Full Text of Finding Aid to Samuel L. Latimer Papers, 1840-1975
at South Caroliniana Library
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INTRODUCTION
Samuel Lowry Latimer, Jr., and the State newspaper were born in the same year--1891--and he
spent fifty-four years as a working newspaperman on its staff. His papers are therefore a mother lode of
information about the State.
Latimer was a native of York, South Carolina. Though he espoused the Southern ideology of his
Witherspoon and Latimer ancestors, he may have inherited some of his journalistic bent from his greatgrandfather George Washington Williams, who published the pro-Union newspaper the Yorkville Patriot.
In March 1907, Latimer's parents moved to Columbia, and he resided in Columbia from the age of
fifteen. He never married, and until his death in September 1975 he lived in his parents' home at 2211
Wheat Street.
His association with the State began when he answered a want ad in the 14 March 1907 male help
column:
Wanted--A bright boy about 16 or 18 years of age to work in office and do collecting.
Address in own handwriting "Office Boy," care The State.
Meanwhile, he pursued his education at the University of South Carolina, editing the yearbook
during his senior year, and continuing through law school. He graduated in the law class of 1915 and was
admitted to the bar, but never practiced.
When the United States entered World War I, Latimer entered the first reserve officer's training
program at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and came out a second lieutenant in the 81st "Wildcat" Division. He
served on active duty at Camp Jackson and later in France, where the Armistice intervened before he got
into combat.
However, his stint in the military resulted in a prolific file of war letters and started a lifelong interest
in veterans affairs and civilian "friends of the army" organizations.
Returning home, he resumed his newspaper career with the State. He had learned his trade under
the Gonzales brothers who founded the paper, and he steadily moved up the career ladder. He became
editor of the State in 1941 when his predecessor McDavid Horton suddenly died, and two years afterwards
he became both editor and publisher when William Elliott died. Latimer was the fifth editor of the State,
preceded only by N. G. Gonzales, William E. Gonzales, W. W. Ball, and McDavid Horton.
During his term as editor, the paper relocated from its offices in the 1200 block of Main Street to a
new facility on Stadium Road. It also experimented with a locally-edited gravure magazine supplement that
was well received but proved too expensive to continue. Between 1956 and 1960, he wrote a weekly
Sunday column titled "From Across the Editor's Desk" that contained his entertaining personal
reminiscences of Columbia's past.
He retired on 1 January 1961 and as editor emeritus took on the project of writing an official history
of the State newspaper, finally published in 1970 as The Story of the State. The book project led him to
preserve among his papers many historical manuscripts such as papers of the Gonzales family and papers
of his predecessor McDavid Horton.
Many of Latimer's other papers relate to press organizations, civic and charitable organizations, or
veterans organizations to which he belonged and in which he nearly always attained a leadership role. He
set longevity service records with organizations such as the Columbia Housing Authority, the American
Legion, and the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army program. He served on the Pulitzer Prize
Committee Board, as an elder of Columbia's First Presbyterian Church, and on the development board of
the University of South Carolina. He served on the James F. Byrnes Foundation and carried on a long
friendship with Governor Byrnes.
Sometimes, he used the key positions he held on different boards to accomplish significant longrange ends. As a commissioner with the Housing Authority, he made Gonzales Gardens available to the US
Army as additional housing space and forestalled a threat to close Fort Jackson. His dual roles as housing
commissioner and prominent University of South Carolina alumnus led him to arrange real estate transfers
to the university under the federal urban renewal program. By the early 1970s, at least one quarter of the
university's land had been acquired through Latimer's influence.
Latimer's journalistic expertise created a demand for his services outside the newspaper office.
The American Legion put him on its public relations board, where he helped commission an official history of
the Legion written by Raymond Moley. He represented the American Society of Newspaper Editors on the
editorial board of the Commission on Chronic Illness and helped edit a study that was published by Harvard
University Press. In 1947, the US Army invited him on an editors tour of postwar Europe and he later
published his findings in the pamphlet Germany and Austria, 1947: Observations of a South Carolina
Newspaper Man Made During a Month's Tour of These War-Torn Countries.
Finally, his interests in the theater and in South Carolina history resulted in manuscript files in those
areas. He became stage-struck during the "Opera House" era of South Carolina entertainment and
remained active in local theater groups. And he was in demand as an organizer and speaker for historical
observances like the 1956 Woodrow Wilson Centennial.
I. PERSONAL PAPERS, 1908-1975 (bulk 1930-1975)
Consists mainly of personal letters and postcards, newspaper clippings, family snapshots, wedding
invitations, letters and drawings from children, Christmas cards, and genealogical correspondence. Also
includes material relating to social clubs such as the Palmetto Club, Summit Club, Columbia Cotillion, and
Forest Lake Club. [Box 1, Folders 3-65]
Includes a separate folder of biographical articles and clippings relating to SLL. [Box 1, Folder 1]
Includes separate folders of personal letters and mementoes from political figures such as Strom
Thurmond, George Bell Timmerman, Donald Russell, Edgar Brown, Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover, and
Adlai Stevenson. Among these are invitations and tickets to the 1953 and 1957 presidential inaugurations
(in 1957 SLL went as Governor Timmerman's representative) and White House invitations during Lyndon
Johnson's administration. [Box 1, Folders 69-70]; Oversized Box, Folder 1025]
Includes a separate folder of testimonial dinners and memorial tributes honoring SLL's
acquaintances. [Box 1, Folder 71]
Includes SLL's grade school composition on Robert E. Lee, Yorkville, c. 1900 [Box 1, Folder 72]
and his Shakespeare Notebook from Professor George A. Wauchope's English Class, University of South
Carolina, 1911-1912 [Box 1]
Includes SLL's record book as business manager of the 1913 Garnet and Black, the University of
South Carolina yearbook. [Box 25]
Includes miscellaneous folders of recipes, clippings, and scrapbook items [Box 1, Folders 73-75]
Includes papers and funeral registers of SLL's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Latimer, Sr. [Box 1,
Folders 66-68]
Includes three legal folders of estate papers of SLL's mother and aunts--the estate of Sallie Belle
Witherspoon Latimer, 1936-1938; the estate of Georgia Witherspoon, 1936-1960; and the estate of Annie
Witherspoon, 1908-1960. [Box 14, Folders 738-740]
Includes several folders of SLL's personal financial papers (restricted) such as insurance records,
tax records, brokerage records, bank records, real estate records, and documentation of trips. [Box 19,
Folders 916-921; Box 20, Folders 922-926]
Includes inventories of books accessioned into the university library system from SLL's estate and
papers. [Box 1, Folder 2]
II. RECORDS OF THE STATE NEWSPAPER
Consists of SLL's papers as managing editor, editor, and publisher of The State, and historical
material he removed from the files of the newspaper for use in writing his history The Story of The State.
Includes not only SLL's papers but correspondence and memoranda by his predecessors McDavid Horton
and William E. Gonzales as well as other figures connected with the history of the The State.
A. Administrative Files
Management Changes, 1922-1973 and n.d. Letters, clippings, and imprints relating to hirings,
deaths and promotions of key staff members. [Box 2, Folders 76-78]
Management Changes: Letters to SLL on being appointed editor, 20 Oct 1941-6 Jan 1942 and n.d.
[Box 2, Folders 79-83]
Management Changes: Letters to SLL on being appointed publisher, 14 Apr-20 Jul 1943 and n.d.
[Box 2, Folders 84-87]
Management Changes: Letters to SLL on his retirement, 30 Dec 1960-26 Jan 1961. Includes an
ALS by J. Edgar Hoover, 26 Jan 1961. [Box 2, Folder 88]
Personnel Files: Applications for employment, 4 May 1936-7 Apr 1943 and n.d. [Box 2, Folders
89-92]
Personnel Files: Letters of recommendation, 27 Mar 1936-4 May 1949. [Box 2, Folder 93]
Personnel Files: Labor relations, 17-18 Sep 1951, 24 Dec 1959, and n.d. Includes a letter from J.
