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...

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...

Scope and Content Note The Jean Crouch Thurmond series primarily covers the period 1947-1960, from her courtship with Governor Thurmond to her death. The records are divided into five subseries: Wedding Correspondence, General Correspondence, General Subject File, Illness/Sympathy, and three oversize volumes of Scrapbooks. The Wedding Correspondence (Subseries A, 1947; .75 cu. ft.) is arranged alphabetically. This subseries contains correspondence concerning the pending Thurmond-Crouch marriage and open house...