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Wofford, Thomas Albert, 1908-1978

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Schaffer Collection of F.B.I. Files Relating to the Lynching of Willie Earle

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0156
Scope and Contents The collection consists of photocopies of correspondence, memoranda, clippings, teletypes/telegrams, excerpts from the book The F.B.I. Story (by Don Whitehead, 1956) and the New Yorker (June 14, 1947), lab reports and an investigative report concerning the Willie Earle lynching and the F.B.I.'s involvement in the case. Also includes deleted page information sheets. Some of this material is sanitized, with the section of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act permitting sanitization often...
Dates: 1947 - 1988; 1947 - 1947

Strom Thurmond Collection, Interim Series

 Series — Box: 1-5
Identifier: Mss-0100-10
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, invitations, clippings and other material during the period between Thurmond's resignation from the Senate in April 1956 and his re-election to the Senate in November 1956. Includes veterans inquiries and referrels to interim Senator Thomas Wofford's office. Subjects covered include states' rights and the "bootlegging" of automobiles into Spartanburg County.

Dates: 1955-1956.

Will Gravely Collection - Willie Earle Investigation

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0299
Scope and Contents The collection consists of photocopies of correspondence, memoranda, clippings, teletypes/telegrams, excerpts from lab reports, an oral history interview with transcripts, and an investigative report concerning the February 17, 1947 lynching of Willie Earle. The files document the Federal Bureau of Investigation's involvement in the case and documentation of its coverage in the media. Professor Will Gravely obtained the bulk of this material under the Freedom of Information Act in 2001....
Dates: 1947 - 2001
Subject
African Americans -- Crimes against. 2
Lynching -- South Carolina. 2
Automobile dealers -- South Carolina. 1
Commercial crimes -- South Carolina. 1
Lynching -- Southern States. 1