Strom Thurmond PINKS series microfilm, 1954-1976.

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Strom Thurmond PINKS series microfilm, 1954-1976.

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The PINK Series constitutes a cross-reference file, of pink colored carbon paper, for subject correspondence generated by Senator Thurmond's office for the period from 1954-1976. The material microfilmed is correspondence from constituents, colleagues, government officials of various levels, friends and family directly related to material found in the Subject Correspondence series. Correspondents named in this series include: Solomon Blatt, Walter J. Brown, James F. Byrnes, William Jennings Bryan Dorn, Robert C. Edwards, Barry M. Goldwater, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Poole, and Richard B. Russell.

2 cubic ft. (202 rolls of microfilm, representing 84 cubic ft. of original correspondence)

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7441328

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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