J. Mitchell Reames papers, 1907-1990.

South Carolina Library Association

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Spears, R. Wright (Robert Wright), 1912-

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Finney, Ernest A. (Ernest Adolphus), 1931-

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Furman University

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James, Weldon

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W.B. James (1912-1985) was a reporter, editor, U.S. Marine Corps Colonel, and native of Sumter County, S.C.; graduate, 1933, of Furman University, and Nieman Fellow, 1939-1940, at Harvard; high school teacher in Greenville, S.C., 1933-1934; reporter for "Greenville Piedmont" newspaper, 1934-1937; in 1937, joined United Press staff in Shanghai, China; appointed bureau manager in Nanking; aboard the USS Panay when bombed by Japanese in 1937; transferred to Spain and Washington, D.C.; ...

United Methodist Church in South Carolina.

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Gittman, James Thornton

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Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960

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J.H. Easterby was Professor of History at the College of Charleston, author of "A History of the College of Charleston: founded 1770" (1935), and subsequently, State Archivist. From the description of Research notes on education in Charleston, 1767-1948. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 51815220 ...

Claflin College (Orangeburg, S.C.)

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Founded as Claflin University on Dec. 18, 1869 in Orangeburg, S.C. by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; est. largely through the generosity of Boston philanthropist, the Hon. Lee Claflin and his son, Massachusetts Governor William Claflin; occupies the former site of the Orangeburg Female Seminary; in 1871 merged with Baker Biblical Institute, founded in 1866 in Charleston, S.C., and recently moved to Orangeburg, and with a training school in Camden, S.C.; from 1872 t...

Christian Action Council (Columbia, S.C.)

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Murray, George Washington, 1853-1926

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George Washington Murray (September 22, 1853 – April 21, 1926), born into slavery in South Carolina, became educated and worked as a teacher, farmer and politician. After serving as chairman of the Sumter County Republican Party, he was elected in the 1890s as a United States congressman from South Carolina. He was the only black member in the 53rd and 54th Congresses. Because South Carolina passed a constitution in 1895 that effectively disenfranchised blacks and crippled the Republican Party, ...

Dabbs, James McBride, 1896-1970

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James McBride Dabbs (1896-1970) was a professor of English at the University of South Carolina and Coker College, Presbyterian churchman, writer, civil rights leader, Penn School Community Services trustee, Southern Regional Council president, and farmer of Mayesville, S.C. He also worked with the South Carolina Council on Human Relations, the Fellowship of Southern Churchmen, the Committee of Southern Churchmen, the Council on Church and Society, and the Delta Ministry. From the des...

Poole, Robert F. (Robert Franklin), 1893-1958

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Robert Franklin Poole, 1893-1958 was a noted plant pathologist and president of Clemson College from 1940-1958. A 1916 graduate of Clemson College, Poole received his M.S. and Ph. D. in plant pathology from Rutgers University. Poole was appointed associate professor and plant pathologist at North Carolina College in 1926. As president of Clemson from 1940-1958, he oversaw the de-militarization of the campus, the admission of women, and major changes in the physical plant of the campus. ...

Southwestern Library Association

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Taylor, Ebenezer, 1794-1864

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Reames, J. Mitchell (James Mitchell), 1920-1987.

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Native of Rembert, S.C.; academic librarian; president, South Carolina Library Association, 1970-1971. From the description of J. Mitchell Reames papers, 1907-1990. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31507206 ...

Walker, Estellene P.

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Estellene Paxton Walker (1911-1983) served as Post Librarian, 1941-1945, at Fort Jackson, S.C.; she also served as Director of the South Carolina Library Board, 1946-1969, and as Librarian at the South Carolina State Library (Columbia, S.C.), 1969-1979; as the daughter of a civil engineer, E.P. Walker lived in many places before her family settled in Asheville, N.C.; she completed her degree in Library Science from Emory University in 1935 and that same year accepted a position with the extentio...

Outler, Albert Cook, 1908-1989

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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...

Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005

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South Carolina politician; served in the General Assembly, 1939-1940, represented the state's Third District in Congress, 1948-1974, twice ran for Governor, 1974 and 1978, and served as Chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, 1980-1984. From the description of William Jennings Bryan Dorn papers, 1920-1988. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 29994564 ...

Poteat, Edwin McNeill, 1892-1955

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Baptist preacher, teacher, and missionary in China, 1917-1929, author, president of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, 1944-1948, and pastor at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., 1929-1937 and 1948-1955, and at Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1937-1944. From the description of Edwin McNeill Poteat papers, 1925-1956. WorldCat record id: 26380356 Edwin McNeill Poteat (1892-1955) was a Baptist preacher, teacher, and missionary in China, 1917-1929; aut...

Morris, Earle E.

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Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-....

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Morris, Jackie

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Jackson, Rhett,

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James Rhett Jackson is remembered as a community activist and owner of the Happy Bookseller, a store founded, 1975, in Columbia, S.C.; born, 1925, in Florence, S.C.; enlisted in the Navy, 1942; completed the Navy's V-12 training program at the University of South Carolina which was followed by midshipman's school in New York City; employed thirty years in the furniture and carpet business prior to opening of his bookstore. From the description of Rhett Jackson papers, 1930-2003. (Uni...

Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972

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President of the University of North Carolina; U.S. senator for North Carolina. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1943-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122619645 Educator, government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Porter Graham : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376749 University president. From the...

Martin, Arthur Morrison, 1902-

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