Washington, DC. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson receives a copy of Volume II of The Papers of John C. Calhoun from Senator Strom Thurmond in the Senate Reception Room at the Capitol as the Editor and Dr. Holmes watch. Left to right: Dr. W. Edwin Hemphill of Columbia, editor of the volume; Senator Thurmond; Vice President Johnson; and Dr. Oliver Wendel Holmes of Washington. The volume covers the events of Calhoun's life in 1817 & 1818 when he reorganized the War Department. It was published by the University of South Carolina Press, in Columbia, March 11, the 181^st anniversary of Calhoun's birth, March 14, 1963

Item — Box: 8, Folder: 48J, image: 1761

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

There are photographs of Thurmond with astronauts, entertainers, government officials, military officers, politicians, etc. Among the individuals appearing in this series are: Presidents Harry S. Truman through George Bush; Astronaut Alan Shepard; and foreign heads of state such as Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Other individuals include James F. Byrnes, Barry Goldwater, Fritz Hollings, Herbert Hoover, Herman Talmadge, and Prince Charles of Great Britain. Some of the photographs were autographed by the individuals when they gave the photographs to Thurmond. There are photographs of Strom Thurmond attending conferences and conventions (such as the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida), and taking trips to the Far East, Iran and Italy. Of special interest are photographs of the Anwar Sadat Funeral Trip in 1981. In addition, there are photographs of his visits to military bases such as Fort McPherson (Atlanta, Georgia), Fort Jackson (Columbia, South Carolina) and Edwards Air Force Base (California)

Removed from other series include such topics as the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee's Special Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee, Campaigns, the Richard B. Russell Dam Project and the Sparrow Bluff Project in Florence County, South Carolina.