Spratt, John M. (John McKee), 1942-

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Audio-Visual materials consist of cassette tapes, VHS tapes, and photographs. Items are arranged by format. Cassette and VHS tapes include party campaign ads and GOPAC training materials. Photographs include party events, officials, and members, including shots of an Eisenhower rally, c. 1952, and a visit to South Carolina by California Governor Ronald Reagan in 1967.

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Audio-Visual materials consist of cassette tapes, VHS tapes, and photographs. Items are arranged by format. Cassette and VHS tapes include party campaign ads and GOPAC training materials. Photographs include party events, officials, and members, including shots of an Eisenhower rally, c. 1952, and a visit to South Carolina by California Governor Ronald Reagan in 1967.

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Speeches includes General files, mostly speech texts and talking points for specific speeches, and Speech Material, which consists largely of quotes, anecdotes, general talking points on a variety of subjects, and notes. An attached speech index lists the identifiable speech texts in the General files. Texts of and notes for speeches made on the floor of the House, and statements made in committee hearings and meetings, are mostly found in the Topical series.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Elections series, 1944 to 2008, consists of records documenting the work of the party in Democratic campaigns for public office at the local, state, and national levels. Primary, general, and special elections are all represented in this series, which is arranged by year. Records in this series include filing forms, correspondence, informational materials about candidates, documents on campaign strategy and activities, campaign fundraising materials, voter registration materials, and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Personal Papers include general, campaign, and topical files. Of particular interest among the Personal, General papers is a handwritten 1990 note from Donald Fowler, former Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, responding to criticism from Lourie. At the same time forceful and apologetic, Fowler wrote, “Your suggestions that I have not done my part by the Democratic Party were surprising to me...” and called upon Lourie to work with Fowler to “contribute to a solution.” Another...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Administration series, 1924 to 2007, is comprised of records that document the organizational and administrative activities of the DPSC and its personnel, as well as some of the activities of county parties and elected officials at the state and national levels. The most notable subseries within this series are Financial, Office, and Party Leadership.The Financial subseries, 1924 to 2007, consists of two smaller subseries, Party Finances and Fundraising. Party Finances...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Topical subseries, the largest in the Personal series, documents Culbertson’s many interests and activities. There are extensive Persons files, containing much of his correspondence with well-known figures such as Thurgood Marshall and Eleanor Roosevelt, and others whom he counted among his friends, including Judge J. Waties Waring, Modjeska Simkins, Olin Johnston, and Hubert Humphrey. Culbertson’s relationship with Judge and Mrs. Waring seems to have begun when, in response to the...

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Audio-Visual material, 4 lf., includes photograph, negative, slide, audiocassette, audio reel to reel, and video cassette formats. Video cassettes record Derrick’s appearance on local and national news programs, his television campaign advertisements and special events. Broadcast and beta tapes have been reformatted into VHS and have been retained separately.

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Audio-Visual material, 4 lf., includes photograph, negative, slide, audiocassette, audio reel to reel, and video cassette formats. Video cassettes record Derrick’s appearance on local and national news programs, his television campaign advertisements and special events. Broadcast and beta tapes have been reformatted into VHS and have been retained separately.