Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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Collection Description 16mm film reels fill three Boxes and are mostly from Hollings' 1966, 1968, 1974, and 1980 Senate campaigns, though one reel is of JFK speaking from the South Carolina Statehouse steps in October, 1960.

Films are located in Boxes 759 - 761.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Collection Description Audio and video recordings consist of over 700 video recordings and 800 audio recordings in multiple formats, arranged chronologically within format. Featured prominently across the formats are Hollings campaign ads, senatorial debates, and related campaign interviews and events, most notably footage and commentary from his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. President in 1983-1984. Hollings made numerous media appearances to discuss legislative and...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Collection Description Audio and video recordings consist of over 700 video recordings and 800 audio recordings in multiple formats, arranged chronologically within format. Featured prominently across the formats are Hollings campaign ads, senatorial debates, and related campaign interviews and events, most notably footage and commentary from his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. President in 1983-1984. Hollings made numerous media appearances to discuss legislative and...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Collection Description Audio and video recordings consist of over 700 video recordings and 800 audio recordings in multiple formats, arranged chronologically within format. Featured prominently across the formats are Hollings campaign ads, senatorial debates, and related campaign interviews and events, most notably footage and commentary from his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. President in 1983-1984. Hollings made numerous media appearances to discuss legislative and...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Collection Description Audio and video recordings consist of over 700 video recordings and 800 audio recordings in multiple formats, arranged chronologically within format. Featured prominently across the formats are Hollings campaign ads, senatorial debates, and related campaign interviews and events, most notably footage and commentary from his campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. President in 1983-1984. Hollings made numerous media appearances to discuss legislative and...

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Of particular interest among the General Papers is a handwritten ten page draft letter, c. 1990, addressed to national Democratic Party chairman Ron Brown, providing a frank and open presentation of his views on the decline of the Democratic Party and steps which could be taken to remedy this decline. In a particularly poignant passage, Lourie noted he had “for the first time become deeply disillusioned and pessimistic about the future of our party, nationally, and in the South.”

Scope and Contents From the Series: General papers chiefly consist of correspondence, and include letters home written during his time in the service, 1943-1945 and 1951-1952. In November 1943, while training, he spent a furlough in Hollywood and his newsy letters are filled of talk about how well men in uniform were treated and of his visits to the Hollywood Canteen, where he was served coffee by the likes of actor William Bendix. Diaries also help document his World War II service in 1943 and 1944.His career as a...

Collection Description From the Sub-Series: 1960 Although not a candidate himself, Hollings' played a major role in the 1960 presidential election which is reflected in the campaign materials for 1960. Despite his initial support for Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson prior to the national convention, Hollings became an enthusiastic supporter of John F. Kennedy in the fall campaign. The governor was given much of the credit by contemporaries for carrying the Palmetto State for the Democratic ticket. Included in the 1960...

Collection Description From the Series: Speeches consist of 8 linear feet of material (8 cartons), 1952 to 2004, and are arranged chronologically within two sections: speech texts (approx. 1450 in all) and speech-related material. Speech texts include full texts of speeches, notes for speeches, speech drafts (edited and unedited), and speech memos. Hollings often spoke without a full text version in front of him. Filed throughout the speech texts are speaking invitations and event programs. Speech-related material consists of...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Personal Papers focus on Hemphill’s life outside of public service with an emphasis on his campaigns, frequent correspondence, and writings. It also holds material relating to Hemphill’s long involvement with the Civil Air Patrol, leadership in the Purity Presbyterian Church of Chester, and his life before embarking on a legal career in 1945. The materials from his early life consist of letters to international pen-pals, high school report cards, and invitations to organizations and other...