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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

Susan Brynteson collection of Thomas R. Carper ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0842
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1986-2006; Majority of material found within 1990-2001

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 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

Betty Lee Hutchinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0839
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1900-2012; Majority of material found within 1975-2005

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

Horacio D. Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0732
Abstract

The Horacio D. Lewis papers consist of Dr. Lewis’ letters, articles, and publications related to his personal and civic involvement and recognition of activities associated with the civil rights of the Latino and African-American communities in Delaware and the desegregation of Delaware’s public schools.

Dates: 1960-2003

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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Delaware--Politics and government--1951- 8
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Castle, Michael N., 1939- 6
Delaware. General Assembly 6
Du Pont, Pierre S. 4
Peterson, Russell W. (Russell Wilbur), 1916-2011 4
Reagan, Ronald 3
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Roth, William V., Jr. (William Victor), 1921-2003 3
United States. Congress. House 3
Adams, Thurman, Jr. 2
Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 2
Minner, Ruth Ann, 1935- 2
Tribbitt, Sherman W. 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
University of Delaware 2
Anderson, John 1
Baker, James M., 1942- 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Biden, Robert Hunter, 1970- 1
Blunt Rochester, Lisa 1
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993 1
Brynteson, Susan 1
Carney, John C., 1956- 1
Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
Coons, Christopher A. 1
Delaware. Department of Public Instruction 1
Delaware. Supreme Court 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Elderhostel, Inc. 1
Evans, Thomas Beverly, Jr. 1
Frear, J. Allen, Jr. 1
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 1
Harker, Patrick T., 1958- 1
Herlihy, Jerome O. 1
Hutchinson, Betty Lee 1
Hutchinson, Harry D. 1
Jones, Russel C. (Russel Cameron) 1
Jurden, Jack 1
Kaufman, Edward E., 1939- 1
League of Women Voters of Delaware 1
Lewis, Horacio D. 1
McDowell, Harris B. (Harris Brown), 1906-1988 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
Newark (Del.). City Council 1
Newark Free Library (Newark, Del.) 1
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 1
Obama, Barack 1
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 1
Roselle, David P. 1
Satterfield, William 1
Schmitz, John G., 1930-2001 1
Sparkman, John, 1899-1985 1
United States. Congress 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. Committee on Foreign Relations 1
University of Delaware. Library 1
University of Michigan 1
University of Pittsburgh 1
Voshell, Robert J. 1
WKEN (Radio station : Dover, Del.) 1
Williams, John J. (John James), 1904-1988 1
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