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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
John Carl West Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-JCW
Abstract
John West served his state and nation well as a soldier during World War II, as a member of the South Carolina Senate, 1955 to 1966, as Lieutenant Governor, 1967 to 1971, as Governor, 1971 to 1975, and as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1977 to 1981. Returning from Saudi Arabia, West practiced law, lectured on government and the Middle East at the University of South Carolina, served as Chairman of the Board of the Seibels Bruce Insurance Company, and engaged in a number of...
Dates:
c. 1840s, c. 1857, 1905, 1924, 1938-2004
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Charles H. Wickenberg, Jr. and Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-CHW
Abstract
Charles H. Wickenberg, Jr. enjoyed a distinguished forty-year career as a journalist, chiefly with The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C. He served in the Marine Corps in both World War II and the Korean War, and subsequently as Gov. George Bell Timmerman's Executive Secretary from 1955 to 1958. In 1970, Wickenberg and 59 other journalists accompanied H. Ross Perot to Vietnam in his effort to negotiate for the release of American POWs. The collection also contains papers concerning the...
Dates:
c. 1835-2004
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007 3
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