Strom Thurmond Jean Crouch Thurmond series, 1943-1962, 1947-1960.

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Strom Thurmond Jean Crouch Thurmond series, 1943-1962, 1947-1960.

Contains material relating to Jean Crouch Thurmond, first wife of Strom Thurmond, who was born in Elko, S.C. on July 14, 1926 and graduated from Winthrop College in 1947. She married Thurmond on November 7, 1947 and died of a malignant brain tumor on January 6, 1960. The items in this series include correspondence between Jean and Strom during their courtship and marriage; wedding correspondence; correspondence between Jean and her mother, Inez Breazeale Crouch and her sister, Frances ("Sis") Crouch; newspaper clippings; files documenting her various activities; and correspondence relating to her illness, death, funeral and tributes/donations. There are also scrapbooks (1943-1960) containing material on her life and death. In addition, there are a few files relating to Alberta Lachicotte's book Rebel Senator and some material on the Crouch and Thurmond family lineages.

8.5 cubic ft., 3 v.

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