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Ann Yarborough "Tunky" Riley Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-AYR
Abstract
Ann Osteen Yarborough Riley served as South Carolina's First Lady from 1979 until 1987. She was known not only for her gracious hospitality and warmth, but for her work toward improving South Carolina's educational system and her active involvement in the Governor's Mansion renovations.
Dates:
c. 1880s-2008, bulk 1978-1988
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Edward Patterson “Ted” Riley Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-EPR
Abstract
Ted Riley served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1933-1952, with an interlude of service in the Navy during World War II. In 1953, he became the Greenville County Attorney. Always active in Democratic Party politics, Riley chaired the Greenville County Democratic Party Executive Committee, 1954-1955, and the South Carolina Democratic Party for two terms, 1960-1964. Riley played an important role in John F. Kennedy's 1960 Presidential election. Riley...
Dates:
1923-1979
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Richard W. Riley Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-RWR
Scope and Contents
The collection series include Public, Personal, Speeches and Media, Audiovisual, and Clippings.
Public papers include those from Riley’s service as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1963 to 1967) and the South Carolina Senate (1967 to 1977), as Governor (1979 to 1987), and as Secretary of Education (1993 to 2001). Riley’s House papers include documentation of Greenville County issues, as well as a quantity of material on the...
Dates:
c. 1898 - 2018
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Ruth Locke Roettinger Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-RLR
Abstract
Ruth Locke Roettinger was a professor of government at Winthrop College in 1949, when a Committee to Study [the] Existing State Constitution was established to study South Carolina's 1895 Constitution and recommend necessary changes. Roettinger was appointed to the committee by Governor Strom Thurmond, and she served as its secretary.
Dates:
1948-1951 & 2001
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Joseph O. Rogers, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-JOR
Abstract
Joseph O. Rogers was the first gubernatorial candidate of the modern Republican Party in South Carolina. Elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives as a Democrat for Clarendon County, he served six consecutive terms, 1955-1967. Rogers gradually became discouraged with what he viewed as a lack of resolve on the part of South Carolina Democrats to resist federal encroachment into the affairs of state government. On March 7, 1966, Rogers formally announced that he was switching to...
Dates:
1942-1999
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Donald S. Russell Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-DSR
Abstract
Donald Russell began his career with the Spartanburg law firm of Nichols, Wyche and Byrnes, where he became a close friend and protege of James F. Byrnes. Thanks in part to this connection, Russell held several important positions with the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, including Assistant Secretary of State for Administration. In 1952, Russell was named president of the University of South Carolina. As president, Russell guided the school from regional significance towards its...
Dates:
1929 - 1998
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Edward E. Saleeby Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-EES
Abstract
A native of Hartsville, Saleeby was elected to the S.C. House in 1950 and served there from 1951 to 1959. In 1972 he opposed and defeated powerful incumbent South Carolina state senator "Spot" Mozingo, a legendary figure in South Carolina politics, in a fiercely competed Democratic primary contest and served in the Senate from 1972 until his death. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment during a distinguished career was his role in reforming South Carolina's automobile insurance industry.
Dates:
1968 - 2005
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Gregory D. Shorey Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-GDS
Abstract
Businessman Greg Shorey became a leading force in developing the Republican Party in South Carolina during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1952, Shorey became an active leader of South Carolinians for Eisenhower in Greenville County. He worked again in support of Eisenhower in 1956, and was a leading figure in Barry Goldwater's 1960 and 1964 presidential campaigns. He served as Chair of the Party from 1958 to 1961, has been active at the local, state, and national levels, and continues to be an...
Dates:
1948-2019
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
South Carolina Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-ERA
Abstract
Formed in January 1973, the Coalition was reorganized in 1975 as a public interest lobby to secure ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the federal constitution by South Carolina. The Coalition was co-funded by the League of Women Voters and the National Organization for Women and headed by Keller H. Barron as legislative coordinator to handle political strategy and Janet Wedlock as field coordinator to organize constituent lobbying. South Carolina is one of fifteen states that did...
Dates:
1963 - 1978
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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