Resources – The Stakes Are Too High: Voting, Civic Engagement and Political Participation

Special Collections

MSS 0096, Item 0075, Rehoboth, Delaware, Voter Registers and Tax Assessments
MSS 0098, F0218, Mitchell Palmer letter to Robert H. Hollet
MSS 0331, Willard Saulsbury, Jr., papers
MSS 0399, Thomas R. Carper congressional papers
MSS 0448, League of Women Voters of Greater Newark, Delaware, records
MSS 0528, Gwynne P Smith papers
MSS 0733, Delaware ephemera collection related to politics, policy, and government
MSS 0884, Beverly Axelrod papers
MSS 0896, Jerome O. Herlihy political campaign ephemera collection

The Constitution of the State of Delaware. 1997. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Heritage Commission.
Mann, Henry. Handbook for American Citizens; or, Things Every Patriot Should Know. 1895. New York: The Christian Herald. S18, E179 .M27x 1985.
Speech of the Hon. James A. Bayard of Delaware, in the United States Senate, February 6th, 1869 : in opposition to the proposed amendment to the federal constitution, depriving the states of their control over the franchise of suffrage, and granting that franchise to the inferior races. 1869. Philadelphia: Sherman & Co. DEL JK1923 .B3 1869.
Sullivan, William. The Political Class Book. 1832. Boston: Carter, Hendee & Co. S20, JK221 .S92.
Leaf, Munroe. Fair Play. 1967. New York: J. B. Lippencott. PS3523.E125 F37z 1967.

Government Documents

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848. Facsimile. U.S. Congress. U.S. Statutes at Large, Volume 9-1847, 29th through 31st Congress. United States,-1847, 1845. Periodical. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/llsl-v9/.
The Concept of National Voter Registration. Hearings, Ninety-Second Congress, Second Session, 1972. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print Off. United States House of Representatives Committee on Post office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Census and Statistics. GOVDOC: Y 4.P 84/10:92-51. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CHRG-92hhrg75393.
A Citizen’s Guide to Understanding the Voting Rights Act. 1984. Washington D.C: United States Commission on Civil Rights. GOVDOC: CR 1.10:84. https://delcat.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UDEL_INST/1t1uoc2/alma991004619529707701.
“Armed Forces Voter Week begins August 27: ‘what’s your excuse?’ register & vote” poster, circa 1990s. Facsimile. Department of Defense, Armed Forces Information Service. Courtesy of the University of Iowa. https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Atestposters4_481.
Polling Places and Vote Centers. 2007. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Election Assistance Commission. GOVDOC : Y 3.EL 2/5:2 P 76/4. https://delcat.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UDEL_INST/1t1uoc2/alma991016647209707701.
2016-2017 Voting Assistance Guide. Washington D.C.: Federal Voting Assistance Program. GOVDOC: D 1.80/2. https://delcat.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UDEL_INST/1t1uoc2/alma991015911689707701.
Mail Voter Registration Programs. Washington D.C: National Clearinghouse on Election Administration, Federal Election Commission. GOVDOC: Y 3.EL 2/3:18/7. https://delcat.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UDEL_INST/1t1uoc2/alma991017164829707701.
Pocket Constitution. 2012. Washington D.C.: Government Publishing Office.

Other Resources

Make a Voting Plan
Register to Vote
Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, 1852. Dover, DE: General Assembly of Delaware. KFD30 1852 .A2. https://delcat.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UDEL_INST/1t1uoc2/alma991014558619707701.
Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer. Barbara Jordan, Congresswoman, -78. United States, None. Between 1972 and 1978. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020731393/.
Jordan, Barbara C., Remarks of Honorable Barbara Jordan: Harvard University Commencement, The Barbara C. Jordan Archives, June 16, 1977, Texas Southern University, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611163/.
Civics for Life, Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy, https://civicsforlife.org/.