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Charles L. Appleby, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-CLA
Abstract
Charles L. Appleby, Jr. spent the bulk of his working life as a manufacturer's representative with the Giant Portland Cement Company of Florence, South Carolina, but he may be best remembered for his role in developing the Republican Party in South Carolina and his dedication to the community of Florence. He served as chair of the 6th District Republican Party from c. 1980 to c. 1991 and was a delegate to the 1984, 1988, 2000, and 2004 Republican National Conventions.
Dates:
c. 1980-2004
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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
Lester Lee Bates, Sr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-LLB
Collection Description
The Lester Lee Bates, Sr. Collection consists of four linear feet of documents, arranged into five series: Mayoral, Personal, Clippings, Audiovisual, and Vertical File Materials. The collection as a whole chronicles the almost legendary life and the eventful mayorship of Lester Lee Bates, Sr.The Mayoral series includes portions of Bates’ correspondence and schedules, in addition to topical files about other cities and mayoral issues like law enforcement, city/county government...
Dates:
1942-2010
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
Charles Evans Boineau, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-CEB
Scope and Contents
2.5 ft. of materials, 1934-2003, chiefly 1961-1964, document more fully the emergence of a viable and active Republican Party in South Carolina than they do Boineau’s brief tenure in the South Carolina House of Representatives. The papers are arranged into nine series. In addition to the papers described herein, Mr. Boineau recorded an extensive interview with Modern Political Collections (now SCPC) regarding his education, wartime experiences, and political involvement.Campaign...
Dates:
1934 - 2003
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-CAC
Abstract
In 1970 Carroll A. Campbell, Jr, was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives, where he represented Greenville County until 1974, when he ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor. He was elected to the state Senate in 1976. In 1978 he won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving South Carolina's Fourth District (Greenville-Spartanburg). He served four terms in Congress before returning to South Carolina in 1986 to seek the state's highest office, which he won to...
Dates:
1978 - 2015; Majority of material found within Bulk dates, 1987 - 2001
Found in:
South Carolina Political Collections
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
Democratic Women’s Council of South Carolina Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCU-SCPC-DWC
Abstract
The DWC of South Carolina seeks to identify, encourage and support qualified female Democratic candidates, to help women achieve a level of equality on all levels of government, and to encourage participation in political activities.
Dates:
1967 - 1989
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
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- South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives 10
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- Hollings, Ernest F. (Ernest Frederick), 1922-2019 6
- McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007 6
- Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 6
- Culbertson, John Bolt, 1908-1983 5
- Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998 5
- West, John Carl, 1922-2004 5
- Riley, Richard W. (Richard Wilson) 4
- United States. Congress. Senate 4
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 3
- Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005 3
- Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 3
- League of Women Voters of South Carolina 3
- Ravenel, Charles Dufort, 1938- 3
- Republican Party (S.C.) 3
- Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992 3
- Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994 3
- Bates, Lester L., Sr. (Lester Lee), 1904-1988 2
- Campbell, Carroll A., 1940-2005 2
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- 2
- Dennis, Rembert C. (Rembert Coney) 2
- Earle, Willie, 1922-1947 2
- Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965 2
- Littlejohn, Bruce, 1913-2007 2
- Mann, James R. (James Robert), 1920-2010 2
- Morris, Earle E., Jr. 2
- Riley, Ann Yarborough 2
- Riley, Edward Patterson, 1900-1994 2
- Sanders, Alex 2
- South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 2
- Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 2
- Workman, William D. (William Douglas), 1914-1990 2
- Zeigler, Eugene N. 2
- Alda, Alan, 1936- 1
- American Association of University Women. South Carolina Division 1
- Americans United for Separation of Church and State 1
- Appleby, Charles L., 1923-2021 1
- Ashmore, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1904-1989 1
- Ashmore, Willie Vance Linthicum 1
- Atwater, Lee 1
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- Barron, Keller H., 1932- 1
- Bates, Lester L., Jr. (Lester Lee), 1931-2009 1
- Bessinger, Maurice, 1930- 1
- Bicentennial Council of the Thirteen Original States 1
- Black on Nation 1
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- Blatt, Ethel 1
- Blatt, Solomon, 1896-1986 1
- Blatt, Solomon, Jr., 1921-2016 1
- Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr., 1923-2005 1
- Boineau, Dotsy Diane Lloyd 1
- Bradley, Jane H. 1
- Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986 1
- Campbell, John T. 1
- Catawba Nuclear Generating Station (S.C.) 1
- Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 1
- Chandler, Cecil 1
- Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
- Citizens Association of Beaufort County 1
- Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1
- Collier, Pat 1
- Columbia High School (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Columbia Junior Chamber of Commerce 1
- Concerned South Carolinians for a Better Environment 1
- Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993 1
- Cook, Weston Carrier 1
- Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation 1
- Democratic Party (S.C.) 1
- Democratic Women’s Council of South Carolina 1
- Dent, Harry S. (Harry Shuler), 1930-2007 1
- Derrick, Butler Carson, Jr., 1936-2014 1
- Dole, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1923-2021 1
- Draper, William F., 1912-2003 1
- Drummond, John W. (John Willie), 1919- 1
- Duffy, John J. (1934) 1
- Edens, J. Drake (James Drake), 1925-1982 1
- Edens, Jenny 1
- Edwards, James B. (James Burrows), 1927-2014 1
- Ferillo, Bud (Charles Traynor Ferillo, Jr.) 1
- First Baptist Church (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Fisk University 1
- Fowler, Donald L. (Donald Lionel), 1935-2020 1
- Frazier, Joe, 1944-2011 1
- Frederick, Keith 1
- Freemasons 1
- Graham, Cora Doten 1
- Grass Roots Organizing Workshop (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Greenville County Bar Association 1
- Grose, Philip G., 1938-2012 1
- Guild, Robert 1
- Hall, Wilton E. (Wilton Earle), 1901-1980 1
- Hamby, Lottie D. (Dolly) 1
- Hammond Academy (Columbia, S.C.) 1
- Harper, John Roy, II, 1939-2003 1
- Harper, John Roy, Sr., 1911 - 1980 1
- Harrell, Flynn T., 1934- 1
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