Greenville (S.C.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Buck Mickel Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0298
Abstract
Buck Mickel had an outstanding career as an engineer, corporate president, civic leader and philanthropist. The collection contains address books, calendars, correspondence, itineraries, memoranda, minutes, newspaper clippings, reports, scrapbooks, speeches, and other materials relating to Mickel's leadership of Daniel Construction Corporation, Fluor Corporation, RSI Holdings as well as a variety of civic and educational organizations. Of particular note is material related to the...
Dates:
1925-1998
Lawrence Peter Hollis Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0161
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of biographical material, family histories, speech material, and awards Hollis received. The photographs are of Hollis and his family. The microfilm consists of copies of clippings and two scrapbooks which document Hollis' career. One of the scrapbooks and the clippings are in the oversize box.
Dates:
1865-1987; 1940 - 1980
Poe Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0242
Abstract
The Poe Family Papers document the lives of H. T. (Harris Tinker, or "Hal") Poe; his son, Harry Tinker Poe, Jr.; and his daughter, Isadora R. Poe. H. T. Poe (1856-1931) played an important role in the development of Greenville, SC because of his involvement in the city's public utilities, such as the Paris Mountain Water Company, the Greenville Gas and Electric Light and Power Company, and the Greenville Traction Company (the city's first street railway). The material relating to Harry T....
Dates:
1884 - 2000; 1938 - 1939
Series 2: Senatorial Series, 1924-1941, bulk dates 1933-1941, 1933 - 1941
Series
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of blueprints, charts, clippings, correspondence, cross-reference sheets, executive orders and drafts, financial documents, hearings, invitations, laws, legal documents, legislative bills, lists, maps, memos, notes, pamphlets, petitions, photographs, poems, postcards, press releases, regulations, reports, resolutions, speeches, telegrams, and testimonies.The materials in this series span the period 1924-1941, with the bulk of the items dating from the years...
Dates:
1924-1941, bulk dates 1933-1941; 1933 - 1941