Skip to main content

Dent, Harry S. , 1930-2007

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1930 - 2007

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

1989

 Sub-Series — Box: 1-16
Series Description From the Series: The Constituent Correspondence Series is a continuation of the Correspondence Management System (CMS) Series and covers the period from 1989 until the Senator’s retirement in 2002. Most of the material in this series consists of correspondence from constituents with Senator Thurmond’s response. The remainder is correspondence from colleagues, government officials of various levels, friends and family. Various reports, maps, newspaper or magazine articles which append and/or support the...
Dates: 1989 - 2002

Audio-Visual Series, 1987-2001, 1987 - 1997

 Series
Scope and Contents This series consists of 36 videocassettes dating from 1987-1997. The videos are arranged chronologically.The bulk of the videos document the Billy Graham Crusade held in Columbia, SC in 1987 and Dent’s evangelism trips to Romania in the 1990’s. Other topics include Dent himself, the rise of the Republican Party in the South, former U.S. President Nixon’s funeral in 1994, Dent’s book Right vs. Wrong, and character education, including some videos...
Dates: 1987-2001; 1987 - 1997

Books Series, 1968-1996, 1984 - 1992

 Series
Scope and Contents The Books series contains clippings, contracts, correspondence, first (and later) drafts, invoices, memoranda, page proofs, and postcards. The material dates from 1968-1996, with the majority dating from 1984-1992. It is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Oversize items have been removed to oversize storage.The series contains drafts and notes for Cover up: the Watergate in all of us, which recounts Dent’s work for Richard Nixon, Watergate,...
Dates: 1968-1996; 1984 - 1992

Laity: Alive and Serving Series, 1950-2000, 1980 - 1995

 Series
Scope and Contents note The Laity Alive and Serving Series contains agendas, articles, audio-cassette tapes, booklets, brochures, business cards, clippings, correspondence, charts, diplomas, financial information, fliers, galleys, invitations, invoices, itineraries, lists, maps, minutes, memoranda, newsletters, newspapers, notes, pamphlets, postcards, programs, receipts, reports, resolutions, schedules, sermons, speeches, tracts, transcripts, and other materials. The series is arranged alphabetically by folder...
Dates: 1950-2000; 1980 - 1995

Legal Series, 1913-1986, 1974 - 1981

 Series
Scope and Contents The Legal series includes affidavits, appeals, articles, briefs, clippings, contracts, correspondence, deeds, depositions, handbooks, laws, leases, legislative bills, lists, office manuals, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, reports, telegrams, timesheets, titles, transcripts, wills, and other financial and legal documents. The items in this series date from 1913-1986 with most of them created during Dent’s post-White House legal career from 1974-1981.Material in this series is...
Dates: 1913-1986; 1974 - 1981

Memorabilia Series, 1981-1990

 Series
Scope and Contents The material contained in this series includes badges, buttons, certificates, matchbooks, and tie tacks and date from 1981-1990.The artifacts document Harry and Betty Dent’s overseas travel to China for evangelization and to the Netherlands for the Amsterdam 86 Conference sponsored by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association as well as their involvement in religious programs such as the Billy Graham Crusade held in Columbia, SC in 1987.A database of the items is...
Dates: 1981-1990

Oversize Series, 1949-1950, 1965-1966, 1981, 1990-1991

 Series
Scope and Contents This series consists of clippings, a guide to the Bible, newsletters, newspapers, a photocopy of a photograph dating from 1949-1950, 1965-1966, 1981, and 1990-1991. The series is arranged chronologically.Most of the items in the collection document the first two years (1965-1966) of Dent’s tenure as head of the South Carolina Republican Party and his first three missions to Romania in 1990-1991; the newspapers that chronicle the trips to Romania are in Romanian. There is material...
Dates: 1949-1950, 1965-1966, 1981, 1990-1991

Personal Series, 1939-1999, 1966 - 1992

 Series
Scope and Contents note The majority of material in this series consists of articles/clippings and correspondence, although there are some lists, memos, monthly planners, notes, reports, reviews, speech material and statements. The content of this series dates from 1939 to 1999, with most of the items dating from 1966-1992.The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Photographs, oversize items, and artifacts have been removed to photograph, oversize, and artifacts storage. See the Photographs...
Dates: 1939-1999; 1966 - 1992