M. Blalock, president of The State, to employees, 17 Sep 1951, on the occasion of a vote to decide
unionization of the paper. [Box 2, Folder 94]
Personnel Files: Lists of employees and papers relating to fringe benefits, 15 May 1962 and n.d.
[Box 2, Folder 95]
Personnel Files: Pension Plan, 9 Mar-30 Jun 1956. [Box 2, Folders 96-97]
Corporate Affairs and Stockholders, 15 Feb 1947-30 Jun 1971 and n.d. Includes notices of board
meetings and distributions, lists of stockholders, audit reports, and the text of the 1956 merger agreement
between the State Company and the Record Publishing Company. Also includes a blank stock certificate of
the State Company. [Box 2, Folders 98-101]
Office Memoranda from SLL, 26 Apr 1938-26 Jul 1943. [Box 2, Folder 102]
Office Memoranda to and from Frank C. Withers, General Manager, 24 Jan 1927-16 Aug 1935 and
n.d. [Box 2, Folder 103]
Company Letterheads, Business Cards, and Brochures, n.d. [Box 2, Folder 104]
Newspaper Christmas Cards, n.d. Includes examples of The State's own Christmas cards as well
as cards sent to the paper by cartoonists featured in its comic section. Contains examples of Harold Gray's
"Little Orphan Annie" and Walt Kelly's "Pogo." [Box 2, Folder 105]
Editor's Style Sheet, 1940-1941. Revision of the paper's style book while SLL was managing
editor. Includes correspondence, drafts, and proofs. [Box 2, Folder 106; Box 14, Folder 741]
Critiques, n.d. Reviews, both critical and favorable, of the paper's composition, editorial policies,
and business practices. [Box 2, Folder 107] (See also personnel files, applications for employment, James
F. King correspondence, Jun-Jul 1937, Box 2, Folder 89.)
Honors and Awards, 1936-1966. Consists mainly of certificates awarded to the paper. [Box 2,
Folders 108-109]
Statistics: General Reports, 1940-1956. Includes delivery schedules, mail room reports,
comparison in 1940 of the illustration content of the State and Columbia Record, report in diary form on the
production of a Jun 1952 edition, daily newsprint warehouse records for Dec 1954, and a comparative
statement of revenue and expenses for 1953-1954. [Box 2, Folders 110-111; Oversized Box, Folder 1033]
Statistics: Circulation Reports, Sep 1960-Jun 1962. Daily circulation slips for both the State and
Record including revenue figures. Most complete coverage is from Oct 1961 to Jun 1962. [Box 2, Folders
112-118]
B. Gonzales Papers, 1861-1964 and N.D.
Papers of the Gonzales family, founders of the State, their Elliott in-laws and McMaster
descendants. Consists of papers generated by the Gonzales as well as papers from SLL's files relating to
the family. Includes correspondence, legal and financial papers, office memoranda, imprints, newspaper
articles, and biographical sketches. [Box 2, Folders 119-138; Box 14, Folders 742-745]1
Highlights include papers relating to the murder of N. G. Gonzales and the trial of Lieutenant
Governor James Tillman and an extensive correspondence in 1909 between Ambrose E. Gonzales, James
A. Hoyt, Charles O. Hearon, August Kohn, and W. W. Ball regarding ownership of the Columbia Record and
the Spartanburg Herald.
William E. Gonzales's diplomatic mission to Cuba during the Wilson administration is reflected in
his brother Ambrose's efforts in 1913 to raise money, letters his nephew Robert Gonzales wrote from
Havana in 1914, and an undated column describing an entertainment at the American embassy.
Ambrose E. Gonzales's books on black culture and folklore are represented by a collection of book
review clippings and transcripts.
Noteworthy letters include two from Charles A. Calvo, publisher of the Columbia Register, to
Governor Benjamin R. Tillman, 1 and 6 June 1891, discussing Tillman's proposed buyout of the Register to
compete with the State; a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to William E. Gonzales, 25 July 1928, discussing
the politics of prohibition, and an undated draft of a 17 Jun 1935 letter from William E. Gonzales to Colonel
J. Monroe Johnson discussing the significance of the inscriptions WEG and SLL wrote for Columbia's World
War Memorial Building (See also Box 11, Folder 647).
Includes separate folders on the N. G. Gonzales murder case [Box 14, Folders 744-745] and the
Ambrose Gonzales book reviews. [Box 2, Folder 138].
C. Editorial Correspondence, 1917-1975 and N.D.
Correspondence with the editors primarily not intended for publication, including complaints about
unpublished "letters to the editor." Includes both positive and negative comments on the paper's editorial
content; complaints over service; requests for information, reprint rights, and copies of articles or pictures;
unsolicited offers of stories, information, features, fiction, or poetry; requests for publicity or to suppress
publicity about relatives accused of crimes; letters relating to wedding announcements; letters relating to
accuracy of published information; correspondence with editors of other publications or with friends of the
State's editors. Includes SLL's correspondence as editor emeritus mainly relating to research for his book
on the history of the State. [Box 2, Folders 139-158 (dates 1917-1939); Box 3, Folders 159-204 (dates
1940-1975 and n.d.)]
1See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 927
Includes a separate folder of complaints over liquor advertisements, 1935, 1958-59, 1961. The
State 's policy regarding these ads sometimes sparked organized protests by religious groups. [Box 3,
Folder 203]
Examples of letters noteworthy for their authors and/or content include 14 Jun 1926 from William G.
McAdoo, 11 Sep 1926 from Leroy Springs, 7 Mar 1927 from Gov. John G. Richards, 26 Aug 1927 from John
T. Woodside (on original Myrtle Beach stationery), 20 Jan 1932 from Herman Ledding re A. S. Salley's
revision of the inscription on the Wade Hampton monument, 15 Nov 1932 from David R. Coker, 17 Jan 1933
from Frank P. Graham (president of the University of North Carolina), 4 May 1933 to R. M. Jeffries, 4 Dec
1933 from J. H. Easterby, 22 Aug 1934 from Edwin G. Seibels, 19 Nov 1934 from Lucy Hampton Bostick, 21
May 1935 from David Duncan Wallace, 10 Jan 1937 from Archibald Rutledge, 20 Dec 1937 from Cole L.
Blease, 10 Oct 1938 from Raven I. McDavid, 15 May 1939 from Taylor H. Stukes, 22 Mar 1940 from Robert
L. Meriwether, 21 Feb 1942 from Robert M. Hutchins, 13 Apr 1942 to N. R. Howard (US Office of
Censorship), 15 Feb 1949 from Wil Lou Gray, 15 May 1957 from Mrs. William F. Buckley, Sr. (re obituary of
Senator Joseph McCarthy), 5 Feb 1958 from Roy Wilkins, 23 April 1959 from Mary C. Simms Oliphant, 1
Oct 1959 from James H. Hammond, and 8 Mar 1962 to Hedrick Smith.
D. Topical Files
Subject file folders kept by SLL and others for reference purposes. Arrangement is by topic rather
than by date and is largely based on SLL's and the State's own filing system.
(1) Editorial Content
These folders contain material published or intended to be published in the State or elsewhere.
They include mainly clippings or drafts of SLL's own writings. "From Across the Editor's Desk" was his
popular column that ran from 1956 to 1960. "Occasional Personalia" was a similar column written in the
1930s by his predecessor McDavid Horton. "State of the State by Old Hearsay" seems to have been a
short-lived column by SLL dealing with integration and states rights.
Also, SLL wrote guest editorial pieces for other publications. Of these the most significant was a
long-running series of editorial features on South Carolina he contributed to the Atlanta Journal's
"Southeastern Empire" page.
