Culbertson, John Bolt, 1908-1983
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1908 - 1983
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Robert T. Ashmore Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-RTA
Collection Description
The Ashmore collection consists of 3.75 ft. of material, chiefly correspondence, speeches, and clippings of United States Congressman Robert T. Ashmore (1904-1989). Ashmore represented South Carolina’s 4th District in the United States House of Representatives between 1953 and 1969. Also included are records of his campaigns for office, 1935-1970, and work with the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments, 1970-1985.General correspondence includes both personal and...
Dates:
1914-2002
John Bolt Culbertson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-JBC
Abstract
John Bolt Culbertson, lawyer and activist, was a "liberal lion" of South Carolina's Upstate for most of the twentieth century, establishing a law practice in which he represented unions, the working class, disabled veterans, African-Americans, and others in need of a voice—many of whom could not afford to pay him. His outspokenness and his political leanings, atypical for South Carolina at that time, resulted in financial setbacks, insults, and even crosses burned on his lawn, but Culbertson...
Dates:
circa 1886 - 2012
Democratic Party of South Carolina Records
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-DPSC
Abstract
The Democratic Party of South Carolina Records document the party's efforts at the local, state, and national levels. Headquartered in Columbia, the party's primary purposes are to promote the its interests throughout the state, provide campaign assistance to Democratic candidates for state and national office, and serve as a liaison with the national and local Democratic parties.
Dates:
1924 - 2016; Majority of material found within , 1966- 2008
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- Civil rights -- United States. 1
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Civil rights. 1
- Elections -- Southern states. 1
- Judge advocates. 1
- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Lawyers -- United States. 1
- Legislators -- United States. 1
- Local elections. 1
- Political campaigns -- United States. 1
- Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States. 1
- Textile factories. 1
- Women -- Political activity -- United States. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 1
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