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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

Thomas R. Carper congressional papers

 Collection
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

Delaware clippings and scrapbook collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0574
Abstract

This Delaware clippings and scrapbook collection includes articles and full page sheets clipped and saved from nineteenth- and twentieth-century published newspapers and periodicals (bulk dates 1950-1969). Housed in 17 folders and one scrapbook, the articles focus on historic structures and locations in Delaware, local politics and people, the Delaware River, transportation, and extreme weather.

Dates: 1818-1973; Majority of material found in 1950-1969

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

Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. papers

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

League of Women Voters of Greater Newark, Delaware, records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0448
Abstract

The League of Women Voters of Greater Newark (LWVGN) was established in Newark, Delaware, in 1952 as the local branch of the national, non-partisan women’s organization which promotes citizen education and encourages participation in government. This archive, spanning the dates 1949-1998, highlights local and national issues, as well as providing information about the organization itself.

Dates: 1949-1998

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

Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0648
Abstract

Dale E. Wolf served as lieutenant governor of Delaware (1989-1992) and briefly as governor (December 31, 1992-January 19, 1993). The Dale E. and Clarice Wolf papers and memorabilia document Wolf’s military service in World War II, his early agricultural research and DuPont Company career, his political career and public service, as well as the community service of his wife, Clarice Wolf.

Dates: 1925-2013; Majority of material found within 1980-1993

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Names
Biden, Joseph R., Jr. 4
Carper, Thomas R., 1947- 3
Castle, Michael N., 1939- 3
Delaware. General Assembly 2
Du Pont, Pierre S. 2
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Kaufman, Edward E., 1939- 2
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 2
Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 2
United States. Congress. House 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
American Legislative Exchange Council 1
Bair, Myrna L. (Myrna Lynn), 1940- 1
Blunt Rochester, Lisa 1
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993 1
Carney, John C., 1956- 1
Chalfant, Jefferson David, 1856-1931 1
Council of State Governments 1
Creator unidentified 1
Delaware. General Assembly. Senate 1
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
Evans, Thomas Beverly, Jr. 1
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 1
Hoskins, Gayle Porter, 1887-1962 1
Kaufman, Edward E., 1939- --Archives 1
League of Women Voters (U.S.) 1
League of Women Voters of Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of Dover, Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of Greater Newark, Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of Greater Wilmington, Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of New Castle County, Delaware 1
League of Women Voters of Sussex County, Delaware 1
National Conference of State Legislatures 1
Obama, Barack 1
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950 1
Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 1
State Government Affairs Council 1
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 1
United States. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 1
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs 1
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 1
United States. Congress. Senate--Archives 1
United States. Congress. Senate--Biography 1
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency 1
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance 1
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations 1
University of Delaware 1
University of Delaware. Library 1
Voshell, Robert J. 1
Wolf, Clarice 1
Wolf, Dale E., 1924- 1
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