders 41, 42, 43 1989-1994 Information about the renovation of 916 Union Street and the issue of a lease with Hessler Properties to manage the property. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 44 1994 Renovations to 301 Union Street. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 45

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Summaries of rehabilitated houses, re-rented or flipped, as well as costs and new rents. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Rolled Drawings I JJ 14 B Demolition package for 416-418 Sherman Street, Wilmington, 1994. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL . BOX 8 This box contains files on the furnishings, supplies, and maintenance projects for the houses in the “Flats” area of Wilmington. Secretary of the Interior’s 10 Standards for Rehabilitating Houses, 1982. Folders 1-9

pertain to appliances and furnishings provided in the “Flats.”

Folder 1 1917-1970 Information about heaters, furnaces, and suppliers of heating products. Folder 2 1922-1965 Lists of heaters and ranges installed during the twenty-five-year time period, including parts and requirements for installation brochure by Richardson & Boynton Co. Folder 3 Information on fuel rationing.

1945-1948

Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 4 Poster showing shapes of typical casings and moldings used in woodworking, no date. Folder 4 1953-1967 Lists of houses with modernized bathrooms. Folder 5 1956-1966 Requests to Delmarva to inspect heaters recently installed. Folder 6 1958-1972 Instructions on installing heaters, humidifiers, kitchen fans, and refrigerators. Folder 7 1959 Information on exterminators and electric lighting. Folder 8 Bids for installing gas furnaces.

1963-1970

Folder 9 1973-1976 List and number of modern baths, paneling, bath floors, kitchen floors, and roofs installed during the four-year period.

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Folders 10-27

pertain to the maintenance of houses in the “Flats.”

Folder 10 1914-1993 Tin work painting, house painting, schedules for painting, and materials used for painting. PORTION CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Box 8 continued Folder 11 1925-1970 Roofing projects for houses in the “Flats.” Folder 12 1941-1954 Pointing projects by John Palcheski & Sons. Folder 13 1941-1942, 1962-1967, 1969-1970 Lists of addresses which received wallpaper in the “Flats.” Folder 14 Paint catalogs.

1938

Folder 15 Paint catalogs.

1947-1951

Folder 16 Paint catalogs.

1952-1959

Folder 17 Paint catalogs.

1960

Folder 18 Paint catalogs.

1964

Folder 19 Paint catalogs.

1965

Folder 20 Fencing projects for the “Flats.”

1937-1962

Folder 21 1935-1980 Miscellaneous files on maintenance issues including plumbing, possession of keys, doors and windows, gas venting for appliances, aluminum shutters, and complaints and cleanups. Folder 22 1942-1971 Accident reports from houses in the “Flats” area.

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Folder 23 1986-1996 Lead paint issues and Jackson v. Wilmington Housing Authority case on lead poisoning. Folder 24 1928-1970 Brochures about tools used by Woodlawn. Box 8 continued Folder 25 1973-1975 License and Inspection letters of violations of code and certification of compliance letters. Folder 26 1973 List of License and Inspection violations not completed. Folder 27 1980s-1990s Check lists of renovations and installations for “Flats” houses. PORTION CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Document Box #4 1963-1975 Folders 28-36 contain lists of building materials in stock at Woodlawn (“stock sheets”). 1906-1914 BOX 9 The contents of this box include all of William Bancroft’s Transit Survey books, 19061914, for properties in Wilmington and New Castle County, as well as an instruction book on how to use the Sterling Convertible Wye Level. BOX 10 This box comprises files in three parts. The first part (Folders 1-8) contains files about the tenants of the houses in the “Flats” area of Wilmington; the second part (9-16) includes information about zoning issues in the “Flats” area, New Castle County, and the State of Delaware. The third part (17-22) contains information about Woodlawn’s properties in the City of Wilmington, but not in the “Flats,” nor in the Citizens Housing Corporation. Folder 1 1905-1942 Notices to tenants and the creation of a Woodlawn Community Club by William P. Bancroft. Letter to Woodlawn’s tenants about teen loitering and vandalism at the Woodlawn Library, 1925. Folder 2 1972-1974 News article, undated, about the landlord/tenant law, as well as a copy of legislation regarding the issue, dated May 23, 1974.

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Folder 3 Changes in tenants.

1975-1976

Folder 4 1976 Changes in tenants, reasons for leaving, and requests for payment. Folder 5 Changes in tenants.

1977

Folder 6 1979-1984 News clippings about issues impacting on tenants in general in 1979, 1980. Landlord/Tenant Handbook, 1984. Folder 7 1991-1997 See Box 5 Folders 18-20 for lists of tenants, addresses and rents during the seven year period. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 8 2000 A remembrance about life in the “Flats” in the 1930s, by Mr. Sparco. A job offer for one of the “Flats” tenants, and other incidents relating to tenants. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 8 Building Zone Map of Wilmington, 1939, 1942, 1950. Folder 9 1977 Sewer Capacity Study for the Rezoning of Concord Pike, sponsored by the Woodlawn Trustees, and performed by Whitman, Requardt & Associates. Folder 10 1955-1995 Zoning issues and code amendments for New Castle County and Delaware. Folder 11 1985 The Brandywine Planning District Plan, 1985. Folder 12 1977-1995 Rezoning issues with Lancaster Avenue and the Brandywine Park Condominiums, 623 Ferris St. Folder 13 1989-1991 Rezoning issue with a former portion of the Brandywine Country Club. Folder 14 1991 Zoning Code of New Castle County, Delaware, pages i-iv and I-1 through II-48.

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Folder 15 1991 Zoning Code of New Castle County, Delaware, pages III-1 through XII-16. Folder 16 1991 Zoning Code of New Castle County, Delaware, pages XIII-1 through XVII-10 and Appendices. Folder 17 1998-2001 Information on Preservation Delaware and tax credits for rehabilitation of properties. Oversized Box #6 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Aerial photograph of the original “Flats” looking from the East up 4th Street in Wilmington, 30” x 24” 1/24/1995. Rendering of an unidentified intersection, presumably in Wilmington, DE, 23 ¼” x 31.”

RECORD GROUP I: RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES SERIES II: REAL ESTATE AND HOUSING continued Sub-series B.

Properties of the Citizens Housing Corporation (CHC)

BOX 11 This box is arranged in two parts. The first part (Folders 1-12) is CHC correspondence and miscellaneous files pertaining to repairs and heating of CHC houses; the second part (Books 1-9) is financial information (expense ledgers and check stubs). Folder 1 Organization of the CHC 1925 A letter from George A. Rhoads to Emma C. Bancroft noting the creation of the Citizens Housing Corporation, naming the officers and board members, and asking for financial support, specifically for helping the “colored” people of Wilmington, July 1, 1925. See “The Story of Woodlawn,” by Theodore S. Beck, 1971, in Box 1 Folder 3, for a brief history of the beginnings of the CHC. Annual premium lists for a fidelity bond on the Board with additions and deductions sheet. Bond document is included. The bond is dated 7/1/1935. Rolled Drawings L JJ 15 A Plans for the Vicone House between DuPont & Scott, between Elm and Linden, 1943. Folder 2 1924-1939 Correspondence within the CHC, from the files of George A. Rhoads. Folders 3-7 1925-1947 Additional incoming correspondence is arranged alphabetically by sender.

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Folders 8, 9 1949-1960 Additional CHC correspondence arranged alphabetically. Folder 10 1938-1998 Miscellaneous files on the CHC including Roofing, 1938-1960; Painting, 1947-1969; various repairs, 1957-1964; installation of furnaces, 1967; and descriptions and valuations of CHC houses. PORTION CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 4 Plans for proposed bathroom at 1021 Lombard Street, 1957 Folder 11 1996-1998 CHC properties’ status of occupancy. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 12 The wills of George and Lucy Rhoads and an IRS publication about revenue stamps. BOX 11 part 2 Book 1 1925-1960 Ledger containing expenses for CHC houses, including payment of capital stock to the Directors. Book 2 1948-1960 Ledger containing complete description of the CHC houses, valuations, depreciations, and book values. Book 3 1925-1931 Check stubs from the National Bank of Delaware. Book 4 1929-1933 Check stubs from Equitable Trust Company. Book 5 1931-1938 Check stubs from Security Trust Company. Book 6 1931-1958 Check stubs from Security Trust Company. Book 7 1938-1944 Check stubs from Security Trust Company. Book 8 1944-1951 Check stubs from Security Trust Company. Book 9

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Check stubs from the Bank of Delaware. BOX 12 This box contains files pertaining to additional financial affairs of the CHC. Folders 1-8 1926-1960 Quarterly statements from Tatnall and Wensing Realtors, who were commissioned to collect bills and rents from the CHC tenants, while the Woodlawn Trustees maintained the properties. Folders 9-31 1925-1949 Bills collected by Tatnall and Wensing for expenses at the CHC houses, arranged by date. BOX 13 This box is a continuation from Box 12 containing the bills collected by Tatnall and Wensing, as well as investment records, shareholders, dividends, and tax assessments. Folders 1-11 1950-1960 Bills collected by Tatnall and Wensing for expenses at the CHC houses, arranged by date. Folder 12 1935-1960 List of shareholders, notices about meetings of the shareholders of the CHC, and notices about meeting decisions. Folder 13 1925-1940 Book of cancelled stock certificates issued from the beginning of the CHC on June 26, 1925 through December 19, 1940. Folder 14 1941-1960 Book of cancelled stock certificates issued from April 30, 1941 through May 11, 1960. BOX 14 This box contains City and County tax statements, U.S. tax returns, balance sheets, financial audits for the CHC, and events leading up to Woodlawn’s purchase of CHC assets. Folder 1 1939-1946 Tax statements for the City of Wilmington for CHC. Folder 2 1947-1959 Tax statements for the City of Wilmington for CHC. Folder 3 1939-1947 Tax statements for New Castle County for CHC. Folder 4 1948-1954 Tax statements for New Castle County for CHC.

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Oversized Folder #9 CHC state tax returns

1938-1960

Folder 5 U.S. tax returns for CHC.

1925-1944

Folder 6 U.S. tax returns for CHC. Box 14 continued

1945-1960

Folder 7 1926-1946, 1949-1958 Balance sheets for CHC, 1926-1946, 1949-1958. Summary of net income from CHC houses, profit in percentage of return, 1926-1960. Assets and valuation of CHC houses in 1959. Oversized Folder #10 CHC dividend records to stockholders

1928-1959

Folder 8 Capital stock tax returns for CHC.

1926, 1928, `1933, 1937, 1939-1945

Folder 9 Audit reports for CHC.

1929-1944

Folder 10 Audit reports for CHC.

1945-1960

Folder 11 Assessments of CHC houses.

1955

Folder 12 1960-1974 News articles pertaining to the increased population of African-Americans in Delaware and affordable housing. Resolution by CHC to sell their assets to the Woodlawn Trustees, no date. Proposal for Woodlawn to sell CHC houses, prepared by B. Gary Scott, August 14, 1970. Handwritten pros and cons for/against selling or keeping the houses. Lists of CHC property holdings, 1926-1970. Improvements and rent studies, February 24, 1971. List of contacts for East Side housing.

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Issue with Licensee and Inspection Department, February 23, 1972. News articles about Woodlawn’s purchase of six houses on Walnut Street, February 23, 1974.

WOODLAWN’S CITY PROPERTIES NOT IN FLATS OR CHC Folder 13 1815-1940 Information about Delamore Place, built by Colonel Samuel B. Davis, ca. 1815. Davis was an army officer who fought in the battles of New Orleans and Lewes, Delaware during the War of 1812. The Bayard House overlooked Wilmington near today’s Bayard Junior High School and is mentioned in William Bancroft’s letter, dated August 16, 1893. Miller Road property, October 8, 1910. News article about developing the Riverfront, 1979. Oversized Box #17 Plot dimensions of a corner lot at Shallcross and DuPont Streets, Wilmington, n.d. Survey map of possible site for Alapocas, 1878. Blue plot plan for William Scott’s property, 1887. Blueprint showing the vertical and horizontal profiles of Delaware Avenue, 1901. Plan of the curb corners on Greenhill Avenue, between Delaware Avenue and Willard Street, n.d. Plans of curbs and gutters at Willard and Riverview Avenues, n.d. Drawing of curb corners on Greenhill Avenue, 1902. Plot on north side of Delaware Avenue showing position of old stone house, 1902. Drawings of tree plantings in Highland Place and Fairfield Place, 1930, 1931. Box 14 continued Folder 14 Deed and Agreement between the Delaware Land Development Company and William du Pont, Jr. for Westover Hills “C, ” 1929. Woodlawn may have used its language as a model for its own deeds and agreements when developing communities in Brandywine Hundred. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 1 Complete set of drawings for the State Motor Vehicle Inspection Lanes at 8th and Bancroft Parkway, 1940. Folder 15 Specifications for the building of Woodlawn’s Office Building at 11th Street and Bancroft Parkway, July 21,1939. Includes bills, receipts, and bids for construction.

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Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 8 Plans for the Woodlawn Trustees building at 11th and Bancroft Parkway, 1939. Folder 16 1957 Woodlawn’s protest of the use of Bancroft Parkway for a portion of Interstate 9.

Rolled Drawings P, JJ 15 A Site plans for the Chandler Funeral Home, 1963. Folder 17 1964-1971 Information about Woodlawn’s Curlett Street Renewal Project. Oversized Collage transferred to Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photos of a plan and rendering of McCaulley Court, a city-sponsored housing project; photos of ##1101-1109 Pine Street, directly across from McCaulley Court; photo collage of Wesleyan Church at Bancroft Parkway and 8th Street. Box 14 continued Folder 18 1981-1985 Richard Chalfant’s Super Fine Lane Project, the Container Corporation’s abandoned railroad spur, and the issue of connecting Brandywine Park with Alapocas Woods. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 3 Deed to Grantors and Container Corporation of America, 1943. Folder 19 1983 Appraisal of Lore School and the acquisition of the school playground. Folder 20 Information about the renovation of the old Park Theater into an office building, 1999. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Oversized Folder #11 Multicolored map of Wilmington’s downtown development, ca. 1980s. Rolled Drawings E, JJ 14 A Mechanical plot plans for St. Mary Magdellan Church, 1965. Oversized Collage (transferred to Pictorial Collections) and Map Case Drawer #110 Photo collage of portions of Delamore Place: 200 block east side of Delamore, 200 block west side of Delamore ; 300 block east side of Delamore, 300 block west side of Delamore. 1998. Photo collage of 200 block west side of Delamore in 1998 compared to

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the same houses following renovations in 2001; photo collage of houses on East 11th Street--##720-728; ##700-718; ##618-632, 1998. Oversized Collage transferred to Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photo collage of the proposed acquisition of 1020 N. Bancroft Parkway (The Parkway Building); photos of 1110 N. Bancroft Parkway office building acquired in 2000 across the street from 1020 N. Bancroft Parkway. 33” x 33”.

Oversized Collage transferred to Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photo collage of city activities, 2001-2002, including projects in the Flats/Woodlawn Park; Hill Top-Delamore Place; Christina Gateway, 33” x 42 ¾.” RECORD GROUP I: RECORDS OF WOODLAWN TRUSTEES, INC. SERIES II. REAL ESTATE AND HOUSING continued Sub-series C. Properties in Brandywine Hundred Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 2 Roads of New Castle County, 1820. Property map of New Castle County between Ramsey Road and Smiths Bridge Road on east side of Brandywine Creek, no date. BOX 15 This box comprises files about properties in which Woodlawn was interested for purchase, or which had an impact on Woodlawn’s lands previously purchased. Folder 1 1881-1915 William P. Bancroft believed that Woodlawn and others would eventually develop all of the available space in the City of Woodlawn, and decided to look in the suburbs for additional land for parks, especially the Thompson Farm. Brandywine Hundred was a natural place to look, since Bancroft hoped that the land in Brandywine Hundred could easily be annexed to the city of Wilmington sometime in the future. This folder contains transcripts of Bancroft’s thoughts about how open space for park land could be obtained in 1881 by the DuPont Company. See also “Operations and Purpose of Woodlawn,” compiled by Phillip G. Rhoads, 1972, enclosed in this folder. Letters from Bancroft suggesting the purchase of additional lands in Brandywine Hundred are also included here. In addition, the sale of the Husband’s Place to L. Scott Townsend in 1912 appears at the end of the folder. See Board Minutes in Document Box #1 Folders 15-28, and Document Box #2 Folders 29-36 for additional information about all properties Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 2 Map of farms for sale in Concord and Aston Townships, price per acre and number of Acres, 1889.

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Map of farms in Pennsylvania south of Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County, no date. Small pen and ink drawings of farms west of Concord Pike owned by Speakman, Slaughter, Hoffman, and Painter, as well as Summit Station at Concord Pike and Pennsylvania line. Small pen and ink drawing of the Walter properties in Pennsylvania. Rolled Drawings R JJ 15 B Maps of all farms purchased by the Woodlawn Trustees. Rolled Drawings GG JJ 16 B Map of New Bridge Road, Murphy Road, and Rockland Road with benchmarks, n.d. Rolled Drawings S, JJ 15 B Survey map of Joseph Bancroft & Sons and Elliott Tract adjacent to Jessup & Moore Co., 1907. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 8 Survey of the forest between Creek Road on the west and lands of George Hornby on the east, 1908. Oversized Box # 17 Survey map of property about to be conveyed from William Bancroft to Alfred I. du Pont, 1910. Rolled Drawings GG, JJ 16 B Topographical map of a portion of New Castle County with bench marks, 53-73, 1914, from Pennsylvania line south past Beaver Valley and Ramsey Road. Rolled Drawings T, JJ 15 B Topographical map of a portion of Brandywine Hundred, 1914, with revisions in 1915, 1934, and 1959. Farms are named. Box 15 continued Folder 2 1915-1919 Transcripts of correspondence between William P. Bancroft and Charles W. Leavitt, urban planner and landscape designer, 1915-1917. Bancroft invited Leavitt to propose a plan for the development of roads and parks, for Wilmington and roads, parks and communities for Brandywine Hundred. Oversized Folder #12 1916 drawing of Woodlawn’s subdivision of suburban Wilmington West side 202. Leavitt’s Report to Bancroft, with a map. Transcripts of letters to Directors of Woodlawn from Bancroft explaining his vision for financing acquisitions of lands in Brandywine Hundred, June 24, 1919.

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Rolled Drawings MM, KK 10 A Leavitt’s 1916-1917 original layout of roads for Brandywine Hundred, in three pieces, as well as all other maps and revisions of Master Plans prepared by Mr. Leavitt are stored in Rolled Drawings MM. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 1 Drawing of Mary Malone’s farm (formerly Twadell Farm) along old Pennsylvania line, no date.

Rolled Drawings JJ, KK 10 A Map of New Castle County farm properties, (detailed map), no date. Maps of New Castle County, 1964, and Northern New Castle County, 1981. Folder 3 1722-1919 This file contains information about the properties in New Castle County in which Woodlawn had an interest for future purchase. They included the Meany Farm, the Whittaker Place, Spahn Place, Hicklin Place, Ziegler Place, the Eber Y. Talley Place, and others. There is extensive information about the Hicklen House and a brief history of lands purchased in New Castle County shortly after Penn grants. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 3 Map of farm lots between Beaver Valley Road and Ramsey Road: Galbraith, Highfield, Twaddell, Hendrick, Leech, Spahn, Kellam, Whittaker, L. Talley, Chandler, E.D. Talley, no date. Oversized Folder #13 Hicklen wills and Hinkson deed. Oversized Box #1 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Large photo of the Talley Farm, n.d. Oversized Box # 17 Survey drawing of E.D. Talley Farm and J. Heyburn Talley Farm, an exchange of farms along Beaver Valley Road, 1904. Plans of plots exchanged between William Bancroft and Carrie Pierce, 1907. Survey map of Forbes Estate about to be conveyed to William Bancroft, 1907. Drawing of Monigle, Carney and L.E. Carpenter Tracts, 1907. Drawing of Survey of Hugh Ramsey’s Farm, 1907, indicating that it was transferred to Ramsey by John Palmer in 1894. Survey map of Leech Farm, 1908. Blueprint and photogravure of Beaver Valley in Delaware and Pennsylvania, showing farms owned by Leech, Perkins & Twadell, 1911. Rolled Drawings GG JJ 16 B Tracings of a topographical map of a portion of New Castle County, 1914.

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Rolled Drawings GG, JJ 16 B Topographical map of Brandywine Hundred from Talleyville to Thompson’s Bridge, including benchmarks, 1914. Rolled Drawings GG , JJ 16 B Two topographical maps of northern New Castle County showing a survey and wooded areas, n.d.

Rolled Drawings GG, JJ 16 B Two maps showing survey measurements and wooded areas from Thompson’s Bridge to Pennsylvania line, n.d. Oversized Box #17 Plot plan of Sarah Moore’s farm, n.d. Farms between the Day and Husbands Farms south of Talleyville, north to the Pennsylvania line, n.d. Farm plots in northern New Castle County, n.d. Survey map of the intersection of Church Lane and Mt. Salem Lane near Mt. Salem Church, n.d. Plot drawing for John Saunders farm, bounded by Wissahickon Creek and Plymouth Road, n.d. Photograph of a map of New Castle County, Delaware, and Chester County, Pennsylvania, showing preliminary surveys for the Wilmington and Brandywine Railroad, n.d. Rolled Drawings GG JJ 16 B Map of farms along Murphy and Rockland Roads and New Bridge Road with benchmarks, n.d. Box 15 continued Folder 4 1920-1995 Information about the John Talley Farm, Alfred I. du Pont School, Hill Girt Farm in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Wilmington Waterfront, Mario Capano’s issue with his building permit, research on the Derrickson Farm, Beaver Valley Road in Pennsylvania, and the Brook Lane Property in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania. Oversized Folder #14 Sale of property from Woodlawn to DuPont Company, 1947, 1948. Rolled Drawings GG , JJ 16 B Tracings of topographical maps of northwest New Castle County between Brandywine Creek and Concord Pike, n.d.

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Rolled Drawings LL, KK 10 A Maps of the scheme for major highways and open spaces for the Philadelphia region, 1930, 1931. Oversized Box #17 Drawing of a plot plan for alternations to a house near Talleyville, Delaware, owned by Woodlawn, 1936. Rolled Drawings U JJ 15 B Transparency of white line drawing of the tentative plan of development of Woodlawn’s Brandywine Hundred lands, 1946. Rolled Drawings AA JJ 16 A Parcel of land Woodlawn sold to the DuPont Company, 1946. Rolled Drawings E JJ 14 A and AA, JJ 16 A Lenderman Farm potential layout for residential development in Woodlawn’s Pennsylvania lands, 1950. Rolled Drawings HH, JJ 16 B Map of the Lenderman and Bird/Malone Farms in Pennsylvania, n.d. Rolled Drawings BB, JJ 16 A Survey of Woodlawn’s lands in Pennsylvania showing Garrett, Lenderman, and Bird/Malone Farms, 1950. Box 15 continued Folder 5 1931-1972 Information on various other properties in BH including specifications for the renovation of the Leach House, alterations to the Hendricks House, and the Talley House, plumbing specifications for remodeling the 8-square school in Brandywine Hundred, information about the Bird/Malone Farm. Land purchases and offers 1947-1968 in Brandywine Hundred, Map BH tenants, 1950. Oversized Folder #15 Alterations to the Hendricks’ farm house, n.d. Rolled Drawings GG JJ 16 B Tracing of the lands along Murphy and Rockland Roads, properties of Winant, Charles Day, Howard Wilson, Alfred du Pont, William du Pont, and Woodlawn with 1 benchmarks, n.d. Rolled Drawings HH JJ 16 B Survey map of the Bird/Malone and Linton Stone Farms, 1950.

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Rolled Drawings U JJ 15 B All farms west of Concord Pike from Pennsylvania line down to Rockland and Murphy Roads in south, n.d. Rolled Drawings R, JJ 15 B Maps (seven) of Woodlawn’s farms in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1960. Rolled Drawings T, JJ 15 B Topographical map of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, dated 1960, with revisions in 1968, and another with revisions in 1969 to show Woodlawn’s properties with boundary lines. NOTE: See Board Meetings in Box 1, Folders 15-28, and Document Box #1, Folders 2936, for more information about all properties. Folder 6 1958-1962 Information about a Right-Of-Way across the land of H.J. Michel, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Folder 7 1968 Suburban Development Regulations. Properties needed to complete Woodlawn’s Master Plan, 1968. See also Rolled Drawings MM for all Master Plans and revisions, 1916-1973. Master Plan # 2, by Whitman, Requardt and Associates, 1973. Box 15 continued Folder 8 1968-1970 Information about a Right-Of-Way across the Tri-State Conservancy lands. Folder 9 Property sold to the Fulenwiders.

Oversized Folder #16 Sale to the Fulenwiders Part II.

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Oversized Folder #17 1979 Information about Sophie du Pont’s sale of an easement to Brandywine Conservancy. .

Folder 10 1982 Appraisal and correspondence for the Franklin Baker property.