Editorials and Stories
Ideas for Editorials
Fillers
Copyrights
Press Releases
Occasional Personalia
From Across the Editor's Desk2
State of the State by Old Hearsay
Scrapbook, "Roaming 'Round South
Carolina" Column, 1947-1948
Atlanta Journal (by SLL)
Christian Science Monitor (by SLL)
[Box 3, Folder 205]
[Box 3, Folder 206]
[Box 3, Folder 207]
[Box 3, Folder 208]
[Box 3, Folder 209]
[Box 3, Folder 210]
[Box 3, Folders 211-232;
Box 14, Folder 746]
[Box 3, Folder 233]
[Box 25]
[Box 3, Folder 234]
[Box 3, Folder 235]
(2) Business and Public Relations
These contain information about the logistical and public relations problems of running the paper
and the State's relations with its competition. They include a significant collection of historical clippings and
legal proceedings relating to the controversial 1929 buyout of the Columbia Record, the Augusta Chronicle,
the Spartanburg Herald, and the Spartanburg Journal by William LaVarre and the International Paper
Company. They also include correspondence and office memos relating to various libel cases filed or
threatened against the State over many years.
2See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 984
Stadium Road Building3
Stadium Road Building: Plan and
Perspective for SLL's Office
Linotype Machines
Circulation
Advertising
Free Publicity
Columbia Record
International Paper Company (1929)
Classified Error
Libel:
Chandler v The State Co.
Friday v The State Co.
Hinnant v The Broadcasting
Company of the South
James v The State Co.
Pelot v Davison-Paxon Co.
Richey v The State Co.
Wallace-Key v The State Co.
[Box 3, Folder 236]
[OvBox, Folder 1033]
[Box 3, Folder 237]
[Box 3, Folder 238]
[Box 3, Folder 239]
[Box 3, Folder 240]
[Box 3, Folder 241]
[Box 3, Folder 242]
[Box 3, Folder 243]
[Box 3, Folder 244]
[Box 3, Folder 245]
[Box 3, Folder 246]
[Box 3, Folder 247]
[Box 3, Folder 248]
[Box 3, Folder 249]
[Box 3, Folder 250]
(3) Special Projects
Correspondence relating to special editions of the State or in some cases copies of those issues.
Correspondence and forms relating to contests sponsored by the State.
Coastal Edition 1926
Wade Hampton Semi-Centennial 1926
Fortieth Anniversary Edition, 1931
County Salute Pages, 1937
Highway Safety Section, 1938
Golden Anniversary Edition, 1941
New Era Edition, 1955
Cotton Contest4
Contests (General)5
[Box 4, Folder 251]
[Box 4, Folder 252]
[Box 4, Folder 253]
[Box 4, Folder 254]
[Box 4, Folder 255]
[Box 4, Folder 256]
[Box 4, Folder 257]
[Box 4, Folder 258]
[Box 4, Folder 259]
(4) Information and Research Files
Research material relating either to matters of public policy editorially supported by the State or to
issues and subjects about which SLL or the paper needed reference information.
City Manager Plan
Election Laws
Women's Suffrage
Workman's Compensation Law
Banking
Taxation
International Trade
Antitrust Suits
Canneries
Cotton
Forestry
SCE&G
[Box 4, Folder 260]
[Box 4, Folder 261]
[Box 4, Folder 262]
[Box 4, Folder 263]
[Box 4, Folder 264]
[Box 4, Folder 265]
[Box 4, Folder 266]
[Box 4, Folder 267]
[Box 4, Folder 268]
[Box 4, Folder 269]
[Box 4, Folder 260]
[Box 4, Folder 261]
3See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 979
4See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 982
5See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 983
Barstow Company (Saluda Dam)
Hartwell Dam
Inland Navigation
State Highway Commission
Columbia & Transportation
Columbia Duplicate Street Names
Pellagra
Iodine
Malaria
Fluoridation
Opera Houses
Who's Who
[Box 4, Folder 262]
[Box 4, Folder 263]
[Box 4, Folder 264]
[Box 4, Folder 265]
[Box 4, Folder 266]
[Box 4, Folder 267]
[Box 4, Folder 268]
[Box 4, Folder 269]
[Box 4, Folder 270]
[Box 4, Folder 271]
[Box 4, Folder 272]
[Box 4, Folder 273]
(5) People
Mainly files of correspondence with public figures, as in the case of Congressman Hampton P.
Fulmer, who worried constantly about how much publicity he either was or was not getting in the State. In
some cases the folders contain documents relating to or stories about a person. In 1952, the State
endorsed Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and SLL kept a file of his campaign literature and of editorials
the paper wrote about him.
Bernard Baruch
Lester Bates
Cole L. Blease
Edgar Brown6
Dwight D. Eisenhower7
H. P. Fulmer
Warren Giese
Johnson Hagood
William C. Harllee
D. C. Heyward
Leland Hungerpiller
Olin D. Johnston8
Burnet R. Maybank9
John G. Richards
E. D. Smith
[Box 4, Folder 274]
[Box 4, Folder 275;
Box 14, Folder 747]
[Box 4, Folder 276]
[Box 4, Folder 277]
[Box 4, Folder 278]
[Box 4, Folder 279]
[Box 4, Folder 280]
[Box 4, Folder 281]
[Box 4, Folder 282]
[Box 14, Folder 748]
[Box 4, Folder 283]
[Box 14, Folder 749]
[Box 4, Folder 284]
[Box 4, Folder 285]
[Box 4, Folder 286]
(6) Politics
Political campaign material, including particularly Strom Thurmond's 1954 write-in bid (supported by
the State) to unseat Edgar Brown as US Senator. The folder includes a sample ballot with instructions for
writing in Thurmond, letters to the editor concerning the race, and a story SLL wrote about the election for
the Washington Star.10
1952 Presidential Campaign
1954 Strom Thurmond Write-In Campaign
1956 Republican National Convention
[Box 4, Folder 287]
[Box 4, Folder 288]
[Box 4, Folder 289]
6See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 942
7See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 940
8See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 944
9See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 945
10See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 994 (Democratic Party of South
Carolina)
(7) Education
Material relating to educational causes supported by the State or to education-related speeches
made by SLL.
Columbia College Endowment
Winthrop College
Penn Normal Industrial
and Agricultural School
University of Georgia--Timrod Memorial
Twelfth Grade
County Unit of School Administration
[Box 4, Folder 290]
[Box 4, Folder 291]
[Box 4, Folder 292]
[Box 4, Folder 293]
[Box 4, Folder 294]
[Box 4, Folder 295]
E. Civil Rights, 1930-1966 and N.D.
Material relating to the history of race relations as perceived by the State [Box 4, Folders 296-307;
Box 14, Folder 750]. Consists mainly of stories tracing the progress of federal court integration cases and
state plans to oppose court orders during the 1950s.
Bulk of material is arranged chronologically. Also includes subject folders on the State's editorial
policies relating to handling of stories about African-Americans (1930, 1952), black voting patterns in 1940,
and a 1957 series on New York migrant workers representing northern race relations in an unflattering light.
(In the same vein, see Roy Wilkins's letter of 5 Feb 1958 in the Editorial Correspondence files, Box 3, Folder
196.)
Includes a 1953 legal brief for Clarendon County in the Briggs v Board of Education case [Box 14,
Folder 750] and galleys of the appendices to the 1953 Briggs v Elliott decision [Box 4, Folder 307].
Includes copies of the periodical Southern School News, 1954-1956. [Box 4, Folders 305-306]
F. Features and Supplements
Material relating to features, columns, news stories, and information hired or contracted by the
State. Also includes unsolicited contributions and files relating to the paper's magazine sections.
