William Wightman Smoak papers, 1895-1982.

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William Wightman Smoak papers, 1895-1982.

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Constitution and bylaws, 1900, Smoaks Literary Society; constitution, ca. 1902, Business Men's League, Walterboro; papers, 1915, re establishment of Colleton County Co-operative Association; reports, July-Aug. 1922, of agent hired by Smoak to identify and assist in arrest of bootleggers in Walterboro. Correspondence and sales reports, 1926-1927, of Smoak as subdistrict sales manager, Myrtle Beach Sales Co., for Allendale, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper counties; and correspondence and contracts, 1924-1940s, re Chautauqua series presented in Colleton County. Political materials include bills, 1927-1930, introduced by Smoak in S.C. House of Representatives; correspondence, 1929, as chairman, County Organization Committee, S.C. Natural Resources Commission, particularly re publicizing South Carolina's high levels of nutritionally beneficial iodine; correspondence, Jan.-Feb. 1930, with officials of the Women's Christian Temperance Union re legislation for harsher penalties for violating liquor laws. Papers, 1930, re Smoak's unsuccessful campaign for governor; and correspondence, 1932, with Niels Christensen, Jr., and other officers of the Farmers and Taxpayers League, re state budget. Also includes correspondence, speeches, and pamphlets, 1932, re vote to repeal prohibition; correspondence, 1933, re organizing county temperance organizations; letter, 19 May 1941, to South Carolina Senator R[ichard] M[anning] Jefferies, re possibility of Walterboro being bombed by Germany; and speech, 20 Apr. 1944, to the S.C. House of Representatives, re inability of black citizens to participate in a democratic government. Volumes contain secretary's book, 1895, Young People's Literary Aid, a literary club of which Smoak was president; teacher's registers, 1900-1901, Walterboro Graded School, of which Smoak was principal; unbound scrapbook, 1901-1902, and 1913, with clippings re family and community; and autograph book, 1902. Notebook, 1928-1929, re parliamentary rules, William Wightman Smoak, Speaker Pro Tempore, 1929-1930, S.C. House of Representatives; and pocket diary, 1946. Other correspondents include temperance leader, the Rev. Albert D. Betts, Solomon Blatt, James F. Byrnes, J. Rion McKissick, and L. Mendel Rivers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258506

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970

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Blatt, Solomon, 1896-1986

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State legislator from Blackville, S.C.; at the time of his death, recognized as the longest-serving state legislator in the U.S. (1933-1986); served in S.C. General Assembly as Representative from Barnwell, S.C. (1933-1986); served as Speaker of the House (1935-1946 and 1951-1971); graduated from USC in 1917 with a law degree. From the description of Solomon Blatt papers, 1918-1986; (bulk, 1933-1986). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30118375 ...

Smoak, William Wightman, 1877-1947

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Editor, state legislator, and mayor, of Walterboro, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1895-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122503078 Educator, editor, and publisher, The Press & Standard (Walterboro, S.C.); member, South Carolina House of Representatives; mayor, Walterboro, 1920-1922. From the description of William Wightman Smoak papers, 1895-1982. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28410632 ...

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McKissick, J. Rion (James Rion), 1884-1944

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Betts, Albert Deems, 1882-1958

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Clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and author of Columbia, S.C.; born in Shiloh (Sumter County, S.C.); son of Rev. William Archibald Betts and Lillie Evelyn Wadsworth Betts; married, 1908, to Katherine Elvira Budd (d. 1947); in 1949, Betts married his second wife, Mary Evelyn de Medici of Aiken, S.C.; member of the board of the National Temperance League; author of published works including: History of South Carolina Methodism (published 1952); and pamphlet, South Carolina Metho...

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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...

Christensen, Niels, 1876-1939

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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...