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Deed and papers for Your House, Inc., on Concord Pike (202), 1982. Folder 11 1983-1993 Additional properties of interest to Woodlawn. PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 12 1985-1990 Information on the Blue Ball property. PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Oversized Folder #19 Brandywine Commons, easement and maintenance agreement, 1990. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 13 1985-1991 Woodlawn’s interest in the Day Property, Reading RR ROW, Property on 202 N. of Bowling Alley, and the Wilmington and Northern RR ROW. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 8 Survey map of the Day property. Oversized Box # 18, Folder 2 Notes on the equipment sale at the Day property. Folder 14 1987-1991 Information by correspondence and news clippings, about Louis Capano’s proposed shopping mall on the site of Fairway Park, formerly the Brandywine Country Club. BREGER TRACT The Breger Tract was a special part of Woodlawn’s Master Plan to provide financing for their holdings in Wilmington. From 1980 until 1994, Woodlawn battled to secure the land, to secure proper zoning, to secure proper storm and sanitary sewer drainage, and to secure the commitment from businesses to help develop Brandywine Hundred along the Concord Pike. Land sales and rents were used to support the “Flats.” PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 15 1973-1974 Folder 16 September 22, 1980-May 10, 1989 Folder 17 1987-1992 Folder 18 1987 Folder 19 June 14, 1989-August 1, 1990 Folder 20 January 24, 1991-December 19, 1992 Folder 21 January 7, 1993-October 10, 1994 Copy of “William Bancroft: Objects not Achieved, Opportunities Lost,” 1990. BOX 16 This box comprises files pertaining to the several communities constructed by Woodlawn on the west side of Concord Pike (Rt. 202) beginning with Alapocas in 1938.

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Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 3 General layout of Alapocas Development, 1936. Plan of Alapocas (2 copies),1943. Blue drawing of proposed grading for Alapocas Development, 1944. Final plat map of Alapocas, 1945. Revision of lot lines, Block C in Alapocas, 1955. NOTE: See Board Meetings in Box 1, Folders 15-28 and Folders 29-36 in Document Box #1 for more information about all communities and properties.

Box 16 continued Folder 1 1912-1989 Information about Alapocas, including a copy of the deed, deed history, and plot maps of the community. See Box 17, Folder 4 for a history of the Farm House at Friends School in Alapocas. Information regarding the Alapocas Quarry, with issues about its development, 19941996. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Rolled Drawings CC, JJ 16 A Tracings of Alapocas, showing dimensions of lots and roads, including Friends School, n.d. Rolled Drawings KK, KK 10 A Alapocas sewer plan, 1939. Topographical drawing of Alapocas and a portion of New Castle County, n.d. Folder 2 1952-1964 Information about Woodbrook, including final plat maps, maps of tree plantings, cost per lot, and proposed selling price Rolled Drawings AA, JJ 16 A Plot plan for two parcels of land traded by the DuPont Company to Woodlawn for developing Woodbrook, 1946. Box 16 continued Folders 3-17 1952-1964 Sales agreements for those who bought houses in Woodbrook, arranged alphabetically by names of purchasers. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder #9 Woodbrook final street and lot plans, August 19, 1959.

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Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 2 Tracings of plans and profiles of Waycross Road, Foulkstone Road, Stafford Road, Country Club Drive, Cornwall Road, Cranebrook Road in Woodbrook II, n.d. Rolled Drawings DD, JJ 16 A Preliminary street and lot plan of a future Woodbrook-type of development, 1962, 1963. . Rolled Drawings C, JJ 14 A Color-coded map of New Castle County, 1964. TENANTS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN BRANDYWINE HUNDRED Names are arranged alphabetically for years 1971-1979 Folder 18 Acree—Kendrick Folder 19 Lamb---Young Folder 20 Waiting lists for homes in Brandywine Hundred with names crossed off when tenants moved, 1973-1978 BOX 17 This box contains information about additional large, upscale communities built by Woodlawn and farms purchased in Brandywine Hundred, some of which were used for purposes other than farming. See Board Meeting Reports for specific years for more information on these communities in Box 1, Folders 15-36. Folder 1 1956 Information about Sharpley, including maps (1956) agreement with restrictions, cost of lots. Street map of Sharpley I with house numbers, sizes of lots, curve data, and adjoining properties, and businesses. No date. Rolled Drawings T, JJ 15 B Official street and road plan for Sharpley, 1955. Rolled Drawings J, JJ 14 B Plan and profile for Brocton Road, Cranebrook Road in Sharpley, 1957. Rolled Drawings F, JJ 14 B Water mains in Sharpley, 1958. Sewer plans in Sharpley, 1961. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder #9 Final street and lot plans for Sharpley, May 14, 1960. Deed restrictions deemed unenforceable in 1971. Oversized Folder #20

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Records for the sale of land to the YMCA, Brandywine Branch.

Folder 2 1963-1974 Information about Edenridge which offered 1,038 lots for sale. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder #9 Final Street and Lot Plans, Edenridge 3/12/1964. . PILOT SCHOOL Rolled Drawings O, JJ 15 A Plans for the caretaker’s house at Pilot School, n.d. Plot plan and survey for the site of Pilot School, n.d. Site plan for Pilot School, Garden of Eden Road, 1964. Plans for alterations and additions at Pilot School 1969. Rolled Drawings F, JJ 14 B Construction plans for Garden of Eden Road, 1965. Box 17 continued Folder 3 1967-1971 Information about Tavistock including maps, cost of lots, approved contractors. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder #9 Block map subdivision plan for Tavistock I, February 21, 1968. Folder 3 a. 1902-1966 This folder contains a list of all residential buildings owned by Woodlawn from 1902 through 1966 in Wilmington and in New Castle County with a top-sheet summary of the proceeds from sales of properties recorded annually. A list of all farms purchased by Woodlawn, number of acres for each and cost, no date. FRIENDS SCHOOL Folder 4 1750-1982 Evidence of Friends School in the City of Wilmington at 5th and West Streets in 1907, shown by plans for the School’s gymnasium. Includes specifications for labor and materials. Information about Woodlawn’s offer to sell part of the Mousley Farm to the Wilmingtonbased Friends School to support the school’s moving to Alapocas. Oversized Box #17 Drawings of a section of a retaining wall at Friends School in Wilmington, 1910 Drawing of the retaining wall at Friends School on Ball Alley, 1911 Front elevation and floor plan for Friends School at corner of 4th Street and Ball Alley, 1912.

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The Friends School Farm House at the School in Alapocas became the home of the headmaster in March 1937. The house was called the Elliot/Mousley House, named for the first two owners of record just prior to its acquisition by William Bancroft. Survey map of the Mousley Farm, 1906. Survey map of Mousley-Elliott Place between Jessup & Moore and Alfred I. du Pont properties, 1919. Map Case Drawer # 110, Folder 4 Topographical map of Mousley-Elliott Place 12/1/1930. Oversized Folder #21 Deed searches for Friends School in Alapocas, 1943-1972. Correspondence between Friends School and Woodlawn regarding the request of the Y.M.C.A to use part of the school’s campus for day camp activities, 1947-1948.

Box 17 continued Folder 5 1982-1986 Information includes Friends School’s possible sale of their land below the school for the purpose of increasing their endowment. Woodlawn requested a right of first refusal to buy the land. There is additional information about a right-of-way granted by Augustine Mills to Friends School for an easement across Augustine’s land. There is also information about Jessup Road included, on the path of which the easement was requested. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 3 Plan for Jessup & Moore Co. on Brandywine Creek. Oversized Folder #22 Priscilla Thompson’s research on Jessup Road, 1982. Folder 6 1995-2000 CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Information and correspondence between Woodlawn and Friends School about Woodlawn’s participation in the school’s Symposia during the five year period. Rolled Drawings C, JJ 14 A Drawings of Friends lower school entrance, 1970. LYNTHWAITE Folder 7 1915-1928 Information about the derivation of the word “Lynthwaite,” and a brief history of the farm from its creation until its failure as a dairy farm. Lynthwaite was formerly called the McAllister Farm. Folder 8

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What to do with Lynthwaite? Folder 9 1976 Attempt at re-zoning Lynthwaite for the purpose of development. Oversized Folder #23 Specifications for a house in Lynthwaite. n.d. Folder 10 1985 Louis Capano’s drawing of a proposed shopping center which would impact Lynthwaite. Oversized Folder # 24 File of proposals to purchase Lynthwaite. Oversized Box #18 Ledgers for expenses at Lynthwaite. Box 17 continued RAMSEY FARM Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 1 Large drawing and analysis of Ramsey Farm, no date. Survey of lands in Brandywine Hundred by Wills Passmore for Hugh Ramsey, 1908. Folder 11 1983 Correspondence and telephone conversations between Woodlawn and the Ramsey family regarding Woodlawn’s interest in purchasing the Ramsey Farm. Folder 12 1984-1985 Additional information about the purchase of the Ramsey Farm and financial information about the first proceeds from leasing the farm. Also included is information about Irenee du Pont’s land and disposition for future generations. Rolled Drawings F, JJ 14 B Detention pond west of Concord Pike, 1989. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Folder 13 1979-1984 Information about the purchase of land from Woodlawn by the Jewish Community Center. Rolled Drawings P, JJ 15 A Plot plan for the Jewish Community Center, n.d. ST. JOE PAPER COMPANY

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Folder 14 1936-1985 William Bancroft inquired in 1910 about this land north of Rockland on the Brandywine. Records in this file start in 1936 with evidence of the St. John’s River Development Company selling the property to the Almours Securities, Inc. Both companies were registered in the state of Florida. Folder 15 1987 Information about Woodlawn’s many attempts to purchase the tract and finally arriving at settlement after seventy-seven years of pursuit. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL

Folder 16 1991 Three copies of an appraisal of the St. Joe Paper Company. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL ROCKLAND MILLS Rockland Paper Mills was constructed circa 1795 by William Young, a bookseller from Philadelphia. It was destroyed by fire in 1814, and it was converted to a cotton mill in 1822. Having burned again in 1846, it was reestablished as a paper mill by Jessup & Moore in 1854, who had earlier built Augustine Mills (the name was taken from Augustus Jessup). Jessup & Moore was sold in 1940 to the San-Nap-Pak company, which produced a paper called Doeskin at Rockland, by which name it was known thereafter. Augustine Mills was much later sold to the Container Company of America. Rockland Mills, as of 2010, had been transformed into the Millrace, a number of upscale condominiums near Rockland Bridge on Rockland Road outside of Wilmington. Oversized Box #5 in Pictorial Collection, Accession 2010.276 Photo collage of the Rockland Mills property, including north property line adjacent to St. Joe Property; Rockland Mill Race; caretaker’s residence; restored mill building; view of the dam and mill race from the bridge; interior of the warehouse building; remains of the warehouse building; photo collage of Bud Vinton’s property at Rockland, including Brandywine Creek at Rockland; view from old canoe club across Brandywine toward Jessup and Moore tract; gatekeeper’s house; meadows at Jessup & Moore tract. BOX 17 A Folders 1-15 1978-1993 These folders document the transformation of the Rockland mills into condominiums by a developer who eventually declared bankruptcy and sold the property to Woodlawn. Woodlawn completed a number of condos, but eventually transferred much of the property to the State of Delaware. PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Document Box #6 1994-1998 Folders 16-24 contain the remainder of the files about the transformation of Rockland Mills to residences and park land. Included in Folder 24 is the paper “The Rockland History Project.” CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Map Case Drawer 110, Folder 6

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Lines and grades plan for “Millrace” at Rockland and Mt. Lebanon Roads. Attached are plans for roads, sewers, erosion/sediment control. AUGUSTINE MILLS & BANCROFT MILLS These files document the attempt to convert the Mills into condominiums, following an effort of the City of Wilmington to annex the sites. New Castle County finally retained the mills as taxable sites. Conversion of the mills to residential buildings changed the adjacent Brandywine Park forever. Although the mills were not acquired by Woodlawn, the Trustees followed the conversion with much interest, due to the impact on Brandywine Park, and the history of their founder’s legacy. Oversized Folder #25 1904 Deed of land from DuPont Company to Joseph Bancroft & Sons. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 2 Drawing of the land of W.C. Carter, bounded by lands of Joseph Bancroft & Sons and James Riddle, no date. Rolled Drawings J, JJ 14 B 1917 Map of Augustine Mills, property of Jessup & Moore, 1917. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 3 Map of Woodlawn land in 1936 bound Alfred du Pont’s land and Jessup & Moore Paper Mills. Map of a right-of-way for Joseph Bancroft & Sons to Alapocas Road, no date. Map of Joseph Bancroft & Sons, Co. land bounded by City land, the Brandywine, and Alapocas Run, 1939. Map of Augustine Mills just north of Wilmington, extending north of the race, no date. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 2 Drawing of Woodlawn’s Brandywine Hundred tenants from Rockland Rd. to Pennsylvania line, 1949. BOX 18 Folder 1 1962-1968 Large map of the lands of Joseph Bancroft & Sons, with correspondence relating to the procedure of factoring accounts receivable with the First National Bank of Boston. A lease is included, dated June 8, 1962, stating an agreement between Indian Head Mills and Joseph Bancroft & Sons. Oversized Folder #26 Photographs of the Bancroft Mills, ca. 1955-1960. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 3 Picture of the carpenter and machine shop for Bancroft Mills, no date. Oversized Folder #27

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Drawings of the buildings and of the Riddle Mills, 1866. Brief information on the history of Bancroft Mills and early discussion of issues pertaining to owners of the property and their effort to clear the way for the conversion. Folder 2 1972-1984 Indian Head seeks buyer for Bancroft Mills, and the Krapf family’s interest and influence on the fate of the mills.

Folder 3 1983-1995 Continuation of owners’ unsuccessful efforts to transform the mills into condominiums, and the eventual Chapter 11 proceedings. PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Oversized Folder #28 Deed searches for Wanamaker property and lower Augustine Cut-off, 1988-1989. BRANDYWINE TOWN CENTER Brandywine Town Center is now situated on land once used as Brandywine Raceway on Naamans Road in northern New Castle County, Delaware. The raceway was imploded in 1995, following several years of negotiating with the state to allow gambling at the site. The Town Center became a site for retail shopping and public meeting space. Woodlawn was involved in the development of the space which, as of 2010, was a very popular shopping center, despite much public protest during the development process. PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8

End of Raceway activities September 3, 1980-March 9, 1990 Market study for Raceway April 2, 1990 Rezoning Raceway and design April 11, , 19-12/14, 1990 Exploratory Sketch, discussion January 3-April 10, 1991 Suit v. New Castle County April 16-September 30, 1991 Woodlawn’s Commercial Property Policy 1991 Folder 9 Traffic Plans, and bus plans January 24-July 31, 1992 Folder 10 DelDot’s traffic plan August 11-December 17, 1992 Folder 11 Record Subdivision Plan January 25, 1993-October 27 1994 Folder 12 Beginning of final documents November 5-December 29, 1994 Folder 13 Track imploded, planning May 24-November 21, 1995 Folder 14 Mall sketches and approval January 10, 1997-July 20, 1999 Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 1 All maps, drawings are properties in Brandywine Hundred Map of William Bancroft’s land north of Brandywine Creek among adjacent farms, n.d. Map of unnamed trails, n.d. Map of unnamed streams, no date. Large map on west side of Concord Pike of lands held by Woodlawn, denoting acreage suitable for development, and not suitable.

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Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 8 All maps show lands in Brandywine Hundred Map copied from an atlas published in 1893, showing Talleyville, north to Pennsylvania line. Map showing lands east of Brandywine Creek (Jessup & Moore) between lands of John Derrickson, south to lands of William Bancroft, north of Garden of Eden Road (3 copies), 1908. Survey map of land conveyed by Francis Petitdemange to William Bancroft, 1908. Survey map of lands purchased by William Bancroft from Breger and Passmore, north of Garden of Eden Road, west of Concord Pike, 1909. Survey map of John C. Husband’s farm bounded by Mt. Lebanon Road in the south to the lands of John Talley, between Talleyville Road in the NW and the lands of William Wilson in the SE (3 copies), 1910. Survey map of a part of the Charles Day farm in Christiana Hundred, 1913. Topographical and plot map of the Hornsby farm, between Mt. Lebanon Road and Garden of Eden Road, 1914. Survey map of the Breger Tract, west of Concord Pike, 1914. Survey map of three tracts of land; two owned by Scott Townsend, and the third by the Woodlawn Company, bounded in the southwest by Rockland Road, 1917. Survey map of a part of the Woodlawn Trustees’ lands west of Concord Pike, 1928. Survey map of a part of the Woodlawn Trustees’ lands west of Concord Pike, 1929. Map of northern New Castle County showing locations of E.I. DuPont de Nemours Company, 1964. Plot map of farms north of Talleyville Road to and beyond Thompson’s Bridge Road, including lands of William Bancroft on both sides of Thompson’s Bridge Road. Plot map of the Cook estate, bounded by the Day farm and the lands of the Woodlawn Trustees. Survey map of the Seltzer farm owned by William du Pont. See Rolled Drawings GG and MM Maps and drawings of Master Plans for development of Brandywine Hundred and farms which Woodlawn hoped to purchase. PROPOSAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST SIDE OF CONCORD PIKE In the fall of 1989, the Woodlawn Trustees wrote a proposal for the development of Woodlawn’s lands on the west side of Concord Pike (Route 202), opposite Concord Mall. The plan was to engage in long term leases, rather than sales, to help support the maintenance of Woodlawn’s rental properties and the preservation of open space in Wilmington and New Castle County. The proposal is included here and contains architectural drawings of the proposed mix of commercial buildings and open space. Documents leading up and subsequent to the proposal are included, arranged chronologically. A number of rolled drawings consist of plans for various structures on Concord Pike. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL

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The remainder of Box 19 contains information about the parks and open space that William Bancroft, the Woodlawn Company and Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. sold or donated to the City of Wilmington, New Castle County and the State of Delaware. Rolled Drawings GG, JJ 16 B Topographical map of a portion of New Castle County Delaware (poster quality), 1914. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 3 Tracings of lands east of Brandywine Creek between Smithsbridge Road and a road going east to Concord Pike. Traced in 1908 by Mary Passmore from a survey made by Thomas Taylor in 1849. Map of the DuPont Experimental Station and DuPont Country Club, bounded by Brandywine Creek and New Bridge Road. Rolled Drawings MM, KK 10 A Tentative plan for Woodlawn’s development of northern New Castle County, 1948. Oversized Folder #29 Land sales during the time period.

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BOX 19 Folder 1 1957-1973 Woodlawn transferred land on Concord Pike and Whitby Drive for a Concord Pike Library, includes copies of the deed, and correspondence, 1956. Appraisal of southwest corner of Whitby Drive, 1970. A request from Thomas C. Marshall to purchase a parcel of land from Woodlawn for the purpose of building a motel on Concord Pike, connected to a restaurant which would serve alcohol in a restricted manner, 1959. Information on the Talleyville/Pike Creek Freeway and I-95 (1967) and proposed Concord Pike By-Pass (1969-1973). Oversized Binder #1 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Oversized binder of copies (sixteen pages) of aerial renderings in charcoal of Woodlawn’s lands in New Castle County, Delaware, and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, June 1960. . Rolled Drawings U , JJ 15 B Eleven sheet plans for the Talleyville Post Office, 1962. BOX 19 Folder 2 1969-1977 Letters of opposition to the buildings at the Rockland Swim Club, 1969.

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Leon Weiner’s request to purchase lands from Woodlawn for mid-rise apartments, 1971-1972. Correspondence about Beth-Shalom Congregation’s request for property on Concord Pike, 1972. A letter from Holiday Inn regarding the sale of two and one-half acres of Woodlawn’s property adjacent to the motel on Concord Pike, June 15, 1974. Evidence of an attempt by a developer to build a fashion mall just south of Concord Mall on the west side of Concord Pike, 1973-1974. Woodlawn unsuccessfully attempted to build a Planned Unit Development (apartments) in a residential neighborhood on the west side of Concord Pike, 1975-1976. Woodlawn’s offer to sell acreage just north of Beaver Valley Road to Miller’s Furniture Store, January 16, 1976. Woodlawn’s proposed statement before County Council regarding Woodlawn’s plans for developing their lands on Concord Pike, 1976. Proposal to build a shopping center on Concord Pike from Joseph Mersel, vice-president of S. L. Nusbaum & Co., September 7, 1977. Rolled Drawings A, JJ 14 A Index plan for Clover Store, Strawbridge & Clothier, and Rocky Run Plans, 1974. Rolled Drawings BB , JJ 16 A Two drawings showing all of the developed properties on both sides of Concord Pike from Wilmington city line to north of Concord Mall, n.d. Box 19 continued Folder 3 1961-1984 Whitman Requardt’s report on providing sewers for Woodlawn’s BH properties, 1961. Sewer Capacity Study for the west side of Concord Pike, 1977. Zoning issues confronting the Insurance Company of North America (INA) on Concord Pike, including Priscilla Thompson’s notes on INA issues, January 5, 1979. Land Lease Study For Office Park Type Development, by Robert Hickman for Woodlawn Trustees, 1980. Issue pertaining to Beaver Valley Road regarding the widening of Concord Pike, 1982.

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News clippings about Bird/Malone farm and Mrs. Rhoads’ fans; also about farms’ financial losses, 1983-1984. Rolled Drawings O, JJ 15 A Plans for the widening of Concord Pike, including the merchants affected. Folder 4 1983-1984 Memo to Newlin Wood from Larry Gherke, real estate executive, regarding land use on Concord Pike, 1983. Memo from Executive Office of New Castle County to Newlin Wood requesting a meeting to discuss the use of the Brandywine Country Club land as a public park, 1984. Box 19, Folder 4 continued Concord Pike Land Use Study, 1984. An assessment of the value and potential for developing thirty-eight prime acres at Little Falls Center at Centreville Road and Route 48, n.d. Rolled Drawings J, JJ 14 B Highway plan for New Castle County revised from 1964 map in 1985. Oversized Folder #30 Drawings of Concord Mall.

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Folder 5 1988-2000 Information about the expansion of Concord Mall, 1988-2000. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 3 Geological Survey Map north Wilmington, west side of Concord Pike from Wilmington to Pennsylvania line, from Concord Pike to Centerville; east side of Concord Pike from Governor Prince Blvd. to Pennsylvania line, from Concord Pike to Marsh Road, 1967; revised photo, 1987. Folder 6 1989 Woodlawn’s proposal for land use on the west side of Concord Pike. It contains color renderings of commercial buildings and brief comments about Woodlawn’s Master Plan for development (two copies). Oversized Box #1 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010,276 Color-coded maps of the Master Plan to develop the west side of Concord Pike, 1989. Oversized Folder #31 Properties purchased in 1997, 1998.

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Rolled Drawings MM KK 10 A Leavitt Plan for 1928, Leavitt Plan Revised, 1946. Proposal #1 and Proposal #2 prepared by Whitman & Requardt and Associates, 1943. See also Box 15, Folder 8, for a list of properties that Woodlawn wished to own to fulfill its Master Plans. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 3 Brandywine Planning District Plan, in color, 1985 Folder 7 1989-1992 CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Information about the Rock Manor Park Prevention Council, 1989. Hand drawing of lands near Beaver Valley Road, as well as interior plans for unidentified house, May 9, 1989. Serious concerns about the safety improvements proposed for Mt. Lebanon Road, January 23, 1990. Concord Pike Area Study, August 1990. Newspaper article about Talley Farm in suburbia, 1991.

Folder 8 1991-1996 PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Letter to Delaware Today requesting pictures in the magazine, presumably of the William Young House, September 3, 1991. Retail sites for sale: at the intersection of Routes 13 and 71; properties in the City of Wilmington; the Talley Ho Shopping Center at Naamans Road and Concord Pike; various properties offered by CB Commercial Realty, and six real estate auctions offered by Traiman real estate marketing organization, 1991. Information about a potential site for offices at 100 Rockland Road, Montchanin. Letter to Joyce C. Conant from Woodlawn to verify her residing at 123 Beaver Valley Road, September 17, 1992. Proposal by Stoltz Realty for three shopping centers, Shoppes of Graylyn, Concord Pike Village, and Shoppes of Redmill. It was sent to Sigma R/E Investment Co. from Newlin Wood, February 18, 1994. It was sent to Sigma, September 14, 1994. Woodlawn’s lists for property searches, November 10, 1994. Folder 8 A.

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The Concord Pike Library committed to moving to a site on Foulk Road east of its then current site in Brandywine Hundred. Folders 8A-C tell the story of the selection of the new site and the building of the new Brandywine Hundred Library. Folder 8 B. 1995-1999 Folder 8 C. 2000-2003

Rolled Drawings D JJ 14 A Sewer and water main construction plans for west side of Concord Pike, 1994. Oversized Box #3 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Two panoramic photos: a sketch of a shopping mall and a meadow near Rocky Run. Box 19 continued Oversized Box #4 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Color rendering for a ranch house at Rocky Run, 19” x 26 ½”; color rendering for a ranch house at Hershey Run, 20” x 30”. Rolled Drawings Q, JJ 15 B Survey of land bounded by Smith Bridge Road and the Pennsylvania line. Survey performed by Price & Price, January 16, 1950. Rolled Drawings L, JJ 15 A Plans of unidentified properties on Concord Pike south of Talleyville, 1953. Rolled Drawings O, JJ 15 B Plans for the Concord Pike Library, 1957. Rolled Drawings N, JJ 15 A Plans for the First Unitarian Church at Whitby Drive and Concord Pike, 1959. Rolled Drawings J J, KK 10 A Topographical map showing Brandywine Hundred, Delaware and Birmingham and Concord Townships in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1960. Rolled Drawings D, JJ 14 A Plans for Wax Furniture Co. on Concord Pike, 1961. Rolled Drawings M, JJ 15 A Plans for the Carpet & Furniture Mart at 1151 Concord Pike, 1951. Plans for the Western Exterminating Co. on Concord Pike, 1961. Rolled Drawings L, JJ 15 A Plans for the Whitten, Jr. house on Concord Pike, 1962.

