Records here indicate that Bancroft began to buy farms concurrently with the formation of Woodlawn Trustees, Inc. The records include survey books, descriptions of farms, and records indicating 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 subseries 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. Also contains files about properties that Woodlawn was interested in purchasing or which had an impact on Woodlawn's lands previously purchased.

The Properties of interest, Historic properties, and Properties no longer owned by Woodlawn records consist of correspondence, early directors' and trustees' meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, site plans and sketches, renovation information, rental agreements, leases, deeds, surveys, demolition permits, contractor quotes, National Historic Preservation applications, property photographs and negatives, tenant maintenance requests, interviews, farm operation information, financial records, and property history.

The Breger Tract was a special part of Woodlawn's Master Plan to finance their holdings in Wilmington. From 1980 until 1994, Woodlawn battled to secure the land, secure proper zoning, secure proper storm, and sanitary sewer drainage, and secure the commitment from businesses to help develop Brandywine Hundred along the Concord Pike. Land sales and rents were used to support the "Flats."

The files for the West side of Concord Pike document the several communities constructed by Woodlawn on the west side of Concord Pike (Rt. 202), beginning with Alapocas in 1938.

Also contains information about additional large up-scale communities built by Woodlawn and farms purchased in Brandywine Hundred, some used for purposes other than farming. See Board Meeting Reports for specific years for more information on these communities.

The Village of Rocky Run also referred to as the Lynthwaite tract at first, is a community for people over fifty-five years old located in the Brandywine Hundred. This community constructed by Benchmark Builders, Inc. and overseen by Francis Julian, the President of Benchmark Builders at the time. These files generally include newspaper clippings, correspondence, maps, site plans, easement agreements, land exchange agreements, option agreements, settlement statements, rezoning applications, Declaration of Restrictions, permits, reports, capacity calculations, meeting minutes, concept plans, project proposals and drafts, Benchmark Builders, Inc. plans, environmental audit, surveys, notes, and invoices.

Rockland Paper Mills was constructed circa 1795 by William Young, a bookseller from Philadelphia. In 1814, the paper mill was destroyed by a fire and converted to a cotton mill in 1822. It burned down again in 1846 and was re-established as a paper mill by Jessup & Moore in 1854, who had earlier built Augustine Mills (the name taken from Augustus Jessup.) Jessup & Moore paper mill sold in 1940 to the San-Nap-Pak company, which produced a paper called Doeskin at Rockland, by which name it was known after that. Augustine Mills was much later sold to the Container Company of America. Rockland Mills, as of 2010, had been transformed into the Millrace, several upscale condominiums near Rockland Bridge on Rockland Road outside of Wilmington. 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 Woodlawn did not acquire the mills, the Trustees followed the conversion with much interest due to the impact on Brandywine Park and the history of their founder's legacy.

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 developing the space, which, as of 2010, was a very popular shopping center, despite much public protest during the development process.

In the fall of 1989, the Woodlawn Trustees wrote a proposal to develop 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 includes architectural drawings of the proposed mix of commercial buildings and open space. Documents leading up to and after the proposal are included and arranged chronologically. Several rolled drawings consist of plans for various structures on Concord Pike.

Also 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.

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 parkland 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 for additional information about all properties] [See also "Operations and Purpose of Woodlawn" compiled by Phillip G. Rhoads. Letters from Bancroft suggesting the purchase of additional lands in Brandywine Hundred. The sale of the Husband's Place to L. Scott Townsend