Watson, Albert

Scope and Contents From the Series: Audiovisual Materials (2 linear feet) include photographs, five audio recordings, and a sizable number of slides. Highlights of the slides include McNair’s 1966 gubernatorial campaign, Nixon’s visits to South Carolina in 1960 and 1973, the 1968 Southern Governor’s Conference, and a Bradley, Graham, and Hamby open house in 1967. Four of the audio recordings (1/4-inch reels) are radio spots from the 1972 “minibottle” campaign. The final recording (a 2-inch reel) is Strom Thurmond's September...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Campaign Records relate to West's 1954, 1966, and 1970 campaigns as well as the presidential campaigns of Hubert Humphrey, 1968; Jimmy Carter, 1976; and Michael Dukakis, 1988. There is also material pertaining to Marshall Parker‘s 1962 campaign for lieutenant governor. Campaign records are divided into General, Financial Records, Organization Files, Publicity, and Topical Files.West's successful campaign for Lieutenant Governor is well documented. General files consist chiefly of...

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The largest series, Elections, 1960 to 2016 chronicles the Party's role in support of local, state and national elections. Materials include filing forms, campaign materials, precinct certification forms, and election issues and elections results.

Abstract

J. Drake Edens is recognized by many as the father of the modern Republican Party in South Carolina. He campaigned for Charles E. Boineau, Jr., William D. Workman, Jr., Barry Goldwater, Albert Watson, and Richard Nixon. He served as chair of the Republican Party of South Carolina, 1963-1965, and Republican National Committeeman for South Carolina, 1965-1972.

Description of Materials The Henry Eichel Papers consist of four linear feet split into three series: Persons, Topics, and Photographs.The Persons and Topics series consist of newspaper clippings and notes from stories Eichel planned on writing. The Photographs series consists of mainly headshots of many South Carolinians in the news in the 1970s. Many of the photos have percentages written on the back as...

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...

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Clippings, 1940 to 2003, contain newspaper and magazine articles about West and issues with which he was involved.

Collection Description From the Collection: The John C. West Collection consists of 52.5 feet of material, bulk 1942-2004, arranged in five series: Public Papers; Personal Papers; Speeches; Audio-Visual Records; and Clippings.Public PapersPublic Papers are arranged according to the office held by West.The Highway Commissioner file contains the certification of West‘s election, signed by the Secretary of State on June 1, 1948.South Carolina Senate papers, chiefly 1962 to 1965, consist mainly of...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Reference Files, 4.5 linear feet (in 5 cartons), are drawn from Senator Johnston's files of "Printed" and "Speech Material" consisting mostly of source material gathered by Johnston's office. Of particular interest are files concerning civil rights, 1957 to 1960, chiefly about attempts to impede the passage of a civil rights bill and hearings, 1957, held by the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. Among those appearing before the Subcommittee and /or...

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The Clippings series, 1962 to 2006, is primarily concerned with elections, legislation, contemporary issues affecting the state and the nation, and people of interest to the DPSC.