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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

Delaware Miscellany collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0598
Abstract

The Delaware Miscellany collection includes three large, green buckram-bound volumes compiled by William Ditto Lewis, which contain various documents pertaining to the history of Delaware and the surrounding region, and the University of Delaware.

Dates: 1825-1958; Majority of material found within 1920-1958

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

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American Legislative Exchange Council 1
Bair, Myrna L. (Myrna Lynn), 1940- 1
Barratt’s Chapel (Kent County, Del.) 1
Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
Brown, Harry Fletcher, 1867-1944 1
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Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
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Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 1
Hagley Museum 1
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1
Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
Hullihen, Walter 1
Lewis, William Ditto 1
Long, David J. 1
Messick, Charles P. 1
Metten, John F. (John Farrell), 1873-1968 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
Mitchell, Littleton P. (Littleton Purnell), 1918-2009 1
Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948 1
Morris, Hugh M. 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
National Conference of State Legislatures 1
No, Kum-Sok 1
Perkins, John A. (John Alanson), 1914-1982 1
Progressive Club of Delaware 1
Purnell, William Henry, 1826-1902 1
Redding, Louis L. 1
Reed, H. Clay (Henry Clay), 1899-1972 1
Rickards, J. E. (John Ezra), 1848-1927 1
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Sypherd, Wilbur Owen, 1877-1955 1
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 1
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University of Delaware 1
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University of Delaware--History--19th century 1
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University of Delaware. Marine Laboratory 1
Vallandigham, Edward Noble, 1854-1930 1
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1
Whitaker, Epher, 1820-1916 1
Wilmington (Ship) 1
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