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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
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Jack Bass Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU -SCPC-JSB
Scope and Contents
The Jack Bass Papers, c. 1936 to 2017, consist of 25 linear feet of material chiefly documenting Bass’s work in researching and writing his books. The collection is divided into nine series: Academic, Campaign, Journalism, Personal, Publications, Topical, Audiovisual, Clippings, and Vertical File Materials. Academic, 1967-2011, documents Bass’s positions as a professor or instructor at various institutions. Material relates to job searches, classes taught, student work, and...
Dates:
c. 1936-2017
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
L. Marion Gressette Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-LMG
Abstract
Marion Gressette served Orangeburg County for half a century in the South Carolina General Assembly. He began his public service in the House, 1925-1928, 1931-1932, and spent the majority of his career in the Senate, 1937-1984; President Pro Tempore, 1972-1984. Nicknamed the "Gray Fox" because of his legislative cunning and slicked-back gray hair, Gressette commanded the respect of political allies and adversaries alike.
Dates:
c. 1920-1924, 1950-1984
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Philip G. Grose Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-PGG
Abstract
Philip Gibbs Grose, Jr., was a journalist, government administrator, speechwriter, public affairs aficionado, and author. Grose devoted his life to writing about and serving the government of South Carolina. Throughout his life, Grose’s words and actions documented South Carolina’s move to become a modern state, but his name and words were hidden behind the guise of a political journalist and government bureaucrat until late in his life when he became a published author. His papers span his...
Dates:
1966 - 2011
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Robert E. McNair Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-REM
Abstract
Robert Evander McNair represented Allendale County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1951 until his election as Lieutenant Governor in 1962. He served under Governor Donald Russell until 1965, when the death of U.S. Senator Olin Johnston left a vacancy in South Carolina's congressional delegation. McNair succeeded Russell as governor and appointed Russell to serve in the senate until such time as a special election could be held. McNair was elected to a full term as...
Dates:
1953 - 2010
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Martha Monteith Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-MEM
Overview
Martha Cunningham Monteith was the first trained speech therapist employed by the South Carolina public school system, establishing the inaugural program at Richland County District 1 in 1949. She worked to secure state funding for speech and hearing services throughout SC public schools. While teaching at South Carolina State University (c. 1954-1962), she helped estabish its department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, and in 1966 helped launch a Speech Pathology and Audiology graduate...
Dates:
1938 - 2019
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Isaiah DeQuincey Newman Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-IDN
Abstract
DeQuincey Newman was a Methodist pastor, civil rights activist, and entrepreneur. A leading figure in the Civil Rights movement in South Carolina, he helped organize the Orangeburg branch of the NAACP in 1943, helped found the Progressive Democratic Party, and served the South Carolina NAACP as state field director from 1960 to 1969. From 1972 to 1974, he served as executive assistant to the Director of the S.C. Department of Social Services. From 1974 to 1981, he was Director of the...
Dates:
1929 - 2003
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Modjeska Monteith Simkins Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-MMS
Abstract
A Columbia civil rights activist, Simkins served as the South Carolina State Secretary for the NAACP, 1941-1957. She also had leadership roles in the renovation of Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital and the Richland County Citizens Committee. Simkins was a founder, in 1921, of the Victory Savings Bank of Columbia. Now called South Carolina Community Bank, it survives as one of the oldest African-American owned banks in the country. As a voice of African-American leadership in the South, Simkins...
Dates:
1909 - 1992
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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- West, John Carl, 1922-2004 5
- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007 4
- Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992 4
- Culbertson, John Bolt, 1908-1983 3
- African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
- Ashmore, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1904-1989 1
- Ashmore, Willie Vance Linthicum 1
- Bass, Jack (1934) 1
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 1
- Campbell, John T. 1
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
- Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
- Democratic Party (S.C.) 1
- Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
- Dennis, Rembert C. (Rembert Coney) 1
- Dent, Harry S. (Harry Shuler), 1930-2007 1
- Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005 1
- Earle, Willie, 1922-1947 1
- Fowler, Donald L. (Donald Lionel), 1935-2020 1
- Gressette, L. Marion (Lawrence Marion) 1
- Grose, Philip G., 1938-2012 1
- Hollings, Ernest F. (Ernest Frederick), 1922-2019 1
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
- Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965 1
- Mann, James R. (James Robert), 1920-2010 1
- McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987 1
- McNair family 1
- McNair, Josephine 1
- Monteith, Martha 1
- Morris, Earle E., Jr. 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
- Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985 1
- Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- 1
- Sanders, Alex 1
- Simkins, Andrew 1
- South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate. Judiciary Committee 1
- Stuckey, J. Elspeth 1
- Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994 1
- United Methodist Church (U.S.) 1
- United Methodist Church (U.S.). South Carolina Conference 1
- Victory Savings Bank 1
- Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968 1
- Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 1
- White Oak Baptist Church (Greenville, S.C.) 1
- Wickenberg, Charles H., 1923- 1
- Williams, Arthur M. 1
- Winthrop College 1 + ∧ less
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