Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection

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1 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on June 19, English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Mississippi State University Libraries P.O. Box 5408 Mississippi State sp_coll@library.msstate.edu URL:

2 Table of Contents Summary Information... 3 Biographical/Historical note... 3 Scope and Contents note... 4 Administrative Information... 4 Controlled Access Headings... 5 Collection Inventory... 5 Oktibbeha County Democratic Executive Committee, Local and State Elections, and Presidential year of Local and Mississippi Campaign Materials, 1992, Delegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention; Inauguration Delegate to the 1996 Democratic National Convention... 8 Democratic Nat Conventions and Elections, 1992, 1996, Inauguration, 1997, Newspapers & Magazines... 9 Presidential Elections, 2000, Mississippi State Democratic Party, Election Regulations from Mississippi Secretary of State, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and National Federation of Democratic Women, ; Hillary Rodham Clinton Fan Club, Miscellaneous Local, State and National Issues including County Race Relations Team Correspondence, Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository: Title: ID: Mississippi State University Libraries Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection CPRC.JAM Date [inclusive]: Physical Description: Physical Description: Language of the Material: 12 Cubic Feet English Biographical/Historical note Jeanne A. (Kozmer) Marszalek was born in South Bend, Indiana and lived most of her early life in Niles, Michigan where she attended elementary and high school. In 1964, she graduated from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, with a degree in elementary education. She taught in the South Bend, Public School System from at which time she married John F. Marszalek on October 16, They moved to Fort Holabird, Maryland and Fort Hood, Texas, where he served in U.S. Army Intelligence. When he was sent to Vietnam in 1966, she moved to Buffalo with their then 4 month old child. He began his college teaching career in 1967, and they lived in Erie Pennsylvania from and in Starkville, Mississippi from 1973 to the present day. They raised three sons and are the grandparents of a grandson and two granddaughters. During these years, she was a substitute teacher, taught kindergarten ( ), was owner of a home baking business from , and managed a kitchen shop from Since that time, she has been a research assistant for her author husband. She has played a major role in Mississippi politics. She began her career as secretary of the Oktibbeha County Democratic Executive Committee from , also becoming a member of the Mississippi State Democratic Executive Committee ( ). She was the founder and first president of the Oktibbeha County Federation of Democratic Women ( ) and has held a variety of offices in the Mississippi State Federation of Democratic Women (1990- ). In 1992 and 1996, she was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions and subsequently played leadership roles in the two local Bill Clinton presidential campaigns. From 1994 to 2002, she wrote a regular column in the quarterly newsletter, the Oktibbeha Democrat. From , she was co-chair of the Starkville Race Relations Team. She was awarded the Unity in the Community Award from the Oktibbeha County - Page 3-

4 NAACP (1996) and the Democrat of the Year Award from the Oktibbeha County Democratic Executive Committee (1998). In 2003, the Mississippi State University College Democrats named her "Honorary Life Member." While playing a major research role in her husband's publications, she has also published an article on Marion Anderson in the Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. She and her husband have established endowed library funds at Mississippi State University and Canisius College. Her papers, gathered in the course of her political career, are deposited in the Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Scope and Contents note The Jeanne A. Marszalek Collection consists of materials related to the Democratic Party in the state of Mississippi. Mrs. Marszalek was active in Democratic Party politics on a local, county, state, and national level. The materials in this collection reflect the work she has done while promoting the party in Oktibbeha County, the state of Mississippi and throughout the country. Types of materials found in this collection include: Democratic Party agendas and meeting minutes at the county and state levels, local party financial statements, rally materials, newsletters, political memorabilia, election returns, National Convention Delegate information packets, inauguration materials, newspaper clippings, articles, poll worker handbooks, various topical files, and correspondence files. Specific topics covered in this collection are the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Presidential Elections, National Democratic Conventions, and Mississippi Governor's races. There are 12 cubic feet of materials in this collection and the materials cover the dates All parts of this collection are open to researchers. Administrative Information Publication Statement Mississippi State University Libraries P.O. Box 5408 Mississippi State sp_coll@library.msstate.edu - Page 4-

5 URL: Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection Controlled Access Headings unspecified ##hab Collection Inventory Oktibbeha County Democratic Executive Committee, Oktibbeha County Democratic Executive Committee, Agenda and Minutes, Agenda and Minutes, 1988 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1987 and 1989 Agenda and Minutes, 1989 Financial Records, Agenda and Minutes, 1990 Agenda and Minutes, 1991 Financial Records, Agenda and Minutes, 1992 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1992 Financial Records, 1992 Agenda and Minutes, 1993 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1993 Financial Records, 1993 Agenda and Minutes, 1994 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1994 Agenda and Minutes, 1995 Beans and Greens Dinner, Page 5-

6 Financial Records, Agenda and Minutes, 1996 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1996 Labor Day Political Rally, 1996 Agenda and Minutes, 1997 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1997 Agenda and Minutes, 1998 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1998 Financial Records, Agenda and Minutes, 1999 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1999 Agenda and Minutes, 2000 Beans and Greens Dinner, 2000 Financial Records, 2000 Agenda and Minutes, 2001 Beans and Greens Dinner 2001 Financial Records, 2001 Golden Triangle Unity Dinner, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Oktibbeha Democrat Newsletters, Committee Sign up sheets Poll workers, Local and State Elections, and Presidential year of 1988 Local and State Elections, and Presidential year of 1988 Campaign materials, Election Returns, , Campaign 1989 Campaign 1990 Campaign - Page 6-

