United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
James Francis Byrnes Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0090
Abstract
The James F. Byrnes Papers document his career as a U.S. Senator, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War II, U.S. Secretary of State, and Governor of South Carolina. The papers show his close relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Byrnes helps him pass New Deal legislation during the Depression and then coordinates the homefront economy during the war, as well as accompanying Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference....
Dates:
1831 - 2007; 1933 - 1972
Series 5: State Department Series, 1938-1972, bulk dates 1945-1947, 1945 - 1947
Series
Scope and Contents note
The State Department Series contains agendas, biographical sketches, book drafts, clippings, correspondence, correspondence indexes, cross-reference sheets, etchings, guidelines, journals, lectures, lists, maps, a medical report, memoranda, notes, photographs, press releases, proposals, reports, a subpoena, speeches, summaries, telegrams, and transcripts. Materials in this series relate to Byrnes’ tenure as U.S. Secretary of State and date from 1938-1972, with the bulk of the...
Dates:
1938-1972, bulk dates 1945-1947; 1945 - 1947
Series 6: Interim Series, 1946 - 1951, 1947 - 1950
Series
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of an appointment book, bills, biographical sketches, booklets, brochures, cards, clippings, correspondence, invitations, lists, legal documents, legislative bills, memoranda, medical reports, minutes, notes, petitions, photographs, postcards, press releases, receipts, reports, resolutions, resumes, speeches, and telegrams.Materials in this series cover the period between Byrnes’ resignation from the State Department in 1946 and inauguration as governor of...
Dates:
1946 - 1951; 1947 - 1950
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