Papers, 1937-1990.

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Papers, 1937-1990.

Papers include personal correspondence, correspondence as editor of the Florence Morning News, clippings from that newspaper, speeches, historical information on the Pee Dee region and South Carolina, a recording of the funeral of Arnold Murray, who claimed to be the last Confederate veteran in the state, correspondence relating to the Downtown Florence Association, Florence as an All-America City, and grants to the city from philanthropist J. Boone Aiken. Papers relating to higher education include materials of the Clemson University Board of Visitors, Florence Higher Education Committee, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, South Carolina State College Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees of South Carolina College, South Carolina Baptist Convention Baptist Colleges Study, and Coker College Board of Trustees.

89 boxes (29 2/3 cu. ft.) + 3 scrapbooks.

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Moyers, Bill D.

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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Aiken, J. Boone (Jefferson Boone), 1889-1978.

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Florence, S.C. businessman involved in real estate, banking, and mortgage loans. Aiken was a native of Central, S.C. and moved to Florence in 1914. He was a civic leader, philanthropist, and community benefactor. From the description of Papers, 1913-1982. (Francis Marion University, James A Rogers Library). WorldCat record id: 29434599 ...

Clemson University. Board of Visitors.

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South Carolina Commission on Higher Education

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South Carolina. State College Board of Trustees

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Francis Marion College

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Florence Morning News.

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Governor's School for Science and Mathematics (Hartsville, S.C.)

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Quattlebaum, Alex M.

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Arundel Plantation (S.C.)

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University of South Carolina. Florence Regional Campus

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Furman, Richard, 1755-1825

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Baptist minister of Charleston, S.C., and Stateburg, S.C.; Doctorate of Divinity from Rhode Island College, 1799; member, S.C. General Assembly, 1790; founder, S.C. Baptist Convention, 1821; President of Religious Tract Society, Charleston, S.C.; founder of Claremount Academy, Statesburg, S.C.; son of Wood Furman (d. 1783) and Rachel Brodhead Furman; husband of Elizabeth Haynsworth Furman (d. 1787) and Dorothea Maria Burn Furman; father of Henry H. Furman, James Furman, Wood Furman, and at least...

Rogers, James A. (James Alton), 1905-

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Editor; education, civic and church leader, and author. Born in Blenheim, S.C., Rogers was editor of the Florence Morning News for 23 years. He was a founder of Francis Marion College and its predecessor, the University of South Carolina at Florence, and the Governor's School for Science and Mathematics. He served as chair of the trustee boards of the South Carolina State Library, South Carolina State College, Coker College, and the State College Board for Francis Marion...

Carter, Jimmy, 1924-

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College of Charleston

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Murray, Arnold, d. 1952.

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Coker College. Board of Trustees.

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South Carolina Baptist Convention

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The South Carolina Baptist Convention was organized in 1821 with Richard Furman elected as President. From the description of Collection, 1820-1829. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 192072763 ...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Lander College

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Coker family.

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South Carolina State Library

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