Subject: Political campaigns--United States--History--20th century - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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:: 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]

Extent:: 12.3 linear foot (12 boxes), 1 oversize box (32 inches), and 2 oversize removal
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.

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

Extent:: .66 linear foot (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Dr. Winthrop Topliff Doolittle, Sr. (1895-1967), was a Milford, Connecticut, dentist and an avid collector of stamps, coins, campaign buttons and related ephemera. His collection contains approximately 200 political campaign buttons, tobacco and advertising pin-back buttons, pins and medals, the bulk of which date between 1892 and 1920.

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

Extent:: .5 linear foot (1 box)
Abstract:: 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.

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

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