John G. Richards papers, 1889-1966.

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John G. Richards papers, 1889-1966.

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Organized into the following series: I. Biographical, 1912-1957; II. General papers, 1892-1960; III. South Carolina House of Representatives, 1898-1926; IV. Gubernatorial Papers, 1910-1931; V. Tillman Memorial Commission, 1929-1940; VI. Photographs, 1895-1931; VII. News clippings, 1902-1966; VIII. Broadsides, 1896-1929. Subseries: General Papers arranged as follows: I. Correspondence, 1889-1960; II. Tillman, Benjamin Ryan, 1897-1914; II. Speeches, 1892-1940. Subseries: South Carolina House of Representatives arranged as follows: I. General papers, 1898-1927; II. Speeches, 1901-1925; III. Campaigns, 1898-1908; IV. Railroad Commission, 1911-1925. Subseries: Gubernatorial papers a arranged as follows: I. Campaigns, subseries A-D as follows: A. 1910; B. 1914; C. 1918; D. 1926; I. Governor-elect, subseries A-C as follows: A. General correspondence, 1926-1927; B. Congratulatory correspondence, 1926-1927; C. Employment Requests, 1926-1927; III. Correspondence, subseries A through D as follows: A. General, 1927-1931; B. Invitations, 1927-1930; C. Pardons and paroles, 1927-1931; D. Sunday Blue Laws, 1927-1929; IV. Speeches, 1927-1930; V. Newsclippings, 1927-1931. Includes materials re reorganization of Medical College of South Carolina at Charleston; South Carolina Railroad Commission; repeal of Agricultural Lien Law; Sunday Blue Laws; triple lynching, 1926, of Bertha, Clarence and Demon Lowman in Aiken, S.C.; Prohibition enforcement; $65 million highway Bond; and promotion of South Carolina as the "Iodine State." Contains 39 photographs, including photos of Charles A. Lindbergh at a 1927 testimonial dinner at Converse College; members of Richards' constabulary force; and confiscated still. Correspondents include Coleman Livingston Blease; Edgar Allan Brown; Richards' executive secretary, John Austin Latimer; John Lowndes McLaurin; Ben Tillman, and others.

7.5 linear ft. (6 cartons) and 2 v.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7259440

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Latimer, John Austin, 1891-1973

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McLaurin, John Lowndes, 1860-1934

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U.S. senator from South Carolina. From the description of Scrapbooks of John Lowndes McLaurin, 1888-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455660 ...

Lowman family.

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Blease, Coleman Livingston, 1868-1942

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South Carolina governor. From the description of Letter : Columbia, S.C., to James B. McBride, Florence, S.C., 1913 Dec. 31. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32140160 Governor, 1911-1915, of S.C.; U.S. senator, 1925-1931; 1889 graduate of Georgetown University Law School; S.C. Representative, 1890-1894, 1899, 1900; mayor, 1897, of Helena, S.C.; S.C. Senator, 1905-1909; native of Newberry County, S.C. From the description of Coleman Liv...

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...

Richards, John G. (John Gardiner), 1864-1941

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First four-year term governor of South Carolina, 1927-1931; lawyer and politicians of Kershaw, S.C.; organizer of Liberty Hills Rifles (South Carolina 3rd Battalion); member, S.C. Railroad Commission, U.S. Railroad Commissiona and S.C. Tax Commission; member, S.C. House of Representatives, 1898-1926. From the description of John G. Richards papers, 1889-1966. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28415634 ...

Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918

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Farmer, governor of South Carolina, 1890-1894, and U.S. senator, 1895-1918; from Trenton (Edgefield Co.), S.C. From the description of Papers, 1894-1897. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20400241 The series title represents "Personal Unprocessed" and was designed as such by staff at the South Caroliniana Library as part of their system of classifying collections. Apparently this part of the Tillman Papers was processed at a later date than the Incoming and Outg...

South Carolina. Railroad Commission.

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South Carolina. Governor (1927-1931 : Richards)

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