Politics, Practical--United States

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.

Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-1965) was Governor of Illinois (1949-1953), United Nations Ambassador (1961-1965), and a two-time Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1952 and 1956. The Adlai Stevenson 1952 presidential campaign speeches includes transcripts of 56 speeches documenting Stevenson's presidential campaign from the start of the Democratic National Convention on July 21, 1952, to the Saturday before the general election, November 1.