Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994

Series 3: Supreme Court Series, 1918, 1940-1944, 1947, 1941 - 1942

Series

Scope and Contents note The Supreme Court Series includes articles, booklets, correspondence, clippings, executive orders, laws, legislative bills, memoranda, notes, opinions (both draft and final versions), pamphlets, petitions, photographs, postcards, proclamations, receipts, speeches, and telegrams.This series covers the period 1918, 1940-1944, and 1947, with the bulk of it documenting cover Byrnes’ tenure on the United State Supreme Court from 1941 to 1942. Materials in this series are...

Dates: 1918, 1940-1944, 1947; 1941 - 1942

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Mss-0090, <span class="title">James Francis Byrnes Papers</span>

Strom Thurmond Collection, Gubernatorial Series

Series — Box: 1-169

Identifier: Mss-0100-08

Abstract

The material in the Strom Thurmond Collection Gubernatorial Series includes correspondence (both official and personal), campaign material, speeches and other items documenting Strom Thurmond's term as Governor of South Carolina from 1946-1951. Some of this material was originally part of the holdings of the South Caroliniana Library of The University of South Carolina and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

Dates: 1923 - 1955; 1946 - 1951

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Gubernatorial Series

Strom Thurmond Collection, Interim Series

Series — Box: 1-5

Identifier: Mss-0100-10

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, invitations, clippings and other material during the period between Thurmond's resignation from the Senate in April 1956 and his re-election to the Senate in November 1956. Includes veterans inquiries and referrels to interim Senator Thomas Wofford's office. Subjects covered include states' rights and the "bootlegging" of automobiles into Spartanburg County.

Dates: 1955-1956.

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Interim Series

Strom Thurmond Collection, Jean Crouch Thurmond Series

Series — Box: 1-19

Identifier: Mss-0100-06

Scope and Content Note The Jean Crouch Thurmond series primarily covers the period 1947-1960, from her courtship with Governor Thurmond to her death. The records are divided into five subseries: Wedding Correspondence, General Correspondence, General Subject File, Illness/Sympathy, and three oversize volumes of Scrapbooks. The Wedding Correspondence (Subseries A, 1947; .75 cu. ft.) is arranged alphabetically. This subseries contains correspondence concerning the pending Thurmond-Crouch marriage and open house...

Dates: 1879-1995 1915-1992; 1915 - 1992

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Jean Crouch Thurmond Series

Strom Thurmond Collection, Legislative Assistant Series

Series — Box: 1-172 & 1-24

Identifier: Mss-0100-15

Scope and Content Note These materials include letters, memorandums, reports, testimonies, and articles from magazines and newspapers. Some of these materials were also used to draft speeches and statements for the Senate floor and other speaking engagements. In addition, there are voting records which were used to keep track of legislation. There are no records concerning the Correspondence Management System Library.The Subject File subseries (Subseries A, 1901-; 55.125 cu. ft.) contains the research...

Dates: 1901 - 1985

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Legislative Assistant Series

Strom Thurmond Collection Photographs

Series

Identifier: Mss-0100-27

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...

Dates: 1900-1995

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection Photographs

Strom Thurmond Collection, Speeches Series

Series — Box: 1-271

Identifier: Mss-0100-11

Scope and Content Note The records of this series reflect Strom Thurmond's thoughts, opinions, and philosophies on various economic, political, and social issues. This series was created in 1946 when Strom Thurmond ran for Governor of South Carolina and continues through his last term as United States Senator from South Carolina. Most of the material prior to this date concerns the Junior Order of the Woodmen of the World, a fraternal organization to which Thurmond belonged. This series consists of four...

Dates: 1935 - 1998

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, Speeches Series

Strom Thurmond Collection, State Senate Series

Series — Box: 1-5

Identifier: Mss-0100-07

Scope and Content Note The records are divided into two subseries: the Correspondence series and the Bills, Audits, Reports and Miscellaneous series. The Correspondence subseries (Subseries A; 1.625 cu. ft.) is arranged alphabetically within each year and chronologically within each letter of the alphabet. Consisting of correspondence, resolutions, petitions, announcements of meetings and invitations, the files reflect Thurmond's concentration on matters relating to state finances and taxation, education, highways...

Dates: 1932 - 1939

Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives / Strom Thurmond Collection, State Senate Series

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