C. Kenneth Powell papers, 1964-1982.

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C. Kenneth Powell papers, 1964-1982.

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Papers arranged as follows: General Papers (1966-1981) ; Audio-Visual / Photographs [contact repository for details], and Clippings (1964-1982). Collection chiefly composed of correspondence, Republican Party publications, and news clippings documenting Powell's political activities as a candidate for public office and chairman of both the Richland County Republican Party and South Carolina Republican Party. The bulk of the material dates from 1973 to 1974. Papers, 1966 to 1968, reflect Powell's interest in promoting a unicameral legislature for South Carolina. Two polls, July and October 1968, analyze voter sentiment in the U.S. Senate race in which Republican Marshall Parker challenged Democratic incumbent Sen. Fritz Hollings. The 1971 file on judicial candidate N. Welch Morrisette, Jr., consists chiefly of letters of recommendation to U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell by attorneys and other prominent South Carolinians including Julius W. McKay, Judge Julius B. "Bubba" Ness, Edward K. Pritchard, and Judge Theodore D. Stoney. Includes materials exist regarding the Watergate scandal, including letter, 30 Jan. 1974, from Barry Goldwater addressed to Harry Dent. Other correspondents represented in the collection include George H.W. Bush, Hal C. Byrd, Harry Dent, Raymond A. Harris, Richard M. Nixon, Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., and Dan Ross.

1.25 linear ft.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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