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Extent:: 4 linear foot and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: The Delaware Oral History collection was a project of the University of Delaware History Department, directed by Dr. John Munroe and funded by Robert H. Richards, Jr.. Interviews with 317 Delawareans conducted between 1966 and 1978 cover topics including the following: educators, immigrants, journalism, politics, and the University of Delaware, Delaware in the Depression, and the 1950s relocation of Long Island and New Jersey potato farmers to Delaware.

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

Extent:: 2100 item (this collection contains approximately 1500 campaign buttons and pins, 400 unique bumper stickers, 375 political artifacts, paper ephemera, and posters and signs in 27 boxes. ), 2 vhs tape, 1 phonograph record, and 1 oversize removal
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.

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

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