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 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...

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...