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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, 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, 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

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