Strom Thurmond created the "About Series" early in his career and added to it sporadically over the years. The series contains material too lengthy to be placed in the Scrapbooks, although there is a small amount of duplication. The articles are especially rich in historical and biographical information about most aspects of Thurmond's career. Besides covering his career, some of the articles deal with various issues such as the States' Rights Movement and the Panama Canal situation. Furthermore, there are some articles concerning Charles "Pug" Ravenel when he ran against Thurmond in 1978. The series also contains articles about Thurmond's two wives, Jean and Nancy. For further information on his two wives refer to the Jean Crouch Thurmond series and the Nancy Thurmond series.
1.8 Cubic Feet
English
The records of the "About Series" (1.8 cu. ft.) consist of magazine and lengthy newspaper articles, some brief news items and photographs clipped from a variety of publications.
Items in this series are arranged chronologically by date of publication. The folders are not numbered.
The conversion of this finding aid to Encoded Archival Description format was made possible with a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board in 2009-2010. The finding aid was prepared for encoding by Kristi Roberts.
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