(1) Features
Includes miscellaneous features offered to the State, general material relating to features, such as
lists and popularity surveys. Includes correspondence with J. P. Alley, creator of the popular cartoon
"Hambone," and a 16 Feb 1930 feature story about Alley. Includes folders of correspondence with regular
columnists featured in the State, including the writer Henry Bellamann, who during the late 1920s
contributed book reviews and cultural items. Includes extensive correspondence relating to the 1932
demise of the "Women's Club Page," a standard feature of early twentieth-century South Carolina
newspapers. Includes manuscripts of unsolicited articles and fiction submitted to the State.
Features
Features Questionnaire
Altar Stairs
Book Column
Charleston Society Column
Famous Hymns
Gardening Column
Handwriting Analysis Column
Rural Letter Carriers Column
Women's Club Page
MSS Submitted for Publication
[Box 5, Folders 308-309]
[Box 5, Folder 310]
[Box 5, Folder 311]
[Box 5, Folder 312]
[Box 5, Folder 313]
[Box 5, Folder 314]
[Box 5, Folder 315]
[Box 5, Folder 316]
[Box 5, Folder 317]
[Box 5, Folder 318]
[Box 5, Folder 319;
Box 14, Folder 751]
(2) Correspondents
Files of letters and financial statements for the State's paid correspondents. In some cases the
contents of these files can be used as finding aids to the microfilm edition of the State, e.g., when a
correspondent supplied a string of articles on South Carolina historical topics and a financial statement
mentions the articles by publication date.
Guest Editorials
Correspondents
Financial Data
Wade Hampton Gibbes
John Temple Graves II
Thornwell Haynes
Mrs. Julian Hennig
James A. Hoyt
Margaret B. Johnson
Rev. E. B. Keisler
P. H. McGowan
J. Rion McKissick
Josie Parler
[Box 5, Folder 320]
[Box 5, Folder 321]
[Box 5, Folder 322;
Box 14, Folder 752]
[Box 5, Folder 323]
[Box 5, Folder 324]
[Box 5, Folder 325]
[Box 5, Folder 326]
[Box 5, Folder 327]
[Box 5, Folder 328]
[Box 5, Folder 329]
[Box 5, Folder 330]
[Box 5, Folder 331]
[Box 5, Folder 332]
(3) Magazine Sections
Correspondence relating to the State's color gravure magazine that ran from January 1949 to
September 1955 and to the nationally-syndicated magazines that superseded it. Also includes ventures into
letterpress magazine publishing, of which the State's annual "baby section," dating from the 1930s, was
considered a prototype.
"State" Magazine
American Weekly
Baby Section
Sample Letterpress Magazines
[Box 5, Folders 333-335]
[Box 5, Folder 336]
[Box 5, Folder 337]
[Box 5, Folder 338;
Box 25]
(4) Services and Syndicates
Correspondence with the major wire services and syndicates, information services, and smaller
feature services. Contains Associated Press files, 1921-1972 and n.d., mainly correspondence relating to
the delivery of various AP services, with some matter relating to its membership rules and the annual
meetings of its managing editors association.
The newspaper syndicate files contain material relating to American popular culture of the 1920s,
1930s, and 1940s. The Bell Syndicate material includes promotions for serialized Kathleen Norris novels
and women's features and for Marion Hargrove's "See Here, Private Hargrove" (1943). A sample 1942 "Don
Winslow of the Navy" report on sabotage featured a comic-strip guest appearance by J. Edgar Hoover. An
attempt by lovelorn advice columnist Anne Hirst to solve a South Carolina reader's family problems caused
SLL to write Miss Hirst on 6 Oct 1941 pointing out her ignorance of the state's marriage and libel laws.
The King Features Syndicate files reflect the Hearst papers' strong emphasis on comic strips and
include a number of sample comic supplements dating from the late 1940s. A letter from general manager
Ward Greene, 24 Mar 1948 (enclosure to 7 Apr 1948) defended the Hearst newspaper comics against
attacks by a "very prejudiced and badly informed psychiatrist" (Dr. Frederic Wertham). In addition to comics,
the King organization supplied the State with an exclusive 1941 photo essay on the Dionne quintuplets.
The State also dealt with Consolidated Press Association, whose subsidiary Current News
Features sold rights to coverage of Commander Richard E. Byrd's 1928 expedition to the South Pole, and
with the McNaught Syndicate, which carried the Will Rogers newspaper columns prior to Rogers's death in
1935.
New York Herald Tribune Syndicate supplied the State with the thirty-part serialization of Dwight D.
Eisenhower's "Crusade in Europe" beginning 7 Nov 1948. SLL's papers contain the complete text that the
syndicate sent to the paper.
As distributors of Drew Pearson's "Washington Merry-Go-Round" during the 1930s and 1940s,
United Feature Syndicate generated more controversy in the State's files than did any other national
newspaper service. In 1942, Pearson carried on a running vendetta against Franklin D. Roosevelt's
secretary of commerce Jesse Jones and at the same time alleged that several members of Congress had
ties to Fritz Kuhn's German-American Bund or to companies that had sold scrap iron to the Germans and
Japanese prior to Pearl Harbor. The politicians responded with counter-accusations and letters of complaint
to the papers that carried the column, and some threatened to sue for libel. The State decided to drop the
column in early 1943 and its Pearson file contains a complete set of his columns for February 1943 that
were never marked and sent to the composition room.
Associated Editors
Associated Newspapers
Associated Press
Atlantic Features & Printing Inc.
Bell Syndicate
Branham Company
Bressler Editorial Cartoons
Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate
Chicago Tribune-NY News Syndicate
Consolidated Press Association
Haskin Information Service
International News Service
Agnes Anne Kelleher, Feature Broker
King Features Syndicate
Ledger Syndicate
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
McNaught Syndicate
Navy Recruiting Campaign (1941)
Newspaper Information Service
New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
New York World Syndicate
Pattern Services
Publishers Syndicate
United Features Syndicate
United Features Syndicate: Drew
Pearson11
[Box 5, Folder 339]
[Box 5, Folder 340]
[Box 5, Folders 341-351]
[Box 5, Folder 352]
[Box 5, Folders 353-359]
[Box 5, Folder 360]
[Box 5, Folder 361]
[Box 5, Folder 362]
[Box 5, Folders 363-367]
[Box 5, Folder 368]
[Box 5, Folder 369;
Box 14, Folder 753]
[Box 5, Folder 370]
[Box 5, Folder 371]
[Box 6, Folders 372-381]
[Box 6, Folder 382]
[Box 6, Folder 383]
[Box 6, Folders 384-387]
[Box 6, Folder 388]
[Box 6, Folder 389]
[Box 6, Folder 390;
Oversized Box, Folder
1026]
[Box 6, Folder 391]
[Box 6, Folder 392]
[Box 6, Folder 393]
[Box 6, Folder 394]
[Box 6, Folders 395397; Box 14, Folders 754-
755]
G. "Story of The State"
Contains SLL's files and manuscript drafts of his history of the State newspaper, The Story of The
State, written between 1961 and 1969 and published in 1970. For SLL's research correspondence relating
to the book, see the Editorial Correspondence files for the 1960s (Box 3). 12
(1) Working Files
11See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 936
12See also Photographs, Box 23, Folders 977-981
Memoranda by SLL describing the nature and intent of his book; chapter headings and outlines that
trace the evolution of the manuscript; drafts of several versions of a brief history of the newspaper; a
manuscript of a speech SLL wrote for Ambrose Hampton recounting the short history; notes on illustrations
and research; miscellaneous copy including various matter apparently intended for the volume but discarded
at an early stage--segments on libel, the history of Fort Jackson, public monuments in Columbia, and SLL's
personal reminiscences; publicity and book reviews; letters acknowledging receipt of presentation copies.
