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Thurman Adams, Jr., papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0619
Abstract

Democratic Senator Thurman Adams, Jr., (1928-2009) was the longest-serving senator in the history of the Delaware General Assembly. Adams was also the president of T.G. Adams & Sons, Inc., an agricultural feed and grain business in Bridgeville, Delaware. The Thurman Adams, Jr., papers chronicle the personal and professional life of the longest-serving senator (a Democrat from the 19th District) in the history of the Delaware General Assembly.

Dates: 1939-2012; Majority of material found within 1960-2009

Delaware ephemera collection related to politics, policy, and government

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0733
Abstract

This Delaware ephemera collection is a vertical file of fliers, clippings, artifacts, and other ephemeral materials pertaining to local and federal election campaigns, environmental groups, grassroots organizations, and political groups.

Dates: 1936-2023; Majority of material found within 1970-2021

Jerome O. Herlihy political campaign ephemera collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0896
Abstract

Delaware native and former Delaware Superior Court Judge Jerome O. Herlihy maintained an active connection to national and local politics throughout his life. The Jerome O. Herlihy political campaign ephemera collection spans over a century of United States and Delaware politics, and includes campaign buttons and pins, bumper stickers, a wide array of political artifacts, and paper ephemera.

Dates: 1876-2018

Jack Jurden political and editorial cartoons

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0134
Abstract

Jack Jurden was a political and editorial cartoonist who drew national and local politicians over his six-decade long career (1960s-2010s) in Wilmington, Delaware. The Jack Jurden political and editorial cartoon collection contains Jurden's reference files, practice drawings, drafts and completed cartoons.

Dates: circa 1960-2012

William Satterfield collection of Delaware political radio commercials and interviews

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0877
Abstract

William Satterfield, a native of Dover, Delaware, served as a news reporter and news director of WKEN (AM 1600) between 1975 and 1984. The William Satterfield collection of Delaware political radio commercials and interviews contains approximately 485 unique recordings, documenting the political discourse of the First State in the 1970s and 1980s.

Dates: 1970-1986; Majority of material found within 1972, 1980-1984

Robert J. Voshell collection of Delaware political ephemera scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0119
Abstract

Delaware native Robert J. Voshell spent his career working for the Delaware Department of Motor Vehicles and served as a State Senator representing the Milford area from 1993-1998. The Robert J. Voshell collection of Delaware political ephemera scrapbooks contains 17 volumes and 2 albums of flyers, clippings, bumper stickers, newsletters, brochures, posters and other ephemeral material pertaining to local, state and federal elections, Delaware government and politics.

Dates: 1925-2004; Majority of material found within 1968-2000

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  • Names: Castle, Michael N., 1939- X
  • Names: Carper, Thomas R., 1947- X

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Delaware--Politics and government--1951- 5
Printed ephemera 4
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Delaware 3
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United States--Politics and government 3
Advertising, Political--United States 2
Buttons (information artifacts) 2
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Elections 2
Fliers (printed matter) 2
Kent County (Del.) 2
Political cartoons 2
Political posters 2
Politicians 2
Realia 2
Advertisements 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--20th century 1
Agriculture--Delaware--History--21st century 1
Audio cassette 1
Awards 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Bridgeville (Del.) 1
Brochures 1
Bumper stickers 1
Campaign songs--United States 1
Cartoonists 1
Color photographs 1
Correspondence 1
Delaware--Politics and government--20th century 1
Delaware--Politics and government--21st century 1
Editorial cartoons 1
Environmentalism 1
Ephemera (general) 1
Freemasons--20th century 1
Freemasons--21st century 1
Interviews 1
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Legislators 1
Local elections--Delaware 1
Maps (documents) 1
Maryland 1
New Castle County (Del.) 1
Newark (Del.) 1
News journal (Wilmington, Del.) 1
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Political buttons 1
Political campaigns--United States--History--20th century 1
Political radio commercials 1
Politics, Practical--Delaware--History--20th century 1
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Postcards--Delaware 1
Public affairs radio programs 1
Scrapbooks 1
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Sussex County (Del.) 1
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Language
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Du Pont, Pierre S. 4
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 4
Reagan, Ronald 3
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 2
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2