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Rolled Drawings G, JJ 14 B Foundation and basement of the 3251 Corporation on Concord Pike, 1962. Rolled Drawings F, JJ 14 B Bridge replacements on Beaver Valley and Sharpley Roads, n.d. Rolled Drawings M, JJ 15 A Plans for offices and stores of R.W. Fairbrother, Inc., at Concord Pike and Silverside Road, 1964. Rolled Drawings G, JJ 14 B Construction of Artcraft Electric Company at Concord Pike and Silverside Road, 1967. Rolled Drawings E, JJ 14 A Drawings of the construction of Concord Pike between Foulk and Silverside Roads, 1969. Rolled Drawings B, JJ 14 A Concord Pike widening (1952) and an aerial view of Concord Pike (1968). Rolled Drawings K K, KK 10 A Concord Pike Highway Plans, 1972 (2). Rolled Drawings C, JJ 14 A Phase III. Strawbridge & Clothier; Clover site plans, 1994. Rolled Drawings G, JJ 14 B Clover Store’s Record of Subdivision Plan, Layout and Utility Plan, 1994. Site plan for Brandywine Commons III, 1994. Site plan for INA (Cigna) property, 1994. Oversized Box #2 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photographs of the Delaware Corporate Center, Cigna Company, Leech Farm House (Beaver Valley Road). Photos have been transferred to Pictorial Collections. Oversized Collage has been transferred to Pictorial Collections, Acc. 2010.276. Photo collage of “Country Views 2001-2002, including the Delaware Corporate Center on 202; new trees on Beaver Valley Road; rebuilt Derrickson Barn on Beaver Valley Road, Pennsylvania; open fields between Rocky Run Village and the Jewish Community Center; new trees behind the Homewood Suites; refurbished duplex on Watkins Avenue, Pennsylvania; Southwest corner of Naamans Road and 202; Krapft Farm conservation strips; and E.Y. Talley’s rebuilt barn on Rt. 202 near Pennsylvania line. 30” x 42 ¾” Oversized Box #6 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Color rendering of Stolz Management area in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, 36” x 24”.

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RECORD GROUP I: RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES SERIES II: REAL ESTATE AND HOUSING continued Sub-series D. Parks This sub-series contains files pertaining to all parks developed in the City of Wilmington and New Castle County by William P. Bancroft, the Woodlawn Company, and the Woodlawn Trustees. Reports, studies, and research papers are arranged by the date of the report. Additional files are arranged chronologically by date of the correspondence or news clippings.

PARKS REPORTS, STUDIES AND RESEARCH PAPERS ABOUT PARKS An account of William Bancroft’s vision for parks precedes Folder 9 Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 2 Copies of parts of deeds and blue drawing of property donated to Wilmington by William and Samuel Bancroft and their wives to be used as a public park, September 28, 1989. Pencil copy of the deed to the City from Bancroft conveying land for a park, 1893. Map Case Drawer# 109, Folder 3 Drawing showing Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad along Brandywine Creek through lands owned by the City of Wilmington Council and Park Commission, 1939. Box 19 continued Folder 9 1976-1977 Thompson, Priscilla M. Development of a Public Park In Wilmington Brandywine Park, Kentmere Parkway and Rockford Park before 1896. Wilmington, DE: Woodlawn Trustees, December 12, 1976. Information about Frederick Law Olmstead, D.J. Menton, William M. Canby, and William Bancroft, and their impact on the parks of Wilmington. Thompson’s notes on Parks excerpted from Board Minutes, 1957-1969. Thompson’s notes on a connector between Brandywine Park and Alapocas Park, 1980s. Thompson’s notes on Woodlawn’s transfer of lands to the state, 1985. Oversized Box #16 Bancroft genealogy (two copies) Color drawing of William Bancroft’s plan for the western part of Wilmington, 1911. Wilmington’s Every Evening newspaper article on William Bancroft and the park system in the city, October 28, 1926. Glossy, color coded sketch of a new Greenway along Adams Dam Road and Rockland Road, no date.

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Newspaper article, “Woodlawn Trustees Keep The Faith,” depicting Woodlawn’s developments and park land, color coded, November 19, 1989. Color-coded map showing trails, Woodlawn property, state/county park land, leased homesites, leased cropland, other private owners, parking lots between Concord Pike and Brandywine Creek and between Rockland and Smiths Bridge Road. Green-shaded park areas between the Delaware River and Brandywine Creek State Park, between Canby Park and Fox Point Park, no date. Sketch of the paths, trails, bridle paths, and picnic places in Brandywine and Rockford Parks and Alapocas Woods, 1934. Maps of Delaware County, Pennsylvania; hand-drawn sketches of land along the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad, Aston Twp. Pennsylvania; Neshaminy Creek and West Grove, Pennsylvania; Chester County; White Clay Creek and Delaware shore line. 1749 glossy map of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, created by act of Parliament. Box 19 continued Folder 10 1977-1980 Du Pont, Elizabeth N. Delaware Trees. Chadds Ford, PA: Brandywine Conservancy, 1977. Caulk, Elizabeth, T. ed. Delaware Conservationist. Dover: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Winter 1977-1978. Delaware Nature Education Society. Natural Areas Preservation. Hockessin, DE. DNES, 1978-1979. Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation. State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. Dover: Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, 1979. Delaware Nature Education Society. Preserving Delaware’s Natural Areas. Hockessin, DE. DNES, 1980. Delaware Department of Natural Resources. Delaware Resource Conservation Plan. Dover: Delaware Department of Natural Resources, 1980-1985. Delaware Nature Education Society Delaware Nature Education Society NEWS. Hockessin, DE. DNES, 1980.

Folder 11 1981-1982 Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Delaware Conservationist. Dover: DNREC, vol. xxiv, no.1, 1981. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Delaware Conservationist. Dover: DNREC, vol. xxiv, no. 4, 1981.

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Priscilla M. Thompson. Gifts and Sales of Parks To the City of Wilmington by William P. Bancroft 1886-1919. Wilmington, DE. Woodlawn Trustees, 1982. This research paper includes maps, annotations about all parks and open space gifted to the City of Wilmington, as well as lands transferred to the State of Delaware. Folder 12 1982-1990 Johnson, Andrew L. and Michael C. Clarke. The Use and Protection of Privately Held Natural Lands. Philadelphia: Natural Lands Trust, 1982. Fleming, Lorraine M. Delaware’s Outstanding Natural Areas and Their Preservation. Hockessin, DE: Delaware Nature Education Society, 1972. Donnelly, Kevin C. Timber Management Report for the Woodlawn Trustees’ Properties in Northern Delaware. Dover: Delaware department of Agriculture, 1983. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Greenspace for Delaware’s Future. Dover: DNREC, 1990. The publication is accompanied by copies of two pieces of legislation regarding Delaware’s Greenspace Program. Blume, Cara Lee and Cherie A. Clark et.al. Cultural Resources Management Plan For Brandywine Creek State Park. Dover: Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation, 1990. Folder 13 1993 In September 1993 Newlin Wood, Executive Vice-President of Woodlawn , wrote a memo to Stephen Clark reporting a request from Menke & Menke Architects for any records at Woodlawn pertaining to the relationship between William Bancroft and Frederick Law Olmstead, famous urban planner and landscape designer. This file contains the results of the research. Folder 14 1993-2005 Williams, Lynn. Brandywine and Christina Rivers Task Force Committee Report. Wilmington: Land Acquisition for Preservation, Recreation, and Access, 1993. Rothstein, David. Small Mammal Surveys of Brandywine and White Clay Creek, DE: Species of Uncertain Status. Dover: Woodlawn Trustees, 1993. Brandywine Conservancy. Baseline Condition Report Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. Property. Chadds Ford, PA: Woodlawn Trustees, 2005. The report includes maps and photographs of select Woodlawn lands. CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION ABOUT PARK LAND DONATED OR SOLD TO WILMINGTON, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE BY BANCROFT AND WOODLAWN Oversized Box #17

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Proposed additions to Brandywine Park, 1909

Box 19 continued. Folder 15 1911-1918 William Bancroft’s original handwritten notes on meetings of the Board of Park Commissioners. Bancroft’s desire to connect Brandywine Park and Alapocas Woods, beginning at the railroad near the Augustine Bridge, June 6, 1919.

Folder 16 1918-1919 William Bancroft’s original handwritten notes on meetings of the Board of Park Commissioners. Document Box #7 Folders 17-21 have been transferred to Document Box # 7. Folder 17 1921-1922 William Bancroft’s original handwritten notes on meetings of the Board of Park Commissioners. Folder 18 1926-1967 Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of Wilmington, DE. Includes copies of photographs, budget and expenses, names of directors, and notes about each park. Notes from the Executive Committee of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1934-1941. Information about the Wilmington Park Trust Fund, established in 1935. Map of Wilmington and Vicinity, Park Drive, and places of interest. Prepared by the Board of Park Commissioners and distributed by the Delaware Motor Club, 1941. Deed of Gift for Valley Gardens to the Wilmington Park Trust, 1941. Letter to Woodlawn from the Society of Natural History of Delaware regarding a conservation project; includes a questionnaire about harmful conditions of individuals’ property which might be corrected by a conservation project, January 22, 1945. Select notes for the Board of Park Commissioners, 1954-1967. Correspondence about the Green Tree Committee, 1956.

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Copy of a letter to George Sargisson, Director of Recreation Promotion & Services, Inc., regarding a greenway along the Brandywine, October 28, 1960. Excerpt from The Squeeze (Cities Without Space) regarding William Bancroft and his philanthropy of park lands, 1960. Information on the State’s acquisition of the Wheelright Tract for park land, 1966-1980. Copies of two bills of legislation which limit the liability of owners of public park lands, 1966. A History of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1967. Oversized Box # 16 Color-coded map of paths, trails bridle paths, and picnic places in Brandywine and Rockford Parks and Alapocas Woods, 10/1934 Box 19 continued Folder 19 1967-1982 Letter to the State Park Commission of Delaware from Woodlawn, informing the state that Woodlawn will offer, without cost to the State, land between Brandywine Creek and Creek Road, extending south from Thompson’s Bridge to the line of the St. Joe Paper Company, contingent on the State’s acquisition of the St. Joe property, December 8, 1967. Text for a sign appearing at the beginning of Woodlawn’s greenway trails. Information about a sale of a portion of Canby Park to the Boys Club of Delaware, 19671974. Summary of achievements of Wilmington’s Department of Parks and Recreation during the two years since the dissolution of the Board of Parks Commission, including the creation of a Metropolitan Department of Parks and Recreation, combining City and County Parks into one organization, 1968-1969. Letter to the State Park Commission reiterating the offer of December 8, 1967, regarding a gift of land described above. Proof of property closings: photographs, newspaper notices, News Journal Invoices, and State Trooper Patrol Reports, 1968-1982. Folder 20 1961-1985 Legal opinions on the Law of Trespass, 1961-1974.

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List of city parks, including acreage, cost, value with improvements, date of acquisition, and owner/lessor, 1886-1942. List compiled on March 13, 1972. Newspaper articles on Conservation and Open Space, 1974-1985. Plan for Woodlawn’s transfer of property to Brandywine Creek State Park, February 21, 1974. Nature Conservancy suggests that Woodlawn create a 501(c) (3) arm for tax exempt foundation for the purpose of conservation, 1977. Requests from Wilderness Canoe Trips to lease land at Thompson’s Bridge for a canoe livery, 1978-1979. Drafts of the Brandywine Creek State Park Trust and Correspondence, 1979-1980. Notes on Coopers & Lybrand meeting with Woodlawn about taxes with regard to transferring land to state for parks. Information on Ommelanden Regional County Park (not from Woodlawn), 1980. Box 19 continued Folder 21 1980-1995 PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Information on sources of funds to maintain Valley Garden and Brandywine Creek State Park, January 9, 1980. Memo to Lynn Williams from Philip Rhoads. Appeal to contact legislators protesting state budget reductions for the parks and recreation division, April 18, 1980. Information about the Delaware Recreation and Parks Society, April 1, 1981. Magazine article and map of lands transferred by Woodlawn to the state, August 21, 1981. Dedication ceremony at Brandywine Creek State Park of lands recently transferred to enlarge the park, October 30, 1981. Information on Gypsy Moth control, 1983. Security breaches in 1985-1986. Letter from the U.S. Department of Interior regarding the creation of a Mid-Atlantic River Center to promote conservation of local rivers and watershed areas, February 10, 1986.

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Information about the initiation of a $2.00 fee at Thompson’s Bridge property, June 1, 1987. Includes photographs of the flooding of Creek Road on February 1, 1982, and a dead deer on unidentified Pennsylvania property in October 1986. Memo on a visit to Granogue and the Cabin Wood Natural Area by the Delaware Nature Education Center, hosted by Irenee du Pont, June 3, 1988. News article about “The Rockland Man,” who died in Brandywine Creek State Park in 1968. He was identified in 1989 as an escaped prisoner from a correctional institution in Maryland by the use of fingerprints taken in 1968. Twenty-fifth anniversary ceremony for Brandywine Creek State Park, 1965-1990. The original acreage to start the park was given in 1965. Box 19 continued Notes of a meeting to plan procedures for developing the Russell Peterson Wild Life Refuge, and other issues on the development of Wilmington’s riverfront, April 20, 1995. News article about the issue of the City of Wilmington’s selling its parks maintenance center to the Wilmington Garden Center, November 4, 1990. Draft of notes taken by Elke McGinley at a meeting during which the history of the Wilmington Parks Commission was made clear in light of recent events with city parks, May 1, 1991. Letter to New Castle County Public Works Department from the Natural Heritage Program regarding potential storm run-off problems in the Rocky Run area caused by any expansion of the Concord Mall, June 26, 1991. Letter to the Natural Heritage Program from the Northern Delaware Greenway Council requesting an evaluation of two tax parcels for possible acquisition, February 28, 1994. Includes maps. News article reporting that Lynn Williams would chair the new Open Space Council to oversee the implementation of the Delaware Land Protection Act, June 10, 1994. Deed and correspondence regarding the transfer of the Carney Run Tract to the State of Delaware for park land, December 29, 1994. News article reporting that the county supervisor for the design and development of parks proposed a park district for the County’s 970 acres of park land, April 27, 1995. Oversized Collage transferred to Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Collage and sketches of “Bancroft Parkway—The First Greenway” (two copies), including a drawing of the Flats neighborhood with Bancroft Parkway highlighted, a brief

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history of Bancroft Parkway, a drawing of the Greenways and parks between the Delaware River and Bancroft Parkway from east to west and parks between Canby Park and Brandywine Creek State Park from south to north; and, photos of the remnants of abutments for a stone bridge that was to span the B&O Railroad tracks are also included. Oversized collage transferred to Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photo collage of portions of Bancroft Parkway, Wawaset Park, Greenhill Avenue, Adams Street, 39 ½ “ x 50”. Document Box #8 1973 Folders 22-28 Research notes on “PARKS” provided by Priscilla Thompson for her assignment by Woodlawn. Includes information on Frederick Law Olmstead.

Rolled Drawings I I Timeline for Woodlawn’s construction and development of communities in Wilmington and Brandywine Hundred, 1901-1991. Note to Researchers: Board Minutes contain additional discussions regarding most properties. Minutes are arranged chronologically in Box 1, Folders 17-42.

RECORD GROUP I: RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES SERIES II. REAL ESTATE AND HOUSING Sub-series E. Leases and Deeds Oversized Folder #32 1862-1915 Sales agreements, deeds, and certificates of title. Oversized Folder #33 Three indentures of property to railroads.

1889, 1909

Document Box #9 This box contains a number of Woodlawn’s leases and deeds to various properties in the City of Wilmington and New Castle County. Folder 1 1889-1934 Early deeds, including Rockford and South Brandywine. Oversized Folder #33 Three indentures of property to railroads. Folder 2

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Copies of leases, one each year, during this twenty-one-year time period. Folder 3 1852-1933 Examples of deed language used in several deeds, and transcripts of extracts from deeds used by the Bancrofts to transfer lands to the City of Wilmington. Includes a list of those to whom or from whom property was sold/bought in Wilmington, 1904-1933.

Document Box #9 continued Folder 4 1932-1981 Includes Woodlawn’s Building Restrictions; a settlement sheet for a property, 1944; and examples of deeds, 1944. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 2 1889 Copies of parts of deeds and blue drawing of land donated to Wilmington by William and Samuel Bancroft and their wives, to be used as a public park.

RECORD GROUP I: RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES SERIES III. FINANCIAL RECORDS Sub-series A. Ledgers and Journals See Box 22, Folder 1 for an accounting manual used by Woodlawn. Oversized Ledgers Trial Balances, entries by general categories

Ledger #

Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 10 Woodlawn’s Sunday building expenses #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7

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Map Case Drawer #110 Folder #3 City Rents Ledgers, loose leaf.

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City Rents (continued)

#14 #15

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City Rents by Individual Names

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1908-1919 1914-1925

Map case Drawer #110, Folder 3 Brandywine Hundred Expenses

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1935-1938

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1938-1960 1939-1956

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Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 2 City houses expense summaries Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 3 Brandywine Hundred Rent Summaries Oversized Box #13 Rents for Flats and garages

1964-1968

Oversized Box #15 Rents for Flats and garages

1971-1976

City, Brandywine Hundred and CHC Rents

#21 #22

Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 3 Brandywine Hundred Rents

1979-1983 1985, includes PA 1986

Expenses City Houses

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Oversized Box #14 Balances, Rents, Credits for houses in BH, Flats, and CHC

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Oversized Box #18 Expenses CHC, loose leaf pages. #26 #27 Oversized Box #18 Expenses Brandywine Hundred Farms

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Expenses Brandywine Hundred Farms

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Cash Disbursements

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Wages Expenses

#32 #33

Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 10 Wages, Woodlawn Employees

1903-1948 1930-1990 1933-1942

Wages Woodlawn Employees

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January 6-13, 1995

BOX 20 1901-1955 This box contains five expense journals, first kept by William Bancroft (until his death), and subsequently by officers of the Woodlawn Company and Woodlawn Trustees. The journals include various expenses, from insignificant expenditures to capital stock issues.

BOX 21 1896-1966 This box comprises four ledgers: Mortgages, Stocks and Bonds Accounts; The Citizens Housing Corporation’s Capital stock accounts, general expenses, profit/loss accounts and other sundry accounts; Cash Receipts Ledger for 1964-1966; Capital Account Ledger from various accounts.

Sub-series B. Financial Records, Journal Entries, Audits, and Check Stubs BOX 22 CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL This box contains handwritten financial records, computer-generated journal entries, audits, and check stubs Financial Records Folder 1 December 1994-April 1995 Folder 2 May-August 1995 Folder 3 September-December1995 General Journal Folder 4 January 31, 1995-January 31, 1996 PENNA Folder 5 January 1, 1995-December 31, 1995

Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9

General Ledger Reports Job Transaction Details January 1-June 30, 1995 July 1-August 31, 1995 September 1-October 31, 1995 November 1-December 31, 1995

Miscellaneous Financial Information Folder 10 Newlin Wood’s notes on pricing post-war developments, April 28, June 1, 1992. Transaction Journal, Woodlawn & PENNA 1995. Folder 11 Cash requirement reports November 22, 1995-January 31, 1996.

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Folder 12 Annual Summaries of Financial Accounts, 1995. Folder 13 Bank Reconciliations, 1995, 1996; Loan Investment statements, settlement receipts. Folder 14 Miscellaneous financial records. Folder 15 Miscellaneous invoices, 1971-1980. Cash deposit slips and cash deposit records for tenants, 1972. Audits Folder 16 Audits of financial records, 1946-1949; income/expense summaries, 19511968. Folder 17 Audits of financial records of 1967-1975. Folder 18 Audits of financial records of 1976, 1977, 1978. Folder 19 Audits of financial records of 1992, 1993, 1994. BOX 22 continued Check Stubs Four books of check stubs from Security Trust, 1922-1928. BOX 23 Check Stubs Book 1 Check stubs from Security Trust, 1926-1929. Book 2 Check stubs from Security Trust, 1928-1929. Folder 1 Check stubs from Bank of Delaware, January 3-May 31, 1995. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 2 Check Stubs from Bank of Delaware, June 1-September 1995. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 3 Check stubs from Bank of Delaware, October 2-December 31, 1995. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL BOX 24 This box contains files leading to an agreement with Loomis-Sayles & Company to manage Woodlawn’s assets, periodically report and monitor investments, and to project future trends. Oversized Folder #34 Woodlawn’s building expenses

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Folder 1 1945-1955 Records of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, T-Bills, real estate purchases, mortgages and sales of property. Oversized Folders ##35, 36, 37 1945-1948 Information on possible purchases of bonds. Oversized Folder #38 1954-1960 Woodlawn’s annual reports to the State of Delaware; prequels to Franchise Tax.

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Folder 2 1957 Equitable Security Trust investment statements for Woodlawn, January 7-December 5, 1957. Folder 3 1962 Preliminary documents of proposals from investment planners. Folder 4 1953-1962 Lists of Woodlawn’s investments, 1953-1962. Folder 5 1958-1978 A board resolution to engage L&S, a statement of Woodlawn’s assets in 1958-1965, and a contract for service. Reports follow for the years 1962-1978. Box 24 continued Folder 6 1962-1965 Acknowledgement letters from Bank of Delaware on Woodlawn’s investments, May 21, 1962-December 27, 1965. Folder 7 1963-1964 Loomis/Sayles reports on investments. Folder 8 1965 Loomis/Sayles investment reports and forecasts, 1965-1975. Folder 9 1965-1966 Loomis/Sayles reports on investments and forecasts. Folder 10 1966-1969 Bank of Delaware’s acknowledgements on investments, February 8, 1966-November 26, 1969. Loomis/Sayles reports on investments and forecasts, 1967. Folder 11 1967-1968 Loomis/Sayles summary of investment position and reports on investments. Folder 12 1969-1970 Loomis/Sayles summary on investment position and reports on investments. Folder 13 1970 Loomis/Sayles “Changing Financial Environment,” December 1970. “Business Slowdown” Investment Policy decisions. Reports on investments. Folder 14

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Bank of Delaware’s acknowledgements of investments, March 3, 1970-March 20, 1972. Loomis/Sayles reports on investments. Folder 15 1972 Loomis/Sayles summary on investments position, February 26, 1971-December 29, 1972. Loomis/Sayles reports on investments. Folder 16 Loomis/Sayles portfolio reviews, statements for investments and forecasts. Folder 17 1973-1977 Bank of Delaware’s acknowledgements of investments, January 25, 1973-June 30, 1977.

