Record Group
I: Personal/Political/Office Files (P/P/O Files)
40 linear ft.
Boxes 1-40
Span Dates 1901-2003
Bulk Dates 1967-2000
Content Note: Correspondence, personal papers, memoranda, speeches,
newspaper articles, photographs, campaign files, political cartoons,
publications, and awards.
Restrictions: Box 1, folders 13-41, Box 2,
folders 1-8, and Boxes 11-16 are closed until 10 years after donor’s
death.
For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
A.
Personal Files
1 linear ft.
Boxes 1-2
Dates 1901-2003
Content Note: Includes biographical information, the Roth family,
education, military service, employment, passports, and
correspondence.
Restrictions: Box 1 Folders 13-41 and Box 2 Folders 1-8 are closed
until 10 years after donor’s death. For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
B.
Pre-Congressional Republican Party Activities
2 linear ft.
Boxes 2-3
Dates 1954-1966
Content Note: These files include correspondence, press files,
political events and activities, press releases, statements, and
speeches. Includes Roth’s involvement in the Republican State
Committee and the Young Republicans of Delaware.
For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
C.
Political Files
1 linear ft.
Boxes 4 and 497
Dates 1943-2000
Content Note: These files include political humor and general
elections.
For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
D.
Campaign/Election Files
6 linear ft.
Boxes 5-10 and 498
Dates 1960-2000
Content Note: These files are organized chronologically and
alphabetically for each election. They include material from WVR’s
campaigns for lieutenant governor in 1960, U.S. House of
Representatives in 1966 and 1968, and U.S. Senate races in 1970, 1976,
1982, 1988, 1994, and 2000. The files contain correspondence,
research, Republican Party platform information, office files,
statistics, and press files.
For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
E.
VIP Files
3 linear ft.
Boxes 11-16
Dates 1955-2001
Content Note: These files are organized alphabetically and
chronologically by folder. They include VIP Correspondence, VIP
Presidential Correspondence, VIP Events, and VIP Memorabilia. VIP
Correspondence includes correspondence from other U.S. politicians,
foreign diplomats, actors, and correspondence signed by WVR. Box 16
contains the original letters signed by Presidents Richard Nixon,
Jerry Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush,
and Bill Clinton. These letters were photocopied and copies were
placed in VIP Correspondence in boxes 11-15.
Restrictions: Box 11-16 are closed until 10 years after donor’s
death. Box 16 is kept in the Library’s manuscript vault.
For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
F.
Photographs
4 linear ft.
Boxes 17-20, 497, and 499
Dates 1935-2003
Content Note: Photographs are organized numerically, but randomly as
to date and topic. Formats include black and white photographs, color
prints, slides, and negatives. Oversize photographs are located in
Boxes 497 and 499, and poster-sized prints are located in a flat
file. The collection contains over 950 images.
For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
G.
Awards and Citations
1 linear ft.
Boxes 21 and 500
Dates 1950-2000
Content Note: Includes certificates, awards, and citations received by
WVR, arranged
chronologically. Oversized certificates and awards are located in Box
500.
For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
H.
Scrapbooks
3 linear ft.
Boxes 22-24
Dates 1968-1988
Content Note: There are three scrapbooks: the 1968 U.S. House
campaign, 1974-1976 Delaware Album, and 1988 trip to the Republic of
China.
For more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
I.
Publications removed from the collection
16 linear ft.
Boxes 25-40
Dates 1955-2000
Content Note: Contains books, manuscripts and drafts of works by WVR,
journals and periodicals, and publications removed from subject files
on the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
For
more information, contact
deinfo@dehistory.org.
