People: Du Pont, Pierre S. - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 7.3 linear foot (12 boxes) and 18 oversize folder
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.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 3.33 linear foot (4 boxes), 1 oversize removal (1 oversized folder), and .5 linear foot (vertical files stored in hanging folders)
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.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 phonograph record, 70 1/4 inch audio tape, 6 audio cassette, 1 cd, and 49.2 gigabyte (616 total recordings, approximately 488 unique recordings)
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.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 oversize box (1 oversize box)
Abstract:: 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.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 19 volume (17 scrapbooks and 2 photograph albums)
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.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 62.5 linear feet
Abstract:: The Henry P. McIlhenny Papers document the privileged and urbane lifestyle of the man whose tastes and talents earned him a reputation as a distinguished connoisseur of art and antiques, world traveler, host extraordinaire, philanthropist and generous friend. Although Henry McIlhenny (1910-1986) is the primary creator, this collection is very much a family affair, encompassing the art collections initiated by his parents, John D. and Frances P. McIlhenny, which passed, along with the family trust fund, on to McIlhenny and his sister Bernice ("Bonnnie") Wintersteen. Much of the material deals with McIlhenny's activities from the mid-1930s to his final years, with particularly extensive documentation of his art collection and of his homes, the latter of which encompasses his penchant for interior design and his passion for horticulture. Also well documented are his many years of service to and support of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Academy of Music, and the Philadelphia...(see more)

Held at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives [Contact Us]

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