Benet, Christie, 1879-1951
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1879 - 1951
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Benet Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0048
Introduction
Christie Benet was a lawyer and an outstanding leader who served his city, his state and nation. Among the many places he served was as a Life Trustee of Clemson College. He was elected in 1929, and in 1949 he became Chairman of the Board. Despite his long service these papers are limited primarily to the period 1946-1951.
Dates:
1909 - 1951
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
Patrick Hues Mell Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0097
Scope and Contents
The Mell scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and printed material document primarily the period when Patrick Hues Mell served as Clemson College president, 1902-1910. There are clippings from the major state newspapers as well as some smaller local and out-of-state newspapers. A variety of invitations to commencements, dances, lyceum programs, dramatic offerings, presentations, and the various programs of the College's literary societies are also included in the scrapbooks. The clippings deal...
Dates:
1895-1910
Series 2: Senatorial Series, 1924-1941, bulk dates 1933-1941, 1933 - 1941
Series
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of blueprints, charts, clippings, correspondence, cross-reference sheets, executive orders and drafts, financial documents, hearings, invitations, laws, legal documents, legislative bills, lists, maps, memos, notes, pamphlets, petitions, photographs, poems, postcards, press releases, regulations, reports, resolutions, speeches, telegrams, and testimonies.The materials in this series span the period 1924-1941, with the bulk of the items dating from the years...
Dates:
1924-1941, bulk dates 1933-1941; 1933 - 1941
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
- Type
- Collection 3
- Archival Object 2
- Subject
- Bills (legislative records) 3
- Petitions 3
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 3
- Speeches (documents) 3
- Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History 2
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 2
- Executive orders 2
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1950 2
- Laws (documents) 2
- Maps (documents) 2
- Minutes 2
- New Deal, 1933-1939 2
- Photographs. 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940 2
- Scholarships -- South Carolina -- History 2
- United States -- Economic policy. 2
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 2
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 2
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 2
- Advertisements 1
- Agriculture -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- Articles 1
- Artifacts (object genre) 1
- Audiocassettes. 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History. 1
- College trustees -- South Carolina. 1
- Columbia (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Commencement ceremonies -- South Carolina -- Clemson. 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- South Carolina 1
- Draft -- Law and legislation 1
- Editorials 1
- Executive departments -- Reorganization 1
- Florence (S.C.) -- History 1
- Galley proofs 1
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- Governors -- South Carolina 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Inauguration 1
- Greenville (S.C.) -- History 1
- Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Journals (accounts) 1
- Lynching -- United States -- Law and legislation 1
- Microfilms 1
- Military bases -- South Carolina. 1
- Motion pictures (visual works) 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- South Carolina. 1
- Phonograph records 1
- Political cartoons 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1936 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1944 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1948 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1952 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1956 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968 1
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany 1
- Rural electrification 1
- Scrapbooks. 1
- Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 1
- Segregation -- South Carolina 1
- Segregation -- South Carolina. 1
- Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 1
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina 1
- Sit-down strikes -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
- South Carolina -- Rural conditions 1
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- Spartanburg (S.C.) -- History 1
- Strikebreakers -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- Strikes and lockouts 1
- Taxation -- United States. 1
- Testimonies 1
- Textile Worker’s Strike, Southern States, 1934 1
- Textile industry -- Southern States 1
- Textile workers -- Southern States 1
- Transcripts 1
- United Nations -- History -- 20th century 1
- United States -- Defenses -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century 1
- United States -- Economic policy -- 1933-1945 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- History 1
- United States -- Government property 1
- United States -- Social policy 1
- Videocassettes 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations. 1 ∧ less
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