Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1882 - 1972
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Enoch Walter Sikes Presidential Records - Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Series-0002
Scope and Contents
This series contains the correspondence and related photographs of E. W. Sikes as President and President Emeritus. Frequent correspondents include members of the Board of Trustees: Paul Quattlebaum and James F. Byrnes; J. Rion McKissick, President of the University of South Carolina and Shelton Phelps, President of Winthrop College; and Olin D. Johnston, Governor of South Carolina. Topics of the letters concern tuition costs, interstate trade, a fertilizer audit and...
Dates:
1932 - 1941
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
Robert C. Edwards Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Series-0013
Scope and Content
This series contains the correspondence and reference files maintained by the office of the President. Although the files deal with topics too numerous to describe in great detail, the files may be divided into the following general categories: instructional programs and facilities development, relations with the state of South Carolina, and student affairs.1. Instructional programs and facilities developmentEfforts to improve the quality of programs and instruction at...
Dates:
1960 - 1979; 1971 - 1979
Series 7: Gubernatorial Series, 1945 - 1955, 1950 - 1954
Series
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of bills, booklets, a calendar, certificates, clippings, correspondence, forms, lists, memoranda, notes, pamphlets, petitions, photographs, postcards, press releases, receipts, reports, resolutions, speeches/statements, and telegrams.Materials in the series date from 1948-1955 and cover Byrnes’ campaign for, and single term as, governor of the state of South Carolina, with most of the items in the series dating from 1950-1954. While in office, Byrnes focused...
Dates:
1945 - 1955; 1950 - 1954
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
Strom Thurmond Collection, Gubernatorial Series
Series — Box: 1-169
Identifier: Mss-0100-08
Abstract
The material in the Strom Thurmond Collection Gubernatorial Series includes correspondence (both official and personal), campaign material, speeches and other items documenting Strom Thurmond's term as Governor of South Carolina from 1946-1951. Some of this material was originally part of the holdings of the South Caroliniana Library of The University of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
Dates:
1923 - 1955; 1946 - 1951
Strom Thurmond Collection, Pinks Series
Series — roll: 1-101, reel-frame: 0090 - 01363
Identifier: Mss-0100-25
Abstract
The Pinks series was the cross-reference file for subject correspondence generated by Senator Strom Thurmond's office for the period 1954-1976 before the introduction of the centralized Correspondence Management System by the Senate Computer Center in 1976. The original cross-reference files consisted of pink colored carbon paper copies-hence, the "Pinks" series.
Dates:
1954-1976
Strom Thurmond Collection, State Senate Series
Series — Box: 1-5
Identifier: Mss-0100-07
Scope and Content Note
The records are divided into two subseries: the Correspondence series and the Bills, Audits, Reports and Miscellaneous series. The Correspondence subseries (Subseries A; 1.625 cu. ft.) is arranged alphabetically within each year and chronologically within each letter of the alphabet. Consisting of correspondence, resolutions, petitions, announcements of meetings and invitations, the files reflect Thurmond's concentration on matters relating to state finances and taxation, education, highways...
Dates:
1932 - 1939
Filtered By
- Subject: Education -- South Carolina. X
- Type
- Collection 6
- Archival Object 3
- Subject
- Photographs. 4
- Segregation -- South Carolina 4
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 4
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 4
- Speeches (documents) 4
- Articles 3
- Education -- South Carolina. 3
- Governors -- South Carolina 3
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1950 3
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Inauguration 3
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1952 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 in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 3
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina 3
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 3
- Advertisements 2
- Agriculture -- South Carolina. 2
- Civil rights -- South Carolina. 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History 2
- Editorials 2
- Education -- South Carolina 2
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 2
- Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
- Microfilms 2
- Petitions 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1936 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1944 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968 2
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany 2
- Rural electrification -- South Carolina. 2
- Scholarships -- South Carolina -- History 2
- Segregation -- Southern states -- History -- 20th century 2
- South Carolina -- Race relations. 2
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 2
- Taxation -- South Carolina. 2
- Transcripts 2
- United States -- Defenses -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century 2
- United States -- Economic policy. 2
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany 2
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 2
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States. 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace. 2
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Agriculture and state -- South Carolina. 1
- Alcohol -- Law and legislation -- South Carolina. 1
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- Artifacts (object genre) 1
- Audiocassettes. 1
- Bills (legislative records) 1
- Coastal zone management -- South Carolina. 1
- College integration -- South Carolina 1
- Debt -- United States 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
- Economic development -- South Carolina. 1
- Edgefield County (S.C.) 1
- Education -- United States 1
- Elections -- South Carolina. 1
- Executive orders 1
- Finance, Public -- South Carolina. 1
- Forests and forestry -- South Carolina. 1
- Galley proofs 1
- Germany (West) -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Biography 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1946 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1962 1
- Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 1
- Health -- South Carolina -- Edgefield County. 1
- Interstate agreements. 1
- Interstate commerce -- South Carolina. 1
- Journals (accounts) 1
- Laws (documents) 1
- Loyalty oaths -- South Carolina. 1
- Lynching -- South Carolina. 1
- Maps (documents) 1
- Minutes 1
- Motion pictures (visual works) 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- South Carolina. 1
- Phonograph records 1
- Pickens County, (S.C.) 1
- Political campaigns -- South Carolina. 1
- Political campaigns -- United States. 1
- Political cartoons 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1948 1
- Public welfare -- South Carolina -- Edgefield County. 1
- Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- South Carolina. 1
- Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- Southern States. 1
- Railroads -- Freight -- Rates -- United States. 1
- Railroads -- Freight -- South Carolina. 1
- Railroads -- Freight -- Southern States. 1
- Railroads -- Freight -- United States. 1
- Roads -- South Carolina -- Edgefield County. 1
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