Prospectus and Outlines
Brief History of the State
Illustrations
Research Notes
Miscellaneous Drafts
News Releases and Reviews
Letters of Acknowledgment
[Box 6, Folder 398]
[Box 6, Folder 399;
Box 16, Folder 822]
[Box 6, Folder 400]
[Box 6, Folder 401]
[Box 6, Folder 402;
Box 16, Folders 823-829;
Box 18, Folders 912-915]
[Box 6, Folder 403]
[Box 6, Folders 404-407]
(2) Manuscript
Drafts of the text of SLL's manuscript. The book in its original form would have run to 735 pages
and included entire chapters that were omitted in the published version (384 pages excluding index). His
original title Three Score and Ten was later changed to A History of The State and finally to The Story of The
State. Because SLL kept rearranging his text and renumbering his chapter folders, the chapters have been
numbered for arrangement according to his early descriptive outline for Three Score and Ten. The following
chart shows how this arrangement corresponds to the published version.
[Box 16, Folders 830-871 (Chapters 1-36);
Box 17, Folders 872-910 (Chapters 37-62)]
THREE SCORE AND TEN
STORY OF THE STATE
Introduction
Introduction
1. Background
1. Before The State Began
2. A Brief Corporate History
54. A Brief Corporate History
3. The State is Born
2. The State is Born
4. The State is Named
3. Naming the State
5. The State Rests Its Case
Replaced by fold-out plate
6. First Political Battles (1891-1897)
4. First Political Battles
6a. Politics (1891-1903) [Early draft that
later became chapters 6 and 10]
Chapters 4 and 7
7. The Dispensary--Early Days
5. The Dispensary
8. Gen. Ambrosio Jose Gonzales
53. Ambrosio Jose Gonzales
9. Remember the Maine
6. "Remember the Maine"
10. The Turn of the Century (1898-1903)
7. The Turn of the Century
11. The Tragedy
8. The Tragedy
12. The Gonzales Monument
Inserted in chapter 8
13. Partisanship Erupting Again (1904-1909) 9. Partisanship Erupting Again
13a. Politics (1904-1912) [Early draft that
later became chapters 13 and 17]
Chapters 9 and 11
14. First Local Cartoon--Dispensary
Inserted in chapter 9
15. Some Early Memories
10. Some Early Memories
16. The 20th Anniversary
Inserted in chapter 11
17. Two Stinging Defeats (1910-1912)
11. Stinging Defeats and a Victory
18. William E. Gonzales, Diplomat
12. William E. Gonzales, Diplomat
19. Torrid Days (1913-1917)
13. Torrid Days
19a. Politics, (1913-1923) [Early draft that
later became chapters 19 and 23]
Chapters 13 and 17
20. Death of Robert E. Gonzales
14. Dies on the Mexican Border
21. World War I
15. World War I
22. World War I and Personnel
16. World War I Personnel
23. Death Changes Political Picture
(1918-1923)
24. Return of William E. Gonzales
25. The State's Contribution to Newsprint
26. Politics (1924-1929)
26a. Politics (1923-1937) [Early draft that
later became chapters 26 and 29]
27. Death of Ambrose E. Gonzales
28. Tough Years
29. The State in the Roosevelt Era
(1930-1937)
30. Death of William E. Gonzales
31. Changes
32. Years of New Faces (1938-1947)
33. Gonzales Gardens
34. Changes
35. Death of William Elliott
36. Educational Reforms
37. Purchase of The Columbia Record
38. For National Defense
39. A Noble Experiment
40. Municipal Affairs
41. Revolt at the Polls (1948-1954)
41a. Politics 1946-1961 [Early draft that
later became chapters 41 and 45]
42. The New Building
43. The Race Question
44. Ambrose G. Hampton
45. Republican on the National Level
(1955-1961)
46. Prosperous Years
[Mr. Blalock's Presidency]
47. Fights for Causes
48. After Three Score and Ten
17. Death Affects Political Picture
18. Return of Ambassador Gonzales
19. Contribution to Newsprint
20. Politics, 1924-1929
Chapters 20 and 24
21. Ambrose Elliott Gonzales
22. Tough Going
and 23. A Corporation With a Soul
24. Interesting Milestones, 1930-1936
26. William Elliott Gonzales
25. Another Era Begun
27. New Faces
Inserted in chapter 41
28. Changes, Editorial
29. William Elliott
30. Educational Reforms
31. Purchase of The Columbia Record
32. For National Defense
34. A Noble Experiment
Inserted in capsule form in chapter 41
33. Revolt at the Polls
and 35. Years of Significance
Chapters 33, 35, 39, and 42
36. A Dream Comes True
37. The Race Issue
40. Changes, Executive
39. Republican on Presidential Level
and 42: No Deviation from Policy
38. Prosperous Years
41. Fights for Causes
43. The State Today
Part II
49. Columbia of 1891
50. Woods and Waters
51. Theaters
52. The State and Highways
53. Sports in Columbia
54. Press Association
55. Handling of Deaths
56. Staunch Friend of Higher Education
57. "Extras"
58. From Across the Editor's Desk
59. Society
60. Generosities
61. Heads of Departments
62. Conclusion
44. Columbia of 1891
47. Woods and Waters
Omitted from published version
48. Good Roads, Et Cetera
50. Society and Sports
49. The Press Association
46. Handling of Deaths
51. Friend of Higher Education
45. Extra! Extra!
Omitted from published version
50. Society and Sports
Omitted from published version
52. Relevant Personalia
The Conclusion
(3) Galleys and Proofs
Galleys, page proofs, bound sample pages, and portions of the printer's manuscript showing
extensive revisions SLL made after the book was set in type. Includes the paperbound first bound copy of
The Story of the State sent to SLL to check before any permanent bound copies were produced. [Box 18]
III. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Correspondence, news items, convention literature, and publications relating to professional
newspaper organizations to which SLL belonged.
South Carolina Press Association. Mainly correspondence, 1929-1970 and n.d. Contains
especially complete coverage for 1942, when SLL served as president. [Box 6, Folders 408-417]
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Mainly newsletters and convention proceedings,
1951-1975 and n.d. Contains news items and committee reports on labor relations, newsprint, and other
topics of professional interest. [Box 6, Folders 418-421]
American Society of Newspaper Editors. Correspondence and newsletters, 1941-1966 and n.d.
Includes issues of the Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors containing stories about SLL
and other South Carolina editors. [Box 6, Folders 422-425]13
American Society of Newspaper Editors Freedom of Information Committee. Lengthy and
thoughtful letters and reports, 1948-1954, dealing with freedom of information issues. Includes a 3-page
carbon of a letter from Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, 6 April 1950. [Box 6, Folders 426-430; Box 14, Folder
756]
American Newspaper Publishers Association. Correspondence, bulletins, invitations, and
convention literature, 1931-1966 and n.d. Contains some substantive material on professional issues and
includes a souvenir photograph of SLL attending a banquet in New York's Rainbow Room. [Box 6, Folders
431-433]
Banshees (ANPA Convention). Contains programs and seating charts for the annual Banshees
luncheon, 1943-1967 and n.d. The programs contain sketches of featured celebrities from the New York
entertainment world or of recipients of the organization's "Silver Lady" award. [Box 14, Folder 757]
Gridiron Club. Contains invitations, menus, and seating charts for spring and winter dinners of
Washington's Gridiron Club, 1941-1953, which featured a semiannual program of political satire. SLL kept
souvenir newspaper clippings of his first dinner in 1941. Menus from the Truman and Eisenhower years
feature political cartoons by Jim Berryman. [Box 14, Folders 758-760]
Pulitzer Prize Jury. Consists of material relating to the operations of the Pulitzer Prize program,
1949-1959 and n.d., while SLL served on the jury. Highlights include bulletins and nomination forms issued
by the Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board, complete confidential summaries of the 1950, 1954, 1955, and 1958
nominations in journalism, the May 1957 issue of Columbia Library Columns celebrating the fortieth
anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes, and the first three issues, 1956-1957, of the National Cartoonists Society
publication The Cartoonist, featuring in the spring 1957 issue SLL's article "Inside the Pulitzer Surprise."
