As we process archival material at the Arden Craft Shop Museum, we will create and post finding aids online to aid researchers. If you are interested in accessing these materials, please review the finding aids and contact us using the Research Requests form.
aRDEN aRCHIVES cOLLECTION
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Date range: 1900 - present
Bulk dates: 1970 - present Copyright: Copyright Arden Craft Shop Museum, 2014 Abstract: The collaboratively amassed ephemera of the villages of the Ardens include correspondence, newspaper clippings concerning the villages and their events, theatre media, local periodicals and other publications, published and unpublished writings of resident authors, and personal files of residents. Note: Throughout the collection and finding aid, the village of Ardencroft may be referred to as Arden Croft. This is to comply with the Library of Congress subject heading authorities, but it always refers to the village founded in 1950. Similarly, the Robin Hood Theatre is occasionally listed as being located in Arden, but it is located in Ardentown. |
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William penn "bill" frank collection
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Date range: 1871-2012
Bulk dates: 1932-1988 Copyright: Copyright Arden Craft Shop Museum, 2017 Abstract: The William Penn “Bill” Frank Collection consists of manuscripts, journals, research notes, correspondence, and newspaper articles created by Bill Frank, mostly from the 1930s to the 1980s. It also contains correspondence from Frank’s friends and newspaper articles regarding Bill Frank. |
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Betty solway Smith collection
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Date range: 1953-1960
Copyright: Copyright Arden Craft Shop Museum, 2017 Abstract: The Betty Solway Smith Collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings and programs related to Delaware theater productions from 1954 to 1960. It also contains materials regarding Ardensingers, the Arden Folk Gild, the Arden Club, the Arden Fair, Ardentown leaseholders, Arden and Solway family news clippings, and Solway family correspondence and cards. |
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Marian p. bloch collection
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Date range: 1922-1967
Copyright: Copyright Arden Craft Shop Museum, 2017 Abstract: The Marian P. Bloch Collection consists primarily of materials regarding Ardentown leaseholding and land values from the 1930s to the 1960s. It also contains documents related to the Arden School, Arden’s Fiftieth Anniversary, Ardentown town meetings, and Frank Stephens. |
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Anne russell smock collection
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Date range: 1929-2002
Copyright: Copyright Arden Craft Shop Museum, 2017 Abstract: The Anne Russell Smock Collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, newsletters, and other materials related to Smock’s life in Arden, Delaware. |
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cecilia vore collection
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Date range: 1978-2011
Copyright: Copyright Arden Craft Shop Museum, 2017 Abstract: The Cecilia Vore Collection consists primarily of Shakespeare Gild promotional materials designed by Ardenite Cecilia Vore. The collection also contains materials related to the Arden Players Gild and the Highway Ensemble. |
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Hazel stephens collection
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Date range: 1929-1964
Copyright: Copyright Arden Craft Shop Museum, 2017 Abstract: The Hazel Stephens Collection contains ephemera about theater in the Ardens as well manuscript materials regarding Frank Stephens, Arden Day, and the Arden Club. |
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Phyllis conner collection
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Date range: 1933-2013, bulk 1991-2010
Copyright: Copyright Arden Craft Shop Museum, 2017 Abstract: The Phyllis Conner Collection consists of materials on Ardencroft governance, tracts about the Ardens, community newsletters, news clippings about the Ardens and their residents, historical research on the Ardens, and documents related to the planning of Remembrance Day and the Arden Reunion. |
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