Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003. Strom Thurmond Gubernatorial series, 1923-1955, (bulk 1946-1951)
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Strom Thurmond Gubernatorial series, 1923-1955, (bulk 1946-1951)
Consists of affidavits, appointment books, articles, biographical sketches, budgets, clippings, correspondence, daily schedule books, drafts of letters and speeches, election returns, financial records, invitations, lists, memos, minutes, notes, petitions, photographs, political advertisements, postcards, press releases, proclamations, promotional materials, reports, resolutions, routing slips, scrapbooks, speeches, statements, copies of completed surveys, telegrams, teletypes and warrants. The papers date from 1923 to 1955, although the bulk of the material is from the period 1946-1951, encompassing Thurmond's gubernatorial campaign and governorship. This series includes correspondence and information related to the following: Willie Earle, States' Rights Democratic Party, Walter J. Brown, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., J. Fred Buzhardt, Sr., James F. Byrnes, Charles E. Daniel, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robert McC. Figg, Alester Garden Furman, Jr., Alester Garden Furman, III, Billy Graham, J. Edgar Hoover, Olin D. Johnston, Bob Jones, Sr., Bob Jones, Jr., Burnet R. Maybank, Roger Milliken, Robert F. Poole, Paul Quattlebaum, Paul Quattlebaum, Jr., Mendel L. Rivers, Richard B. Russell, James Cuthbert Self, James C. "Jim" Self, John M. Spratt, Herman E. Talmadge, George Bell Timmerman Jr., Jean Crouch Thurmond, Harry S. Truman, George C. Wallace Jr., and Fielding L. Wright.
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85 microfilm reels (78.5 cubic ft.)
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