[Box 6, Folders 434-440]14
Locally-Edited Magazine Group. Reports of annual meetings and news bulletins, 1948-1955. [Box
7, Folder 441]
General Correspondence, 1931-1966. Includes material relating to the National Editorial
Association, the Ohio Newspaperwomen's Association, the Inter American Press Association, Sigma Delta
Chi, scholastic press associations, press flights, and other professional correspondence. [Box 7, Folders
442-443]
13See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 1006
14See also "Editors at Work," mounted photograph filed with Sam Latimer
photos in Box 22
White House Correspondents Association. Seating chart, menu, ticket, and program for the 1943
annual dinner. [Box 7, Folder 444]
Trade Literature. Articles relating to journalism from American Photography, Journalism Quarterly,
Editor and Publisher, and Journalism Educator. Also includes report of the 1956 Newspaper National
Snapshot Awards and a folder of material on journalism-related legal issues such as libel and privacy. [Box
7, Folders 445-446]
Speeches. Manuscripts of speeches about journalism delivered by SLL to various groups. [Box 7,
Folder 447]
IV. CIVIC AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
Correspondence, minutes, news bulletins, invitations, awards, and other material relating to clubs
SLL joined, boards he served on, or groups he attended as guest speaker.
Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Letters from William E. Gonzales to the Chamber, 1925-1927,
and annual reports from the early 1960s. Includes a number of mailings apparently sent to SLL's address in
1976 after his death. [Box 7, Folder 448]
Columbia Housing Authority. Letters, clippings, programs, minutes, financial papers, and
speeches, 1934-1975 and n.d. SLL was appointed one of the first commissioners when the authority
commenced operations in 1934; he served as vice-chairman, 1934-1957, chairman, 1957-1972, and
continued as commissioner until his death. The papers relate to both the public housing and urban renewal
programs. Highlights include the dedications of Gonzales Gardens in 1941 and Latimer Manor in 1970. As
board chairman, SLL also played a role in the University of South Carolina's land acquisitions during the
1960s and 1970s. [Box 7, Folders 449-455; Box 14, 761-762]15
Columbia Municipal Stadium. Mainly legal, financial and administrative correspondence, 19321937 and n.d., relating to the construction of a football stadium by the city of Columbia for the University of
South Carolina with money loaned by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Also includes legal
documents, financial papers, and plats and blueprints of the stadium. SLL was one of the stadium trustees
and was credited with originating the committee that planned the stadium. [Box 7, Folders 456-464; Box 14,
Folders 763-764]
Columbia Township Auditorium Board. Consists of letters, 1938, and minutes, 1939. In one letter,
SLL, who served on the five-member board that ran the auditorium, described how it was built and operated.
[Box 7, Folder 465]
Commission on Chronic Illness. Mainly conference minutes and reports, 1950-1956; also includes
correspondence to SLL as chairman of the commission's editorial committee. Includes extensive drafts for
the commission's final report, published in 1957 by Harvard University Press under the title Chronic Illness in
the United States. Folders are organized with a main chronological sequence of letters, newsletters, etc.,
and separate folders on meetings. Manuscripts are filed in a separate box. [Box 7, Folders 466-483; Box
21, Manuscripts]
Community Chest. Mainly correspondence and papers relating to annual campaigns, 1926-1943
and n.d. Includes fairly detailed information on the level of community support in the 1930 campaign.
SLL became highly active during the early 1940s. [Box 8, Folder 484]
Crippled Children Society of South Carolina. Mainly publicity packets and news releases, 1957.
SLL was a sponsor of the state campaign in 1957 and chairman in 1958. Includes publicity shots of Paula
and Patricia Webber of Sumter, state poster girls, 1960, national poster girls, 1961. [Box 14, Folder 765] 16
15See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 993
16See also Photographs, Box 23, Folders 991, 1013
Elks Club. Correspondence and bulletins, 1941-1966. [Box 8, Folder 485]
Focus Club. Mainly correspondence relating to McDavid Horton's brief term as president in 1925
(though SLL was a club member for many years). Also includes a 1923 promotional booklet about Columbia
and an undated roster of the club membership probably dating from 1925. [Box 8, Folder 486]
Kiwanis Club. Correspondence and news items, 1940-1972, relating to some of SLL's activities
during fifty years as a member of the Columbia Kiwanis Club. [Box 8, Folder 487]17
Newcomen Society. Correspondence and program announcements of the Newcomen Society in
North America, 1959-1967. [Box 8, Folder 488]
Outstanding Community Service Award. Correspondence, clippings, and brochures relating to the
selection of SLL and four other honorees as Columbia's outstanding citizens, Sep 1969. [Box 8, Folder 489]
Rotary Club. Letters and resolutions, 1942, 1972. Also includes a portion of a 1942 speech. [Box
14, Folder 766]18
Salvation Army. Correspondence, financial statements, and printed programs relating to SLL's
work as a member of the advisory board, 1938-1975. [Box 8, Folder 490]19
Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Contains SLL's certificate of membership, 1928, and two issues of the
fraternity magazine The Record--a December 1942 issue containing notices of members in military service
and an August 1965 issue reporting SLL's receipt of the USC alumni award. [Box 8, Folder 491]
South Carolina Highway Safety Committee. Correspondence, news items, speeches, and statistics
relating to SLL's work on the governor's traffic safety committee during the 1950s. Includes research data
supplied to the committee by the South Carolina Highway Department and covers issues like the point
system and the value of driver's education courses. Papers cover the period 1952-1968 and n.d. [Box 8,
Folders 492-494]
University of South Carolina Alumni Affairs. Commencement, reunion, and homecoming programs;
correspondence and clippings, notices of distinguished alumni awards given to SLL, speeches, and printed
materials relating to university development, 1913-1972 and n.d. [Box 8, Folders 495-502; Box 14, Folder
767; Oversized Box, Folder 1027] See also Box 15, Folder 809, for the text of SLL's commencement
speech, 16 June 1945.20
War Work. Consists mainly of correspondence relating to SLL's affiliation with the United Service
Organizations for National Defense, 1942-1946. [Box 8, Folder 503]
Miscellaneous Organizations and Causes. Correspondence relating to SLL's membership in or
speaking engagements for various organizations, including the Executives Club, garden clubs, the Columbia
Art Association, schools, businesses, and municipal associations, 1938-1976 and n.d. Includes three issues
of Dixie Business magazine: vol. 23, no. 1 (Spring, 1951); vol 26, no. 1 (Autumn, 1954) containing articles
about James C. Self of Greenwood, 1952's "Man of the South"; and vol. 34, no. 2 (Winter, 1962) containing
news items about SLL. [Box 8, Folders 504-508]
V. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
17See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 989
18See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 990
19See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 992
20See also Photographs, Box 23, Folders 985, 987
SLL's church files relate primarily to his membership in the First Presbyterian Church, Columbia,
SC. As a descendant of the York County Witherspoons, SLL claimed descent from John Knox. He served
in Columbia as a church elder and chaired various church committees. He also served on the visitors'
boards of South Carolina's Presbyterian Colleges.
General files, 1906-1975, and n.d., contain First Presbyterian Church bulletins, financial
statements, clippings, and correspondence; Presbyterian periodicals and material relating to political trends
in the church; printed copies of sermons by Dr. J. Sherrard Rice, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, 19591966; photographs of the 1910 steeple fire (enclosure to 30 November 1965); Kathleen Sloan's article
"When Sinners Were Put Out of the Church" (March 1966) from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine;
and the pamphlet Memories of Montreat Post Office (1964) by Dr. Kenneth J. Foreman. Includes a special
servicemen's church bulletin dating from the First World War. [Box 8, Folders 509-520]
First Presbyterian Church Pulpit Committee Records, 1958-1959, 1966. Papers of the nominating
committees that hired J. Sherrard Rice in 1959 and Hugh McClure in 1967; SLL chaired both committees.
