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Thurman Adams, Jr., papers
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.
Myrna Bair papers
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.
Selected from various authors: Chosen paragraphs, agreeable to the fancy of the compiler
This single bound volume was compiled by Dr. Samuel Henry Black between 1810 and 1844, containing transcribed quotations, prose, and poetry; agricultural memorandums (1815); and an open letter in which he declined to run for the Delaware General Assembly (1821).
J. Caleb Boggs letter to John M. Dawson
U. S. Senator J. Caleb Boggs (R-Del., 1961-1973) wrote to University of Delaware librarian John M. Dawson regarding an appropriations bill which included libraries.
Harold Brayman papers
Harold Brayman papers supplement
Susan Brynteson collection of Thomas R. Carper ephemera
The Susan Brynteson collection of Thomas R. Carper ephemera includes campaign correspondence and mailings from all three of Tom Carper's campagin committees, Carper for Congress, Carper for Delaware, and Carper for Senate, as well as the group Women for Carper. This collection also includes two items related to Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Susan Brynteson served as Vice Provost for Libraries and May Morris University Librarian at the University of Delaware from 1980-2015.
Thomas R. Carper congressional papers
John M. Clayton form letter to John Murphy
Form letter about updated laws for the State of Delaware, sent to the governor of Alabama, John Murphy, and signed by Delaware's secretary of state, John M. Clayton.
Leon De Valinger papers
Delaware ephemera collection related to politics, policy, and government
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.
Delaware "First State" Committee to Impeach Nixon petition
A blank petition from the Delaware "First State" Committee to Impeach Nixon dated July 3, 1973 calling on the House of Representatives to begin the impeachment process against President Richard Nixon.
Document certifying delegates to the Republican National Convention
Consists of one handwritten document certifying six delegates and six alternates as representatives of the State of Delaware at the Republican National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois, on June 19, 1888. The document, drafted by the Delaware Republican State Convention, is signed by Convention President W. Hastings and Secretary Caleb R. Layton.
Patricia Dycio Pete du Pont political ephemera collection
Political ephemera, mostly related to Delaware governor Pete du Pont, including campaign buttons, t-shirts, a newspaper clipping, a 1981 inaugural program, and campaign literature collected by Patricia Buchanan Dycio.
Bill Frank Delaware political research files
Billk Frank's collection of information and clippings regarding Delaware Senators and U. S. Representatives, particularly James A. Bayard and Thomas McKean. Also included is a letter from Jeffrey Welsh, the Press Secretary for the office of the Governor, concerning Buena Vista, a home that once served as the Governor's mansion.
Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers
Clarice U. Heckert papers
Clarice U. Heckert (1911-2005), a Republican and community activist, served as representative to the Delaware General Assembly in the 11th (1965-1968) and the 9th districts (1969-1974), in the Wilmington area, between 1964 and 1974.The Clarice U. Heckert papers document the decade-long political career of a northern Delaware woman in the Delaware General Assembly during the mid-twentieth century.
Jerome O. Herlihy political campaign ephemera collection
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.
Gary Hindes papers
Gary Hindes is an American journalist and investment manager. In 1988, Hindes ran as a Democrat for lieutenant govenor of Delaware, losing to Dale Wolf by approximately 17,000 votes. The Gary Hindes papers document Hinde's political campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1988 and the ensuing legal case he filed against the Castle/Wolf ticket. The collection also contains informaiton about Hindes' political involvement and public engagement beyond his 1988 campaign.
Walter E. Holt, Jr., photographs of the Frear family and letter from J. Allen Frear, Jr.
The Walter E. Holt, Jr., photographs of the Frear family and letter from J. Allen, Frear, Jr. contains seven photographic portraits taken between 1954 and 1957 by Walter E. Holt, Jr. of Delaware Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr., his wife, Esther Frear, their son Fred, and their daughter Clara. Also included is a letter from Senator Frear to Walter Holt, believed to be the photographer's father.
Betty Lee Hutchinson papers
Betty Lee Hutchinson (1925-2020), a Democrat and Newark City Council member (1977-1980 and 1984-1988) was born November 18, 1925, in Uniontown, PA, to Harry J. Truman, Sr. (1897-1965), and Merle Carte Truman (1901-2001). The Betty Lee Hutchinson papers document the personal interests and civic activities of a woman with ties to Newark, Delaware, and the University of Delaware community.
John B. Hutton ticket to Roosevelt-Garner inaugural ceremonies
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.
Jack Jurden political and editorial cartoons
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.
Catherine W. Kallal papers
The Catherine W. Kallal papers pertain to the publication of Delaware Government by the League of Women Voters of Delaware, Kallal’s years as president of the LWV of Delaware and the LWV of Greater Wilmington, as well as information on environmental issues in Delaware from 1968 to 2005.