Signed 'To Strom Thurmond, with deep appreciation for his service to South Carolina and our nation, and for his friendship which I cherish. Charlie Daniel' (circa 1950s. Washington, DC. Official portrait of Charles E. Daniel, US Senator September 6-December 23, 1954, and Clemson University Life Trustee, 1949-1958. Daniel resigned his Senate seat early so that Senator-elect Thurmond could take his Senate seat and thus gain seniority over those new Senators taking their seats in January 1955, see1152 dated), January 14, 1955

Item — Box: 25, Folder: 164, image: 7224

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.