Consists mainly of correspondence, lists, vitae on ministers, and committee reports. [Box 8, Folders 521523]
Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina, Committee on the Centennial of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States, 1960-1961. Correspondence relating to selection of speakers, historical background, and
program development. Includes copies of the centennial service bulletin, 23 May 1961, and a copy of the
address by Darby Fulton. SLL was chairman of the committee. [Box 8, Folders 524-526]
First Presbyterian Church, Birthday Party for Sam Latimer, 14 Nov 1974. Papers and photographs
relating to SLL's 83rd birthday observance by the children of the church. [Box 8, Folder 527]
Presbyterian Home of South Carolina, 1963-1975. Material relating to the Presbyterian Home at
Summerville, SC, which numbered SLL among its Board of Trustees. Includes correspondence, financial
statements, newsletters, building dedication programs, color brochures, and acknowledgments of memorial
donations by SLL. [Box 8, Folder 528]
Presbyterian College, 1960-1975 and n.d. Papers mainly relating to SLL's membership in the
college Board of Visitors. Includes correspondence, newsletters, and board minutes. Includes SLL's
speech at the 40th anniversary of the college newspaper--the Blue Stocking (12 Feb 1960). A separate
folder contains papers relating to the college's testimonial luncheon for SLL on his 76th birthday (14 Nov
1967). [Box 8, Folders 529-530]
Erskine College, 1962-1972. Papers mainly relating to SLL's membership in the college Board of
Counselors. [Box 8, Folder 531]
VI. MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Material relating to SLL's service in World War I, his later work in behalf of the United States Army
and Fort Jackson, his interest in national defense, his connections with high-ranking members of the military,
and his leadership role in veterans organizations.
A. World War I
Letters, postcards, and telegrams SLL sent home during active military service as an officer
candidate and a second lieutenant, May-Aug 1917, Dec 1917, Jul 1918-Aug 1919. SLL already showed an
aptitude for journalism, and his daily letters supplied a virtual diary of officer training at Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia, during the summer of 1917. When censorship was lifted after the armistice, his letters from
overseas recounted his past and current experiences in a unit of the 81st ("Wildcat") Division that never saw
combat. He described the voyage overseas, the western front, his travels through France, and his
management of a USO-style vaudeville show called the "Wildcat Follies." [Box 9, Folders 532-552; Box 14,
Folder 768]
Pictorial material includes Kodaks and Kodaks in postcard form--containing scenes of officer
training and photos of the "Wildcat Follies" troupe--and commercial picture postcards from the Fort
Oglethorpe vicinity, New York, and overseas. [Box 9, Folders 551, 553-556]
Souvenirs, mementoes and documents include Follies Bergere tickets and programs, French
railway tickets and travel literature, SLL's field artillery manual, a set of battlefield maps of the western front,
and a letter from King George V distributed to American servicemen in England. Also includes SLL's
commission, 25 Mar 1918, as second lieutenant of field artillery [Box 9, Folder 557; Oversized Box, Folders
1025, 1027]
Wildcat Division papers include veterans correspondence, reunion material, articles and clippings
relating to division history, "Wildcat Follies" programs, correspondence and drafts for an article SLL
contributed to American Legion Magazine on the history of the division patch, and one of the original division
patches. [Box 9, Folders 558-559; Box 14, Folders 769-770]
General papers include obituaries and biographical sketches of World War I officers and letters
from correspondents reminiscing about the war. [Box 9, Folder 560]
Also includes one oversized document: SLL's commission as second lieutenant of field artillery, 25
March 1918. [Oversized]
B. Historical Papers and Autographed Manuscripts
Selected interesting, historically significant, or autographed documents from SLL's papers relating
to the military. Includes autographed letters from John J. Pershing, George C. Marshall, George S. Patton,
Jr., William C. Westmoreland, and Mark Clark. Includes an autographed copy of General Douglas
MacArthur's Sylvanus Thayer Award speech at West Point, 12 May 1962. Includes Japanese propaganda
and currency captured at Leyte Gulf the day the US Army returned to the Phillipines. Includes a
personalized prewar Christmas card from Corregidor containing a photograph of the commanding general's
residence. Includes a copy of General Omar Bradley's printed guidelines to the troops on dealing with the
people of occupied Germany. Includes firsthand soldiers' accounts from World War II Sardinia and from
Korea. Includes Jack Truluck's recollections of D-Day, 26 July 1963. Includes printed programs of the 1946
ceremony in Charleston honoring the USS Columbia and of a 1968 dinner honoring Westmoreland. [Box 9,
Folder 561]21
C. Fort Jackson
Correspondence, clippings, and programs, 1940-1973, relating to events at Fort Jackson, and
personal letters from various fort commanders. Includes material relating to World War II visits by Franklin
D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and to the 1967 fiftieth anniversary of the fort. (World War II Fort
Jackson supplements to the State have been transferred to the book division for microfilming as an addition
to the library's State newspaper collection.) [Box 9, Folders 562-563]22
D. Secretary of the Army Civilian Aide
Correspondence, clippings, and program material, 1942-1964 and n.d., relating to the civilian aide
program for liaison between the army and the public. SLL succeeded McDavid Horton as civilian aide for
South Carolina. File includes letters from Wilber M. Brucker, Elvis J. Stahr, Jr., Cyrus Vance, and other
Secretaries of the Army. Includes letters from General Maxwell D. Taylor (29 July 1955) and other generals.
