Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves Family Papers

Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves Family Papers

Shipley, Bringhurst, and Hargraves are the family names associated with Rockwood, a Victorian Rural Gothic Revival mansion and estate that was built in North Wilmington, Delaware, between 1851 and 1854. The Hargraves were the last family to privately own Rockwood before its donation to New Castle County in the mid-1970s as a historic house museum and public park. The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans associated with Rockwood.

Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves Family Papers: Pre-Rockwood Bringhursts, 1660-1908

MSS 684 Series II.A

The Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves family papers document the personal and professional lives of several generations of Delawareans associated with Rockwood.

Shipley-Bringhurst-Hargraves Family Papers: Photographs

MSS 684 Series IV.A

The photographs series of the family papers, circa 1840-1980 (bulk dates 1880-1935), comprises approximately ten thousand photos created and kept by the extended Bringhurst family and contains examples of early photographic processes, historic original prints, and later prints developed from original negatives.