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Box 16

 Container

Contains 50 Results:

Political correspondence, 1965-2004

 File — Box: 16, Folder: F8
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence from Caleb Boggs, Russell Peterson, Ruth Ann Minner, John Carney, Jim Sills, James Baker, Chris Coons, and others.

Dates: 1965-2004

Letters from Joe Biden and Thomas Carper regarding Mitchell Fellows Program

 File — Box: 16, Folder: F9
Scope and Contents

The Mitchell Fellows Program Civil Rights and Social Justice provides students with funds to pursue higher education.

Correspondence from Lit Mitchell regarding various issues, 1953-2000

 File — Box: 16, Folder: F17
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with organizations and individuals. Includes letters to journalists about what he perceived as incorrect information or insulting wording in various articles.

Dates: 1953-2000

Letter thanking Lit Mitchell for inspiration, 1989 April 20

 File — Box: 16, Folder: F19
Scope and Contents

A letter from a resident Millville, Delaware, thanking Mitchell for his work and relaying his admiration for Mitchell personally.

Dates: 1989 April 20

Lit Mitchell correspondence with David P. Roselle, 1993

 File — Box: 16, Folder: F20
Scope and Contents

Two letter thanking David Roselle, President of the University of Delaware, for his words during an event in which Mitchell received the University of Delaware Medal of Merit.

Dates: 1993

Letter from student to Mitchell regarding school integration- Gov. Bacon, undated

 File — Box: 16, Folder: F23
Scope and Contents

A letter from a student at Governor Bacon Health Center regarding integration at the school. She recounts her changing attitude towards people of other races after attending class with black students and laments her parents' intransigent attitudes regarding race, especially following an incident where black and white students danced together.

Dates: undated

Silver Star and Purple Heart to Sandy Pratcher, Jr., 1967

 File — Box: 16, Folder: F24
Scope and Contents

Contains information on a US Airman who was awarded a Silver Star and Purple Heart for his actions during the Vietnam War.

Dates: 1967

Mitchell Freemasonry material, circa 1960-2003

 File — Box: 16, Folder: F25
Scope and Contents

Mitchell was a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. Contains a pamphlet titled "A Lecture in the Second Degree Free and Accepted Masons", correspondence from a Masonic lodge (The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge) in Wilmington, Delaware, a card confirming Mitchell's membership in a Masonic order, and a certificate confirming his good standing a Shriner order.

Dates: circa 1960-2003