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South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Anderson County, South Carolina Ballot

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Mss-0016
Scope and Contents

Ballot for South Carolina state and county offices and presidential electors, 1876.

Dates: 1876 - 1876
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Anderson County, South Carolina Ballot

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
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / James Francis Byrnes Papers

John Bratton letter

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: Mss-0017
Scope and Content

Letter from General Bratton of Farmington, Fairfield County, South Carolina, to William G. Hinnant, Chairman of the [Democratic] "Committee", April 21, 1890, concerning the political situation in the state.

Dates: April 21, 1890
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / John Bratton letter

O. M. Doyle letter

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Mss-0006
Scope and Contents

Typed copy and carbon copy of letter from O.M. Doyle, Columbia, South Carolina, to Captain [William W.?] Hollingsworth, Pickens County, South Carolina, regarding a state appropriations bill and discussing the financial condition of South Carolina in March, 1869.

Dates: March 16, 1869
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / O. M. Doyle letter

Quattlebaum Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0076
Abstract The Quattlebaums were German Protestant pioneers who helped settle the "Dutch Fork" area of South Carolina (present Lexington and Newberry Counties) in the 1760's. The family has provided South Carolina with political leaders, engineers, soldiers, teachers, farmers, and executives for more than 200 years. Four generations of the Quattlebaum family are represented in this collection.The Quattlebaum Papers consist primarily of correspondence, reports, and research relating to...
Dates: 1817 - 2003; 1936 - 2001
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Quattlebaum Family Papers

Strom Thurmond Collection, Gubernatorial Series

 Series — Box 1-169
Identifier: Mss-0100-08
Abstract

The material in the Strom Thurmond Collection Gubernatorial Series includes correspondence (both official and personal), campaign material, speeches and other items documenting Strom Thurmond's term as Governor of South Carolina from 1946-1951. Some of this material was originally part of the holdings of the South Caroliniana Library of The University of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Dates: 1923 - 1955; 1946 - 1951
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Gubernatorial Series

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