Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
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
Series 6: Interim Series, 1946 - 1951, 1947 - 1950
Series
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of an appointment book, bills, biographical sketches, booklets, brochures, cards, clippings, correspondence, invitations, lists, legal documents, legislative bills, memoranda, medical reports, minutes, notes, petitions, photographs, postcards, press releases, receipts, reports, resolutions, resumes, speeches, and telegrams.Materials in this series cover the period between Byrnes’ resignation from the State Department in 1946 and inauguration as governor of...
Dates:
1946 - 1951; 1947 - 1950
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
Series 12: Photograph Series, 1868 - 2002, 1934 - 1972
Series
Scope and Contents note
The Photographs Series consists of digital images, photocopies, and color and black and white photographs.The images in this series cover the period 1868-2002, with the bulk of the material documenting the personal life and political career of James F. Byrnes from 1934-1972.The photographs are divided into two sub-series. The first sub-series contains photographs that were donated to Clemson with the original accession of papers and photographs removed from various series...
Dates:
1868 - 2002; 1934 - 1972
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, Legal Series (Restricted)
Series — Box: 1-21
Identifier: Mss-0100-03
Scope and Content Note
The legal records of J. Strom Thurmond consist of three subseries; those concerning his legal practice, legal correspondence as the Edgefield Town and County Attorney, and correspondence concerning Thurmond's activities when serving as Eleventh Circuit Judge. The dates preceding the start of Thurmond's practice in 1930 are recordings of wills and mortgages.The Legal Practice subseries (Subseries A; 7.175 cu. ft.) consists of three sub-subseries: Law Cases, the Record Book, and...
Dates:
1840 1900-1955
Strom Thurmond Collection Photographs
Series
Identifier: Mss-0100-27
Abstract
This series consists primarily of black-and-white photographs documenting the political life of United States Senator Strom Thurmond. The Photographs Series document Strom Thurmond's early years, his family and careers. These are photographs of Strom Thurmond as a baby, his parents, his siblings, as well as the Edgefield home where he was raised. There are also photographs documenting his rise in public life, showing Thurmond as a college student, teacher and coach, state senator, circuit...
Dates:
1900-1995
Strom Thurmond Collection Scrapbooks
Series
Identifier: Mss-0100-31
Scope and Contents
The final reel of microfilm is of three clippings scrapbooks created for the three youngest Thurmond children: James Strom Thurmond, Jr., Juliana Gertrude Thurmond, and Paul Reynolds Thurmond. These scrapbooks are similar in content and include articles that mention the children, including Senator Thurmond's birthday celebrations and coverage of Nancy Moore Thurmond's death in 1993. Some commencement programs and clippings are unique to the child whose name is on the scrapbook.
Dates:
1923 - 1982
Filtered By
- Subject: Governors -- South Carolina X
- Type
- Collection 7
- Archival Object 5
- Subject
- Photographs. 8
- Governors -- South Carolina 6
- Speeches (documents) 6
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 6
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 5
- Articles 4
- Civil rights -- South Carolina. 4
- Civil rights -- United States -- History 4
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1950 4
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1948 4
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 4
- Segregation -- South Carolina 4
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace. 4
- Advertisements 3
- Bills (legislative records) 3
- Editorials 3
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Inauguration 3
- Minutes 3
- Petitions 3
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1952 3
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1956 3
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960 3
- Scholarships -- South Carolina -- History 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
- Transcripts 3
- United States -- Defenses -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century 3
- United States -- Economic policy. 3
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States. 3
- Artifacts (object genre) 2
- Audiocassettes. 2
- Galley proofs 2
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 2
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1946 2
- Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
- Journals (accounts) 2
- Laws (documents) 2
- Lynching -- South Carolina. 2
- Maps (documents) 2
- Microfilms 2
- Phonograph records 2
- Political campaigns -- United States. 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
- Scrapbooks. 2
- Segregation -- Southern states -- History -- 20th century 2
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 2
- States' rights (American politics) 2
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany 2
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 2
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations. 2
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- Agriculture -- History -- 20th century. -- United States 1
- Agriculture -- South Carolina. 1
- Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Agriculture and state -- South Carolina. 1
- Alabama -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. 1
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- Audiotapes. 1
- Civil rights -- History. -- United States 1
- Coal Strike, Colorado, 1913-1914 1
- Coal miners -- Colorado -- History 1
- College integration -- South Carolina 1
- Daybooks 1
- Debt -- United States 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
- Economic development -- South Carolina. 1
- Edgefield (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Edgefield (S.C.) -- Social conditions. 1
- Edgefield County (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Edgefield County (S.C.) -- Social conditions. 1
- Education -- South Carolina 1
- Education -- South Carolina. 1
- Education -- United States 1
- Elections -- Corrupt practices -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Elections -- South Carolina. 1
- Executive orders 1
- Georgia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. 1
- Germany (West) -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Biography 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1938 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1958 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1962 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1970 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Portraits 1
- Haiti -- Description and travel 1
- Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 1
- Historic buildings -- Georgia -- McDuffie County. 1
- Historic buildings -- South Carolina -- Berkeley County 1
- Historic buildings -- South Carolina -- Orangeburg County 1
- Hurricanes -- South Carolina 1
- Industrial mobilization -- History -- 20th century. -- United States 1 ∧ less
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