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Woodlawn Trustees, Incorporated. Woodlawn Trustees, Incorporated, records, 1880-2005 (bulk, 1901-1995).

Title: Woodlawn Trustees, Incorporated, records, 1880-2005 (bulk, 1901-1995).

The records of the Woodlawn Trustees, Incorporated, provide an excellent case study of the inherent tension between planned development and the realities of the market for commercial and residential real estate. They also document the outward growth of the Greater Wilmington area over the course of the 20th century and the activities of its Quaker families. The records of the Trustees include charters, minutes, officer lists, directors' correspondence, real estate records, property maps, reports, drawings and specifications and newspaper and journal articles on the history of the Trustees and of the Bancroft family. Subjects covered include the development of the city park system and the Bancroft Parkway, the building and maintenance of the "Woodlawn Flats," the Citizens Housing Corporation, the development of post-World War II suburbs, the Quaker beliefs of the Trustees and discussions withing the Society of Friends over their development activities and the disputes over racial discrimination in housing and segregation in the suburbs. The papers of William Poole Bancroft, his wife Emma C. Bancroft and their children include family genealogies, pedigrees and biographies, including material on the family's antecedents in England, personal correspondence, material on their charitable activities, particularly their interest in African American education and Quaker schools and colleges, and also Samuel Bancroft Jr's. interest in collecting Pre-Raphaelite art, which he bequeathed to the Delaware Art Museum.

ArchivalResource: 56 linear ft.

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