Scrapbook, 1946-1951.

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Scrapbook, 1946-1951.

Newspaper clippings, programs, newsletters, reports, photographs, and miscellaneous items primarily related to the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina (now South Carolina State University) during the period of 1946-1951. Topics covered include higher education, individuals affiliated with the college, the college's YWCA, May Day celebrations, conditions in post-World War II Germany, the inauguration of South Carolina Governor James F. Byrnes, appropriations for housing for African-Americans, and African-American issues. Items of note include a program from the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College (now South Carolina State University) President Miller F. Whittaker's funeral, 16 Nov. 1949; the college's YWCA newsletter and annual report, 1946-1947; obituaries for Trustees W.P. Mason and C.F. Brooks, undated; and the Findings of the Annual Conference of the National Builders Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 5-6 Oct. 1948.

1 v. (ca. 90 items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7622651

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South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, S.C.)

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Mason, W. Peter (William Peter)

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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...

Whittaker, Miller Fulton, 1892-1949.

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Brooks, C. F.

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National Builders Association

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