Abstract This collection consists of the White House files and the personal papers of Harry S. Dent. It documents his involvement with the South Carolina and national Republican Party; his political work for President Richard M. Nixon’s Presidential administration and his peripheral involvement in the Watergate scandal; his legal career after his departure from the White House staff; his evangelical work with his wife through their ministry Laity Alive and Serving, including their missions to Romania...

Scope and Contents note The majority of material in this series consists of articles/clippings and correspondence, although there are some lists, memos, monthly planners, notes, reports, reviews, speech material and statements. The content of this series dates from 1939 to 1999, with most of the items dating from 1966-1992.The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Photographs, oversize items, and artifacts have been removed to photograph, oversize, and artifacts storage. See the Photographs...

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This collection consists of the personal papers of Russell E. Dickenson which documents his long career as an employee of the National Park Service, especially his tenure as the Director of the National Park Service from May 1980 to March 1985, as well as his career after he retired from the Service.

Abstract This series consists primarily of black-and-white photographs documenting the political life of United States Senator Strom Thurmond. The Photographs Series document Strom Thurmond's early years, his family and careers. These are photographs of Strom Thurmond as a baby, his parents, his siblings, as well as the Edgefield home where he was raised. There are also photographs documenting his rise in public life, showing Thurmond as a college student, teacher and coach, state senator, circuit...