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...

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...

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...