Richard M. Jefferies papers, 1942-1964 ; (bulk 1942-1943).

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Richard M. Jefferies papers, 1942-1964 ; (bulk 1942-1943).

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Papers arranged as follows: General Correspondence (folders 1-16); Agriculture (folders 17-28); Education (folders 29-32); Legislation (folders 33-39); Military Affairs (folders 40-47); Probation and Parole Board (folders: 48-49); Race Relations (Folders 50-52); Unemployment Compensation Commission (folders 53-54). Correspondence, press releases, legislation, transcripts of radio broadcasts, rosters, and other papers, relating chiefly to Jefferies' term as governor. Subjects include agriculture; gas rationing; and interstate transportation of agricultural laborers; education, chiefly concerning the release of two professors by Winthrop College and the subsequent investigation by American Association of University Professors and American Association of University Women; proposed revisions to the state constitution; military affairs, including prostitution and the South Carolina Defense Force, especially during World War II; Probation and Parole Board; race relations, including reports from the local police on the sale of firearms and ammunition to African Americans and the possible formation of Eleanor [Roosevelt] societies; the Unemployment Compensation Commission; and the Santee-Cooper project. Also includes scrapbook, 1942-1943, containing pictures, clippings, and articles re gubernatorial term (microfilm R 221); bound volume, 30 and 31 May 1964, souvenir album including program of graduating exercises at Clemson College, "Citation. for Honorary Degree" awarded posthumously, pictures and news stories; and bound volume, July 1964, the South Carolina Magazine, with articles and pictures on Jefferies' public service.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7259943

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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