Paul Quattlebaum senate papers, 1936-1945.

South Carolina. Department of Archives and History

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

Democratic Party (S.C.)

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Jefferies, Richard M. (Richard Manning), 1888-1964

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State legislator and governor (1942-1943) of South Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1942-1952 ; (bulk 1942-1943). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577886 Teacher, editor, lawyer, state legislator, and governor (1942-1943) of South Carolina; as President Pro Tempore of the S.C. Senate, Jefferies succeeded to office in Mar. 1942 following the death of acting Governor Joseph Emile Harley. From the description of Richard M. Jefferies papers, 1942-1964 ; (bu...

Maybank, Burnet R. (Burnet Rhett), 1899-1954

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U.S. Senator, 1941-1954, and governor of S.C., 1939-1941; Democrat; born in Charleston, S.C.; served in U.S. Navy during World War I; mayor of Charleston, S.C., 1931-38; married, in 1923, to Elizabeth de Rossett Myers (d. 1947) and, in 1948, to Mary Randolph Pelzer Cecil; father of Burnet Rhett Maybank (b.1924). From the description of Scrapbook, 1947-1950. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 64576774 Burnet R. Maybank was elected to the United States Senate ...

Brown, Edgar A. (Edgar Allan), 1888-1975

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South Carolina State Representative, 1921-1926; South Carolina State Senator, 1928-1972, President Pro Tempore and chairman Senate Finance Committee, 1942-1972. Clemson University trustee, 1934-1975. From the description of Edgar Brown papers. 1911-1975 : 1950-1972. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23745990 Member, South Carolina General Assembly, serving Barnwell County as Representative (1921-1928) and Senator (1929-1972); President Pro Tempore of Senate...

Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965

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Series documenting Johnston's interactions with the media as both candidate and incumbent during political campaigns and serivice in office. From the description of Media series, 1955-1964. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37539301 Governor of South Carolina, 1935-1939, and 1943 until his resignation, 3 Jan. 1945; U.S. Senator from 1944 until his death in 1965. From the description of Olin D. Johnston papers, 1923-1965. (University of South Car...

South Carolina. State Highway Dept.

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Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972

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James F. Byrnes was born on May 2, 1882, in Charleston, South Carolina, to Elizabeth McSweeney and James Byrnes. On May 2, 1906, he married Maude Busch, who was born in Aiken, SC, on October 22, 1883. Byrnes was elected Court Solicitor of the Second District in 1908; U.S. Congressman from 1911-1925; U.S. Senator from 1931-1941. He was appointed to serve as a Justice of U.S. Supreme Court 1941-1942. He also served as Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, 1942; Director of the Office o...

Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project

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Thompson, Frank A., 1895-1955

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McMillan, John L. (John Lanneau), 1898-1977

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U.S. Congressman representing S.C.'s Sixth Congressional District in the House for for seventeen consecutive terms, 1939-1973; called the "Mayor of DC" in recognition of long service as chairman of the House Committee on the District of Columbia, 1945-1946, 1949-1952, 1955-1972; prior to his election to Congress, McMillan served as secretary for Sixth Congressional District Representative, Allard H. Gasque. From the description of John L. McMillan papers, 1938-1972. (University of So...

Quattlebaum, Paul, 1886-1964

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The Quattlebaums were German Protestant pioneers who helped settle the "Dutch Fork" area of South Carolina (present Lexington and Newberry Counties) in the mid-1760's. The family has provided South Carolina with political leaders, engineers, soldiers, teachers, farmers, and executives for more than 200 years. Four generations of the Quattlebaum family are represented in this collection. From the description of Quattlebaum family papers. 1817-2003, (bulk 1880-1963). (Clemson Universit...

Williams, T. Cyprian (Thomas Cyprian), 1854-

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