Topical files, 1946-1979.

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Topical files, 1946-1979.

Correspondence and background information on subjects of personal and professional interest to Workman; topics represented include Integration, Civil Rights, Constitutional Reform, Education, Energy, and others; Thomas Family file consists of stories compiled by Workman's mother-in-law, Ruth Thomas re her biography and family. Includes files regarding thirty-seven individuals with whom Workman corresponded or in whom he had some special interest; files include William F. Buckley, Jr., General Mark Clark, General William Westmoreland, Strom Thurmond, Judge J. Waties Waring, Lester Bates and J[ohn] K. Breedin. Ernest F. Hollings files contain Workman's notes re gubernatorial press conferences, 1959-1961; gubernatorial campaign of 1958; and primary campaign for Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1962 (including transcripts of television appearances); George Bell Timmerman and Donald Russell files contain gubernatorial press conference notes and speeches.

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