Series Description From the Series: The Constituent Correspondence Series is a continuation of the Correspondence Management System (CMS) Series and covers the period from 1989 until the Senator’s retirement in 2002. Most of the material in this series consists of correspondence from constituents with Senator Thurmond’s response. The remainder is correspondence from colleagues, government officials of various levels, friends and family. Various reports, maps, newspaper or magazine articles which append and/or support the...

Scope and Contents The material in this series documents the Senator's campaigns from 1954 to 1978. This excludes the 1956 senatorial and the 1976 Presidential campaigns, for which no material is presently known to exist; some material on the 1960 senatorial campaign may be found in the Administrative Assistant series. These records not only document Thurmond's own campaigns; they also document other campaigns that he was involved in, especially the 1968 Presidential campaign. Items in this series consist...