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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1948

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Series 6: Interim Series, 1946 - 1951, 1947 - 1950

 Series
Scope and Contents note This series consists of an appointment book, bills, biographical sketches, booklets, brochures, cards, clippings, correspondence, invitations, lists, legal documents, legislative bills, memoranda, medical reports, minutes, notes, petitions, photographs, postcards, press releases, receipts, reports, resolutions, resumes, speeches, and telegrams.Materials in this series cover the period between Byrnes’ resignation from the State Department in 1946 and inauguration as governor of...
Dates: 1946 - 1951; 1947 - 1950
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Mss-0090, <span class="title">James Francis Byrnes Papers</span>

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

Strom Thurmond Collection Scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: Mss-0100-31
Scope and Contents

The final reel of microfilm is of three clippings scrapbooks created for the three youngest Thurmond children: James Strom Thurmond, Jr., Juliana Gertrude Thurmond, and Paul Reynolds Thurmond. These scrapbooks are similar in content and include articles that mention the children, including Senator Thurmond's birthday celebrations and coverage of Nancy Moore Thurmond's death in 1993. Some commencement programs and clippings are unique to the child whose name is on the scrapbook.

Dates: 1923 - 1982
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection Scrapbooks

Walter Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0243
Abstract The Walter J. Brown Papers document his career as a reporter, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War II, Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, and owner of Spartan Communications (especially WSPA-Radio and WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, SC). There is also material relating to his personal life, particularly his interest in the Hickory Hill estate of Tom Watson; his involvement in politics, particularly with James F. Byrnes,...
Dates: 1879 - 1995; 1915 - 1992
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Walter Brown Papers

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