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Carbon copy of a letter from AF [Aaron Finger] re: certificate of incorporation for CBS. Letter references two enclosures: certificate of incorporation and copy of charter. Neither found as of 1/2/18

Roxana Cannon Arsht became the first female judge in Delaware in 1971 and continued as the only female judge until her retirement in 1983. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women in 1986. When she became a member of the Delaware bar…

Isaac Bernard Finkelstein

(Born in 1904, Russia) H. Albert Young, the first Delaware Jew to be elected to statewide office, was attorney general from 1950 to 1954. In that capacity he argued the Brown vs. Board of Education case, on behalf of Delaware, before the United…

Rosa Keil (1890-1980) was an Austrian immigrant who arrived in the U.S. at the age of 3, a homemaker, and an author of pose and poems. She wrote her 1952 novel, “A Woman Called Chaye”, while raising nine children. Keil was heavily involved in her…

In this interview, Mrs. Ginns discusses her involvement in the national prohibition and suffrage movements in the early 20th century.