Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998
Person
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Edgar A. Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0091
Scope and Content
The papers document much of Senator Brown's political life in the Democratic Party at the county, state, and national levels. He served at the national level as executive committeeman, as a delegate to conventions, and as a long time representative on the Council of State Governments. The papers illuminate his prominence as President Pro Tempore and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1942-1972. Among his major interests were education, educational television, mental health,...
Dates:
1911-1975
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 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 3: Supreme Court Series, 1918, 1940-1944, 1947, 1941 - 1942
Series
Scope and Contents note
The Supreme Court Series includes articles, booklets, correspondence, clippings, executive orders, laws, legislative bills, memoranda, notes, opinions (both draft and final versions), pamphlets, petitions, photographs, postcards, proclamations, receipts, speeches, and telegrams.This series covers the period 1918, 1940-1944, and 1947, with the bulk of it documenting cover Byrnes’ tenure on the United State Supreme Court from 1941 to 1942. Materials in this series are...
Dates:
1918, 1940-1944, 1947; 1941 - 1942
Series 4: War Mobilization Series, 1918, 1930, 1936-1957, bulk: 1942 - 1945
Series
Scope and Contents note
The series consists of an affidavit, articles, brochures, charts, clippings, correspondence, cross-reference sheets, drafts, essays, executive orders, galley proofs, laws, leaflets, lists, maps, memoranda, minutes, notes, photographs, political platforms, press releases, regulations, reports, resolutions, speeches, summaries, tables, telegrams, transcripts, and transmittal slips.Materials in this series date from 1918, 1930, and 1936-1957, with the bulk of the material covering...
Dates:
1918, 1930, 1936-1957; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1945
Series 5: State Department Series, 1938-1972, bulk dates 1945-1947, 1945 - 1947
Series
Scope and Contents note
The State Department Series contains agendas, biographical sketches, book drafts, clippings, correspondence, correspondence indexes, cross-reference sheets, etchings, guidelines, journals, lectures, lists, maps, a medical report, memoranda, notes, photographs, press releases, proposals, reports, a subpoena, speeches, summaries, telegrams, and transcripts. Materials in this series relate to Byrnes’ tenure as U.S. Secretary of State and date from 1938-1972, with the bulk of the...
Dates:
1938-1972, bulk dates 1945-1947; 1945 - 1947
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 14: Audio-Visual Series, 1940 - 1979, 1945 - 1946
Series
Scope and Contents note
The Audio-Visual Series consists of sound discs, audio reel-to-reel and cassette tapes, a film, and a videocassette. The items in this series spans the period 1940-1979, with the bulk of the material dating to 1945-1946, when Byrnes was Secretary of State.The material in the series is arranged by type of material, and then chronologically by date within each box.Most of the items in the collection come in multiple versions in different formats. Of...
Dates:
1940 - 1979; 1945 - 1946
Walter Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0243
Abstract
The Walter J. Brown Papers document his career as a reporter, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War II, Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, and owner of Spartan Communications (especially WSPA-Radio and WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, SC). There is also material relating to his personal life, particularly his interest in the Hickory Hill estate of Tom Watson; his involvement in politics, particularly with James F. Byrnes,...
Dates:
1879 - 1995; 1915 - 1992
- Type
- Archival Object 7
- Collection 3
- Subject
- Speeches (documents) 8
- Photographs. 6
- Articles 5
- Bills (legislative records) 5
- Laws (documents) 5
- Maps (documents) 5
- Transcripts 5
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 5
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history 5
- Executive orders 4
- Petitions 4
- United States -- Defenses -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States. 4
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace. 4
- Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 3
- Audiocassettes. 3
- Galley proofs 3
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 3
- Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century 3
- Journals (accounts) 3
- Minutes 3
- Phonograph records 3
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany 3
- Segregation -- South Carolina 3
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 3
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 3
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany 3
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations. 3
- Advertisements 2
- Artifacts (object genre) 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History 2
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 2
- Editorials 2
- Governors -- South Carolina 2
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1950 2
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Inauguration 2
- Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 2
- Microfilms 2
- Motion pictures (visual works) 2
- New Deal, 1933-1939 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1944 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1952 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1956 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968 2
- Scholarships -- South Carolina -- History 2
- Scrapbooks. 2
- Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 2
- Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 2
- Segregation in education -- South Carolina 2
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 2
- Testimonies 2
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 2
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 2
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
- Videocassettes 2
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- Agriculture -- History -- 20th century. -- United States 1
- Agriculture -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- Alabama -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. 1
- Allendale County (S.C.) 1
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- Atomic bomb -- History 1
- Audiotapes. 1
- Bamberg County (S.C.) 1
- Barnwell County (S.C.) 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Civil rights -- History. -- United States 1
- Coal mines and mining -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- College integration -- South Carolina 1
- College trustees -- South Carolina. 1
- Columbia (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Constitutional history -- United States 1
- Daybooks 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- South Carolina 1
- Draft -- Law and legislation 1
- Economic development -- South Carolina. 1
- Executive departments -- Reorganization 1
- Florence (S.C.) -- History 1
- Georgia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1958 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1962 1
- Greenville (S.C.) -- History 1
- Historic buildings -- Georgia -- McDuffie County. 1
- Industrial mobilization -- History -- 20th century. -- United States 1
- Interstate 85 (S.C.) -- Maps. 1
- Interstate 85 (S.C.) -- Planning. 1
- Interstate Highway System -- South Carolina. 1
- Judicial process—United States—History 1
- Korea (North) -- Description and travel 1
- Korea -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1948 1
- Law -- South Carolina. 1
- Ledgers (account books) 1
- Lend-lease operations (1941-1945) 1
- Lynching -- United States -- Law and legislation 1
- Military bases -- South Carolina. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- South Carolina. 1 ∧ less
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