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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
Solomon Blatt Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-SB
Scope and Contents
Public Papers chiefly relate to Blatt’s role as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Barnwell County, 1933-1986, and as Speaker, 1935-1946 and 1951-1973. The series includes general files, a “political file”, recommendations, and topical files. The political file subseries describes a discreet set of papers from 1963-1964 that document a range of political activities, including constituent service, correspondence with other public officials around the state, and...
Dates:
1916-1921, 1933-2016
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Joseph R. Bryson Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-JRB
Collection Description
7 linear ft. of papers, 1917 to 1953, chiefly date from 1947 to 1953 and document Bryson‟s congressional service. The records are divided into four series: Public, Personal, Clippings and Photographs.Public Papers:
Public Papers relate to Bryson‟s congressional service and are divided into Legislative Files, Invitations, Press Releases, Speeches, and Voting Record.Legislative files, 1930 to 1953 (mostly 1948 to 1953), include bills introduced by Bryson, related...
Dates:
1917 - 1953
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
Rembert Coney Dennis Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-RCD
Abstract
Rembert Dennis was one of the most influential legislators of his time. His career spanned almost fifty years in the South Carolina House of Representatives (Berkeley County), 1939-1942, and the South Carolina Senate, 1943-1988.
Dates:
1938 - 1992
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Lottie D. Hamby Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-LDH
Abstract
Dolly Hamby was a partner in the all-female, Columbia-based Bradley, Graham, & Hamby Advertising and Public Relations Agency. The firm worked for high-profile political candidates and businesses, and on issues of public interest.
Dates:
1946 - 2001
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
C. Alex Harvin, III Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-CAH
Abstract
Alex Harvin served in the South Carolina House of Representatives (Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties) from 1977 to 2005. He was Majority Whip, 1979 to 1982, and Majority Leader, 1982 to 1986. Harvin was active in party politics, serving as vice chairman of the SC Democratic Party from 1976 to 1978 and chairman of the Clarendon County Democratic Party from 1979 until his death. In 1984, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Dates:
1968 - 2010
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Donald H. Holland Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-DHH
Abstract
Almost continuously in public office from 1950 until his death, Donald Holland served in both the South Carolina House of Representatives (Kershaw County), 1950-1954, 1956-1964, and Senate, 1969-2003. He was District Highway Commissioner from 1964-1968.
Dates:
1923, 1942 - 2004
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Jak Smyrl Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCL-MS-14uuuu
Scope and Contents
Thirty cartons plus forty-seven oversized, 3” deep flat file boxes, 1923-2014, of correspondence, personal papers, photographs, and artwork, reveal the life and work of this South Carolina artist who spent his entire working career (1949-1987) as the illustrator for The
State newspaper. The single largest unit of materials in the collection consists of Smyrl’s artwork, most of it primarily created daily for the newspaper. Covering everything from local to global news, this
artwork especially...
Dates:
1923 - 2014
Found in:
South Caroliniana Library
League of Women Voters of Columbia/Richland County Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-LWVC
Abstract
The League of Women Voters of Columbia/Richland County (S.C.) was organized as a provisional league in 1947, and recognized as a local league in 1950, one year after the recognition of the Charleston and Spartanburg leagues. These three local organizations formed the nucleus of the state League. The League is a non-partisan organization that encourages citizens to learn about and become active in national, state, and local government.
Dates:
1942 - 2021
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 11
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- Elections -- United States -- History. 3
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- Water -- Fluoridation. 1
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- Names
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 2
- Culbertson, John Bolt, 1908-1983 2
- Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005 2
- Hollings, Ernest F. (Ernest Frederick), 1922-2019 2
- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007 2
- Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998 2
- Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 2
- United States. Congress. Senate 2
- West, John Carl, 1922-2004 2
- Ashmore, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1904-1989 1
- Ashmore, Willie Vance Linthicum 1
- Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik 1
- Black, G.W.Z. 1
- Blatt family 1
- Blatt, Ethel 1
- Blatt, Solomon, 1896-1986 1
- Blatt, Solomon, Jr., 1921-2016 1
- Bradley, Jane H. 1
- Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986 1
- Bryson family 1
- Bryson, Joseph Raleigh, 1893-1953 1
- Butts, Frank A. 1
- Citizens Association of Beaufort County 1
- Coast Line Telephone Co 1
- Columbia High School (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Concerned South Carolinians for a Better Environment 1
- Democratic Party (S.C.) 1
- Dennis, Rembert C. (Rembert Coney) 1
- Dent, Harry S. (Harry Shuler), 1930-2007 1
- Earle, Willie, 1922-1947 1
- Edisto Island Presbyterian Church (Charleston County, S.C.) 1
- Elliott, William 1
- Fowler, Donald L. (Donald Lionel), 1935-2020 1
- Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 1
- Graham, Cora Doten 1
- Hamby, Lottie D. (Dolly) 1
- Harvin, C. Alex, III (Charles Alexander) 1
- Hemmings family 1
- Holland, Donald H. 1
- Kline Iron and Steel Co. (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- League of Women Voters of Columbia (S.C.) 1
- Legaré, George Swinton, 1869-1913 1
- Littlejohn, Bruce, 1913-2007 1
- Ludlow, Peter, 1939- 1
- Manly, Basil, 1798-1868 1
- Mann, James R. (James Robert), 1920-2010 1
- Michael family 1
- Mikell, Isaac Jenkins 1
- Mikell, Townsend 1
- Morris, Earle E., Jr. 1
- Nebbia, Tom 1
- Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- 1
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948- 1
- Russell family 1
- Sanders, Alex 1
- Smith, Ellison DuRant, 1866-1944 1
- Smyrl family 1
- Smyrl, Betty Spires, 1932- 1
- Smyrl, Jak (Oscar Jackson), 1923-2007 1
- South Carolina Environmental Action, Inc. 1
- South Carolina Tricentennial Commission 1
- South Carolina. Edisto Mounted Rifles 1
- South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1
- South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1
- Spears family 1
- Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918 1
- Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994 1
- Townsend, Amarintha Jenkins 1
- United States. Marine Corps 1
- Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 1
- Whaley, Richard Smith, 1874-1951 1
- White Oak Baptist Church (Greenville, S.C.) 1 + ∧ less
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