Correspondence, telegrams, bills, speeches, photographs, and newspaper clippings chiefly re 1902 race for state senate and governorship; letters to Lizzie Alford begin in 1902 discuss his S.C. Senate campaign; topics discussed include creation of Lee County; uncertainty of political campaign; McLeod's growing reputation as orator; public support in Lee County for James H. Tillman; the couple's debate over where they would reside once married; and post-election jockeying for political appointments. Few items relate to period between election to S.C. Senate in 1902 and start of 1st term as governor in 1923; pamphlet, "Sketch of the Life and Public Service of Thos. G. McLeod Candidate for Congress from the Seventh Congressional District of South Carolina...," reprints editorial from Leader and Vindicator, Bishopville, S.C. (11 July 1918), re McLeod's unsuccessful campaign. Materials dating from McLeod's governorship include letters, 1923-1924, re establishment of "S.C. Memorial to the Soldiers and Sailors of the World War"; responses to replies to requests for photographs; and requests from journalists for written statements; other materials relate to 1926 sesquicentennial celebrations commemorating Battle of Fort Moultrie, Flag Day, and Declaration of Independence; McLeod attended the latter and was involved in planning the former. Letters, 19 Dec. 1924 and 3 July 1925, Columbia, S.C., Thomas G. McLeod, to M.L. Smith, re "scientific tax reform" in S.C. and need for conference to consider the problem; letter, 17 Aug. 1925, McLeod to William Seaver Woods, editor of "The Literary Digest," New York, N.Y., re book on U.S. Constitution and need for its nation-wide distribution by the Digest. Letter, 29 Sept. 1925, McLeod to Yates Snowden, Columbia, S.C., re appointment of Snowden to represent S.C. at celebration of the anniversary of Cornwallis' surrender held at the battlefield at Yorktown; letter, 19 June 1926, appointing Snowden to serve on committee for Sequi-Centennial Celebration of Battle of Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C. Included are letters of Pres. Calvin Coolidge (20 Feb.1926), Vice President Charles G. Dawes (8 June 1926), and Rear Admiral L.M. Nulton (8 Feb. and 1 Mar. 1926), declining invitations to attend Fort Moultrie celebration; poems, "Ode to William Jasper" and "Ode on the Battle of Charleston," by Gertrude Perry West. Correspondence and affidavits re Oct. 1926 lynching of three members of Lowman family of Aiken, S.C., include letter (17 Nov. 1926) to Herbert Bayard Swope, Executive Editor, New York World, condemning biased press coverage; and letter (25 Nov. 1926) from L.G. Southard re presiding judge Payne F. Rice's involvement in the Lowman trial. Also includes letter (17 Jan. 1927), from Harry E. DePass to Sen. Ellison D. Smith, urging that McLeod be appointed to Federal Trade Commission; letter (18 Jan. 1927) from L.G. Southard enclosing a copy of a letter from attorney A.C. Platt to Thomas B. Dyett, New York, discussing McLeod's role in the Lowman case and arguing that the NAACP should not oppose his appointment to the Federal Trade Commission; messages of sympathy upon McLeod's death; and materials relating to settlement of his estate. Among McLeod's speeches are addresses at memorial exercises for Woodrow Wilson (6 and 10 Feb. 1924); address to Southern Society of Boston (18 Apr. 1926); and address at Flag Day Sesquicentennial, Philadelphia.
