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United States. Supreme Court

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

James Francis Byrnes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0090
Abstract The James F. Byrnes Papers document his career as a U.S. Senator, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War II, U.S. Secretary of State, and Governor of South Carolina. The papers show his close relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Byrnes helps him pass New Deal legislation during the Depression and then coordinates the homefront economy during the war, as well as accompanying Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference....
Dates: 1831 - 2007; 1933 - 1972

Series 2: Senatorial Series, 1924-1941, bulk dates 1933-1941, 1933 - 1941

 Series
Scope and Contents note This series consists of blueprints, charts, clippings, correspondence, cross-reference sheets, executive orders and drafts, financial documents, hearings, invitations, laws, legal documents, legislative bills, lists, maps, memos, notes, pamphlets, petitions, photographs, poems, postcards, press releases, regulations, reports, resolutions, speeches, telegrams, and testimonies.The materials in this series span the period 1924-1941, with the bulk of the items dating from the years...
Dates: 1924-1941, bulk dates 1933-1941; 1933 - 1941

Series 3: Supreme Court Series, 1918, 1940-1944, 1947, 1941 - 1942

 Series
Scope and Contents note The Supreme Court Series includes articles, booklets, correspondence, clippings, executive orders, laws, legislative bills, memoranda, notes, opinions (both draft and final versions), pamphlets, petitions, photographs, postcards, proclamations, receipts, speeches, and telegrams.This series covers the period 1918, 1940-1944, and 1947, with the bulk of it documenting cover Byrnes’ tenure on the United State Supreme Court from 1941 to 1942. Materials in this series are...
Dates: 1918, 1940-1944, 1947; 1941 - 1942

Series 8: Post-Gubernatorial Series, 1919, 1926, 1946-1976, bulk dates 1955-1968, 1955 - 1972

 Series
Scope and Contents note The Post-Gubernatorial Series consists of architectural drawings, articles, booklets, cards, clippings, correspondence, invitations, memoranda, notes, photographs, a poem, postcards, press releases, schedules, speeches, statements, tax forms, telegrams, and transcripts.The files in this series date from 1946 to 1976, with the bulk of the material covering the period from Byrnes’ retirement in January 1955 until 1968, four years before his death on April 9, 1972.Materials...
Dates: 1919, 1926, 1946-1976, bulk dates 1955-1968; 1955 - 1972

Series 9: Speeches Series, 1831-1967, bulk dates 1933-1965, 1933 - 1965

 Series
Scope and Contents note The Speeches series contains articles, clippings, correspondence, drafts, editorials, memos, notes, postcards, press releases, speeches, and telegrams.The items in this series cover the period 1831-1967. The bulk of the material dates from 1933-1965 and mainly documents Byrnes’ political career.The speeches are arranged chronologically by date. Correspondence, clippings, and other materials are grouped with the related speech. Oversize items have been removed to oversize...
Dates: 1831-1967, bulk dates 1933-1965; 1933 - 1965

Series 16: Memorabilia Series, 1910-1970, bulk dates 1941-1954, 1941 - 1954

 Series
Scope and Contents note The material contained in this series includes academic hoods and robes, badges, campaign buttons, chairs, desks, figurines and busts, flags, a gavel, judicial robes, a key, maps, medals, a mug, a photograph case, plaques, a plate, a signature stamp, and swords.The artifacts in the series date from 1910-1970, with the bulk of the memorabilia dating from 1941-1954.Most of the items document his career as a Supreme Court Justice, Director of the Office of War...
Dates: 1910-1970, bulk dates 1941-1954; 1941 - 1954
Type
Archival Object 5
Collection 1
 
Subject
Speeches (documents) 5
Articles 4
Bills (legislative records) 3
Executive orders 3
Governors -- South Carolina 3
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Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century 3
Laws (documents) 3
Petitions 3
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940 3
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1956 3
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960 3
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 3
Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 3
Segregation -- South Carolina 3
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 3
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 3
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 3
United States -- Defenses -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century 3
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States. 3
Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
Civil rights -- United States -- History 2
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 2
Editorials 2
Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 2
Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1950 2
Governors -- South Carolina -- Inauguration 2
Maps (documents) 2
New Deal, 1933-1939 2
Photographs. 2
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1936 2
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1944 2
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1952 2
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968 2
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany 2
Scholarships -- South Carolina -- History 2
Segregation -- Southern states -- History -- 20th century 2
Segregation in education -- South Carolina 2
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 2
Transcripts 2
United States -- Economic policy. 2
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 2
United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany 2
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace. 2
Academic costume. 1
Advertisements 1
Agriculture -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
Artifacts (object genre) 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Buttons (information artifacts) 1
Charleston (S.C.) -- History. 1
College integration -- South Carolina 1
Columbia (S.C.) -- History. 1
Constitutional history -- United States 1
Debt -- United States 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- South Carolina 1
Draft -- Law and legislation 1
Economic development -- South Carolina. 1
Education -- South Carolina 1
Education -- United States 1
Executive departments -- Reorganization 1
Florence (S.C.) -- History 1
Galley proofs 1
Germany (West) -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1962 1
Greenville (S.C.) -- History 1
Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 1
Journals (accounts) 1
Judicial process—United States—History 1
Lynching -- United States -- Law and legislation 1
Medals 1
Microfilms 1
Military bases -- South Carolina. 1
Minutes 1
Motion pictures (visual works) 1
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- South Carolina. 1
Phonograph records 1
Political cartoons 1
Presentation swords 1
Proclamations 1
Robes (main garments) 1
Rural electrification 1
Scrapbooks. 1
Segregation in higher education -- South Carolina 1
Sit-down strikes -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
South Carolina -- Rural conditions 1
Spartanburg (S.C.) -- History 1
States' rights (American politics) 1
Strikebreakers -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
Strikes and lockouts 1
Testimonies 1
Textile Worker’s Strike, Southern States, 1934 1
Textile industry -- Southern States 1
Textile workers -- Southern States 1
United Nations -- History -- 20th century 1
United States -- Economic conditions 1
United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945 1
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