7 1991 Campaign 1994 Campaign Dick Molpus Campaign for Governor Campaign Monica Banks Election, 1995 List of candidates, 1995, qualifying regulations for candidates Mississippi Coordinated Campaign, 1995 Candidates other than presidential candidate, , 1998 Campaign 1999 Election Political memorabilia catalog Local and Mississippi Campaign Materials, 1992, 1996 Local and Mississippi Campaign materials, 1992, State Senate Reapportionment Plan Precinct Caucus and County Convention, Presidential Campaign, January to August Presidential Campaign, August to November, 1992 Anti-Clinton, Anti-Bush, Anti-Quayle materials, 1992 Mississippi Democratic Delegate Selection Plan, 1992 Sample Ballots, 1992 Political Memorabilia, 1992 Local Party Headquarters material, 1992 Poll workers, polling places, sample ballots and regular ballots, 1992 Materials from Mississippi Clinton-Gore Campaign, 1992 Mississippi Democrat Delegate Selection Plan, 1996 Precinct Caucuses, 1996 County Convention, 1996 State Convention, Page 7-

8 MSU Young Democrats, 1996 U.S. Congress information, 105th Congress, National Clinton-Gore Campaign information, 1996 Local Party Headquarters Material, 1996 Mississippi Coordinated Democratic Campaign, 1996 Political Memorabilia, 1996 Sample Ballots, 1996 Election Publicity, 1996 Candidates positions on issues, 1996 Democratic National Headquarters mailings, 1996 Democratic Party Platform, 1996 Clinton-Gore publicity, 1996 Clinton Campaign responses to Republican attacks, 1996 Clinton position papers, 1996 Delegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention; Inauguration 1993 Delegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention; Inauguration 1993 Becoming a Delegate District Convention, 1992 Pre-national convention materials, 1992 Materials received at national convention registration, 1992 Materials handed out during convention, 1992 Convention bag, video, and New York tourist material Inauguration, 1993 Delegate to the 1996 Democratic National Convention Delegate to the 1996 Democratic National Convention - Page 8-

9 Becoming a Delegate Pre-national convention materials, 1996 Credentials Chair person, 1996 Ads and invitations to special events, 1996 Materials received during national convention, 1996 Democratic National Committee meeting (day after convention), 1996 Democratic Nat Conventions and Elections, 1992, 1996, Inauguration, 1997, Newspapers & Magazines The Materials in this Series are loosley filed in this Box Presidential Elections, 2000, 2004 Presidential Elections, 2000, 2004 Precinct Caucuses, 2000 District Convention, Campaign (presidential and other) District Convention and State Convention, County presidential campaign John Kerry position papers, presidential election results in the county Mississippi State Democratic Party, Mississippi State Democratic Party, State convention, Page 9-

10 Awards Committee for the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, 1994 Expulsion of chair, and Miscellaneous material Selection of chair special committee, 1998 Alice Skelton and lawsuit against state committee, Mississippi legislature, 2000 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner programs, Mississippi Association of County Chairs, Election Regulations from Mississippi Secretary of State, Election Regulations from Mississippi Secretary of State, Poll workers handbook, Page 10-

11 (Motor Voter) Voter registration materials General poll worker information, undated Mississippi Official and Statistical Register, Mississippi 1992 Legislative Session Roster U.S. Congress Handbook, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and National Federation of Democratic Women, ; Hillary Rodham Clinton Fan Club, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and National Federation of Democratic Women, ; Hillary Rodham Clinton Fan Club, Oktibbeha County Federation of Democratic Women, Page 11-

12 Mississippi Federation of Democratic Women, 1990, National Federation of Democratic Women, The Communicator (newsletter) Hillary Rodham Clinton Fan Club Oktibbeha Co. materials Materials from national organization, Page 12-

13 Miscellaneous Local, State and National Issues including County Race Relations Team Miscellaneous Local, State and National Issues including County Race Relations Team National and Mississippi Women s organizations information Starkville Food and Beverage Tax Campaign, 1994 National Issues Form, 1996 Oktibbeha Quality Council, and Topics of discussion at meetings Race Relations Team, Community Goals Conference, Race Relations Session, Martin Luther King Day Celebration, 1995 Starkville East-West Highway Senate Bill Baseball Weekend proposal Black Hills Festival, 1999 Dr. Douglas Conner, M.D, includes obituary Boardtown Jubilee, Oktibbeha County NAACP Banquet, 1996, 1997, 1999 Mississippi Human Services Coalition newsletter (by Rims Barber) Retrieval of money from State treasury for Starkville Dem party 1993 Helping foreign nationals, Eric Clark fundraiser, Page 13-

14 Political rally at Doss Brodnax Farm, 1999 Bill Collins obituary Clinton-Lewinsky scandal s from Ricky Cole; many concern Clinton-Lewinsky episode Clinton impeachment: newspapers Opening of Clinton Library, 2004 Five printed pamphlets concerning the Oktibbeha Quality Council Correspondence, Click here to see a list of Correspondents found in this Series Clark, Eric Cochran, Thad Cole, Ed Collins, Morris "Bill" Dale, George Eaves, John Arthur Ellis, Tyrone Espy, Mike Ferris, Grey Fleming, Erik Ford, Tim Fordice, Kirk Gore, Al Griffis, Bryce Harper, Ken Kirk, Paul Landrieu, Mary Lott, Trent Mabus, Ray - Page 14-

15 Marszalek, Jeanne Molpus, Dick Montgomery, G. V. "Sonny" Moore, Mike Musgrove, Ronnie Patterson, Steve Robinson, Bo Robinson, James L. Rutledge, Mack Slaughter-Harvey, Constance Smith, Charlie Spell, Lester Stennis, John C. Thompson, Bennie Tuck, Amy Walls, Johnnie Winter, William - Page 15-