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Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on June 19, 2017. English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Mississippi State University Libraries P.O. Box 5408 Mississippi State 39762 [email protected] URL: http://library.msstate.edu/specialcollections Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection 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, 1984-2005 ............................................................ 5 Local and State Elections, 1983-1999 and Presidential year of 1988 ........................................................ 6 Local and Mississippi Campaign Materials, 1992, 1996 ............................................................................ 7 Delegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention; Inauguration 1993 .............................................. 8 Delegate to the 1996 Democratic National Convention ............................................................................. 8 Democratic Nat Conventions and Elections, 1992, 1996, Inauguration, 1997, Newspapers & Magazines .................................................................................................................................................... 9 Presidential Elections, 2000, 2004 .............................................................................................................. 9 Mississippi State Democratic Party, 1988-2004 ......................................................................................... 9 Election Regulations from Mississippi Secretary of State, 1980-2000 .................................................... 10 Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and National Federation of Democratic Women, 1990-2002; Hillary Rodham Clinton Fan Club, 1996-2000 ..................................................................................................... 11 Miscellaneous Local, State and National Issues including County Race Relations Team ....................... 13 Correspondence, 1984-2001 ...................................................................................................................... 14 - Page 2 - Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection Summary Information Repository: Mississippi State University Libraries Title: Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection ID: CPRC.JAM Date [inclusive]: 1983-2005 Physical Description: 12 Cubic Feet Physical Description: Language of the English Material: ^ Return to Table of Contents 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 1964-1965 at which time she married John F. Marszalek on October 16, 1965. 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 1968-1973 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 (1980-1981), was owner of a home baking business from 1982-1985, and managed a kitchen shop from 1985-1989. 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 1989-1992, also becoming a member of the Mississippi State Democratic Executive Committee (1989-2000). She was the founder and first president of the Oktibbeha County Federation of Democratic Women (1990-1992) 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 1993-1996, 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- Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection 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. ^ Return to Table of Contents 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 1980-2004. All parts of this collection are open to researchers. ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Publication Statement Mississippi State University Libraries P.O. Box 5408 Mississippi State 39762 [email protected] - Page 4- Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection URL: http://library.msstate.edu/specialcollections ^ Return to Table of Contents Controlled Access Headings • unspecified ##hab Collection Inventory Oktibbeha County Democratic Executive Committee, 1984-2005 Title/Description Instances Oktibbeha County Democratic Executive Committee, 1984-2005 Agenda and Minutes, 1984-1986 Agenda and Minutes, 1988 Beans and Greens Dinner, 1987 and 1989 Agenda and Minutes, 1989 Financial Records, 1984-1989 Agenda and Minutes, 1990 Agenda and Minutes, 1991 Financial Records, 1990-1991 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, 1995 - Page 5- Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection Financial Records, 1994-1995 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, 1997-1998 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, 1994- Committee Sign up sheets Poll workers, 1991-2003 ^ Return to Table of Contents Local and State Elections, 1983-1999 and Presidential year of 1988 Title/Description Instances Local and State Elections, 1983-1999 and Presidential year of 1988 Campaign materials, 1983-1987 Election Returns, 1989-1993, 1995 1988 Campaign 1989 Campaign 1990 Campaign - Page 6- Marszalek, Jeanne A. Collection 1991 Campaign 1994 Campaign Dick Molpus Campaign for Governor 1995 1995 Campaign Monica Banks Election, 1995 List of candidates, 1995, qualifying regulations for candidates Mississippi Coordinated Campaign, 1995 Candidates other than presidential candidate, 1996 1997, 1998 Campaign 1999 Election Political memorabilia catalog ^ Return to Table of Contents Local and Mississippi