Jack Bass and Walter De Vries interview papers, 1974.

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Jack Bass and Walter De Vries interview papers, 1974.

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The papers consist of transcripts of eight interviews conducted by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries in 1974 with prominent South Carolina public figures. These interviews, among others, were used for their book, The Transformation of Southern Politics: Social Change and Political Consequence since 1945. The entire group of interviews is housed at the University of North Carolina in the Southern Historical Collection Oral History Program. The papers are contained in one small series and consist of transcripts of interviews conducted in 1974 by Jack Bass and Walter De Vries with prominent South Carolina public figures. The overarching theme of the interviews is race relations and the effect of race on South Carolina politics. Those interviewed include Thomas R. Waring, Jr. (mentioning his uncle Julius Waties Waring and his wife Elizabeth Waring); Terrell Glenn; Maurice Bessinger; Gedney Howe, Sr. (also mentioning Judge and Mrs. Waring, Strom Thurmond, and James F. Byrnes); James Redfern (mentioning the Orangeburg Massacre); John West (mentioning the Ku Klux Klan); I.S. Leevy Johnson; and Julius S. Baggett.

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College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library

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