These papers are almost entirely related to South Carolina politics during the 1960s and early 1970s. They document James Duffy's role in the Republican Party and the operations of that Party at the local level during a period of vigorous growth in South Carolina.
The Subject Correspondence series is named for the central file used by Senator Strom Thurmond's office before changing over to a computerized filing system, the Correspondence Management Series (CMS), in 1976. Some subjects from the Subject Correspondence series for 1976 may overlap into the CMS series.