Folder 18 1973-1974 Loomis/Sayles statements for investments and forecasts, 1974. Loomis/Sayles summary of investment position, February 28, 1973-December 31, 1974. Folder 19 1975-1977 Loomis/Sayles reports on investments and forecasts. Investors’ planners’ statements on investments, February 28, 1975-May 31, 1977. Folder 20 1976-1978 Loomis/Sayles reports on investments and forecasts. Folder 21 1989-1990 Woodlawn’s Custodial Account # 47-48-001-1211559. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Oversized Folders ## 39, 40 1965-1983 Woodlawn’s principal asset summaries and principal income transactions. BOX 25 This box comprises additional financial records, including investments, staff benefits, and the financial records of Stephen Clark, long-time president of Woodlawn. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folders 1-7 1996 Statements on various Woodlawn investments, including Merrill Lynch, PNC investments, and the Killen Group. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Oversized Folder #41 1996 Woodlawn’s investment accounts at Wilmington Trust. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL

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RECORD GROUP I: RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES, SERIES III. FINANCIAL RECORDS (continued) Sub-series C. Staff Wages and Benefits. See Oversized Ledgers #32 and #33 for staff wages. Folder 8 1952-1976 Staff benefits, staff pension, including the first plan. Folder 9 1954-1982 Salaries for Woodlawn employees and Board. Information about City Head Tax, 1962-1966. Selected employees vacation benefits forms, 1972-1973. Workman’s Compensation form. Box 25 continued Folder 10 1964-1976 Pension plan for the employees of Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., including the “Employment Retirement Insurance Security Act of 1974.” The plan as partially restated complied with ERISA. Oversized Folder #42 1965-1976 Wage ratios for general expenses in Brandywine Hundred properties. Folder 11 1976 Restated Pension for full compliance with ERISA of 1974. Folder 11 A. Miscellaneous information about various staff benefits Document Box #10 How to Use BLR’s Employee Compensation in Delaware, Robert L. Brady, J.D. for Business & Legal Reports, Inc., 2001. Document Box #11 Restatement of Woodlawn’s Pension, 1986, and 1990 Valuation Report. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Sub-series D. Stephen Clark’s Financial Information. THIS SUB-SERIES IS CLOSED Folder 12 1982-1983 Stephen Clark’s Financial Management Account # 53019-00-6. Folder 13 1984 Stephen Clark’s Financial Management Account # 53019-00-6. Folder 14 1985

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Stephen Clark’s Financial Management Account # 53019-00-6. Folder 15 1986-1987 Stephen Clark’s Financial Management Account # 53019-00-6. Folder 16 1988 Stephen Clark’s Financial Management Account # 53019-00-6. Folder 17 1989 Stephen Clark’s Financial Management Account # 53019-00-6, and #44-44-001-5301906. BOX 25 A 1972-1991 CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Stephen Clark’s Funds Folder 1 Stephen Clark Trust Act. 45 0104 04881 9/15/1972-1/30/1976 quarterly review. Oversized Folders ##43, 44, 45 Stephen B. Clark Trust Account Statements 1971-1982. Folders 2-8 Stephen Clark Trust 410-35-00-7 9/30/1982-9/29/1988. Folders 9-11 Stephen Clark Trust Act. 41054-01-6 10/29/1984-11/15/1989. Folders 12-13 Stephen Clark Trust Act. 47-48-001-1158301 10/31/1989-2/11/1991. Folder 14 Stephen Clark Trust Act. 47-48-0012000963 4/30/1991-12/31/1992. Folder 15 Stephen Clark’s miscellaneous financial documents from 1987, 1988, 1990 . Folder 16 Stephen Clark’s Documented contributions 1985, 1987. Folder 17 Stephen Clark’s tax returns 1977, 1978, 1979. Folder 18 Stephen Clark’s support documents for 1980 tax returns. Folder 19 Stephen and Marianna Clark's Delaware tax return 1981; Pennsylvania Stephen only. Folder 20 Stephen Clark’s support documents for tax year 1981. Folder 21 Stephen Clark’s support documents for tax years 1981, 1982, 1985. Folder 22 Stephen and Marianna Clark's tax returns for 1986. Folder 23 Stephen Clark’s support documents for 1986 tax returns. Folder 24 Stephen Clark’s support documents for 1986 tax returns. BOX 26 CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folders 1-14 pertain to Stephen Clark’s Financial Information (continued). The remainder of the box pertains to the revocation of Woodlawn’s tax exemption. Folder 1 1983-1987 Stephen Clark’s IRA fund information. Folder 2 1988-1991 Stephen Clark’s IRA fund information. Folder 3 1992-1994 Stephen Clark’s IRA fund information. Folder 4 1985-1986 Stephen Clark’s federal tax information. Folder 5 1986

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Stephen Clark’s 1985 federal tax information. Oversized Folder #46 Documents creating the Sarah Bancroft Clark Trust, 1929, including amendments. Oversized Folders ## 47,48,49,50 Sarah B. Clark Trust statements.

1975-1982

Folder 6 1976-1977 Stephen and Lydia Clarks’ issues with the Sarah Bancroft Trust. Folder 7 1978 Stephen Clark’s issues with the Sarah Bancroft Clark Trust. Folder 8 1980-1982 Stephen Clark’s issues with the Sarah Bancroft Clark Trust; Audits of Trust 1980-1982. Box 26 continued Folder 9 1980-1982 Stephen Clark’s issues with the Sarah Bancroft Clark Trust Folder 10 1983 Correspondence on the possible changes in the SBC Trust. Folder 11 1984-1985 Stephen Clark’s issues with the Sarah Bancroft Clark Trust; performance, 1971-1985. Folder 12 1984-1985 Stephen Clark’s issues with the Sarah Bancroft Clark Trust. Folder 13 1986 Correspondence on the issues in the Sarah Bancroft Clark Trust. Folder 14 1984-1989 Stephen Clark persuades Nathan Clark to change his will.

SERIES IV: LEGAL ISSUES Sub-series A.

Woodlawn’s Tax Exemption Revoked

In April 1966, the Woodlawn Trustees received a notice from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service stating that Woodlawn owed the IRS $103,466 for back taxes. Woodlawn responded that their Corporation was tax exempt and would not pay the taxes. A long process ensued to determine Woodlawn’s tax status and finally ended with Woodlawn suing the United States to recover back taxes. The following records begin with the original claim from the IRS and then all of the evidence and exhibits collected by Woodlawn during the hearings and trial. Folder 15 1966 IRS notification that Woodlawn did not fall within the tax provision 501 ( c ) ( 3 ).

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Folder 16 1918-1925 Correspondence between Woodlawn and the IRS (prior to 1927) resulting in a positive determination for tax exemption from the IRS in 1927. Folder 17 1923-1928 Additional correspondence leading to a favorable determination, as well as a tax information summary, 1918-1928. Folder 18 1938-1958 Correspondence prior to 1938 determination, and discussion of tax status in the 1950s. Folder 19 1936-1958 Favorable ruling from the IRS regarding the Social Security Tax and Unemployment Tax. Folder 20 1925-1965 A copy of all records leading to the revocation of Woodlawn’s tax exempt status and Woodlawn’s subsequent suit against the Internal Revenue Service. Folder 21 1966-1972 Additional records regarding the suit against the IRS. Folder 22 1969 Woodlawn’s decision to pay taxes, due to the impact of the 1969 Tax Bill on non-profit corporations. Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. v. United States Oversized Folders ##51-76 1966-1972 Complaint, Answer to Complaint, Interrogatories, Answers to Interrogatories, Lawyers Briefs, and support papers. Box 26 continued Folder 23 1902-1966 Exhibits showing gross receipts and descriptions of sales during the period. Folder 24 1901, 1909-1916 Copies of Woodlawn’s Tax Returns used as exhibits. Folder 25 1917-1919 Copies of Woodlawn’s Tax Returns used as exhibits. Folder 26 1920-1926 Copies of Woodlawn’s Tax Returns used as exhibits.

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Folder 27 1957, 1958 Confirmation from IRS that Woodlawn was exempt from taxes for those two years. Folder 28 1959, 1964, 1970 Copies of Tax Returns used as exhibits. Folder 29 1919-1925 Information used as evidence during Woodlawn Trustees v. U.S. Folder 30 1923 Additional evidence used during Woodlawn Trustees v. U.S. Folder 31 1951-1966 Taxable income, as well as total acreage of lands owned by Woodlawn. Folder 32 1912-1928 Background materials to show tax status during the period. Folder 33 1923-1926 Additional background materials used as exhibits. Folder 34 1927-1951 Additional background materials leading to another IRS determination and for the purpose of showing the nature of Woodlawn’s business. Folder 35 1902-1966 Trial work papers--typed copies of property sales during the period 1902-1966. Folder 36 1967 State of Delaware awaits the federal decision before making any claims for Woodlawn’s back taxes. BOX 27 This box contains records pertaining to the continuing story of the revocation of Woodlawn’s tax exemption, as well as the resulting law suit, Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. v. United States. Folder 1 1962-1968 Woodlawn’s tax records for forms 2240, 1042, claim for revision of franchise tax return. Folder 2 1964-1969 Woodlawn’s U.S. Information forms 101. Folder 3 Woodlawn’s tax forms 1096, 1099.

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Folder 4 Woodlawn’s tax forms 1096, 1099.

1966-1968

Folder 5 1963-1964 Woodlawn’s correspondence with the IRS. Folder 6 1963-1966 Notice served by IRS, protest by Woodlawn, subsequent correspondence. Folder 7 1964-1965 Woodlawn’s returns of 990-A, 990-T, 2590. Folder 8 1965-1966 Legal correspondence to/from IRS and Woodlawn. Box 27 continued Folder 9 Woodlawn’s 990-A, 990-T returns.

1966-1968

Folder 10 1967 Legal correspondence leading to complaint. Folder 11 1968 Includes Woodlawn’s Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, tax returns from the 1920s and 1930s. Folder 12 1968 Interrogatories, depositions and testimonies of Woodlawn employees. Folder 13 1968 Lawyer Converse Murdoch’s support papers on behalf of Woodlawn. Folder 14 1968-1969 Woodlawn’s exhibits and tax status issues. Folder 15 1969 Exhibits regarding war-time participation on the homefront by Woodlawn. Folder 16 1969 Additional interrogatories and support papers for the trial. Folder 17 1969 Exhibits from 1954-1969 Board Minutes.

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Folder 18 1969 Deposition of Theodore S. Beck, pages 186-304. Folder 19 1969 Deposition of Theodore S. Beck, pages 305-522. Folder 20 1969 Deposition of William H. Wyte, conservationist, pages 523-605 Folder 21 1969 Deposition of William H. Wyte, pages 606-650. Folder 22 1969 Testimony of Ralph Cryder, director of New Castle County’s Parks and Recreation, pages 651-681. Box 27 continued Folder 23 1969 Testimony of Eugene F. Cassidy, IRS Agent, pages 682-694. Folder 24 1969 Testimony in Chambers with Judge, Mr. Gross (attorney for the U.S.) and Mr. Murdoch (attorney for Woodlawn), pages 695-715 and additional testimony from Robert G. Struble, conservationist, pages 716-779. Folder 25 1969 Testimony of Peter Geldof, Jr., director of the State of Delaware Parks, and testimony of Arnold Goldsborough, Realtor, pages 780-852. Folder 26 1969-1970 Correspondence pertaining to witnesses, demands of the plaintiff, and a summary of events in the lawsuit. Folder 27 1970-1971 Correspondence leading up to a settlement of the case W.T. v. U.S. Folder 28 1971-1972 Settlement of Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. v. United States, as well as the beginning of a suit Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Folder 29 1971-1972 Quarterly report generated to monitor funds to show IRS and State how Woodlawn calculated refund interest. Document Box # 12

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A four folder set of proceedings for Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. v. United States of America. 1969. Sub-series B. Woodlawn’s Housing Policy Challenged BOX 28 This box contains files about Woodlawn’s housing policy and the need to integrate the “Flats,” as well as their properties in New Castle County. In September 1963, the Wilmington Monthly Meeting sent a letter to Philip G. Rhoads and other Woodlawn Trustees who were members of the Monthly Meeting. The letter proclaimed a need to end discrimination in all housing. The Meeting also established an Open Housing Committee, presumably to discuss open housing with the Woodlawn Trustees.

Folder 1 1928, 1963 Letter to Mrs. Emma C. Bancroft regarding the need to provide housing for the African American residents of Wilmington, July 9, 1928. Included in this folder is a copy of an excerpt of Edward Higbee’s The Squeeze, an essay about Bancroft’s dream of providing housing for working men at a low cost. Oversized Folder ##77, 78 1962-1972 Wilmington Monthly Meeting’s challenge to Woodlawn’s housing policy. Letter from Howard H. Starkweather, Jr., Clerk of the Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends, to Philip Rhoads about the need to end discrimination in all housing, September 27, 1963. Interim Report of Committee on Open Housing, by Philip Rhoads, December 2, 1963. Response from Philip Rhoads to Coleman Dorsey’s report about the “drifting” Woodlawn Trustees, December 9, 1963. Priscilla Thompson’s notes on the challenge to Woodlawn’s Housing Policy, 1963-1984. Box 28 continued Folder 2 1968-1970 Information regarding the various interpretations of the Civil Right Act of 1968, as well as Delaware’s equal rights legislation of 1953, as amended in 1969. Also includes a letter from The State Human Relations Commission, March 10, 1970. Folder 3 1969-1970 Woodlawn’s consideration of a tract of land to be used for integrating Brandywine Hundred; additional correspondence between Woodlawn and the Human Relations Commission; and a report and map of Brandywine Hundred for Master Plan 2, and responses to the new Master Plan.

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Folder 4 February 24-June 30, 1972 The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends expressed their interest in a report from the Wilmington Monthly meeting, which speculated that the current Trustees were drifting from William Bancroft’s original goal. In a short time, other groups pressed the Trustees to integrate housing. References reported that the State Human Relations Commission formed a three-man committee to investigate Woodlawn’s housing policy. Oversized Folder #79 May18, 1972 Resolution from the City Council of Wilmington regarding Woodlawn’s Housing Policy. Folder 5 July 2-17, 1972 Pressure on Woodlawn led to agreement with the Human Relations Commission. “In Depth Study—The Woodlawn Trustees, Inc.,” Donald G. Davis (intern at University of Delaware Urban Education), 1972. Folder 6 1969-1973 Records explaining Woodlawn Trustees’ defense against the charge of discrimination.

Folder 7 1981-1993 News article, “The ‘Flats’ is a Model of Integration,” October 26, 1981. A letter from Coopers & Lybrand about creating a tax-exempt private foundation to provide low-cost housing, May 23, 1983. Rehabilitation Tax Credit and Low Income Housing Tax Credit, 1993. Priscilla Thompson’s annotated, chronological list of papers on integrating Woodlawn’s housing. BOX 28 (continued) Sub-series C.

du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees, Inc.

As the issue of integrating Woodlawn’s urban housing became more heated in 1972, the State Human Relations Commission, the City of Wilmington, the New Castle County Housing Division, and the local media insisted that Woodlawn also look toward integrating Brandywine Hundred and provide homes for African-Americans. Woodlawn at one point had even considered selling off all their suburban properties due to the pressure of building upscale homes in Brandywine Hundred, which they knew would either be too expensive to buy or to lease by those for whom they were intended. Woodlawn decided to prepare a study to determine the feasibility and cost of building homes up to then-current standards in Brandywine Hundred for the African-American population . The study coupled with a new Master Plan found that constructing homes in

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New Castle County to satisfy the County’s housing needs would be too costly and not feasible. As the integration issue was still burning, and as the Wilmington Monthly Meeting seemed more uncomfortable with the current business dealings of the Woodlawn Trustees, a third concurrent legal issue arose with an attempt by Mrs. Martha Verge du Pont to purchase a home from Woodlawn in the upscale county neighborhood of Tavistock to be used for a home for needy children. When Woodlawn refused to sell the property for that purpose, Mrs. du Pont sued Woodlawn for discriminating against African-American children who might inhabit the house. The files which follow describe the law suit of du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. Folder 8 du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees November 28, 1972-February 21, 1973 Woodlawn’s house in Tavistock was offered for sale for $75,000, and Mrs. Martha Verge du Pont sent a deposit for $7,500 as a 10% down payment, thereby accepting Woodlawn’s offer. Woodlawn, after discussion with Mrs. du Pont, who planned to open a home for needy children, changed their mind and rescinded the offer. Legal action by Mrs. du Pont ensued. Oversized Folder #80 1973 Complaint and support documents for du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. Box 28 continued Folder 9 du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees February23, 1973-May 17, 1973 Answer to the complaint, deposition of Mrs. du Pont, and the brief for the defense. Folder 10 du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees May 21-October 22, 1973 Case precedents, change to District Court, and deposition of Woodlawn’s John Stocking. Folder 11 du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees October 25-December 21, 1973 Production of documents, interrogatories, and additional precedents. Folder 12 du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees January 2-March 6, 1974 Plaintiff’s opening brief supported their motion for compelling production of documents, defendant’s motion to determine this case not to be a class action, stipulated brief schedule. Folder 13 du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees March 29-June 26, 1974 Appeal to the office of the State Human Relations Commission sought confirmation that Woodlawn followed its agreement with HRC, additional interrogatories from the defendants, offer to settle from the plaintiff. Folder 14 du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees July 11-August 2, 1974 Additional precedents, support papers from Board Meetings, 1970-1974, defendant’s response to plaintiff’s request for production of documents. Folder 15 du Pont v. Woodlawn Trustees

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Settlement with prejudice. SERIES V:

PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Sub-series A. Slides and Photographs The Woodlawn Trustees used slides and photographs for many purposes. Often the images were used for the orientation for new trustees or for educating the board of directors about the progress of an ongoing project. Frequently, the slides would be used with scripts for speeches at events at which the trustees would publicize the long-term efforts of Woodlawn to preserve open space or to tell the story of the vision of their founder William Poole Bancroft. Boxes 29, 30, and 31 contain slides, photographs, and slideshow scripts which would have been used for all the aforementioned purposes. The slides are arranged by title as much as possible and by date on which the photos were taken. Only the highlights are listed. All slides, photographs and Oversized collages have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections Department at Hagley. See APPENDIX A. for a complete list, arranged by date. Scripts for Slide Presentations Oversized Folder #81 1989-1990 Scripts for slide presentations to civic groups. Document Box #13 Folder 1 1973-1975 Woodlawn’s search for a communications consultant. Folder 2 1989-1990 Standard script to be used for various civic groups who invite Woodlawn to explain their mission. Folder 3 no date Slightly different version of an all-purpose presentation by Newlin Wood. Folder 4 February 8, 1991 Two drafts and a final updated version of the standard presentation. Folder 5 January 7, 1992 Slideshow script for the Open Space Council. Folder 6 March 12, 1992 Slide script delivered at a Land Protection Workshop. Folder 7 September 15, 1992 Slide script for a presentation for the Civic League of New Castle County. Folder 8 September 15, 1992 Special slideshow script for Councilman Joseph Miro, who could not attend the Civic League’s meeting. Folder 9 1993 Script for addressing the Brandywine Valley Association in 1993. Folder 10 February 15, 1990, 1994 The same script used for a meeting with the Mayor of Wilmington in 1990 and again during the legislative session in Dover in 1994.

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Folder 11. March 21, 1994 A script for the 1994 version of the Land Protection Workshop. The following three boxes have been transferred to Pictorial Collections. Box 29 follows BOX 1 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Folder 1 1982-1987 Many slides, most unidentified, but images include Friends School, Brandywine Falls, Stapler Park, dedication of the plaque in Brandywine Creek State Park, and Ashland Nature Center. Folder 2 1983-2000 Concord Pike aerial slides, Brandywine Creek, DELDOT and Route 202, Woodlawn residential developments. Folder 3 1989-1995 Fire damage at 1004 Poplar St., MBNA construction in Wilmington, renovation of Kirkwood St., Wilmington Alleyways, and other streets in “Flats.” Folder 4 1989-1995 Interior renovation to the Ramsey House and images of the Brubaker, Cleaver and Derickson houses, with aerials of Concord Pike. Folder 5 1989-1996 Slides about the Brandywine Hundred houses, farms, David Ramsey House and barn construction. Folder 6 1989-1997 Early City of Wilmington, city streets, city parks, city events. Folder 7 1989-1997 Diver Chevrolet lot under construction, Bancroft Parkway, Lore School, Garages at Grant and Pyle Streets. Folder 8 1989-2000 Ramsey Road and Ramsey Farm and other Brandywine Hundred properties. Folder 9 1989-2001 Delamore Place, Old Swedes area aerials, Beaver Valley Road. Folder 10 1989-1995 The village of Rocky Run, Cigna Building, Delaware Corporate Center, Sports Authority, Breger Development,. Folder 11

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Slide presentations to the Delaware Agricultural Preservation Group (1997) and the Union Park Civic Association (n.d.). Folder 12 1990-1995 Images of the Connector Road, Rockland Mills houses, Brandywine River, and Woodlawn’s good stewardship of open space award.

Box 1 Pictorial continued Folder 13 1990-1995 th Bridge at 9 Street and Bancroft Parkway, Ferris Street shop. Folder 14 1990-1997 Woodlawn’s greenways, Alapocas, Sharpley, the Nature Center, and aerial photos of Brandywine Creek State Park. Folder 15 1990 th Trails on the Brandywine, E. 11 Street and Kirkwood Park, the “Flats,” City Waterfront. Folder 16 1990-2000 Diver Chevrolet, William Bancroft’s Plan for Development, Wilmington station of the Delaware Motor Vehicle facility. Folder 17 1990s Assorted negatives and contacts, Breger property, Plaque in the Park. Folder 18 Breger site before construction.

1991

Folder 19 1991-1996 “Flats” houses on Ferris and North Union Street. Folder 20 1991-1996 Brandywine Hundred houses and farms, William Young House, 507 Black Gates. Folder 21 1991-2000 Brandywine Hundred properties, construction on Concord Pike (Route 202). Folder 22 1991-2000 Brandywine Commons, Restaurants on Concord Pike, Garden Valley Nurseries (southwest corner of Concord Pike at Naamans Road). Folder 23 1991-2001 Bike trails, Greenways, Creek Road, east side of Wilmington.

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Box 2 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Folder 1 1992-1997 Various unidentified slides, Columbus Inn, Old Colbourn House, Clover Department Store. Folder 2 1993-2000 Concord Pike aerials, Thompson’s Bridge, Brandywine River and Creek Road. Folder 3 June 28-August 8, 1994 Construction of Circuit City store on Concord Pike. Folder 4 June 28-October 3, 1994 Construction of the Clover Department Store on Concord Pike. Folder 5 November 20, 1994-February 18, 1995 Construction of the Clover Department Store on Concord Pike. Folder 6 February 18-May 8, 1995 Construction of the Clover Department Store. Folder 7 September 8, 1994-May 31, 1995 Construction of the Circuit City store on Concord Pike. Folder 8 1994-1995 Slides of the St. Joe Paper Company Property, Rockland. Folder 9 1994-1996 “Flats” improvements, Clover Department Store, Colbourn, and Connector Road. Folder 10 1994-2000 Ritter Block property, Revival Friendship property, Park Theater, 301 North Union, Catholic Charities. Folder 11 Unidentified aerial slides

May 1, 1995

Folder 12 May 1, 1995 Additional aerial slides, unidentified. Folder 13 May 3, 1995 Additional unidentified aerial slides. Folder 14 December 6, 1995-June 6, 1997 Colonial Pipeline construction and Homewood Suites. Folder 15

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Diver/Lexus lot, North Bancroft Parkway, Pyle Street garages, additional aerials. Folder 16 1995-2000 Forbes Field, Rockland Mills, Falls at Rockland. Folder 17 1996 William Bancroft slide presentation to Council of Civic Organizations of Brandywine Hundred (CCOBH). Folder 18 1996 Breger Tract, Lynthwaite, Concord Pike, Woodlawn Trails, Agricultural Lands. Folder 19 1996-2001 “Flats,” Kirkwood Park, Springer Street, maps and titles for slides.

BOX 3 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 The first six folders of this box contain slides used for educating the board and civic organizations. The next fifteen folders are comprised of photographs of Woodlawn’s properties in the City of Wilmington and New Castle County. Folder 1 1997-1999 Slides showing the construction of the Marriott Courtyard and McIntosh Inn, Kohls, a detention pond in that shopping center, and Lynthwaite corn. Folder 2 1998-2000 Slides and topographical aerial sketches of Brandywine Creek up to Nemours for a slide presentation. Folder 3 1999 Slides of Brandywine Hundred, the Colonial Pipeline, Talley’s Barn, and Village of Rocky Run. Folder 4 1999 1100 Grant Avenue in Wilmington, Lore School Playground, Wesleyan Church Wall. Folder 5 1999-2000 Slides of 305 North Union Street, Ritter Block property, Park Theater, Delaware Motor Vehicle facility. Folder 6 1999-2001 #13 A-B Duplex, 203-205 Delamore Construction, 916-920 E. 7th Street.

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PHOTOGRAPHS, no dates (in Pictorial Collections) Box 3 Pictorial continued Folder 7 Remains of Bancroft Mills, the Bancroft Dam, and the Mills freight station. Folder 8 Index for the 15 Folders of photos supplied to the Trustees, as well as photos of Springer Street between 6th and 7th Streets. Folder 9 Photos of Bayard Avenue from 5th to 7th Streets. Folder 10 500 Block of Bancroft Parkway, looking south. Folder 11 Ends of row houses on 5th Street. Folder 12 Photos of Union Street between 6th and 7th. Folder 13 Photos of Springer Street with its brick houses, paved streets, and foliage. Folder 14 View from the “old folks home” of “pumpkins, corn and fodder.” Folder 15 Northwest corner of 6th and Springer Streets in full bloom. Folder 16 Back yards from the landing. Folder 17 Corner of Bancroft Parkway and 5th Street. Folder 18 1117-1123 North Bancroft Parkway. Folder 19 Alapocas, Friends School, 2201 W. 11th Street—prints and negatives. Folder 20 Kentmere Parkway with Rockford Tower.

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Folder 21 Rockford Mills when in operation. Folder 22 Rockford Mills looking upstream. Folder 23 Glass negatives for folders 18 – 26 Oversized Box # 2 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 Photos of the Delaware Corporate Center, Cigna Company, Leach Farm (Beaver Valley Road), 1990s. Includes transparency.

Sub-series B.

