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Myrna Bair papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0689
Abstract

Myrna L. Bair served in the Delaware Senate from 1980 to 2000, representing Delaware's 5th District as a member of the Republican Party. For sixteen years, she held a legislative leadership position, including fourteen years as Senate minority leader and two years as minority whip. The bulk of the Myrna Bair papers documents her time as a senator and consists of legislation, correspondence, personal notes, press clippings, and other materials.

Dates: 1980-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2000

Leon De Valinger papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0686
Abstract Leon De Valinger, Jr., served as Delaware State Archivist from 1941 to 1970. The Leon De Valinger papers contain his personal and professional records, primarily related to his work as State Archivist and as a historian of Delaware. His professional, administrative, and subject files offer a window into the varied concerns of the archives profession as it evolved during the 20th century. Additionally, his work to document, preserve, and promote Delaware history and culture forms a theme...
Dates: 1752-1999; Majority of material found within 1930-1980

Desegregation of Delaware collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0104
Abstract

The collection consists of reports, articles, and other papers related to desegregation which were collected as resource files by Abigail Covelli. Delaware started a desegregation project in the public school system in the mid 1970s, and the bulk of the collection relates to this project.

Dates: 1960-1982; Majority of material found within 1974-1976

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0629
Abstract The Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers document the life and career of the Delaware-based civil rights activist and educator Littleton P. Mitchell (1918-2004) and his wife Jane E. Mitchell (1921-2004). The collection contains material relating to his education, activities as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, his three decades-long leadership of the Delaware NAACP, his career as a teacher and counselor at Governor Bacon Health Center in Delaware City, and his involvement in a number of...
Dates: 1911-2009; Majority of material found within 1950-2000

Frank R. Zebley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0135
Abstract

The Frank R. Zebley Papers spans the period 1897-1950, and consists of .5 linear feet of material comprising correspondence, business of the Delaware state legislature, legal and financial business of the estate of Alexander C. Rodgers, a scrapbook, and ephemera. This is a very small collection of personal papers with large lacunae that make it difficult to piece together a narrative of Zebley's life.

Dates: 1897-1950

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Segregation in education--Law and legislation--United States 2
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1/4 inch audio tape 1
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Affirmative action programs--Delaware 1
African American churches--Delaware 1
African American civil rights workers 1
African Americans--Civil rights--Delaware--History--20th century 1
African Americans--Domestic life 1
African Americans--Education--Delaware--History--20th century 1
African Americans--Race identity 1
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Civil rights movements--Delaware--History--20th century 1
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Delaware City (Del.) 1
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Migrant labor--Delaware 1
Milford (Del.) 1
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Nursing--Delaware--History--20th century 1
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Psychiatric hospitals--Delaware 1
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American Legislative Exchange Council 1
Archaeological Society of Delaware 1
Bair, Myrna L. (Myrna Lynn), 1940- 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Council of State Governments 1