Reagan, Ronald

Collection Description From the Sub-Series: Campaign for U.S. Senate, 1980 Senator Hollings ran nearly unopposed in the democratic primary for his Senate seat in 1980. His primary opposition was Bill Kreml, a University of South Carolina professor who was running against Hollings mainly as a protest against the Senator's policies. Hollings won easily and faced Republican Marshall Mays in the general election. The Hollings campaign worked diligently to minimize Mays in the state, painting the former OPIC (Overseas Private...

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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.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Because of the extremely complex nature of the Topical material, particularly in the field of Armed Services, researchers should consider that relevant material may be found in several different areas within the subseries. For example, the budget process in any given year includes ample information on the legislative authorization, administration, and progress of various programs and projects being considered for funding. Material on National Security includes information on other countries‘...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Topical files are divided into several sub-series. Beaufort County Board of Elections and Voter Registration files document Shorey’s role as an appointed member of the Board from 1994 to 2002. Files 1992 to 1994 relate Shorey’s interest in the activities of an earlier body, the Voter Registration and Election Task Force.Campaign files cover elections 1952 to 2020 and are subdivided into races for national and South Carolina offices. The bulk of materials consist of mailings to...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Audio-visual materials include audiocassettes and reel-to-reel magnetic tape recordings collected by Shorey throughout his political career. Of interest are recordings of a 1959 speech by Goldwater in Greenville and press interviews with Shorey after the 1960 Republican National Convention. Photographs include images of political figures such as Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and others, as well as images of Republican Party events. Videotapes include Nixon’s 1960 Presidential nomination...

Collection Description From the Sub-Series: Description of Materials for 1984 Presidential Campaign The almost eleven feet of Presidential Campaign records consist of campaign organization files that include communication and strategy documents, correspondence, financial records, persons files, state files, and topical files. Most of the material is dated between January 1983 and March 1984. General and campaign organization files offer a good deal of insight into the campaign. For example, although Hollings'...

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The Audiovisual materials include a large number of audio recordings from the mid-1970s, as well as extensive photographs. The photographs include many of his travels and of events he attended, as well as portraits and photos of him with various dignitaries.

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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The Ernest F. Hollings files contain Workman’s notes from Hollings’ gubernatorial press conferences, 1959-1961, gubernatorial campaign of 1958, and primary campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1962 (including transcripts of television appearances). The George Bell Timmerman and Donald Russell files also contain gubernatorial press conference notes and speeches.

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...