Strom Thurmond Campaigns Series. 1938-1980, 1954-1979.

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Strom Thurmond Campaigns Series. 1938-1980, 1954-1979.

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Correspondence, memoranda, lists, publicity material (such as mailings, posters, clippings and speeches) and financial records documenting Senator Thurmond's own campaigns and those he was involved in, except the 1956 senatorial and 1976 presidential campaigns. This series also includes polls and opinion surveys, congratulatory and thank you letters, lists of grants obtained by the Senator for South Carolina, patronage files, case files and petitions. These items relate to campaign planning and administration, fund-raising and financial management, publicity and public relations, and information gathering on opponents and their campaigns. It may be in- or out-of-state. Of particular interest is material concerning the 1954 "write-in" senatorial campaign, the 1964 Goldwater and 1968 Nixon presidential campaigns, and the 1978 senatorial campaign.

28 cubic ft.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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