Abstract This collection consists of the White House files and the personal papers of Harry S. Dent. It documents his involvement with the South Carolina and national Republican Party; his political work for President Richard M. Nixon’s Presidential administration and his peripheral involvement in the Watergate scandal; his legal career after his departure from the White House staff; his evangelical work with his wife through their ministry Laity Alive and Serving, including their missions to Romania...

Introduction

These papers are almost entirely related to South Carolina politics during the 1960s and early 1970s. They document James Duffy's role in the Republican Party and the operations of that Party at the local level during a period of vigorous growth in South Carolina.