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A Different Dixie
Collection
Identifier: COD0000091
Scope and Contents
The only known full-length copy of A Different Dixie, housed at the Moving Image Research Collections at the University of South Carolina, is not a final copy as it lacks titles and credits and was probably a working copy. The rest of the films housed at MIRC, which came from SC-ETV, are the original camera footage from the project and consist of both film and magnetic media from the filming that occurred for this production, including outtakes (footage that was never used in the final...
Dates:
1983-1984
Found in:
Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC)
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
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
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
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
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 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
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- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007 5
- West, John Carl, 1922-2004 5
- Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992 4
- Culbertson, John Bolt, 1908-1983 3
- Allen University 2
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 2
- Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation 2
- Hollings, Ernest F. (Ernest Frederick), 1922-2019 2
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
- McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987 2
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
- Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 2
- African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
- American Civil Liberties Union 1
- Ashmore, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1904-1989 1
- Ashmore, Willie Vance Linthicum 1
- Bannerman, Charles 1
- Bass, Jack (1934) 1
- Benedict College 1
- Betts, Alfred D. 1
- Black on Nation 1
- Blacks United for Action 1
- Bolden family 1
- Bolden, Charles, 1946- 1
- Bolden, Ethel Evangeline Martin 1
- Calvert, Melvin, Reverend 1
- Campbell, John T. 1
- Cannon, Ralph A. 1
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 1
- Chandler, Cecil 1
- Christian Action Council (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
- College of Charleston 1
- Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993 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
- Dombrowski, James A. (James Anderson), 1897-1983 1
- Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005 1
- Earle, Willie, 1922-1947 1
- Fisk University 1
- Fowler, Donald L. (Donald Lionel), 1935-2020 1
- Frazier, Joe, 1944-2011 1
- Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995 1
- Gressette, L. Marion (Lawrence Marion) 1
- Grose, Philip G., 1938-2012 1
- Harper, John Roy, II, 1939-2003 1
- Harper, John Roy, Sr., 1911 - 1980 1
- Helms, F. Clyde 1
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
- Johnson C. Smith University 1
- Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965 1
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
- Lighthouse and Informer 1
- Lofton, John, 1919- 1
- Logan, Marian 1
- Maloof, Manuel Joseph 1
- Mann, James R. (James Robert), 1920-2010 1
- Mather Academy (Camden, S.C.) 1
- McClain family 1
- McClain, Howard G. 1
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 1
- McNair family 1
- McNair, Josephine 1
- Monteith, Martha 1
- Morris, Earle E., Jr. 1
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. South Carolina State Conference 1
- Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985 1
- Northminster Presbyterian Church (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Operation PUSH (U.S.) 1
- Progressive Democratic Party 1
- Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- 1
- Redfern II (James Redfern) 1
- Richland Soil and Water Conservation District (S.C.) 1
- Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 1
- Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998 1
- Sanders, Alex 1
- Scott, Hugh (Hugh Doggett), 1900-1994 1
- Second Presbyterian Church (Camden, S.C.) 1
- Simkins, Andrew 1
- Sims, Hugo S. 1
- South Carolina Federated Forces for Temperance and Law Enforcement. 1
- South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate. Judiciary Committee 1
- Spears, R. Wright (Robert Wright), 1912-2015 1
- Stuckey, J. Elspeth 1
- Temperance League of South Carolina 1
- Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994 1
- Truesdell, Neil E., 1909-1993 1
- United Citizens Party 1
- United Methodist Church (U.S.) 1
- United Methodist Church (U.S.). South Carolina Conference 1
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1
- University of South Carolina 1
- University of South Carolina. School of Law 1
- Victory Savings Bank 1
- Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council) 1
- WBTW-TV (Firm) 1
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