McKeever, Porter
Person
Found in 6 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 10: Book Materials Series, 1932-1958, bulk dates 1947, 1958, 1947 - 1958
Series
Scope and Contents note
The Book Materials series consists of advertisements, booklets, chapter drafts, charts, clippings, contracts and other legal documents, correspondence, cross-reference sheets, executive orders and drafts, financial documents, galleys, legislative bills, lists, lyrics/poems, memos, notes, postcards, press releases, proofs, and telegrams.The materials in this series span the period 1932-1958, with the bulk of the items dating from the years 1947 and 1958 when first ...
Dates:
1932-1958, bulk dates 1947, 1958; 1947 - 1958
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 4
- Collection 2
- Subject
- Photographs. 5
- Speeches (documents) 5
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 5
- Advertisements 3
- Articles 3
- Bills (legislative records) 3
- Civil rights -- United States -- History 3
- Galley proofs 3
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1950 3
- Minutes 3
- Petitions 3
- Scholarships -- South Carolina -- History 3
- Segregation -- South Carolina 3
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 3
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 3
- Transcripts 3
- United States -- Defenses -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States. 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace. 3
- Artifacts (object genre) 2
- Audiocassettes. 2
- Editorials 2
- Governors -- South Carolina 2
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Inauguration 2
- Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
- Journals (accounts) 2
- Laws (documents) 2
- Maps (documents) 2
- Microfilms 2
- Phonograph records 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1948 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
- 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
- United States -- Economic policy. 2
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 2
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 2
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- Agriculture -- History -- 20th century. -- United States 1
- Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Alabama -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. 1
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- Audiotapes. 1
- Chronologies (lists) 1
- Civil rights -- History. -- United States 1
- College integration -- South Carolina 1
- Daybooks 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
- Economic development -- South Carolina. 1
- Executive orders 1
- Georgia -- Politics and government -- 20th century. 1
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1958 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1962 1
- Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 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
- Ledgers (account books) 1
- Motion pictures (visual works) 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Page proofs 1
- Political cartoons 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1936 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1944 1
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany 1
- Segregation -- History -- 20th century. -- Southern States 1
- Segregation -- Southern states -- History -- 20th century 1
- Segregation in higher education -- South Carolina 1
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 20th century. 1
- Soviet Union -- Description and travel. 1
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- Spartanburg (S.C.) -- Economic conditions. 1
- Taxation -- United States. 1
- Thomson (Ga.) -- History. 1
- Trials -- Georgia. 1
- United Nations -- History -- 20th century 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- History 1
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 1
- United States -- Social policy 1
- Videocassettes 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. 1 ∧ less
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