Search

Start Over Place United States--Politics and government--20th century

Main content

Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour campaign truck photograph, 1924

Extent:
1 item
Abstract:
In 1924, Republican presidential candidate Calvin Coolidge organized The Lincoln Tour, a 56-day, cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles that was designed to be a continuous political parade along the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental road for automobiles in the country. This is a photograph of a truck from the Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes campaign's Lincoln Tour.

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

Main content

Marj Skinker album of Republican women's Voteswagon tour, 1968-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (approximately 86 pages with 88 page enclosure)
Abstract:
Marjorie Bragunier "Marj" Skinker (1928-2020) had a lifelong involvement with the media and Republican Party politics, including serving as Press Secretary for the Republican National Committee during the 1968 presidential campaign. The Marj Skinker album of Republican women's Voteswagon tour contains photographs, postcards, correspondence, and ephemera relating to the Voteswagon, a bus decorated with campaign stickers and run by women members of the Republican Party, which toured the country to rally women support for the Nixon-Agnew campaign in September and October, 1968.

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

Main content

George Gray papers, approximately 1871-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:
10 linear foot (10 boxes) and 1 oversize box
Abstract:
George Gray (1840-1925) was a politician and judge from New Castle, Delaware. A member of the Democratic party, he served as a United States Senator from Delaware from 1885-1899. He was later appointed to the U.S. Circuit Court, Third District from 1899-1914, and served as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Records in this collection include correspondence and legal papers, primarily documenting his career as a judge and arbiter. An index of papers in the collection is included.

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

Main content

Harold Brayman papers, 1900-1991 (inclusive) 1928-1978 (bulk)

Extent:
20.33 linear foot (21 boxes), 12 volume (12 scrapbooks), 16 oversize removal (13 folders and 3 items), 16 audio cassette, 10 1/4 inch audio tape, 1 vhs tape, 1 betamax tape, and 6 phonograph record
Abstract:
Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers, spanning from 1900-1991, document the successful dual career of one man in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and articles, manuscripts for publications, photographs, and memorabilia.

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

Main content

Harold Brayman papers supplement, 1914-1992 (inclusive)

Extent:
6.75 linear foot (8 boxes), 9 phonograph record (8 acetate discs and 1 aluminum disc), and 1 oversize removal (1 oversized folder)
Abstract:
Harold Brayman (1900-1988), a political journalist and former director of the Public Relations Department of Du Pont Company for 21 years, helped establish a concept of public relations which was widely emulated throughout the United States. The Harold Brayman papers supplement, spanning from 1914-1992, contains substantial editions to the original collection, documenting Brayman's dual careers in the fields of journalism and public relations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings and articles, photographs, memorabilia and books.

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

Main content

Kay Boyle papers relating to the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia, 1960-1979 (inclusive) 1966-1979 (bulk)

Extent:
1 linear foot (1 box) and 1 1/4 inch audio tape
Abstract:
Kay Boyle, born in 1902, is best known for her work and accomplishments as a poet, short story writer, novelist, journalist, teacher, and political activist. One of the prominent American expatriates during the 1920s and 1930s, much of Kay Boyle's work reflects the influences of that literary circle. The Kay Boyle papers relating to the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia, spanning from 1960-1979, consists of diaries, correspondence, books, periodicals, news clippings, reports, speeches, audio recording tapes, a photograph, and poems, documenting controversial aspects of the ground war in Vietnam and its possible expansion into Cambodia through the recorded thoughts and actions of Kay Boyle and the Citizens' Mission to Cambodia. Additional items capture the evolution of political Cambodia well into the 1970s through various publications and articles.

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

Main content

Rockwell Kent letters to David Wesley, 1951-1969 (inclusive)

Extent:
.6 linear foot (272 items)
Abstract:
The Rockwell Kent collection consists of letters written by twentieth century American artist Rockwell Kent to his personal friend and twentieth century American journalist David Wesley.

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

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

Current results range from 1716 to 2020

View larger »