News Clippings, Brochures and Accolades

BOX 29 This box contains newspaper clippings of interest to the Woodlawn Trustees, such as their properties, and topics such as real estate, conservation, and organizations similar to Woodlawn. Folder 1 1912, 1965-1979 Folder 2 1980-1982 Folder 3 1/2/1983-4/21/1983 Folder 4 5/1/1983-12/21/1983 Folder 5 1984-1988 Folder 6 1/19/1989-12/29/1989 Folder 7 1/5/1990-2/28/1990 Oversized Folder #82 contains news clippings about the trial of Aiello, Capano, and Justice. Folder 8 3/3/1990-4/24/1990 Folder 9 5/2/1990-6/29/1990 Folder 10 7/9/1990-8/31/1990 Folder 11 9/3/1990-10/29/1990 Folder 12 11/4/1990-12/28/1990 Folder 13 1/4/1991-2/26/1991 Folder 14 3/4/1991-7/31/1991 Folder 15 8/1/1991-12/18/1991 Folder 16 1/9/1992-4/28/1992 Folder 17 4/29/1992-12/29/1992 Folder 18 1/3/1993-8/3/1993 Folder 19 9/7/1993-12/31/1993 Folder 20 1/2/1994-5/26/1994 Folder 21 6/1/1994-12/13/1994 Folder 22 1/1/1995-5/31/1995 Folder 23 6/1/1995-8/24/1995

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Folder 24 9/6/1995-12/29/1995 Folder 25 1/12/1996-6/25/1996 Folder 26 6/25/1996-12/9/1996 Document Box #14, Folders 27-32 News Clippings 1997-1999 Oversized Box ## 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 for additional News Clippings mounted in plastic pages of multi-ring scrapbooks. Included are chronological indices of national, as well as local clippings. 1928-2000 Oversized Box #7 obituary.

Book 1

Book 2 Oversized Box #8 Book 1 Book 2 Oversized Box #9 Book 1 Book 2 Oversized Box #10 Book 1 Book 2 Oversized Box #11 Book 1 Book 2 Oversized Box #12 Book 1 Book 2

4/19/1928-2/23/1971 begins with William Bancroft’s 4/3/1972-11/28/1977 4/15/1978-7/15/1982 7/29/1982-1/16/1986 12/15/1985-4/13/1988 4/19/1988-12/23/1988 1/8/1991-12/12/1991 1/8/1992-12/25/1992 1/7/1993-12/2/1993 12/24/1993-12/28/1995 1/17/1996-12/31/1998 1/6/1999-1/10/2000

Box 29 continued Folder 33 BROCHURES The Woodlawn Trustees carefully chose their opportunities to publicize events which best illustrated the mission of their founder, William P. Bancroft. Woodlawn rarely spoke directly to the media, preferring to quietly extend their philanthropy. It is understandable, then, that Woodlawn saw little need for commercially printed publicity, unless it was to explain the purpose of the organization, or, early on, to explain restrictions on the properties which they sold to Brandywine Hundred residents. (The restrictions were later declared to be unenforceable.) Contained here are two brochures which explain Woodlawn’s purposes. Also grouped here are several Deed Agreements and Restrictions which Woodlawn used in Brandywine Hundred. Color proofs for publication and displays: Bancroft Parkway, Adams Street, W. 11th Street, Greenhill Avenue, and North Union Street. Vendors’ bids on the production of brochures, 1998. Cover photo for Brandywine Country the Brandywine Runs Through It, n.d. ACCOLADES

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Folder 34 Here is a sample of the many letters of praise and other accolades for Woodlawn that appear throughout the collection. Oversized Folder #83 1978-1980 Citations from the National Register of Historic Places and the U.S. Department of Interior. Oversized Folder #84 1983 Acknowledgement for Ed Gutherie’s help to save the horse “Zim-Zam,” February 10, 1983. Oversized Box #1 in Pictorial Collections, Accession 2010.276 A photo of the Steep Slope Natural Area, the stewardship for which by Woodlawn an award was granted to Woodlawn by the Delaware Nature Society in 1989.

RECORD GROUP I: SERIES VI. Sub-series A.

RECORDS OF THE WOODLAWN TRUSTEES REPORTS, STUDIES AND PAMPHLETS

Research and comments about Woodlawn and studies prepared for the Woodlawn Trustees

BOX 30 Folder 1 Creation of the Wilmington Park System Before 1896, Priscilla M. Thompson, 1978. Includes the original publication in Delaware History (Fall-Winter 1978) and one copy. Diaries (daily planners), 1973-1977. Folder 2 Forests of Woodlawn Trustees, Dorie Karl and Debbie Darr, 1978. Gallup Survey for the U.S. Postal Service, George Gallup Junior, 1997. The Hope of the Woodlawn Trustees, C.A. Beck, 1922. Folder 3 The Operations and Purpose of Woodlawn, Compiled by Philip G. Rhoads, 1972. Oversized Folder # 85 Objects Not Achieved, Opportunities Lost, by Stephen Clark and Lynn Williams, 1990. Oversized Folder #86 Support papers for Objects Not Achieved…

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Folder 4 Park Theater, (Mid-Atlantic Historic Buildings Survey), Sharon Maclean, et al., 1999. Folder 5 Parks & Playgrounds of Wilmington, Delaware, The Board of Park Commissioners, 1929. Professional Documents Worthy of Your Work, Channel Bind, no date. A report designed to advertise the company’s (Xerox) binding system. Folder 6 Sanitary Sewerage Facilities For Edenridge and Future Land Development, Whitman, Requardt & Associates, 1964. Soil and Water Conservation Plan, New Castle County Soil Conservation District, 1958. Stormwater Management Concept Plan for Beaver Valley Road and Concord Pike,Whitman, Requardt & Associates, 1998. Box 30 continued Folder 7 Story of Woodlawn, Theodore S. Beck, 1970. Folder 8 William P. Bancroft Objects Not Achieved, Opportunities Lost, Stephen Clark, 1990. Folder 9 William Poole Bancroft , Samuel Bird (speech for the Rotary Club of Wilmington), 1965. Woodlawn and Human Relations Committee 1970-1972, Stephen B. Clark, 1992. Woodlawn Trustees Traffic Impact Study, Tetra Tech Richardson, Inc., 1989. Sub-series B.

Materials Relevant to Conservation and Preservation of Open Space

Folder 10 Agri-facts about Delaware, Delaware Agricultural Statistics Service, 1995. American Woods Black Walnut, Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1954. American Woods Sweet Gum, Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1954. Assessment of Small Mouth Bass in Brandywine Creek, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, 1998-1999.

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Big Trees of Delaware, Delaware Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 1995. Big Trees of Delaware, second edition, DDA Forest Service, no date. Brandywine Creek State Park Stone Wall Management System, Brandywine Creek State Park, 1997. Folder 11 Brandywine Trees, Elizabeth N. du Pont, 1977. Brandywine Valley Association Annual Report, Brandywine Valley Assoc. 1997. Folder 12 Brandywine Valley Scenic River and Highway Study, New Castle County Department of Planning, 1987. Includes 2 copies and Summary Report.

Box 30 continued Folder 13 The Brandywine Woodlands, An Ecologist’s View of the Artists’ Landscape, Yale School of Forestry, 1979. Catalyst For Environment/Energy, vol.VII, no. 4, 1982. Clean Water Series, Delaware Nature Society, 1989 College of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Delaware, Annual Report, 1979. The Colonial Grist Mill Built by Nathaniel Newlin in 1704, Newlin Mill Park, no date. The Conservation Easement Handbook, Trust for Public Land, no date. Conservation Options A Landowner’s Guide, Land Trust Alliance, 1993. Folder 14 Conserving Your Land, Natural Lands Trust, 2000. Consider Sewage Disposal Before Buying Property, University of Delaware Extension Service, no date. Cultural Resources Management Plan For Brandywine Creek State Park, Delaware Department of Parks and Recreation, 1990. Delaware Conservationist, Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, copies from 1982 and 1990.

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Folder 15 Delaware’s Environmental Legacy, DE Division of Parks and Recreation, 1987. Folder 16 Delaware’s Estuary Program Preliminary Conservation and Management Plan, National Estuary Program, 1992. Folder 17 Delaware’s Greenways and Trails, Delaware Council on Greenways and Trails, 1997. The Delaware Memorial Bridge A Construction View, Howard, Needles, Tammen, & Bergendoff, 1951. Official Program The Delaware Memorial Bridge Dedication Ceremonies, Delaware State Highway Department, 1951. Excerpt from Delaware Silversmiths William Poole, Ruthanna Hines, 1967. Delaware’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, Division of Parks and Recreation, 1978. Delaware’s Streams and Rivers Need Your Help, DNREC, no date. Delaware Trees, Delaware State Forestry Department, 1960. Box 30 continued Folder 18 Ecology by Fire, Natural Lands, 1998. Environmental Partnership Agreement DNREC and U.S. EPA Region III , Delaware Department of Natural Resources, 1996. Evaluation of Deer Management Options, The New England Chapter of the Wildlife Society, 1988. Folder 19 Final Five Year Growth Area Report, New Castle County Department of Planning, 1991. Forest Management, Delaware Forest Service, 1983. Forest Statistics for Delaware 1972 and 1986, Northeast Forest Experiment Station, 1989. Freshwater Wetlands in Delaware: A Framework for Their Conservation, Protection and Management, Report of the Governor’s Freshwater Wetlands Roundtable, 1989.

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Friends Society of Brandywine Park, Fall 1993. Friends of Wilmington Parks, Summer 2002. Folder 20 Gibraltar Garden Adopt-A-Sculpture Program, Preservation Delaware, 2001. Greenspace for Delaware’s Future, (draft), DNREC, no date. “He Dared To Think Big,” Rita Borden for Delaware Today, August 1973. pp. 23-27 (commentary on William P. Bancroft during the challenge to Woodlawn’s policy on open housing), 1973. Knowing Your Trees, American Forestry Association, 1974. Land and People, The Trust for Public Land, 1997. Land Development Along the Brandywine Environmental Assessment, prepared for the Wilmington Alliance to Conserve Our Heritage by Environmental Research Associates, 1985. Land Transaction Survey, Florida State University, 1988. Land Use for the Public Good: Should Delaware Farmland Be Preserved, University of Delaware Extension Service, 1980. Box 30 continued Folders 21-24 Water issues in City of Wilmington: Proposal from Jos. Bancroft & Sons for the purification and distribution of water from Brandywine Creek. Annual Reports from the Water Department, 1872-1883. Includes the by-laws and rules and regulations governing the Water Department of Wilmington, 1938. Oversized Folders #87-92 Correspondence and computations about sharing purified water from the Brandywine Creek by Joseph Bancroft and Sons, the DuPont Company, and the City of Wilmington, 1864-1904. Oversized Folder #93 Delaware Open Space Program, Five Year Report, 1996. Oversized Folder #94 Delaware’s Outstanding Natural Areas and Their Preservation, by Lorraine Fleming, 1978.

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BOX 31 This box continues with files of reports and studies pertaining to conservation and preservation of open space. Folder 1 Landscaping with Native Plants, Brandywine Conservancy, 1978. Land Use Plan for South Kirkwood Road Kirkwood, MO. Development Strategies, Inc. 1989. Folder 2 Life Along the Brandywine 1880-1895, Dr. Samuel C. Rumford, no date. Folder 3 Life and Times of Frederick Law Olmstead. The Olmsteads at Biltmore, National Association of Olmstead Parks, 1998. Excerpt from A Clearing in the Distance, Witold Rybczynski, 1999. Low Flow Data at 7 Stations on the Brandywine, The Green Tree Committee, 1957-1959. Management Plan for the Prehistoric Archeological Resources of Northern Delaware, University of Delaware Department of Anthropology Center for archeological Research, 1986. Box 31 continued Folders 4, 5 (2 copies) Master Plan Report Brandywine Creek State Park Preserve New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware Division of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, 1973. Folder 6 Metropolitan Christina River Basin Study Flood Problems Response Sheet, Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, 1975, Mohonk and Daniel Smiley, naturalist. Mohonk Mountain House, The New York Times, and Discover, 1986. Le Mont Royal revisite, Centre de la montagne, inc., 1998. Folder 7 Natural Areas Inventory Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Science Office, The Nature Conservancy, 1992. Folder 8 Neighbors of the Wilmington-Great Valley Turnpike, Barbara McEwing, no date.

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Northern Delaware Greenway, Northern Greenway Council, Inc. 1993. Noxious Weed Survey, Delaware Department of Agriculture Plant Industries Section. Our Natural Legacy, DNREC, 2001. Folder 9 Pike Creek Greenway Study A Model For New Castle County, Delaware Nature Education Society, 1985. Preserving Delaware’s Natural Areas by Conservation Easement, Delaware Nature Education Society, no date. (pamphlet) Regional Plan For Parks and Recreation Areas, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, 1970. Box 31 continued Folder 10 Recommendations For Community Development Planning, RERC’s Nationwide Urban Renewal and Neighborhood Preservation Studies for HUD, no date. Rockford Tower, Constance J. Cooper (for the Cedar Tree Press), 1990. Rockland Mills Dam Restoration Phase II-Engineering Evaluation, DNREC Parks and Recreation Division, 1997. Sewers & Skeptics “Is That All There Is?” Water Resources Agency for New Castle County, 1981. Folder 11 Small Mammal Surveys of Brandywine and White Clay Creek Delaware, Proposal from David Rothstein, Division of Parks and Recreation, 1993. Oversized Folder #95 State of the Watershed Report, Brandywine Valley Association, 1997. State of the Watershed Report Brandywine Valley, Brandywine Valley Association, 1999. A Syllabus of Pennsylvania Geology and Mineral Resources, George H. Ashley, PA Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1931. Interim Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Brandywine and Christina Rivers, Brandywine & Christina Rivers Task Force, 1993. Folder 12

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Three Centuries of Delaware Agriculture (excerpt), Joanne O. Passmore, 1978. Too Much Too Soon, Margo McDonough for Delaware Today, March 1988, pp. 53-59. Tourism and Recreation in Delaware, Third Governor’s Conference , 1980. Trust For Public Land Fact Sheet, Trust for Public Land, 1997. Folder 13 Water Quality Report, City of Wilmington Department of Public Works, 2001. Where City Planning and Housing Meet, Harold S. Buttenheim, National Conference on City Planning, 1929. Wilmington Urban Corridor Studies Improvements to Lancaster Avenue and 2nd Street near Judy Johnson Park, Wilmington Urban Corridor Studies, 2000. Wilmington Urban Corridor Studies Streetscape Concept Plan, Lincoln & Union Streets between Lancaster Ave. and 4th Street, and 4th Street between Broom & Lincoln Streets, Wilmington Urban Corridor Studies, 1999. West Olive Land Use Plan Update, The City of Creve Coeur, MO, 1989.

Sub-series C. Materials Pertaining to Zoning and Miscellaneous Reports Box 31 continued Folder 14 Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting, National Register of Historic Places Nomination, 1995. “Through the Roof: Brandywine Summit Camp Meeting,” Environmental Currents Newsletter, Brandywine Conservancy, Fall 1994. Christ and The Caseworker: Changing Approaches To Rescue Work In Wilmington, Delaware 1984-1933, Sarah Elizabeth Nelson, 1987. Complete Book of Corporate Forms, Ted Nicholas, Enterprising Publishing, 1987. Folder 15 Comprehensive Plan Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Concord Township, 1988. Folders 16 Comprehensive Plan Background Report, New Castle County Delaware, NCC Department of Planning, 1986. Folder 17

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Comprehensive Development Plan, New Castle County, Issues Papers, NCC Department of Planning, 1987. Folder 18 Comprehensive Development Plan, New Castle County, Issues, Goals, Policies, NCC Department of Planning, 1987. Folder 19 Comprehensive Development Plan, New Castle County, Final Draft, New Castle County Department of Planning, 1988. (2 copies) Folder 20 Comprehensive Plan, Development Plan, New Castle County, A Critical Review, NCC Department of Planning, 1989. Folder 21 Connections to the 21st Century, A Metropolitan Transportation Plan, The Policy Element, WILMAPCO, 1994. Coopers Lybrand Survey, Coopers & Lybrand, 1994. Diaries and Correspondence, Margaretta Walton 1829-1904, George A. Walton and J. Bernard Walton, 1962. BOX 32 This box continues miscellaneous reports. Folders 1-4A Archival papers gifted to Hagley from Woodlawn in 1983. Folder 5 Building the Workman’s Paradise The Design of American Company Towns, Margaret Crawford for the Haymarket Series, 1995. Folder 6 The Education of David Stockman, William Greider for Atlantic Monthly Magazine, December, 1981, pp. 27-54. Final Archeological Investigations of the Replacement of Bridges #17 and #18, on New Castle County Road #221 (Beaver Valley Road, David J. Grettier et al., University of Delaware Department of Anthropology, 1988 (2 copies.) Folder 7 The Greenhouse Administration STATUS REPORT, Office of the Executive, New Castle County, 1991. Guide to the Collections of Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore College, 1982.

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Excerpt from “Swarthmore,” regarding activities at the school, November 11, 1990, p. 22. Folder 8 Housing in New Castle County Delaware, New Castle County, 1971. “HOUSING, Open Your Eyes to Sleeper Sites,” Housing Magazine, May 1979, pp.6482. Low & Moderate Income Housing Issues in the WILMAPCO Region, Wilmington Metropolitan Area Planning Coordinating Council, 1976. The Impact of Mechanization on Leather Belt Production at J.E. Rhoads and Sons 18651905. Box 32 continued Folder 9 A Man’s Right to Wealth, The Oxford Club, 1995. Membership Survey on Delaware Issues and State Chamber of Commerce Services, Delaware Chamber of Commerce, 1989. The Need for Old Buildings to Breathe, Philip Hughes for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, Spring, 1986. New Castle County Desegregation Time Line, Committee of 100, 1995.

Folder 10 “The Recession Proof Boom,” excerpt from The Economist, February 7, 1981. Rededication of the Expanded and Enhanced Facilities of the Hugh M. Morris Library, The University of Delaware, 1986. Reflections in Silver-Rockwood Remembered, New Castle County Department of Parks and Recreation, 1978. Removing PAINT from Old Buildings, Adela Wright for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, 1986. Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Professionalism, National Corporation of Corporate Directors, 1996 Ridgefield Marketing Group Survey to Measure the Performance of Delaware’s CPA Firms, Ridgefield Marketing Group, 1974 Swedish Landmarks in the Delaware Valley. Folder 11

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Truck Origin-Destination Survey Analysis, Wilmington Urban Corridor Studies, 1999. Four excerpts from Where Pigeons Slept, by J. M. Brumbley, 1990 (settlements along the Delaware River). Folders 12-15 1967-1984 Research on long-term lease development.

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RECORD GROUP II: PAPERS OF WILLIAM P. BANCROFT (1835-1928) SCOPE AND CONTENT SERIES I.

GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY

Sub-series A. Genealogy and Biography of the William Bancroft Family This sub-series comprises fan charts and family trees of William Poole and Emma Cooper Bancroft, as well as the families of their daughters Sarah Bancroft Clark and Lucy Bancroft Gillette. William Bancroft’s Journals (1908-1924) and Daybooks (18921912) are included. Biographical sketches are provided through the 1930s, and information about Crosswicks, New Jersey (Emma’s childhood home), and the origin of Rockford. Obituaries of William and Emma are included, with both of their wills. Sub-series B. Genealogy and Biography of the Extended Bancroft Families Included here is detailed information about the early Bancrofts and extended families, beginning in the reign of Henry III (1216-1272) through 1876, compiled by Harvey Bounds in 1961. Twentieth-century genealogy is recorded in these records through the 1960s. There is mention of Thomas Garrett and his family, as well as other distant relatives of the Bancrofts. Several reminiscences are included by family members and friends about William and Emma Bancroft. Joseph Bancroft, William’s father, had written a paper entitled “A Persuasive Unity,” an attempt to unify the two factions of Quakerism. SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE (1880-1929) Transcriptions of the correspondence of WPB and ECB in letterbox format are included in this sub-series. In addition, there are handwritten notes to family, friends, and business acquaintances. Of particular interest is correspondence between Bancroft and Frederick Law Olmstead, who was hired by Bancroft to design parks in Wilmington, while the City of Wilmington preferred Menke & Menke. Letterboxes 1-22 are indexed and annotated. This sub-series also includes Emma Bancroft’s letter book transcriptions from 1925 through 1928, as well as notes to/from family and the U.S. Government offering her views on the futility of war and the need to reduce the building of war ships. Also included are letters to Emma from her children and grandchildren, with a brief biography, a remembrance, and a copy of a photo of Emma. SERIES III. PHILANTHROPY OF WILLIAM P. AND EMMA C. BANCROFT William Bancroft donated much of his time to the City of Wilmington as a gift to “his neighbors.” Because of his interest in preservation of open space and orderly urban planning, he was called upon to chair a city committee to restructure the city’s charter in 1900. Other charitable gifts of time included spearheading plans to purify and distribute water from the Brandywine to the city and serving on the city’s park commission. Financial contributions included a building, maintenance and utilities, for a branch library of the Wilmington Institute; gifts for four-year college students; loans to friends;

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support to colleges and universities; and the creation of the William P. Bancroft Trust. Records of these gifts are included in this series. Emma’s contributions of time and money to various charities are well documented. SERIES IV. FINANCIAL RECORDS (1913-1929) Included in this sub-series are lists of investments, audit reports, gifts, bank credit statements, and powers of attorney for William and Emma Bancroft. Also included are William’s periodic reports about the status of his finances to his daughters and wife. A list of the contents of his safe deposit box following his death in 1928 is also included.

SERIES V. WILLIAM P. BANCROFT AND JOSEPH BANCROFT & SONS, CO. The files of this series are comprised of records pertaining to the company, of which William Bancroft became a partner in 1855 and vice-president in 1908. While most of the files in the collection of the Woodlawn Trustees focus on the Trust and on William Bancroft’s achievements, there are records which describe the relationship Bancroft had with his workers at the cotton mills. Workers at the mills were treated with respect and benefited from the concept of “Welfare Work,” a management concept which tried to provide a less stressful working environment compared to other companies which manufactured consumer goods. William Bancroft, in turn, was well respected by his workers. Records indicate that in 1913, for Bancroft’s seventy-eighth birthday, many of the mill-workers sent him their best wishes in a birthday card which reached him during his trip to England. As a response, Bancroft decided to send each of them a copy of a letter of some length (twelve pages), which is somewhat autobiographical. It recounts his memories of the mills prior to the current generation. In addition to the thank you letter, this series also includes a ninety-three-page copy of “Welfare Work at Joseph Bancroft & Sons 1902-1912” by Stuart Campbell, June 1968. Additional information about Joseph Bancroft and Sons has been collected at the University of Delaware and the Delaware Historical Society.

SERIES VI.

WILLIAM P. BANCROFT AND THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

It is clear that William and Emma Bancroft were devout Quakers, as reported by the records in this series. Emma was born in Crosswicks, New Jersey, which was founded by Quakers in 1677. Documents in this series indicate that Emma supported Swarthmore College, founded by Quakers in 1864, and Antioch College, which was founded in 1862 by the Christian Connection (now merged with the United Church of Christ). William supported and served on committees of the Wilmington Friends Meeting. Joseph Bancroft, William’s father, had written a book titled A Persuasive Unity in 1874, attempting to unify two halves of Quakerism. William continued to distribute the book well after his father died in 1874. The Woodlawn Trustees collected works written about Quakers. Included here are “A Childhood Experience at a Quaker Meeting” by Betty Ann Gawthrop, n.d.; “History of Early Friends in Wilmington” by Matilda Ferris, n.d.; “Friends Society of Brandywine Park, By-Laws and Publicity 1963-1999,“ n.d.;

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“Wilmington Friends Meeting and Early Friends in New Castle County,” by Richard W. Badger; and “The Hicksite Separation” by Robert W. Doherty, 1967.

SERIES VII.

FAMILY RESIDENCES OF THE BANCROFT FAMILY

Sub-series A . “Garthgynan” Garthgynan was a family home in Ruthin, northwest Wales, residence of John Bancroft for three years following the family’s original home in Manchester, England. It has been described as having pleasant gardens and seems to be in an isolated part of the Welsh countryside. Sub-series B. “Cufeld” Cufeld, sometimes spelled Cufield, was the home of John Bancroft in Wilmington, Delaware. The records include a family picture at Cufield on a Bancroft family wedding day. Sub-series C. The Poole House The records include a two-page description of the childhood home of Sarah Poole, the mother of William Bancroft. Sub-series D. The Bancroft Mansion This house was built by Joseph Bancroft, William’s father, and was later occupied by William and his family. Its history is well documented and the building is described in detail.

SERIES VII.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

A variety of records is filed here, including letters, drawings, a list of the derivatives of coal, a list of books in the collection which have been transferred to the Hagley Library Imprints Department, and a list of slides and photographs which have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections Department at Hagley. APPENDIX A. Slides and Photographs Transferred to Hagley’s Pictorial Collections Department. APPENDIX B. Books Transferred to Hagley’s Imprints Department APPENDIX C. Records in Rolled Drawings APPENDIX D. Files In Map Case Drawers ##109, 110 APPENDIX E. Files in Oversized Boxes

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RECORD GROUP II: RECORDS OF WILLIAM P. BANCROFT (1835-1928) SERIES I. Genealogy and Biography Sub-series A. Genealogy and Biography of the William Bancroft Family. Oversized Folder # 96 Deposit agreement between the owners of the Bancroft Papers and the Woodlawn Trustees, April 2, 1991. In 1929, Stephen B. Clark deposited the Bancroft Papers with Woodlawn. This agreement legalized the wishes of the owners of the papers and the Woodlawn Trustees, although there is no evidence that the document was ever signed. Rolled Drawings I I, JJ 16 B Bancroft family tree. Box 32 continued Folder 16 Woodlawn’s key-code to names of family members, using three initials of names. Newspaper article, “Who Are You? A Bancroft?,” no date, includes a picture of the Bancroft family crest. Herald’s College, London, reviews evidence of Bancrofts prior to 1433. E. Farnham Burke reviews evidence of Bancrofts prior to 1654 and later. List of Bancroft marriages in Cheshire Monthly Meeting beginning in 1663. William Bancroft reviews his and Emma’s ancestry, beginning 1678. Copies of correspondence about “Bancroft Pedigree,” 1908. A brief genealogy beginning with William Bancroft of Cheadle, no date. Origin of the name Bancroft and brief history of the Bancrofts in England, beginning in 1544. Presentation referencing William Bancroft of Ightenhill of Burnley Parish, Lancaster living in the year 1504, great-great grandfather to Richard Bancroft, Arch-Bishop of Canterbury….. First Families of America listing for WPB and ECB, no date. A hand-drawn family tree beginning with William and Emma, two daughters and grandchildren, no dates.

