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Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour campaign truck photograph

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0099-F0034
Abstract

In 1924, Republican presidential candidate Calvin Coolidge organized The Lincoln Tour, a 56-day, cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles that was designed to be a continuous political parade along the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the country. This is a photograph of a truck from the Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes campaign's Lincoln Tour.

Dates: 1924

Gulf Oil presidential election map

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1149

John B. Hutton ticket to Roosevelt-Garner inaugural ceremonies

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1102
Abstract

John B. Hutton was a lawyer in Dover and former Deputy Attorney General for the state of Delaware who served as one of the presidential electors for the state after the 1932 presidential election. This item is Hutton's ticket to the 1933 inaugural ceremonies for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner.

Dates: 1933

Andrew Jackson autograph signature

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0923
Abstract

The autograph signature of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), who was the seventh President of the United States, is affixed to a slip of paper cut from a document.

Dates: circa 1829-1837

Abraham Lincoln collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0521
Abstract

The Abraham Lincoln collection comprises a variety of Lincolniana - including Civil War era newspapers, art work, sheet music, and realia - collected and assembled by the Lincoln Club of Delaware.

Dates: 1841-1996; Majority of material found within 1862-1868, 1920-1977

Mars of Asheville Nixon campaign paper dress

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0099-F0033
Abstract

One paper dress produced by Waste Basket Boutique by Mars of Asheville. The dress has "Nixon" printed several times in red along with blue stars.

Dates: circa 1968

Matlack family letters to Samuel J. Matlack

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0916
Abstract

This collection consists of seventeen letters written by members of the Matlack family in Philadelphia to Samuel J. Matlack while he was serving in the Union Navy aboard the USSWissahickon, a gunboat in the blockading squadron off the coast of South Carolina, during the American Civil War, from 1862-1865.

Dates: 1862-1865

Littleton and Jane Mitchell papers

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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

L. Eudora Pettigrew papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0773
Abstract The L. Eudora Pettigrew papers document the academic and professional career of Dr. L. Eudora Pettigrew (b. 1928), the first African American to hold a position in central administration at the University of Delaware and the first black female president of the SUNY system. The collection chronicles over sixty years of her life as a student, educator, administrator, and global emissary. Spanning the dates 1900 to 2012, the collection also offers insight into the lives of three generations of...
Dates: circa 1900-2013; Majority of material found within 1965-2005

Marj Skinker album of Republican women's Voteswagon tour

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0154
Abstract Marjorie Bragunier "Marj" Skinker (1928-2020) had a lifelong involvement with the media and Republican Party politics, including serving as Press Secretary for the Republican National Committee during the 1968 presidential campaign. The Marj Skinker album of Republican women's Voteswagon tour contains photographs, postcards, correspondence, and ephemera relating to the Voteswagon, a bus decorated with campaign stickers and run by women members of the Republican Party, which toured the...
Dates: 1968-1969

Richard H. Stewart collection of Abraham Lincoln material

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0694
Abstract

The Richard H. Stewart collection of Abraham Lincoln material comprises artifacts, prints, postcards, stamps, coins, clippings, publications, notes and research, and an 1861 appointment signed by Lincoln. The collection documents the nation’s mourning of Lincoln through contemporary and commemorative ephemera, artifacts, and prints and reflects the collecting and research pursuits of native Delawarean, University of Delaware alumnus, and DuPont executive Richard H. Stewart (1936-2013).

Dates: 1861-2009

Vote-getting desserts for election night

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F1150

Gregory Wilson collection of American political ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0971
Abstract

Gregory C. Wilson is a collector and dealer of antiquarian items. The Gregory Wilson collection of American political ephemera spans nearly two centuries of primarily United States presidential politics and election. The collection includes campaign buttons and pins, a wide array of political artifacts, and paper ephemera.

Dates: 1832-2016

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Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission 1
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Delaware Humanities Forum 1
Frank, Bill, 1905-1989 1
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 1
Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967 1
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Howard High School (Wilmington, Del.) 1
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International Association of University Presidents 1
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Matlack, Samuel J., 1845-1898 1
Mitchell, Jane E. (Jane Evelyn), 1921-2004 1
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Delaware State Conference of Branches 1
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Skinker, Marj 1
State University of New York at Old Westbury 1
Stewart, Richard H. 1
Tallman, Frank G. (Frank Gifford), 1860-1938 1
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944 1
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. 1
United States. Army 1
United States. Army. Air Corps 1
United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson) 1
University of Delaware 1
West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1
Wilson, Gregory C. 1
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