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Christian Action Council records
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-CAC
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of approximately 18.75 linear feet that document the activities and concerns of the Christian Action Council (CAC) of South Carolina. The dates of the collection range from 1923 to 1996, with the bulk of materials dating from 1942 to 1985. The collection comprises correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, program itineraries, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs relating to the ecumenical organization. The collection is divided into seven series:...
Dates:
1933-1996
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
Ethel Evangeline Martin Bolden papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-14957
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of approximately fifteen linear feet of manuscripts and related materials providing important insights into the life and work of educator, librarian, and community leader Ethel Martin Bolden (1918-2002) in Columbia and throughout the greater South Carolina area. Augmenting the collection is a unit of material associated with Ethel Bolden’s elder son, astronaut Charles Bolden, Jr. (b.1946). Bolden received a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968,...
Dates:
1900-2002
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
John Henry McCray papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-0090
Scope and Contents
Approximately four linear feet of manuscripts and miscellaneous printed items document the history of the Progressive Democratic Party, or "PDP," as it came to be known, which was formally established at a state convention held in columbia on 24 May 1944 -- with "the full support and endorsement of all Negro organizations in the state, our ministers and leaders and the liberal white people" as "the ONE organization our people have waited for" (letter to "Fellow Citizens," 17 May 1944). The...
Dates:
1929 - 1989
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
John Marion Lofton papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-11490
Scope and Content Note
The papers of John Marion Lofton, Jr. (1919-1990), span the years 1909 through 1990 although the bulk of the collection falls between 1940 and 1980. Included in the papers are correspondence, writings, press releases, bulletins, news clippings, and newsletters. Units of material in the collection reveal Lofton's involvement in the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Unitarian Church, political events during the tumultuous years of racial integration and Vietnam War protests, and such...
Dates:
1909 - 1990
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
John Roy Harper II papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-14uuu
Scope and Contents
Series:I. Personal papersII. Family papersIII. Topical filesIV. Audio-Visual materialsV. Ephemera and RealiaVII. OversizeVIII. LibraryPersonal papers include Harper’s political campaigns, correspondence with his family, friends, and acquaintances, greeting cards, invitations and programs for funerals, commencement ceremonies, and weddings, his education at Mather Academy, Fisk University, Harvard...
Dates:
1870-2003; Majority of material found within 1930 - 2003
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
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- Allen University 2
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- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 1
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- College of Charleston 1
- Dombrowski, James A. (James Anderson), 1897-1983 1
- Fisk University 1
- Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995 1
- Harper, John Roy, II, 1939-2003 1
- Harper, John Roy, Sr., 1911 - 1980 1
- Helms, F. Clyde 1
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 1
- Johnson C. Smith University 1
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- Lofton, John, 1919- 1
- Mather Academy (Camden, S.C.) 1
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- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. South Carolina State Conference 1
- Northminster Presbyterian Church (Columbia, S.C.) 1
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- Redfern II (James Redfern) 1
- Richland Soil and Water Conservation District (S.C.) 1
- Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 1
- Scott, Hugh (Hugh Doggett), 1900-1994 1
- Second Presbyterian Church (Camden, S.C.) 1
- Sims, Hugo S. 1
- South Carolina Federated Forces for Temperance and Law Enforcement. 1
- Spears, R. Wright (Robert Wright), 1912-2015 1
- Temperance League of South Carolina 1
- Truesdell, Neil E., 1909-1993 1
- United Citizens Party 1
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1
- University of South Carolina. School of Law 1
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