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Handwritten genealogy of Sarah Bancroft Clark and Roger Clark with children and grandchildren, no dates. Genealogy fan chart of James Clark (1811-1906) and Eleanor Stephens (1812-1879) and second wife, Sarah Brockbank Satterthwaite (1818-1913). Chart begins with James and traces families down to 1975. Map Case Drawer #110, Folder 6 A letter, dated 1900, written by the wife of a mill worker, mentioning the wedding of Sarah Bancroft. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 4 Genealogy fan chart for Priscilla Bright Clark, daughter of Sarah Bancroft Clark and Roger Clark, beginning in 1575. Oversized Box #16 Genealogy of the Bancroft families of England and America; Stockport Parish church register, 1584; Cheadle Parish church register, 1658. Oversized Folder #97 Genealogies of Bancroft, Poole, and Wood families. Map Case Drawer # 110, Folder 6 Passports for William P. Bancroft, 1921, 1923. Box 32 continued Folder 17 Brief comment about William Bancroft, sent by Martin Gillette to Woodlawn in 1994. Letter from William Bancroft to Aunt Ann at the sea shore, July 7, 1884. Copy of a photograph of William with separate caption about Bancroft’s office with Security Trust, 1890-1893. Original receipt document for the sale of a deed of cemetery lot for William Bancroft, 1890. Original booklet and copies of Bancroft’s response to a birthday card sent to him on the occasion of his seventy-eighth birthday in 1913. It is autobiographical in nature and lists the names of the well-wishers from the Joseph Bancroft and Sons Co. A copy of a conversation in 1920 by William P. Bancroft and A. Stanley Ayres, longtime Board member and officer of Woodlawn. Included are Bancroft’s reasons for creating Woodlawn and his thoughts about those in Wilmington whom he considered his neighbors.

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Copy of William’s and Emma’s dates of deaths and dates for their day books and ledgers. Copies of the wills of Emma and William Bancroft. Two articles of biographical information on William Bancroft, no dates. Article from Delaware Today, August, 1973, titled “He Dared To Think Big.” Includes biographical information about William Bancroft and information about his work. Rotary speech in 1965 by Samuel Bird about his uncle William Bancroft; includes a genealogy of the Bancroft/Bird families. Oversized Folder #98 Wills of Sarah Poole Bancroft, mother of William P. Bancroft. Folder 18 1925-1926 Correspondence of Emma Cooper Bancroft. Folder 19 1925-1928 Ephemera pertaining to Emma Bancroft. Emma’s death notice from Friends Meeting. Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 2 Plot drawing of Samuel Bancroft’s property in Philadelphia, 1905. Drawing of a part of Samuel Bancroft’s estate in Rockford, Delaware, 1939. Folder 20 1859-1915 Death notice of Samuel Bancroft, Sr., 1892. Excerpts from the diary of Samuel Bancroft, Jr., 1859-1862. Letter to Samuel from William Payne about a deed for land in Warrenton, Virginia, July 20, 1875. Letter to Samuel Bancroft from The Mercantile Agency R.C. Dun & Co. regarding land in Fauquier Co. Virginia, possibly a mine, owned by Samuel and William, September 30, 1889. Picture and notes about Mary Richardson Bancroft, wife of Samuel, Jr. Oversized Folder #99 Information about Samuel and William Bancrofts’ property in Fauquier County, Virginia, 1875-1889.

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Plot of a tract of land near Morrisville, Fanquier County, Virginia, showing possible veins of gold, one tenant house, and eight outbuildings nine miles from Bealeton, a station about fifty-three miles from Washington, D.C, on the Virginia Midland Railroad. Box 32, Folder 20 continued Reminiscences of Samuel Bancroft, Jr., having been asked to write autobiographical information by his brother William, for employees at Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co., 1913. Will of Samuel Bancroft, Jr,. 1915. Death notice of Samuel, Jr., 1915. “Samuel Bancroft, Jr., Wilmington’s Quaker Industrialist and Art Collector,” no date, no author. Picture on last page of article. Folder 21 Correspondence Between Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and Charles Fairfax Murray, 1892-1916, published as an Occasional Paper by the Delaware Art Museum, 1980. The final letters to Murray were written by Joseph Bancroft, son of Samuel, due to the untimely death of Samuel in April 1915. Folder 22 The Pre-Raphaelites, Andrea Rose, 1977. “Pre-Raphaelite Fiend” is how Samuel Bancroft, Jr., described himself in this article in the News Journal, August 13, 1995. Folder 23 “A Pre-Raphaelite Friendship,” Avis Berman, Art & Antiques, March 1990, pp. 128-133. A Gallery Guide, Delaware Art Museum, 1992-1993. Pre-Raphaelites: The Samuel and Mary Richardson Bancroft Collection at the Delaware Art Museum, Delaware Art Museum, 1995.

Sub-series B. Genealogy and Biography of the Extended Bancroft Family. Folder 24 Genealogy of the following families: Bancroft, Mellor, Bancroft/Fielden, Bancroft/Burgess, Bancroft/Laurence, Bancroft/Janney, Wood, Bright, Wood/Satterthwaite, Satterthwaite/Tyson, Satterthwaite/Braithwaite, Poole/Sharpless, Poole/Canby, Poole/Janney, Sharpless, Cooper/Biddle, Cooper/Morgan, Cooper/Mifflin, Cooper/Clarke, Cooper, Middleton, Middleton/Alten, Middleton/Fowler, Middleton/Gilberthorpe, Taylor, Taylor/Quicksell, Taylor/Robbins, Taylor/Horseman

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End of Box 32. Genealogy continued in Document Box #15. Map Case Drawer # 109, Folder 3, Genealogies of: John and Elizabeth Bancroft and William and Sarah Poole. Document Box #15 Folders 25-29 in the genealogy sub-series B. Folder 25 Bancroft/Richardson and Allied Families, compiled and written by M.E. Anders, no date. Handwritten records for the following families: Bancroft, Bond, Booth, Bowers, Calvert, Collett, Dickson, Downing, Ely, Fielden, Freeland, Garland, Gibbons, Gibson, Hanson, Hickman, Hood, Hunn, Hunt, Janney, Levis, Lewis, Mendenhall, Parker, Perinell, Pennock, Poole, Richardson, Robinson, Sellers, Sharpless, Shipley, Smith, Spackman, Stacy, Tatnall, Way, Wood, Ashton, Coleman. Includes a fan chart showing the families noted above. 243 pages. Folder 26 Pennock, Levis, Richardson, Shipley, and Tatnall family tree made by Benjamin Ferris. Folder 27 Brief notes and some pictures of the following individuals: Agnes Bancroft—picture and notes indicating she was married to Thomas Bright Bancroft, nephew of Joseph Bancroft, who founded J B & Sons, Co., 1860s. John, John, Jr., and Joseph Bancroft letters to David Bancroft, 1819-1832. They were brought from England in May 1913 by Samuel Bancroft, Jr. Helen Bancroft, cousin to Emma Bancroft, seeking information about Emma’s death. John Bancroft, brother of Joseph who founded J B & Sons, Co., picture and notes. William Bancroft, brother of Joseph who founded J B & Sons, Co., and uncle to William Poole Bancroft. Picture of Uncle William, his first wife Sarah, and his father-in-law. Letter from John Bright to Charles Sturge, December 7, 1861. William Chadwick, of Old Lyme Connecticut, was an American impressionist, writing about his travels abroad. He was a distant cousin of the Bancrofts.

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Clark family. William Bancroft’s daughter, Sarah, married Roger Clark, a thirdgeneration shoe manufacturer in Street, England. The Clark family was subsequently very active in Woodlawn. Pictures and wedding anniversary invitation included. Cooper family. Death notice of Clement M. Biddle, son of Lydia Cooper Biddle. Cooper was the family name of Emma Cooper Bancroft, wife of William Poole Bancroft. Griscum family wedding. Lucy Cooper Griscum married Arthur Morgan (picture). Transcribed excerpts from the diary of Sarah Cooper Griscum. Folder 28 A Correspondence of the Griscom Family, 1891. Folder 29 Morgan. Lucy Cooper Griscom Morgan’s paper on Rockford, June 8, 1953 Poole. William Poole presented a portrait of William Bancroft to Woodlawn, 1982. Reeves. Emma Bancroft’s first cousin was Arthur Middleton Reeves. Sellers. Elizabeth Poole Sellers. Shipley. Our Shipley Family, Walton E. Shipley, 1972. Sharpley/Sharples. Title page to The Sharples/Sharpless Family Volume I, Bart Anderson, editor, 1966. Wood. Brief genealogy of the Wood family, handwritten.

SERIES II: CORRESPONDENCE Sub-series A. Correspondence of William P. and Emma C. Bancroft Transcribed letter books of William P. Bancroft. Oversized Folder #100 1735-1978 Annotated lists of letters from the Bancroft Papers.

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Document Box # 16 Transcribed letters 2/15/1883-12/15/1884. Document Box # 17 Folder 1 Notes on letters missing from letter books 12/2/1881- 9/11/1912. Folder 2 Uncorrected Drafts of letter books 2/8/18924/23/1892. Folder 3 Uncorrected drafts of letter books 3/10/18936/10/1893. Folder 4 Copies of letters 10/6/1909-11/5/1909. Folder 5 Index of names in letter box vol. II. Folder 6 Chronological indices to letter boxes I, II

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RECORD GROUP II: PAPERS OF WILLIAM POOLE BANCROFT (1835-1928) SERIES II: CORRESPONDENCE Subseries A. Correspondence of William P. and Emma C. Bancroft (continued) BOX 50 This box contains original correspondence and copies of letters between William and Emma Bancroft and their family, friends, vendors, and charities. Emma’s correspondence is included, from a period during William’s ill health in the mid 1920s and after his death in 1928. While incapacitated, William gave Emma and his close staff powers of attorney to maintain the operation of the foundation. Most of Emma’s correspondence is from the mid 1920s and thereafter, and includes her bank statements, capital investments, and letters to/from her favorite charities. The files are arranged chronologically and include an index of correspondents. Folder 1 1880-1909 Information about the Celebrated Bancroft Coal Mine in Bancroft, West Virginia; in Fauquier County, Virginia; investments; letter to T.C. du Pont regarding taking water from the Brandywine Creek at Rockford; appointment of Wills Passmore as Bancroft’s agent to collect and help manage farms in New Castle County. Oversized Folder #101 1890-1896 Bancroft Coal Company, assets, liabilities, deeds, law suits. Information about the mines on the Toledo and Ohio Central Ext Co. Railroad, 1892. Information on the leather belting and pulley from the Blake Crusher at Bancroft Mine, 1892. Notes on William Bancroft’s spoken assessment of his assets in 1909. Folder 2 1909-1914 Correspondence about Pennsylvania Feldspar Co. and Bancroft’s interest and investment in the company, et al. Folder 3 1910-1921 Correspondence between Bancroft and his lawyers. Letter to WPB from WSFS about the sale of “Orchards” by a Mr. Keil, March 31, 1920.

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Box 50 continued Folder 4 1910-1919 “Some considerations for Emma and our children and grandchildren;" formal appointment of Wills Passmore, WPB’s attorney for leasing lands in North Carolina; addition of farms in NCC; death of Wills Passmore, and appointment of Henry Passmore. Folder 5 1920 The addition of electricity in Street, England, as reported by grandson Hadwen Clark; the suggestion for one man to own all the land from Rockland Road to the State Line— starting with Jessup & Moore property; League to Enforce Peace pleas by mail; letters from Bancroft Clark to his grandfather; “personal duties as to war." Folder 6 1921-1924 Sheriff’s sale for the Thompson farm; Buck Hills Falls Company sale; military draft; Bancroft’s birthday; and right-of-way for Bancroft’s land adjacent to Swarthmore College. Folder 7 January 11-June 30, 1925 Correspondence from charities: Woolman School; Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; the Hampton-Tuskegee Endowment Fund; American Civic Association; Children’s Bureau of Delaware; Friends’ Relief Work and Orphanage. Folder 8 July 1-September 29, 1925 Correspondence from charities: The George School; The General Conference of the Religious Society of Friends, and from many well wishers for Mr. Bancroft’s ninetieth birthday. Folder 9 October 4-December 31, 1925 Power-of-attorney granted to Elbert Pusey in West Chester. It seems, by this time, correspondence is being mailed to Mrs. Emma Bancroft, due to Mr. Bancroft’s ill health. Mrs. Bancroft’s correspondence follows. Powers of Attorney to Charles Beck and Emily Wilson, 1929. Oversized Folder #102 1926-1929 Powers of Attorney from William Bancroft to Emma Bancroft; from Emma to Charles Beck. Folder 10 January 2-June 30, 1926 Correspondence from charities and other interests to which the Bancrofts often contributed. Folder 11

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Charities include YMCA College; League for the Industrial Democracy; Swarthmore College; Nebraska Central College; Prisoner’s Aid Society of Delaware; Egypt Exploration Society; The Fellowship of Reconciliation. Folder 12 January-March 29, 1927 Correspondence with Antioch College; the U.S. Senate; Swarthmore College; The Audubon Society; Bettis Academy; the U.S. Department of State; Pacific College; the India Freedom Foundation, Inc: Berea College. Folder 13 April 1-June 30, 1927 Correspondence from Antioch College; Women’s Peace Society; the National Child Welfare Association; Indian Rights Association; Penn College Endowment Fund. Folder 14 July 1-September 30, 1927 Correspondence about National Health Circle For Colored People, Inc.; The American Social Hygiene Association; Women’s College of the University of Delaware; National Council for the Prevention of War. Folder 15 October 1-December 30, 1927 Correspondence about the Crittenton Home; Board of Park Commissioners; Happy Grove School; Fellowship of Youth For Peace; The Manassas Individual School For Colored People; Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; St. Peter’s Methodist Episcopal Church. BOX 51 Folder 1 January 2-March 31, 1928 Correspondence about the Women’s Peace Union; India Freedom Foundation, Inc.; U.S. Senate; National Council for Prevention of War; Antioch and Swarthmore Colleges. Memo from the New York Public Library listing branches and requesting a copy of the National Cyclopedia of American Biography, March 24, 1928. Folder 2 April 2-June 28, 1928 Letters of sympathy on the death of William P. Bancroft on April 20, 1928. Correspondence from all of the aforementioned charities, as well as the All-America Anti-Imperialist League; the International Committee for Political Prisoners; the American Academy of Political and Social Science; the Committee against Polish Fascism. Folder 3 July 2-September 28, 1928 Continued correspondence from Swarthmore College; American Interracial Peace Committee; the Fort Valley High and Industrial school; League for Industrial Democracy; University of Delaware; Woolman School. Folder 4 October 1, 1928-January 8, 1929 Correspondence about The Kallah; Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America; American Friends Service Committee; Committee on Militarism In Education;

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The Wilmington Institute Free Library; The American Historical Society, Inc.; Scattered Seeds. Box 51 continued William Bancroft’s Journal 1908-1924 Folder 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Dates 5/29/1908-6/13/1910 6/17/1910-6/ 7/1912 6/25/1912-10/13/1914 10/16/1912-1/14/1916 8/ 18/ 1916-9/10/1918 9/ 10/ 1918-8/26/1920 9/ 11/ 1920-4/28/1924

Folder 12 Handwritten lists of unreadable portions of William Bancroft’s Journal. Folder 13 Transcribed copy of William Bancroft’s Journal, 1908-1924. Folder 14 Missing pages from William Bancroft’s Journal and annotated citations for the journal, 1908-1921. Remainder of Box 51 CD-ROM images of all William Bancroft’s letter books. 8mm microfilm (ten reels) inventory of William and Emma Bancrofts’ papers from Street, England. Floppy discs of an inventory of Bancroft Papers from Street, England. Box 52 Two volumes of Emma C. Bancroft’s letterbooks: Vol. 1 2/27/1925-12/31/1927; Vol. 2 1/4/1928-2/12/1929.

RECORD GROUP II: PAPERS OF WILLIAM P. BANCROFT SERIES III. PHILANTHROPY OF WILLIAM P. AND EMMA C. BANCROFT Sub-series A. The Philanthropy of William P. and Emma C. Bancroft The Bancrofts financially supported a variety of institutions and organizations. During the late nineteenth century, Bancroft, influenced by Andrew Carnegie’s support for public libraries, satisfied a debt of $20,000 incurred by the subscription-based Wilmington Institute. Bancroft formed a non-profit corporation, placed all of the original

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outstanding stock in the hands of a board of managers, and convinced the City of Wilmington and the State of Delaware to fund the library with public dollars. He opened this free library to all users. One of Bancroft’s aims was to develop full-service communities, including well-built homes, parks, schools, libraries, and other facilities which would enrich the lives of residents in Wilmington and the nearby vicinity. Libraries were very important to Bancroft. He built the Woodlawn Library in the “Flats.” It was a three-story brick building of 900 square feet that he offered it as a branch of the Wilmington Institute. The Institute received capital stock in the Woodlawn Company, the interest from which provided an annual income which supplemented the Library’s local funding. When Woodlawn was chartered as a non-profit organization in 1918, the Trustees could not legally hold capital stock, so they converted all capital stock to bonds and placed the bonds with a number of local charities. The Institute received bonds which continued to supplement its annual income. (See Box 1, Folder 5, for the terms of Woodlawn’s agreement to support Wilmington’s charities and the names of the charities selected to receive benefit from the agreement.) When the Woodlawn Branch in the “Flats” outgrew the demands of its patrons, a new facility of 25,000 square feet was constructed in 2005 by New Castle County and the Woodlawn Trustees. Part of the grounds of the new library included beautiful landscaping and the fulfillment of William Bancroft’s dream to connect two halves of Bancroft Parkway by providing a continuous tree-lined boulevard from Rockford Park to Canby Park in Wilmington. A foot bridge achieved the connection over railroad tracks which previously caused the breach between the two portions of the Parkway. Similarly, in 1956, the Woodlawn Trustees donated land for a 15,000 square ft. library on the Concord Pike, which flourished for forty-seven years, prior to continuing service in a new building on Foulk Road in 2003. Document Box #5 Folder 1 contains information about the Woodlawn Branch Library and the bridge at 8th Street and Bancroft Parkway. Folder 2 contains a rendering of William Bancroft’s original plan for a parkway connecting Rockford Park and Canby Park in Wilmington. Oversized Folder #103 Gift and Loan agreements of William P. Bancroft, 1886-1923. Oversized Display Boards in Pictorial Collections Colored drawings of the footbridge, the new Woodlawn Library, and surrounding park located at 8th Street and Bancroft Parkway. Oversized Box 4 in Pictorial Collections Color rendering of the footbridge across the railroad tracks at 8th Street and Bancroft Parkway which links the Parkway in front of the Woodlawn Library (3 copies) 23 5/8” x 23 5/8." Two copies.

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Correspondence also indicates that the Bancrofts similarly supported colleges (Swarthmore, Antioch, Pacific, Haverford, Central Nebraska, and others). The George School and Woolman School also became the beneficiaries of the Bancrofts’ wealth. Generous contributions to religious, educational, anti-war, youth groups, and other organizations committed to the values of human equality and civil rights drew national recognition to the benefactors in Wilmington. Mention of the Bancrofts’ generosity is best exemplified by correspondence in Folders 5, 6, and 7 below. Box 52 (continued) Folder 1 1914-1918 This folder contains correspondence between William P. Bancroft and Henry W. Shockley. Mr. Shockley’s senior year at Lehigh University was financed by Bancroft. Correspondence indicates that Shockley was studying to be a mechanical engineer. He was listed in Lehigh’s “Epitome” in 1918. Folder 2 January 7, 1918-October 29, 1928 Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft assisted Leon Victor Anderson throughout Mr. Anderson’s undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Franklin & Marshall College, and Howard University Medical School. Folder 3 February 8, 1921-June 15, 1928 George and Paulina MacClean were distant cousins to the Bancrofts, and when their luck turned bad, the Bancrofts provided financial support for a house and daily sustenance. Restructuring the Government of the City of Wilmington 1902-1906 An additional example of the many gifts of time and business expertise offered by William Bancroft was his appointment in 1902 to Wilmington’s Committee to Redesign Government in the City. Folders 4, 5, and 6 contain Bancroft’s notes regarding portions of the process for restructuring the City’s Charter. Oversized Folder #104 Election process for the restructured government. Folder 4 Bancroft’s handwritten notes on the meetings and decisions of the committee, 1902-1906, and a copy of the old City Charter.

Folder 5 Typed notes about selected sections of the proposed City Charter and notes on the Board of Trade. Oversized Folder #105

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Copy of the proposed charter for the City of Wilmington—suggestions for changes, 1906. Folder 6 This folder contains a notebook of what seems to be Bancroft’s notations on his philanthropic loans and contributions, 1912-1928.

SERIES IV. FINANCIAL RECORDS Sub-series A. Financial Information Oversized Folder #106 Copy of the document which created the William P. Bancroft Trust, 1899. Includes bank statements for the Trust, 1974-1977. Oversized Folder #107 Bank statements for the William P. Bancroft Trust, 1985-1993. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL

BOX 53 Check stubs from the Security Trust, 1922-1928. (5 books) Indexed Expense/Receivables Journal, 1871-1892. Indexed Investments Ledger for WPB and ECB, 1892-1922. Three Day Books with Cash Accounts Journals, 1892-1912, 1913-1926, 1927-1928. Handwritten notes for expenses/receipts, 1916-1919. Indexed Cash Accounts Journal, 1927-1928. Indexed Investments Journal of Emma C. Bancroft, 1927-1928. BOX 54 Folder 1 Transcribed income/receivables journal and balance of accounts, 1871-1892. Possible investments, 1892. Receipt for William P. Bancroft from Walker Griscom promising to repay a loan of $5,000, October 6, 1899. Oversized Folder #108 William Bancroft’s declarations of trusts, 1899-1926.

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Oversized Folder #109 Copy of William Bancroft’s mortgage on land held by Charles N. Thompson, 1903. Oversized Folder #110 Lists of stock held by William Bancroft, 1913-1928. Box 54 continued Folder 2 Loan accounts from William Bancroft, 1913-1920. Loans recorded in a daybook, dates of satisfaction, 1921-1929. Bancrofts’ miscellaneous receipts, 1924-1928. Securities and bonds purchased for the William P. Bancroft Fund, 1926. Notice to stockholders of Equitable Trust Company and Associated Wilmington Laundries, 1927. List of Securities taken from WPB safe deposit box in 1928. Receipt for Emma Bancroft from the Lewis Historical Publishing Co. for a plate portrait of William P. Bancroft, July 1928. Folder 3 Information on Bancroft’s investment in the Missouri, Kansas, Texas Railroad, 1922. Folder 4 Information to stockholders of the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad & Coal Company, 1923. A Preliminary Report on Living Working and Health Conditions in the Tri-State Mining Area Missouri, Oklahoma, & Kansas. Issued by the Tri-State Survey Committee, Inc. in New York City, 1939. Federal Tax Information for William and Emma Bancroft Folder Year 5 6 7 8 9 10

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1924-1926 1922-1926 (taxes and audit issues) 1927-1928 (taxes and audit issues)

Box 54 continued Folder 14 Emma Bancroft’s credit statements from Security Trust, 1926-1928. Folder 15 William Bancroft’s credit statements from Security Trust, 1920-1926. Folder 16 William Bancroft’s credit statements from Security Trust, 1926-1928. Sub-series B. Financial statements for the Sarah Bancroft Clark Trust CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Folder 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

SERIES V:

Account No. #41-0090-00-5 #41054-00-8

Date 1974-1981 1982-1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1/31/89-9/29/89 10/31/89-6/28/91.

WILLIAM P. BANCROFT AND JOSEPH BANCROFT & SONS

BOX 55 Folder 1 Brief history of Joseph Bancroft and Sons from the University of Delaware’s Special Collections Department, Samuel Bancroft and Joseph Bancroft and Sons Records, 18691913. “Wilmington Past and Present Joseph Bancroft, William Bancroft,” History of Delaware Past and Present, volume II, pp. 62-65, edited by Wilson Lloyd Bevin, 1929. Biographical information about the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co., excerpt from Bancroft Mills, by Harvey Bounds, 1961. Publications of the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. listed with code keys for each, created in 1995.

