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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

Victor F. Battaglia, Sr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0654
Abstract Victor F. Battaglia, Sr. is a Wilmington attorney specializing in general litigation, civil and criminal law, hospital litigation, legal and medical malpractice and discipline, and estate planning and probate law. The Victor F. Battaglia, Sr., papers, spanning from 1981-2012, contains correspondence, reports, notes, legal documents, board and committee meeting minutes, articles, speeches, prepared remarks and lecture notes documenting his professional activity, public activity, and...
Dates: 1981-2012; Majority of material found within 1994-2008

Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records

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Identifier: MSS 0593
Abstract The Kim Rogers Burdick National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association records contains 3.3 linear feet of documents, correspondence, new clippings, brochures, financial records, and multimedia materials gathered by Burdick during her work with the Association (also known as W3R), which first began meeting informally in 1999 and was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 2004 with the purpose of identifying and marking the approximately 650-mile route traveled by colonial...
Dates: 1976-2009; Majority of material found within 2002-2008

Thomas R. Carper congressional papers

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Identifier: MSS 0399
Abstract Thomas R. Carper (1947- ) served the state of Delaware as its member-at-large in the U.S. House of Representatives for five terms: he was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1993). Carper served on the committees of Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries, with memberships on several subcommittees. Carper was elected with the "budget conscious class of 1982" and was a fiscal conservative...
Dates: 1979-1993; Majority of material found within 1982-1992

Michael N. Castle congressional papers

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Identifier: MSS 0683
Abstract

The Michael N. Castle congressional papers documents the career of former Delaware governor Mike Castle during his 18 year tenure as Delaware's at-large member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011.

Dates: 1968-2010

Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht papers

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Identifier: MSS 1098
Abstract

The Biliana Cicin-Sain and Robert W. Knecht papers document the reserach, publication, teaching, and professional careers of Drs Cicin-Sain and Knecht in the domain of environmental policy and coastal zone management.

Dates: 1973-2018

Leon De Valinger papers

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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

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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

Dodd, Mead & Company telegrams regarding the Vestal copyright bill

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0999
Abstract

Dodd, Mead & Company telegrams regarding the Vestal copyright bill consists of two original telegrams exchanged by Dodd Mead and Senator Charles W. Waterman, Chairman of the Senate Patents Committee in January 1931, regarding the Vestal copyright bill.

Dates: 1931

Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers

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Identifier: MSS 0315
Abstract J. Allen Frear, Jr. (1903-1993) was a politician from Dover, Delaware (Kent County). A member of the Democratic Party, Frear served two terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware. The Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers are primarily those of his congressional career, when he represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1949 to 1960, though the collection also includes personal material from pre- and post-Congressional periods. The collection dates from 1917 to 1963, with bulk of the material dating...
Dates: 1917-1963; Majority of material found within 1949-1961

Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman papers

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Identifier: MSS 0660
Abstract Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman (b. 1939) represented Delaware in the United States Senate from January 15, 2009 - November 15, 2010. Democrat Ted Kaufman was appointed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate vacancy caused by the resignation of newly elected Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Senator Ted Kaufman did not seek election to the office in a special election for the seat in November 2010. The bulk of the Ted Kaufman papers documents the 22 months he spent in the United States...
Dates: 1994-2013; Majority of material found within 2009-2010

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

Essay on slavery in England

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0127
Abstract

This manuscript essay describes the legal history of slavery in England, focusing especially on the precedents for and limitations of the 1772 Somerset vs. Stewart decision.

Dates: approximately 1860-1890

Frank R. Zebley papers

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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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Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
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Ryden, George Herbert, 1884-1941 1
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