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Charles Evans Boineau, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-CEB
Scope and Contents
2.5 ft. of materials, 1934-2003, chiefly 1961-1964, document more fully the emergence of a viable and active Republican Party in South Carolina than they do Boineau’s brief tenure in the South Carolina House of Representatives. The papers are arranged into nine series. In addition to the papers described herein, Mr. Boineau recorded an extensive interview with Modern Political Collections (now SCPC) regarding his education, wartime experiences, and political involvement.Campaign...
Dates:
1934 - 2003
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
J. Drake Edens, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-JDE
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.
Dates:
1943 - 1982
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
William D. Workman, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-WDW
Abstract
William D. Workman, Jr. is best remembered for his pivotal role in the emergence of the Republican Party as a viable alternative to the Democratic Party in South Carolina. In 1962, when the Democrats were the dominant political power in the state, he made a serious bid for the U.S. Senate as a Republican. Although ultimately unsuccessful, Workman received enough votes to signal to others of like mind that a Republican could win a state-wide race. In his career as a journalist, he wrote for...
Dates:
1915 - 1997
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Filtered By
- Names: Workman, William D. (William Douglas), 1914-1990 X
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- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 2
- Elections -- Southern states. 1
- Methodist Church -- United States -- History. 1
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- Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Political conventions. 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964. 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968. 1
- Sailors -- United States -- Biography. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 1
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- Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr., 1923-2005 1
- Edens, J. Drake (James Drake), 1925-1982 1
- Edens, Jenny 1
- Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 1
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