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Delaware Past and Present, included copies of pictures and biographies of Joseph Bancroft and William P. Bancroft, no date. Employees of Joseph Bancroft & Sons are portrayed in a news clipping about John Macadam, vice-president and general manager of the company; an alphabetical list of the families at Rockford/Joseph Bancroft & Sons. Bancroft Mills: 1831-1961, One Hundred and Thirty Years of Textile Products, by Harvey Bounds, 1961. Folder 2 Pressed leaves collected by Joseph Bancroft, 1840s-1860s. Folder 3 A typed agreement dated May 26, 1886, for the partnership between Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and William Bancroft to form Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. Terms of a loan of $30,000.00 from William Bancroft to John Bancroft, December 9, 1889. Process of acting in absence of the president of the board, June 28, 1920. A letter from Mary Richardson Bancroft (the wife of Samuel, Jr.) advocating Samuel for the presidency of the company, February 15, 1917. List of capital in Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co., 1834-1917. Message to John Bancroft from William about the agreement with Samuel, 1894-1899. Welfare Work at Joseph Bancroft & Sons: 1902-1912 by Stuart Campbell for a thesis at the University of Delaware. Policy on Profit Sharing, June 28, 1920. Folder 4 Site survey for a Right-Of-Way for Bancrofts over DuPont property; a deed description of Bancroft Mills and the ROW, 1904. List of stockholders in the Wilmington Housing Co., June 3, 1918. Woodlawn held 200 shares. Stock issues in 1918, 1926, 1927. Assets of the Security Trust and Safe Deposit Company, 1926. Blank money orders, no dates.

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William Bancroft letter to daughters Sarah and Lucy about the progress of Joseph Bancroft & Sons, March 30, 1928. An advertisement for J.B. & Sons window shade cloth product, no date. William Bancroft was a large stockholder in the business and product. Excerpt from Textile Age, “Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. 108 years of manufacturing and finishing cotton goods.” Small hand-drawn map of property in Philadelphia formerly belonging to John Bancroft. Additional records for Samuel Bancroft and Joseph Bancroft and Sons have been collected at the University of Delaware and The Delaware Historical Society. SERIES VI. WILLIAM BANCROFT AND THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS BOX 55 (continued) Folder 5 Transcript Letter from a Young Man, A Quaker, In Pennsylvania, To The Late William Cowper, The Poet, March 4, 1796. Side Lights from the History of Early Friends in Wilmington, by Matilda Ferris. Excerpt from News From New Society Publishers, “A Brief History of Clearness Among Quakers and Others,” by Peter Woodrow, no date. Address Book with Quaker "Recipes and Remedies from an Old Quaker Cook Book” by Sarah Middleton Cooper Griscom (Emma Bancroft’s sister), no date. Information on Thomas Garrett and the Garrett Organization in Wilmington, 1845-1993. Oversized Folder #111 Scattered Seeds, a publication of the Friends, March 1886. Folder 6 Copy of a memo from William Bancroft in 1912 alluding to “A Persuasive to Unity,” 1879, written by his father Joseph, “Questions and Answers,” 1877, shared in authorship with his father. Both works are contained in this box. Report of the Committee to Consider “Revision of Discipline,” 1917. Includes a copy of the Revision of Discipline.

Oversized Folder # 112 “Information for Young Friends of Conscription Age,” November 8, 1917.

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“Quakers in Wilmington in 1938.” Includes alphabetical lists of families, silhouettes of profiles, and copies of “A Childhood Experience,” June 17, 1939. Box 55 continued Folder 7 M.S. The Story of a Life, by Frances Sellers Garrett, sister of M.A., and widow of Eli Garrett, youngest son of abolitionist Thomas Garrett, 1901. This is the story of Martha Sellers, written for her great-nephews and -nieces. Pages 1-280, 1830-1887. Folder 8 M.S. The Story of a Life, Pages 283-617 + appendix, 1867-1899. Folder 9 Life and Labors of Elias Hicks, by Henry W. Wilbur, 1910. Folder 10 History of the Westtown Boarding School, 1899. Oversized Folder #113 Notes on meetings of Friends, 1915-1916. Folder 11 The Hicksite Separation A Sociological Analysis of Religious Schism in Early Nineteenth Century America, by Robert W. Doherty, 1967. Folder 12 Philadelphia Quakers 1681-1981, by Robert H. Wilson, 1981. Folder 13 Philadelphia Quakers 1681-1981, copy 2. Folder 14 The George School, The History of a Quaker Community, by Kingdon W. Swain, 1992.

SERIES VII. RESIDENCES OF THE BANCROFT FAMILY Sub-series A. “Garthgynan” (Ruthin, NW Wales) This home is located in northwest Wales and was a second home to the Bancrofts of Manchester, prior to coming to America. It is well-preserved in a small seventeenthcentury walled garden, with a banqueting house, a raised terrace, and bee boles (niches in walls or free standing boles for receiving flowers or other decorative items.) Nearby is a

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terraced orchard and a former ornamental fish pond. It includes a present-day color photo from the internet. Box 55 continued Folder 15 Descriptions of Garthgynan with some acknowledgement letters for visits. List of the items to be sold at auction from Joseph Bancroft’s estate at Garthgynan February 21,1822, due to his departure. Additional correspondence regarding trips to Garthgynan in the 1970s and 1980s. Copies of photographs of Garthgynan. Sub-series B. “Cufeld”( Wilmington, Delaware) Folder 16 Photographs of “Cufeld,” the home of the John Bancroft family. One photograph identifies the people in the photograph, but does not identify the owner of “Cufeld.” Note from Stephen Clark, which might have been sent with the picture of “Cufield” and which identifies the site as being located near Ivy Road and Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington and owned by John Bancroft, October 21, 1989. Sub-series C.

The “Poole” House (Wilmington, Delaware)

Folder 17 A two-page description of the history and location of the house in which Sarah Poole was raised. Sarah Poole was William Bancroft’s mother. The envelope has a postmark of 1894 and handwritten notes by William Bancroft. Sub-series D.

The Bancroft Mansion (Rockford, Delaware)

Folder 18 List of the owners from 1868-1966, from Joseph Bancroft, through William, ending with John Bancroft, Sr. For a period of time (until 1988), the house was used as a restaurant. Subsequent to its vacancy, there was an attempt to convert it to living space. House dimensions, floor by floor, measured in cubic feet, delineating size of each room. Included are calculations of necessary radiator space and a copy of a picture of the dining room when owned by Joseph and Sarah in 1865.

Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 1 1907-1939

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Drawings for William Bancroft’s house: automobile house, alterations in the stable, elevator shaft, residence elevator, enclosed porch, second floor apartment in garage, first floor, second floor, attic floor configurations. Oversized Folder #114. PORTIONS CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL Specifications for an automobile house for William Bancroft, no date. Telephone conversation with Newlin Wood, president of Woodlawn in 1991, regarding the disposition of the house. A proposal to develop another restaurant at the site of the Mansion. A proposal to reconvert the Mansion to a family residence. A proposal to convert the property to luxury residences. A list of contents of the Mansion, as well as a several photographs, among which is a photo of the Mansion. Map Case Drawer # 110, Folder 4 Unidentified, but possibly copies of the drawings for Bancroft Mansion in Folder 11.

SERIES VIII. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Box 55 continued Folder 19 Letter from John Bright to Charles Sturgis, 1861. A copy of a narrative about Uncle Harry, no date, written by Emilie Gibbons Cohen. A handwritten index of numerous, various items, 1880-1891, no author. Copy of a photograph of two statues of females in early American clothing, no date. A blank copy of a surveyor’s Level Book #371, labeled Woodlawn Trustees, Inc., 2201 W. 11th Street, Wilmington, Delaware. Excerpt from Titan, a book about John D. Rockefeller, no date. A handwritten memo to Elke McGinley from Stephen Clark, dated February 22, 1995, indicating a search for Phil Rhoads’ notes and sketch of the Mills of Beaver Run. CLOSED UNDER TIME SEAL

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An index of people, places, and organizations, no date, circa nineteenth century, no author. Plot sketch for unidentified barn and development, November 23, 2003. “The Preservation Puzzle: Woodlawn Trustees A Century Later,” June 30, 2008. The future of the Woodlawn Trustees. Oversized Folder #115 Products Derived From Coal, a family tree of coal, 1919. Sketch of the property of William P. McConnell at 11th and Church Streets in Wilmington, June 22, 1910. Box 56 Detailed index card file organized by: Sales, Entities, Investments, Non-Profits, Property-Wilmington, Property-Brandywine Hundred, Developments. Index card file of names of individuals, seemingly recorded within Woodlawn’s unidentified files alphabetically. Two micro audio tapes with interviews of Edward Gutherie and Lynn Williams.

ARTIFACTS A brown purse with a floral design, 5” long x 1 ¾” deep x 3 ½” wide, containing a silk textured envelope for eye glasses or some other purpose. A note from Stephen Clark indicates its origin and former owner. A straight-edge used by William Bancroft. An unidentified key, presumably to a ledger or desk drawer. Two spines from William Bancroft’s letterbooks. A working sextant, no date.

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WOODLAWN TRUSTEES, INC. APPENDIX A.

Slides, Photographs, Collages and Renderings. Pictorial Collections Department Accession 2010.276

Box 1 Folder 1 1982-1987 Many unidentified slides, but the images include Friends School, Brandywine Falls, Stapler Park, the dedication of a plaque in Brandywine Creek State Park, and Ashland Nature Center. Folder 2 1983-2000 Aerial slides of Concord Pike, Brandywine Creek, DELDOT on Route 202, and Woodlawn residential development. Folder 3 1989-1995 Fire damage at 1004 Poplar Street, MBNA construction in Wilmington, renovation of a house on Kirkwood Street, Wilmington Alleyways, and other streets in the “Flats.” Folder 4 1989-1995 Interior renovation of the Ramsey House and images of the Brubaker, Cleaver, and Derrickson Houses, with aerial slides of Concord Pike. Folder 5 1989-1996 Slides of the Brandywine Hundred Houses, farms, David Ramsey House and barn construction. Folder 6 1989-1997 Slides of the early City of Wilmington, City Streets, City Parks, and City Events. Folder 7 1989-1997 Slides of Diver Chevrolet under construction, Bancroft Parkway, Lore School, garages at Grant and Pyle Streets. Folder 8 1989-2000 Ramsey Road and Ramsey Farm and other Brandywine Hundred properties. Folder 9 1989-2001 Slides of Delamore Place, Old Swedes Church area aerials, Beaver Valley Road. Folder 10 1989-1995 The Village of Rocky Run, Cigna Building, Delaware Corporate Center, Sports Authority, Breger Development.

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Folder 11 no dates Slide presentations to the DE Agricultural Preservation Group and the Union Park Civic Association. Folder 12 1990-1995 Slides of the Connector Road, Rockland Mills houses, Brandywine River, and Woodlawn’s Good Stewardship of Open Space Award. Folder 13 1990-1995 Slides of the bridge at 9th Street and Bancroft Parkway, and the Ferris Street Shop. Folder 14 1990-1997 Slides of Woodlawn’s Greenways, Alapocas, Sharpley, the Nature Center, and aerial photos of Brandywine Creek State Park. Folder 15 1990-1998 Slides of trails along the Brandywine Creek, W. 11th Street and Kirkwood Park, the “Flats,” and Wilmington’s waterfront. Folder 16 1990-2000 Slides of Diver Chevrolet, William Bancroft’s plan for development, Wilmington station of the Delaware Motor Vehicle inspection lanes. Folder 17 1990’s Assorted negatives and contacts, Breger property, a plaque in the park. Folder 18 1991 Slides of the Breger site before construction. Folder 19 1991-1996 Slides of “Flats” houses on Ferris and North Union Streets Folder 20 1991-1996 Slides of Brandywine Hundred houses and farms, the William Young House, and 507 Black Gates Road. Folder 21 1991-2000 Slides of Brandywine Hundred properties and construction on Concord Pike (202). Folder 22 1991-2000 Slides of Brandywine Commons, Restaurants on Concord Pike, Garden Valley Nurseries, and the Southwest corner of Concord Pike (Rt. 202) and Naamans Road (Rt. 91). Folder 23 1991-2001 Slides of bike trails, greenways, Creek Road, east side of Wilmington.

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Box 2 Folder 1 1992-1997 Various unidentified slides, but a few labeled the Columbus Inn, Old Colbourn House, and Clover Department Store. Folder 2 1993-2000 Aerial slides of Concord Pike, Thompson’s Bridge, Brandywine Creek, and Creek Road. Folder 3 6/28/1994-10/3/1994 Slides of Circuit City store on Concord Pike. Folder 4 6/28/1994-10/3/1994 Slides of the construction of the Clover Department Store on Concord Pike. Folder 5 11/20/1994-2/18/1995 Slides of the construction of the Clover Department Store. Folder 6 2/18/1995-5/8/1995 Slides of the construction of the Clover Department Store. Folder 7 9/8/1994-5/31/1995 Slides of the construction of the Circuit City store on Concord Pike. Folder 8 1994-1995 Slides of the St. Joe Paper Co. property in Rockland. Folder 9 1994-1996 Slides of improvement to the “Flats” houses, the Clover Department Store, the Colbourn property, and the Connector Road. Folder 10 1994-2000 Slides of the Ritter Block property, Revival Friendship property, the Park Theater, 301 North Union, and Catholic Charities in Wilmington. Folder 11, 12, 13 5/1/1995-5/3/1995 Aerial slides of unidentified properties. Folder 14 12/6/1995-6/6/1997 Slides of Colonial Pipeline construction and Homewood Suites. Folder 15 1995-1999 Slides of Diver/Lexus lot, North Bancroft Parkway, Pyle Street garages, additional aerial slides.

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Folder 16 1995-2000 Slides of Forbes Field, Rockland Mills, Falls at Rockland. Folder 17 1996 Slide presentation on William Bancroft to the Council of Civic Organizations of Brandywine Hundred. (CCOBH). Folder 18 1996 Slides of the Breger Tract, Lynthwaite, Concord Pike, Woodlawn Trails, Agricultural Lands. Folder 19 1996-2001 Slides of the “Flats,” Kirkwood Park, Springer Street, Maps and Titles for slides. Box 3 Folder 1 1997-1999 Slides showing the construction of the Marriott Courtyard and McIntosh Inn, Kohls Department Store, a retention pond in that shopping center, corn crops at Lynthwaite. Folder 2 1998-2000 Slides and topographical aerial sketches of Brandywine Creek up to Nemours for a slide presentation. Folder 3 1999 Slides of Brandywine Hundred, the Colonial pipeline, Talley’s Barn, and the Village of Rocky Run. Folder 4 1999 Slides of 1100 Grant Avenue in Wilmington, Lore School Playground, Wesleyan ChurchWall. Folder 5 1999-2000 Slides of 305 North Union Street, Ritter Block property, Park Theater, Delaware Motor Vehicle Inspection Lanes. Folder 6 1999-2001 Slides of #13 A-B Duplex, 203-205 Delamore construction site, 916-920 E. 7th Street.

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PHOTOGRAPHS (no dates) Folder 7 Photographs of the remains of Bancroft Mills, the Bancroft Dam, and the Mills freight station. Folder 8 Index for the fifteen Folders of photos supplied to the Trustees, as well as photos of Springer Street between 6th and 7th Streets. Folder 9 Photos of Bayard Avenue from 5th to 7th Streets. Folder 10 Photos of the 500 block of Bancroft Parkway, looking south. Folder 11 Ends of row houses on 5th Street. Folder 12 Photos of Union Street between 6th and 7th Streets. Folder 13 Photos of Springer Street with its brick houses, paved streets, and foliage. Folder 14 Photos of the view from the “old folks' home” of pumpkins, corn and fodder. Folder 15 Photos of the northwest corner of 6th and Springer Streets in full bloom. Folder 16 Photos of the back yards from the landing. Folder 17 Photos of the corner of Bancroft Parkway and 5th Street. Folder 18 Photos of 1117-1123 North Bancroft Parkway. Folder 19 Photos of Alapocas, Friends School, 2201 W. 11th Street—prints and negatives. Folder 20 Photos of Kentmere Parkway with Rockford Tower.

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Folder 21 Photos of Rockford Mills when in operation. Folder 22 Rockford Mills looking upstream. Folder 23 Glass negatives for Folders 8-16. Oversize Box # 1 Reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of an owl hunting a mouse, by Margaretta BredinBrokaw, no date. Eight copies of a photo of a painting of William P. Bancroft, by Percy Bigland, 1906. Photo of a pen and ink drawing of the residence and paper mill of Francis Tempest in Birmingham Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, no date. Photo collage of four drawings: residence and paper mill of Francis Tempest; Elam Hotel, Elam, Pennsylvania; residence of Thomas W. Johnson, Concord Township, Pennsylvania: residence of Wesley Hance, Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, no date. Photo of Smiths Bridge over Brandywine Creek, New Castle County, Delaware, no date. Photo of a color-coded map of Woodlawn’s Master Plan for the development of the West side of Concord Pike between Woodlawn and Naamans Roads, 1989. Color photo of the Steep Slope Natural Area, the stewardship for which was the subject of an award to Woodlawn from the Delaware Nature Society, 1989. Black and white photo of the Talley farm in Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, no date. Photo collage of House No. 13, remodeled, 1937.

Oversize Box # 2 Photo collage with transparency: Delaware Corporate Center, Cigna Company, Leech farm house, 1990s. Photo of an intersection, presumably Beaver Valley Road and Concord Pike. No buildings, no date. Wallet-sized photos of Woodlawn employees: John Stocking, Newlin Wood, Theodore Beck, Harry Gutherie, Ed Gutherie, Art Kreider, Paul Rambo, Bill Page, 1968.

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Photo of refuse in backyard of a house in the “Flats,” 1977. Aerial drawing of Nemours and vicinity, 1917. Ten color photos of Newlin Wood and Elke McGinley at a City Council meeting, receiving an award for Woodlawn, no date. Color photo of Newlin Wood and Elke McGinley at entrance of Woodlawn Office Building at 11th Street and Bancroft Parkway, 2000 Five photos of Brandywine Greenways & Brandywine Creek, 2001. Photo of officers and staff of Woodlawn celebrating 101 years in business, June 14, 2001. Aerial photos of 900 block of East 7th Street, April 2002. Four photos: 521 Bancroft Parkway (3) and Ferris Street (new steps), April 16, 2002. Photo of Woodlawn’s Annual Meeting buffet, June 3, 2002. Photos of the renovation site at 4th and Union Streets, Wilmington, September 6, 2002. Photo of Stephen Clark, August 2, 2002. Ramsey farm, 2009. Trail and canoes on the Brandywine, no date. Aerial photos of Concord Pike near Talleyville, no date (ca. 1960s). Photos of Wilmington’s east side, no date. Photos of MBNA construction, east of Market Street, Wilmington, no date. Photos of King Street and Market Street, downtown Wilmington, north to south no date. Color photos of Granogue in the distance, no date. Unidentified farm, no date. Aerial photos of City of Wilmington, no date. Photos of the Delaware Corporate Center, ground breaking, finished product, and Advanta, no dates.

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Package of photos: winter scenes (2); trees planted at Breger Tract (3); trails and open space (14); Creek Road (4); Homewood Suites on Concord Pike (2); Kirsten, Star of the Week (1); and a panorama of Hochgrat (Alpen). Four photos of an unidentified renovation project in September 1995. Photos of an unidentified farm with a green barn, no date. Oversize Box #3 Color rendering of the center garden of the park in front of the Woodlawn Library at 8th Street and Bancroft Parkway. 2005. 23 5/8 “ x 23 5/8." (3 copies) Oversize Box #4 Color rendering of the footbridge crossing the railroad tracks at 8th and Bancroft which links Bancroft Parkway in front of the Library built in 2005. (3 copies) 23 5/8” x 25 5/8” Oversize Box #5 Two panoramic photos: a meadow near Rocky Run and the back yards of the 900 block of East 7th Street, June 2003. Photo collage of properties labeled “Exchange Possibilities,” including 618 East 11th Street and a vacant lot at the intersection of Kirkwood and East 11th Street, November 11, 2001. Photo collage of “Exchange Possibilities,” including a vacant lot at the rear of the 900 block of East 7th Street next to Old Swedes Church Yard, November 2001. Photo collage of the Vinton property at Rockland, including Brandywine Creek at Rockland; a view from the Old Canoe Club across Brandywine Creek toward Jessup and Moore Tract; gatekeeper's house; dam; mill race; and meadows at Jessup and Moore Tract. Reverse side is a drawing of the lands across from the entrance to Concord Mall owned by Woodlawn. Photo collage of the Rockland Mills property, including the north property line adjacent to the St. Joe property; Rockland Dam; Mill Race; caretaker's residence; restored mill building; view of the dam and mill race from the bridge; the interior of the warehouse building; and the remains of the warehouse building.

Oversize Box #6 Photo of a color rendering of the restaurants on the west side of Concord Pike near Rocky Run, including the Red Lobster, the Olive Garden, and others. Color rendering of a ranch house in Rocky Run Village (two pieces). Color rendering of a house in Hershey Run.

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Color rendering of Stolz Management Area in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Unidentified color drawing of an intersection, presumably in Wilmington. Aerial photo of the original “Flats,” looking from the East up 4th Street in Wilmington (2 pieces).

Oversized Binder #1 Twenty-two page binder of photographs of aerial renderings of lands west of Concord Pike from the Wilmington City Line north beyond Route 1 in Pennsylvania. First page is an index of the photos following.

Oversized Display Boards Photo collage of portions of Delamore Place: 200 Block on the east side of Delamore and 200 block west side; 300 block of east side of Delamore, 300 block west side, 1998. Photo collage of portions of Delamore Place, comparing the 200 block of the west side in 1998 with post-renovations of the same houses in 2001. Photo collage of houses on East 11th Street: ##720-738, 700-718; 618-632, 1998. Photo collage of Wesleyan Church at Bancroft Parkway and 8th Street (6). Photos of a plan and a rendering of McCaulley Court, a City-sponsored project. Photos of ## 1101-1109 Pine Street, directly across from McCaulley Court. Collage and sketches “Bancroft Parkway-the First Greenway” (2 copies). Includes a drawing of the Flats neighborhood with Bancroft Parkway highlighted, a brief history of Bancroft Parkway, a drawing of the greenways and parks between the Delaware River and Bancroft Parkway from east to west, and parks between Canby Park and Brandywine Creek State Park from south to north. Photos of the remnants of abutments for a stone bridge that was planned to span the B&O Railroad tracks are included. Photo collage of portions of Bancroft Parkway (4), Wawaset Park, Green Hill Avenue, Adams Street (2). Photo collage of activities in Wilmington, 2001-2002, including projects in the Flats/Woodlawn Park, HillTop-Delamore Place, Christina Gateway. Three photos for each area.

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Photo collage of the proposed acquisition of 1020 North Bancroft Parkway (The Parkway Building). The collage also includes photos of 1110 North Bancroft Parkway Office Building, which was acquired in 2000, across the street from 1020 NBP. Photo collage of “Country Views 2001-2002,” including the Delaware Corporate Center on Concord Pike; new trees on Beaver Valley Road, Pennsylvania; open fields between Rocky Run Village and the Jewish Community Center; new trees behind the Homewood Suites; a refurbished duplex on Watkins Avenue, Pennsylvania; the southwest corner of Naamans Road and Concord Pike; the Kraft farm conservation strips; and E.Y. Talley’s rebuilt barn on Concord Pike near the Pennsylvania line.

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APPENDIX B. Library

Books Transferred to the Imprints Department at the Hagley

Atlases & Maps Atlas of Delaware County, State of Pennsylvania, G.M. Hopkins & Co., 1870. Atlas of New Castle County, Delaware. (two copies) From Actual Surveys, Official Records and Private Plans, Compiled and Published by G. William Baist, Philadelphia. 1893. Atlas of the State of Delaware (two copies) from Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of D.G. Beers, Published by Pomeroy and Beers, 1868. Atlas of the World and Gazetteer, 1923. Baist’s Property Atlas of the City of Wilmington, Delaware, G.Wm. Baist, 1901. Breou’s Official Series of Farm Maps, CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Complied , Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys by W.H. Kirk and Company, Philadelphia, 1883. Color Map of New Castle County, DE, ca. 1990s. Historical Atlas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Evers and Stewart, 1875. Map of Chester County, PA, no date. Map of New Castle County, Delaware, from Actual Surveys and Records, Published by G. M. Hopkins and Company, Philadelphia, 1881. Inscription notes indicate that the map was used by William Bancroft.

Octavos, Quartos Along the Brandywine River, (Postcard History Series) by Bruce Edward Mowday, 2001 American Planning and Civic Annual, edited by Harlean James, 1937, 1939, 1940. Andorra, 52 Years of Nation Wide Service, 1938. The Appraisal of Real Estate, by Frederick Morrison Babcock, 1925. Architectural Graphic Standards, third edition by Charles George Ramsey and Harold Reeve Sleeper, 1941.

