Alston Deas papers, 1931-1977.

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Alston Deas papers, 1931-1977.

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Papers include correspondence and miscellaneous items pertaining to Alston Deas. Correspondence mainly consists of letters to Alston Deas concerning his political interests, his membership in various organizations, and historic preservation. Letters (1956-1960) from Japanese officials concern Deas' participation in a fund-raising campaign for the restoration of the Nagoya Castle (Nagoya, Japan). Two letters (1951) from U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles pertain to a peace treaty between the United States and Japan. Other correspondents include Harold A. Mouzon (Secretary of the Carolina Art Association), S.C. Governor Donald Russell, Philip G. Porcher (Secretary of the Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Churches in the Diocese of South Carolina), and Josephine Pinckney (a founder of the Poetry Society of South Carolina). Miscellaneous items include a permit to Captain Alston Deas granting permission to pass over trails in Hawaii (1934), a photocopy of the By-Laws of the Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Churches in the Diocese of South Carolina (ca. 1971) and a program (1974) for a "Public Forum for City of Charleston's Historic Preservation Plan Review."

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Deas, Alston, 1893-1985

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Charleston, South Carolina preservationist, educator, author, and U.S. Army officer. Col. Alston Deas spent nearly sixty years in military service. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Deas later taught there and at The Citadel (Military College of South Carolina). He was president of the Preservation Society of Charleston and chairman of the Charleston Zoning Commission. From the description of Alston Deas papers, 1931-1977. (The South Carolina Historical ...

Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959

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John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), was the fifty-third Secretary of State of the United States for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He had a long and distinguished public career with significant impact upon the formulation of United States foreign policies. He was especially involved with efforts to establish world peace after World War I, the role of the United States in world governance, and Cold War relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Dulles was born on February 25, 1888 ...

Mouzon, Harold A.

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Nagoyajō (Nagoya-shi, Japan)

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Pinckney, Josephine, 1895-1957

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Porcher, Philip G.

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Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998

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Judge, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed 1971 by Richard M. Nixon; Governor, 1963-1966, of South Carolina; member, 1965-1967, U.S. Senate; president, 1952-1957, University of South Carolina; married, 1929, to Virginia Utsey Russell; reared in Chester, S.C. From the description of Proceedings on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Donald S. Russell, United States Circuit Judge and South Carolina Statesman ; 1996 Feb. 24. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 40...