Photographs Series, 1950-1991, 2007

 Series
Scope and Contents This series consists of photographs dating from 1950-1991 and a DVD from 2007. Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject with photographs removed from other series and the DVD filed at the end of the alphabetical sequence. Oversize photographs are shelved separately.There are a number of photographs of Dent, his wife Betty, and their family in the series. Other photographs depict a trip by the Congressional Command and Control Group in 1962 and other trips with Senator Strom...
Dates: 1950-1991, 2007

Scrapbooks Series, 1939-1976

 Series
Scope and Contents note The scrapbooks contain, in addition to newspaper clippings, such items as letters, programs, brochures, minutes, agendas, press releases and newsletters. They document the period 1939-1976 and are arranged chronologically.The bulk of the materials in the first six volumes are from the Yellow Jacket, the St. Mathews High School student newspaper where Dent was associate editor, (1944-1945), editor-in-chief (1946-1947) and sports editor (1947) and...
Dates: 1939-1976

Filtered By

  • Type: Archival Object X
Subject
Evangelistic work -- Romania 4
Photographs. 4
Revivals -- South Carolina -- Columbia 4
Bible -- Introductions 3
Bible -- Study and teaching 3
∨ more
Evangelicalism -- Romania 3
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1976 3
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1951- 3
Buttons (information artifacts) 2
Christian ethics 2
Cover up: the Watergate in all of us 2
Evangelicalism -- Australia 2
Evangelicalism -- United States. 2
Evangelistic work -- Australia 2
Evangelistic work -- Congresses 2
Evangelistic work -- United States 2
Evangelists -- Congresses 2
God -- Biblical teaching 2
Layman looks through the Bible for God’s will zzzz 2
Moral education -- United States 2
Political parties -- Southern States 2
Right vs. wrong zzzz 2
Schools -- South Carolina -- St. Mathews (S.C.) 2
Transcripts 2
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. 2
AIDS (Disease) 1
Affidavits 1
African-Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Alcoholic beverages -- Labeling -- Law and legislation 1
Articles 1
Australia -- Description and travel 1
B-2 bomber 1
Badges 1
Busing for school integration. 1
Certificates 1
China -- Description and travel 1
Cluj-Napoca (Romania) 1
Cold War 1
DVDs 1
Deaf -- Education -- Law and legislation -- South Carolina 1
Deaf -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
Deaf -- Law and legislation -- South Carolina 1
Deaf -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
Depositions 1
Drafts (documents) 1
Editorials 1
Elections -- Southern States 1
Eulogies 1
Evangelicalism -- China 1
Evangelicalism -- South Carolina. 1
Evangelistic work -- South Carolina 1
Favored nation clause -- United States 1
First drafts 1
Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense 1
Italy -- Description and travel 1
Laity -- Baptist 1
Lawyers -- South Carolina -- History 1
Lay ministry -- Baptist 1
Maps (documents) 1
Matchbooks 1
Medicaid 1
Medicaid -- Finance 1
Medicare 1
Medicare -- Finance 1
Military base closures 1
Military training camps -- Georgia -- Fort Gordon 1
Minutes 1
National Endowment for the Arts 1
New Zealand -- Description and travel 1
Newspapers -- Romania 1
Nursing homes -- Law and legislation -- South Carolina 1
Nursing homes -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
Page proofs 1
Panama Canal (Panama) 1
People with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
Presbyterian College 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1972 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1980 1
Prodigal south returns to power zzzz 1
Republican Party (S.C.) -- Periodicals 1
Romania -- Economic conditions -- 1989- 1
Scrapbooks. 1
Social security -- United States 1
Somalia -- Description and travel 1
South Carolina -- Elections 1
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
South Carolina. Laws, etc. 1
Strategic Defense Initiative 1
Televison scripts 1
Testimonials 1
Theological anthropology -- Christianity 1
Tie tacks 1
Turtle excluder devices 1
United States -- Moral conditions 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 1
United States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 1
United States. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 1
United States. Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 1
∧ less