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The British New Towns Policy, by Lloyd Rodwin, 1956. Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co. Drawing Materials, Surveying Instruments, Measuring Tapes, 1887. Challenge of the Land, by Charles Little, 1968. Charter, Laws, and Ordinances of the City of Wilmington, DE, Annotated, 1899, 1910. Cities and Space The Future Use of Urban Land, by Lowdon Wingo, Jr., 1963. A Clearing in the Distance, Frederick Law Olmstead and North America in the Nineteenth Century, by Witold Rybczynski, 1999. Coffin’s Interest Tables, by John E. Coffin. 1913, (used by W.P. Bancroft). Commercial Real Estate Leases, 1975. Delaware Art Museum Occasional Paper, Charles Fairfax Murray, Samuel Bancroft, JR, 1980. Delaware Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, by the Delaware State Planning Office, 1970 Delaware A History of the First State, volume III, by the Lewes Historical Publishing Company, 1947. Delaware Landlord-Tenant Handbook, by Doris E. Harris, 1980. Delaware’s Outstanding Natural Areas and Their Preservation, by Lorraine M. Fleming, 1978. Delaware In Vintage Postcards, (Postcard History Series) by Ellen Rendel and Constance J. Cooper, 2001. Fertilizers, by Edward B. Vorhees, 1902. The Flora of Delaware An Annotated Check List, by William A. McAvoy, 2001. Forest Statistics for Delaware—1972, 1986, by Frieswyk and DiGiovanni, 1989. Fowler’s Modern English Usage, revised and edited by Sir Ernest Gower, 1987. Frederick Law Olmstead In Perspective, photographs by Robert Burleu, et al., 1996.

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Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation, 1993. The Holy Bible, the National Bible Press, Philadelphia, no date. The Horticulturist’s Rule Book, by L.H. Bailey, 1902. The Hospital ,The Story of Delaware Hospital, by Charles A. Silliman, 1966. The Housing Handbook Up-To-Date , by W. Thompson, 1903. Laws of Business for All the States of the Union, by Theophilus Parsons, 1872. Leases, Percentage, Short and Long term, by Stanley L. McMichael and Paul T. O’Keefe, 1974. The Life and Public Services of Hon. Anthony Higgins of Delaware, by Hon. John C. Higgins and Gen. James H. Wilson, 1913. Money, Manure and Maintenance: Marian Coffin Pioneer Landscape Architect 18761957, by Nancy Fleming. Montgomery’s Auditing, by Philip L. Defliese, et al., 1975. Muenscher’s Keys to Woody Plants, by Edward A. Cope, 2001. My World, by Arthur E. Norgan, 1927. Native and Cultivated Conifers of Northeastern North America, by Edward A. Cope, 1986. Neighborhoods of Small Homes, Economic Density of Low Cost Housing In America and England, by Robert Whitten & Thomas Adams, 1931. Old Barn Plans, by Richard Rawson, 1979. Our Yesterdays in Brandywine Hundred, by Emma Mariane, 1992. Planning for Wildlife in Cities and Suburbs, by Daniel L. Leedy, et al., 1978. The Pre-Raphaelite Era 1848-1914, by Rowland and Betty Elzea, 1976. The Preservation of Natural Diversity: A Survey and Recommendations, by the Nature Conservancy, 1975. The President’s Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership, 11 Volumes, 1931.

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The Principles and Practices of Upkeep Painting, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1923, 3rd & 6th editions. Principles of Real Estate Practice, by Ernest McKinley Fisher, 1927. The Pruning Book, by L.H. Bailey, 1902. Putnam’s Handy Law Book for the Layman, by Albert Sidney Bolles, 1921. Questions and Answers, by Abraham Lawton, Joseph Bancroft, and Evan Flynn, 1877. Questions and Answers on Real Estate, by Robert W. Semenow, 1961. The Reprinted History of the Talley Family on the Delaware 1686-1899, by George A. Talley, 1899. The Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft, Jr. and Related Pre-Raphaelite Collections, by Rowland Elzea, 1978 (two copies). The Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Pre-Raphaelite Collection, by The Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, 1962. Schuylkill River Design Guide, by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1984. The Secretary’s Handbook A Manual of Correct Usage, by Sarah Augusta Taintor and Kate Munro, 1931. The Squeeze, by Edward Higbee, 1960 Stay Out of Court, The Managers Guide to Preventing Employee Lawsuits, by Rita Risser, 1993. Strathmore’s Who’s Who 1996-1997, by Strathmore Directories, Ltd., 1997. Super Threats -- How to Sound Like a Lawyer and Get Your Rights on Your Own, by John M. Striker and Andrew O. Shapiro, 1977. Surveying, by Raymond E. Davis and Francis S. Foote, 1940. A Treatise on Architecture & Building Construction, Stair Building, Ornamental Iron Work et al., by the Colliery Engineering Co., 1899. A Treatise on Architecture and Building Construction, Tables and Formulas, by the Colliery Engineering Co., 1899.

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The Way the World Works, by Jude Wanniski, 1978. Woodlands for Profit and Pleasure, by Reginald D. Forbes, 1976. .

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WOODLAWN TRUSTEES, INC. Accession 2424 APPENDIX C. Rolled Drawings Rolled Drawings A JJ 14 A Building for the State of Delaware—Motor Vehicle Department, 1941 Index Plan for Clover, division of Strawbridge and Clothier, including entrance plans; Rocky Run Parkway Plan & Profile, Rocky Run Parkway Extension Plan & Profile, Water Quality Plan, Lines and Grades Plan, Layout & Utility Plan, Sanitary Sewer Plan and profile, Erosion and Sediment Control, Erosion and Sediment Control, 7/7/1994. Rolled Drawings B JJ 14 A Aerial Photo of Concord Pike Plan Imposed 1968. Concord Pike Widening – Murphy Road to Talleyville, 12/15/1952. Rolled Drawings C JJ 14 A Phase III Strawbridge & Clothier, Clover Store Site Plans, 8/1994. Unused plan of property belonging to DuPont Company to be transferred to Woodlawn, and property belonging to Woodlawn to be transferred to DuPont Company, 1946. . New Castle County Highway Map, 1964 (color coded). Friends Lower School Entrance, 1970. Rolled Drawings D JJ 14 A Sanitary Sewer and Force Main Construction Plans for West Side U.S. Route 202, 1994. Proposed New Store for Wax Furniture Company at Concord Pike & Silverside Rd., 1961. State Highway Department Plan for the Construction of Sharpley Road between Black Gates Road to Concord Pike. Rolled Drawings E JJ 14 A Topographical drawing of Alapocas and a portion of New Castle County, no date. Lines and Grades Plan for “The Millrace," formerly Rockland Mills Phase B at Rockland and Mt. Lebanon Roads, 1/31/1994. Mechanical Plot Plan for St. Mary Magdalene Church, 11/30/1965. Drawings of the construction of Concord Pike between Foulk Road and Silverside Road, indicating construction and water/electric layout. 1969.

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. Rolled Drawings F JJ 14 B Bridge replacements: Beaver Valley and Sharpley Roads. Sharpley Subdivision Water Mains, 4/14/1958. Construction Plans for Garden of Eden Road, 1965. Sharpley Sanitary Sewer Plans, 2/20/1961. Woodlawn Detention Pond (north of Woodlawn Road), 7/14/1989. Rolled Drawings G JJ14 B Record of subdivision Plan for Clover Department Store at Brandywine Commons, 7/29/1994. Layout and Utility Plan for Clover Site, 7/7/1994. Brandywine Commons III Site Plan, 2/15/1994. Plans for and alterations to Warehouse and Garages on Ferris Street between 6th and 7th Streets. Original 1921, alterations 1931. Plans for Artcraft Electric Company Route 202 and Silverside Road, 6/14/1967. Plans for foundation and basement of 3251 corporation on Concord Pike, 2/1/1962. Plan of Site 2 INA (Cigna) property about to be conveyed, 1/15/1994. Rolled Drawings I. JJ 14 B Aerial photograph of Wilmington and Vicinity, 1946. Demolition Package of floor plans for 416-418 Sherman Street in Wilmington, 8/18/1994. Rolled Drawings J. JJ 14 B Map of Wilmington and Vicinity, no date. 1985 Recommended Highway Plan for New Castle County superimposed on a 1964 map. Color coded. Drawing of Augustine Mills, property of Jessup & Moore Paper Company, 12/11/1917. Sharpley , section 1A –Brocton Road, Cranebrook Road (plan and profile), 12/5/1957.

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Rolled Drawings K JJ 15 A. Plans for Friends School Gymnasium at 5th and West Streets in Wilmington, includes specifications for work and labor in enclosed documents, 3/25/1907. Plans for houses to be built by Daniel E. Hogan on the north side of 39th Street between Shipley and Tatnall Sreeets, no date. Floor plans for semi-detached houses ##213-223 Bancroft Parkway, 1/19/1937. Rolled Drawings L. JJ 15 A Plans for the Pyle Street garages #1-8, includes specifications, . 6/1/1937. Group of four maps of traverses along Concord Pike near Breger Tract, 1950. Plans for properties on Concord Pike south of Talleyville, 1953. Plans for house of Alford Vicone, between du Pont and Scott, Elm and Linden, 1943. Plans for Robert Hunt Whitten, Jr. on Concord Pike, 2/20/1962. Plans for hot water & heating alterations to 607-609 Springer Street, 2/24/1936. Rolled Drawings M. JJ 15 A Plans for 28 houses on Grant Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets, 1/15/1912. Plans for stores and offices of R. W. Fairbrother, Inc., Concord Pike and Silverside Road, 2/6/1964. Plans for the house of Eugene Di Sabatino, 16th Street and Bancroft Parkway. Plans for the Carpet & Furniture Mart at 1151 Concord Pike, 1/12/1961. Plans for Western Exterminating Company, 8/14/1961. Rolled Drawings N. JJ 15 A Plans for the First Unitarian Church at Whitby Drive and Concord Pike, 3/10/1959. Color-coded map of Wilmington Delaware, 1937. Plans for alterations of 2003 W. 4th Street, 6/1/1934. Map of Wilmington, Delaware, color-coded for Wilmington Public Schools, 1963.

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Rolled Drawings O. JJ 15 A th Plans for #2103 W. 4 Street, 9/7/1934. Plans for caretaker's house at Pilot School, no date. Pilot School site plan, Garden of Eden Road, 1964. Pilot School Plans for alterations and additions, 1969. Plans for altering plumbing and heating at 433 N. Union St., 3/8/1934. Plans for the Concord Pike Library, 9/27/1957. Heating and Vapor System for Woodlawn houses, 1937, 10/29/1938. Rolled Drawings P. JJ 15 A Map of northeast Wilmington south of Haynes Park to Brandywine Park, no date. Map of northeast Wilmington, east of Market Street between 10th Street and 36th Street and the City Line, no date. Site plans for the Chandler Funeral Home, 10/1/1963. Plot Plan for the Jewish Federation of Delaware (Jewish Community Center), no date. Rolled Drawings Q. JJ 15 B City map of Newark, Delaware, 1966. City map of Dover, Delaware, 1966. Survey of land bounded by Smith Bridge Road and the Pennsylvania line. Survey performed by Price & Price, 1/16/1950. Rolled Drawings R. JJ 15 B Maps showing all farms purchased by Woodlawn. Topographical map of a part of New Castle County, Delaware, and Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Survey performed in 1960. Maps are numbered 1-7. 1. In Pennsylvania, bounded on the east by 202 and the west past Heyburn Road by Irenee du Pont’s property. Note the Brubaker and Fulenwider Farms south of Smith’s Bridge Road. Bounded on the south by Elam and the north by Ridge Road. Includes list of families’ farms, 1960.

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Northwest quadrant of #1, with list of farms, 1960.

3. South of #1 and South of Fulenwider and Brubaker Properties in Pennsylvania down to Woodlawn’s property in North New Castle County, Delaware. Lists farms and residents of developments in Pennsylvania, 1960. 4.

From Fulenwider’s property northwest to Irenee du Pont’s property and southwest to Woodlawn’s property along the Brandywine in northern New Castle County. Bounded on the east almost to Rt. 202, 1960.

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South of #4 down to Breger Tract along 202, showing all Woodlawn’s Property, 1960.

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South of #5, bounded on the east by 202 and on the west by Brandywine Creek. From the Day property in the north, to Sharpley in the south.

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South of # 6 from Sharpley south to Murphy Road; west to just beyond Rockland Road, 1960.

Rolled Drawings S. JJ 15 B Plans for Seven Four Room Houses. Eight sheets of blueprints, 9/1/1936. Plans for Six Four Room Houses, 3/25/1932. Plans for a retaining wall on Ball Alley for Friends School, 8/8/1911. Survey map of Joseph Bancroft and Sons and Elliott Tract, adjacent to Jessup and Moore Co. 1907 by Wills Passmore. Floor plans of a house for lots on Delaware Avenue between Red Oak Road and Greenhill Avenue 4/29/1905 Street plan of Delaware Ave. intersecting Woodlawn Ave. to the north and Bayard and Grant to the south; also 17th and 18th Streets intersecting = Woodlawn, Bayard, and Grant, May 1904. Hand-drawn plot and grade plan of a dwelling between Grant and Bayard, between 2nd and 3rd streets in Wilmington, n.d. Rolled Drawings T. JJ 15 B Official Street and Road Plan for Sharpley, 3/2/1955. Topographical nap of a part of Brandywine Hundred, with original tracing of 1914; as revised to show Woodlawn's property lines on 3/26/1915, 11/1/1934, 7/23/1959.

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Topographical map of a part of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, dated 1/1960, and (according to pencil note on outside of roll) revised up to 5/29/1968 to show WT property lines. Topographical map of a part of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, dated 1/1960 and (according to note in ink on map) brought up to 12/5/1968, to show WT property lines. Topographical map of a part of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, dated 1/1960, and (according to note in ink on map) brought up to 10/1969, to show WT property lines. Topographical map of a part of Brandywine Hundred, Delaware, dated 1/1960, and brought up to 1969, to show WT property lines. Color coded by name of property and number. Rolled Drawings U. JJ 15 B Topographical map showing all farms west of Route 202 from Ridge Road in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in the north, down to Murphy and Rockland Roads in the south, bounded by Brandywine Creek on the west, no date. Undated/ unidentified blueprint. Rolled transparency of white line drawing of the Tentative Plan of Development of WT’s Brandywine Hundred Lands, 4/25/1946. Plans (11 sheets) for the Talleyville Branch of the U.S. Post Office, 1/12/1962.

Rolled Drawings AA JJ 16 A Plot plan of land purchased by the DuPont Company from Woodlawn, 1946. Drawing shows two parcels of land traded by the DuPont Company to Woodlawn for Woodbrook Development, 7/12/1946. Drawing for the 1946 Master Plan for developing Brandywine Hundred, taken from a 9/5/1929 plan for developing a portion of Brandywine Hundred. Rolled Drawings BB JJ 16 A Drawing of the Property of William Bancroft, showing the lands of John Bancroft, Samuel Bancroft and Joseph Bancroft & Sons, 10/28/1930. Preliminary Plan for the Estate of Samuel Bancroft, with lands of William Bancroft, no date. Two drawings of all developments and lands on both sided of 202 from Wilmington City Line to north of Concord Mall, no date. Rolled Drawings DD

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Map of the Tentative Preliminary Study Plan of the Philadelphia Tri-State District, 2/15/1930. Published by the Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri-State District. Map of the Diagrammatic Scheme of Major Highways and Open Spaces for the Extensive Region Comprising the Philadelphia Tri-State District and Adjoining Territory, 2/15/1930. Street and lot plan for a future Woodbrook-type development, 1963. Rolled Drawings GG JJ 16 B Tracings of traverses and topography for four sections of New Castle County farmlands with Benchmarks of 1-11, 12-36, 37-52, 53-73. Benchmarks 1-11 include farms between Concord Pike in the east to Rockland Road in the west; between Murphy Road in the south and Rockland Road as it turns north. Benchmarks 12-36 include farms between Concord Pike in the east to Brandywine Creek in the west; beyond Road from Sharpley School to Mt. Lebanon Church Road in the south and beyond Mt. Lebanon Road in the north. Benchmarks 37-52 include farms between Concord Pike in the east to Brandywine Creek in the west; from beyond Garden of Eden Road in the south to beyond Forbes Road in the north. Benchmarks 53-73 include farms between Concord Pike in the east and Brandywine Creek in the west; between Garden of Eden Road in the south to the Pennsylvania line in the north. Also included are two copies of a 1914 map of all farms between the City of Wilmington and the Pennsylvania state line, depicting most property lines, property lines specific to owners of multiple properties, fences, orchards, evergreen trees, and woods/brush. Rolled Drawings HH JJ 16 B Map of the Lenderman farm and the Bird/Malone Farm between Smith’s Bridge Road and the Pennsylvania line, no date. Plan of Woodlawn’s Pennsylvania Corp. lands—Lenderman Farm showing potential residential development property between Beaver Valley Road in Pennsylvania to Elam Smith Bridge Road. As of 1/28/50 the property had not been developed. Survey map of the farm owned by Mary Malone and Anna Bird, and the farm owned by Linton Stone along Beaver Valley Road, 1950. Survey of Woodlawn’s lands north of Pennsylvania line, showing Garrett, Lenderman, and Bird/Malone farms, 1/16/1950.

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Rolled Drawings I I JJ 16 B Topographical map of a part of Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware; and parts of Birmingham and Concord Townships in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1960, revised in 1983. Bancroft Family Tree. Woodlawn Trustees Timeline, 1901-1991. Rolled Drawings J J KK 10 A Topographical Map of a part of Brandywine Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware, and Birmingham and Concord Townships, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1/1960. Map of New Castle County farm properties from Concord Pike on the east to Jessup and Moore Mills and Rockland on the west; from William and Alfred du Pont properties on the south to the William du Pont and Hornby farms on the north beyond Mt. Lebanon Rd., 1914. Topographical map of lands west of Concord Pike from Wilmington to Pennsylvania lines, 1914. Northern New Castle County, 1981. New Castle County, Delaware, 6/1964. Rolled Drawings KK KK 10 A Route 202 Highway Plans (two copies, one color coded), 1972. Tracing of Alapocas, showing layout and dimensions of lots and roads, as well as Friends School and Athletic Fields, no date. Alapocas sewer plan, 3/1939. Rolled Drawings LL KK 10 A Street plan of the City of Wilmington, no date. Two copies (one tentative, the other final) of the Regional Plan for the Philadelphia TriState District, prepared by the Regional Planning Federation, 1930-1931. Rolled Drawings MM KK 10 A All the plans prepared by Charles Leavitt in 1914 for Woodlawn’s properties in Brandywine Hundred are included in Rolled Drawings MM, including revisions through 1973. See Map Case Drawer #109, Folder 5 for Leavitt’s 1916 Master Plan, showing the relationship between the City of Wilmington and Woodlawn’s lands in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County.

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Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. Accession 2424 Appendix E. Oversize Box 7 News Clippings

Files in Oversize Boxes

Book 1 Book 2

Oversize Box 8 News Clippings Oversize Box 9 News Clippings Oversize Box 10 News Clippings Oversize Box 11 News Clippings Oversize Box 12 News Clippings

4/19/1928-2/23/1971 (begins with Bancroft’s obituary) 4/3/1972-11/28/1977

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4/15/1978-7/15/1982 7/29/1982-1/16/1986

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12/15/1985-4/13/1988 4/19/1988-12/23/1988

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1/8/1991-12/12/1991 1/8/1992-12/25/1992

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Oversize Box 13 Loose ledger sheets listing rents for City “Flats” and garages

1964-1968

Oversize Box 14 Loose ledger sheets listing undated and unidentified rents in Brandywine Hundred and in Wilmington. Oversize Box 15 Loose ledger sheets listing rents for City “Flats” and garages, 1971-1976. Oversize Box 16 Folder 1 Genealogy of the Bancrofts of England and America beginning in 1558, Cheadle Parish Church register. Bancroft’s plan for laying out a parkway connecting Rockford Park with Canby Park in West Wilmington. Color coded, 1911. Wilmington Every Evening, dated 10/28/1926 with articles pertaining to Woodlawn. Color map of new parkland along Rockland Road and Brandywine Creek, no date.

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Folder 2 Map of trails, bridle paths, picnic areas in Brandywine and Rockford Parks and Alapocas Woods, 10/1934. Hand-drawn map of Beaver Valley, 1/11/1989. News article, “Woodlawn Trustees Keep the Faith,” ensuring greenways for New Castle County, 11/19/1989. Map showing trails, parking, and homes, businesses and croplands leased from the Woodlawn Trustees, as well as other lands owned by Woodlawn, 4/15/1996. Map of parks from the Delaware River to Brandywine Creek State Park, no date. Folder 3 Maps of New Castle County, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and the Middle Atlantic States.

Oversize Box 17 Folder 1 “Plotting” of Sarah Moore’s farm, no date. Intersections of streets in Wilmington: Red Oak Road and Willard Street; Willard Street and Greenhill Avenue; Willard Street and Woodlawn, Delaware Aves;. Willard Street and Riverview Ave.; Rockford/Benson at Red Oak, Willard; DuPont and Gilpin; DuPont Street between Gilpin and Shallcross. Possible survey of 92 acres in Alapocas, 1878. Blueprint survey of the property of William Scott in Wilmington, 1887. Tracings of profiles of Delaware Avenue, 2/19/1901. Tracing of a plan for curb corners on Greenhill Avenue, 9/9/1902. Folder 2 Floor plan for an unidentified club stable, basement and first floors. Plot on north side of Delaware Avenue showing the position of an Old Stone House, 7/24/1902. Survey of lands in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County to be exchanged between E. Talley and J. Heyburn Talley, 3/19/1904.

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Oversize Box 17 continued Survey of land in Brandywine Hundred presuming a transfer from Hugh Ramsey to William P. Bancroft, 3/19/1907. Survey of land in Brandywine Hundred to be transferred from Carrie S. Pierce to William P. Bancroft, 4/1907. Survey of land in Brandywine Hundred to be transferred from Daniel Forbes Estate to William P. Bancroft, 4/1907. Plan of Carney, Monigle, and LeCarpentier tracts in Brandywine Hundred, 1907. Survey of Leech Farm in Brandywine Hundred, following its sale to William P. Bancroft. Surveyed in 1908. Survey of land in Brandywine Hundred to be transferred from William P. Bancroft to Alfred I. du Pont, 1910. Map of Beaver Valley Road showing farms of Twadell, Perkins, Leech, on both sides of the Pennsylvania state line, 1911. Folder 3 Map of farms between Young’s Mills (Rockland) on the Brandywine, as well as farms of Day, and Husbands in the south to farms of Hendrick & Leech near the Pennsylvania state line in the north, no date. Map of a tract of 285 acres in Sadsbury Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Map of farms in northeast Brandywine Hundred from Ramsey’s farm to Pennsylvania state line, n.d. Survey map of Mt. Salem M.E. Church property on Church lane in Brandywine Hundred, no date. Map of John Saunders’ farm in Pennsylvania, no date. Survey of Mousley Farm, 91.5 acres, 6/1906. Drawings for a section of a retaining wall at Friends School in Wilmington, 9/8/1910. Drawing of more of the retaining wall on Ball Alley near Friends School, 8/8/1911. Tracing of Friends School on Ball Alley in Wilmington, 8/6/1912.

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Oversize Box 17, Folder 3 continued Plot plan for the Mousley-Elliott Place, 5/31/1919. Map of Alapocas Quarry and Alapocas Drive at Granite Road and School Road, no date. Folder 4 Plans, George School Orton Hall, outside toilet rooms, elevations and floor plans, 6/17/1905. Map of proposed additions to Brandywine Park, 6/22/1909. Drawing of the land lying between Wilmington and Elsmere, 1/6/1910. Map of lands owned by Alfred I. du Pont, Woodlawn, Jessup & Moore Co. and the Elliott Estate, 2/3/1915. Survey map of the intersection of Delaware Avenue & Woodlawn Avenue, Bayard Avenue and Grant, 3/14/1924. Survey map of Joseph Bancroft & Sons, Co., in relation to the Elliott Estate, no date. Folder 5 (miscellaneous records) New plantings and replantings, Fall 1931, 1933, 1934. Specifications for two apartments at 434 North Brandywine Parkway, 11/23/1933. Plans for alterations at 434 North Brandywine Parkway, 11/28/1933. Specifications for plumbing and heating for two apartments, 11/28/1933. Plans for alterations to a house near Talleyville in Brandywine Hundred, 5/19/1936. Plot plans for Sharpley I east of Block R. south of Whitby Drive in Brandywine Hundred, 7/12/1960. Specifications for installing Crane Radiation Heating system, no date. Plans, elevations and first floor, unidentified structure, no date. Oversize Box 18 Folder 1 Oversize ledger sheets for expenses & receipts for Lynthwaite farm, 1916-1929. Daily production of milk and cream for Lynthwaite farm, 1/1922-12/1925. Inventory of the herd of cows at Lythwaite farm, 1922-1927.

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Folder 2 Information about the sale/auction of equipment at the Day Farm, 1930. Expenses by the Citizens Housing Corporation, 1931-1941. Folder 3 Expenses at Woodlawn’s farms in Brandywine Hundred, 1912-1914. Folder 4 Expenses at Woodlawn’s farms in Brandywine Hundred, 1915-1918. Folder 5 Expenses at Woodlawn’s farms in Brandywine Hundred, 1918-1921. Folder 6 Expenses at Woodlawn’s farms in Brandywine Hundred, 1922-1924. Folder 7 Expenses at Woodlawn’s farms in Brandywine Hundred, 1925-1927. Folder 8 Expenses at Woodlawn’s farms in Brandywine Hundred, 1928-1930.

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