Includes correspondence relating to the Swift Strike exercises of the early 1960s. Conference material from
the late 1950s and 1960s includes personalized photo albums supplied by the army. [Box 9, Folders 564573]23
E. Association of the United States Army
21See also Photographs, Box 23, Folders 1003-1006
22See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 939; Box 23, Folders 1009-1010
23See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 1007
Correspondence, resolutions, program material, clippings, and newsletters, 1959-1973 and n.d.,
mainly relating to the Greater Columbia Chapter. Includes announcements of speeches to the local chapter
by various generals. [Box 9, Folders 574-577]24
F. The Citadel
Mainly invitations to various Citadel functions, 1961, 1965, and n.d. Includes the inauguration
ceremonies for General Hugh P. Harris as college president, 15 October 1965. [Box 9, Folder 578]
G. European Tour
Papers relating to postwar Europe, 1946-1947, and n.d., and specifically to a May 1947 visit by
American publishers and editors to occupied Germany and Austria conducted by the US Army. Includes
itineraries, texts of army briefings, clippings, contemporary issues of Stars and Stripes, articles, SLL's
notebooks, and drafts of his writings about the tour. His articles were collected and published under the title
Germany and Austria, 1947: Observations of a South Carolina Newspaper Man Made During a Month's Tour
of These War-Torn Countries. File includes partial galleys of the booklet. Also includes a number of photo
albums supplied by the US Army Signal Corps. [Box 9, Folders 579-583; Box 10, Folder 584 and albums;
Box 14, Folder 771]25
H. General Military Papers
Assorted military papers, 1932-1971 and n.d., including personal letters, clippings,
recommendations for officers' commissions, papers relating to national security, and announcements of
military publications. [Box 10, Folders 585-586]
I. American Legion
Papers relating to SLL's active membership in the American Legion and other veterans
organizations at both the state and national level.26
(1) National Organization
Correspondence and program material, 1920-1976 and n.d. Includes material relating to the
Legion's 1927 tour of Europe, aka the "Second AEF," with the souvenir album and 1928 commemorative
published volume The Commanders Tour. Includes programs, invitations, menus, clippings, and campaign
literature from the annual national conventions. Includes papers relating to SLL's work as national executive
committeeman in 1941-1942 and as national vice-commander in 1946. Includes an autographed copy of
Roy Rutherford's booklet Colonel Roscoe Turner: Knight-Errant of the Air (n.p., 1947). Includes American
Legion annual reports, 1959 and 1963. Includes SLL's program literature as South Carolina Department
chairman for the fiftieth anniversary of the American Legion, 1966. Includes directories of officers and
committees, manuals of ceremonies, copies of American Legion Magazine, newsletters, catalogues, and
various state periodicals. Includes picture postcards of the national headquarters in Indianapolis. Includes a
complimentary set of Charles M. Russell place mats printed by the Montana Department of the Legion. [Box
10, Folders 587-604 and album; Box 11, Folders 605-614; Box 14, Folder 772; Oversized Box, Folder 1028]
(2) Press and Public Relations
American Legion Press Association, National Public Relations Commission, Publicity Division, and
Publications Commission material, 1919, 1939-1976 and n.d. Includes correspondence, news releases,
newsletters, press cards, press kits, and speeches. Includes copies of Warren David (Bob) Hanscom's The
First Fifty Years (n.p., n.d.), a history of the Legion Press Association, and Saved by the Bell (1957), a comic
book recruiting publication. [Box 11, Folders 615-625; Box 14, Folder 773; Oversized Box, Folder 1025]
24See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 1008
25See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 1011
26See also Photographs, Box 23, Folders 995-999
(3) South Carolina Department
Correspondence, legal papers, newsletters, and clippings, 1919-19. Includes papers relating to the
1919 Legion state convention held in the State House and the 1920 bonus controversy which nearly caused
the SC Department to secede from the national organization. Includes letters relating to SLL's speaking
engagements at posts around the state after he became prominent in national circles. Includes a copy of
South Carolina Legion News, vol. 1, no. 1 (March 1946). Includes 1947 news stories reporting Legionsponsored burials of South Carolina war dead in Florence, SC, and Graniteville, SC. Includes programs of
state conventions. Includes programs and activities of Richland Post No. 6 and property records of the sale
of its home at 1429 Senate Street to the state of South Carolina, 1961-1962. Includes a folder of letters
relating to the World War Memorial building in Columbia and the Legion's ongoing interest in its construction
and upkeep. [Box 11, Folders 626-647; Box 14, Folders 774-776]
Also includes a separate folder containing two sound recordings: "Fifty Years for God and Country
in the Department of South Carolina," (tape recording) by Hon. Sam L. Latimer, Jr., 28 June 1963, and "Be
Counted Again" (2 cassettes), a radio recruiting advertisement with accompanying sheet music. [Box 11,
Folder 647A]
(4) Personal Correspondence
Letters, 1939-1975, mainly personal or social in nature, from SLL's friends in the American Legion.
[Box 11, Folders 648-650]
(5) Offices, Activities, Honors, and Speeches
Correspondence, programs, clippings, certificates, and citations, 1941-1975 and n.d., relating to
SLL's work with the American Legion. Includes congratulatory letters from friends and news stories
reporting the Columbia dinner given in his honor as national vice-commander in 1946 and receipt of various
awards. Also includes material relating to SLL's civic activities in behalf of the Legion--remarks at a
naturalization ceremony and judges' papers from citizenship and Americanism contests. Several folders
contain drafts of speeches SLL delivered at Legion meetings. [Box 11, Folders 651-657; Box 14, Folders
777-778]
(6) Far East Papers
Papers, 1957, 1963-1965, relating to SLL's interest in US relations with the far east and especially
to the American Legion military and diplomatic tour of the far east, 5-21 May 1964, in which SLL was a
participant. Includes itineraries, invitations, clippings, correspondence, and program material. [Box 11,
Folder 658; Box 14, Folder 779]
(7) Forty and Eight
Papers, 1929-1975 and n.d., relating to La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, the social
branch of the American Legion. Includes correspondence, periodicals, bulletins, and a copy of the society
ritual. [Box 11, Folders 659-663; Box 14, Folder 780]
(8) Other Veterans Groups
Papers, 1942-1974, largely relating to the Military Order of the World Wars. Also includes material
relating to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Army, Navy, and Air Force Veterans in Canada, and the
Veterans Administration. [Box 12, Folders 664-665]
(9) Published Histories
Correspondence, legal papers, and marked galleys, 1961-1966 and n.d., relating to the official
updated history commissioned by the American Legion and published in 1966 as The American Legion
Story by Raymond Moley, Jr. Includes SLL's book review of the finished work. [Box 12, Folders 666-669;
Box 14, Folder 781]
VII. JAMES F. BYRNES PAPERS
Papers, 1933-1973 and n.d., collected by Latimer during his long association with James F. Byrnes
as a friend, political supporter, and board member of the Byrnes Foundation. Includes Byrnes's political
correspondence as a member of the Roosevelt administration, material relating to his campaign for
governor, souvenir inaugural tickets and programs, a 1952 article from Colliers magazine about the feud
between Byrnes and Harry S. Truman, policy papers and statements by Byrnes relating to the integration of
public schools during the 1950s, articles relating to awards Byrnes received in later life, and tributes paid in
1972 after his death and when the Byrnes statue was dedicated on the South Carolina State House
grounds. [Box 12, Folders 670-680; Box 14, Folder 782]27
Includes a separate folder of material, 1942-1970 and n.d., relating to a bust of Byrnes that was
commissioned in the late 1940s by a South Carolina committee, stored in the basement of the US Capitol
Building for many years, rediscovered in the late 1960s, and finally moved to South Carolina. [Box 12,
Folder 681]28
Includes a separate folder of biographical sketches of Byrnes and speeches recalling his career.
[Box 14, Folder 783]
Includes a separate folder of literature, 1967-1968, from Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge,
Pennsylvania, describing the work of the foundation and its awards program at the time when Byrnes
received its American Statesman medal. [Box 12, Folder 682 and notebook]
VIII. HISTORICAL PAPERS
Correspondence, research, writings, speeches, and civic activities relating to SLL's interest in
South Carolina history. Includes SLL's nineteenth-century family papers and both solicited and unsolicited
historical material sent in by readers of the State.
A. Columbia
Includes photostats of correspondence in the National Archives, 1866, relating to the burning of
Columbia's Ursuline Convent by Sherman's troops; Augustine J. Smith's reminiscences of Columbia in 1844,
printed in the Chronicle, 1887; a pamphlet describing Columbia in 1890; and printed matter relating to the
Columbia Centennial celebration held in May 1891. Includes two documents describing Columbia during the
Spanish-American War: a typescript of a letter from Alex R. Taylor, 12 May 1898, and extracts from the diary
of Capt. Stephen Waterman, 1898-1899, relating to Columbia and Camp Fornance.29 Includes an article on
Yates Snowden from the Carolinian, January 1932; a copy of the 1936 Sesqicentennial program; George
Coffin Taylor's reminiscences of Columbia in the 1890s from the Columbia Mirror, May 1954; a fifteen-yearold girl's description, 5 Nov 1877, of the 1877 South Carolina State Fair (sent to SLL on 31 Oct 1957); a
copy of the Herman Geiger Memorial Program, 1958; reminiscences of the Columbia Opera House by
Melba Brown Eba; autobiographical writings by R. W. McNeely, a Columbia peach grower; clippings from
the early 1900s relating to the State House; and other correspondence and imprints relating to Columbia
families, businesses, and institutions. [Box 12, Folders 683-689; Box 14, Folders 784-785]30
Includes an extensive file of correspondence, invitations, programs, clippings, speeches, research
material, and national commission newsletters relating to the Woodrow Wilson Centennial which was
27See also Photographs, Box 22, Folders 947-948, 950-953
28See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 949
29See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 934
30See also Photographs, Box 22, Folders 968-973, 975-976, Box 23, Folder
1000
commemorated in Columbia by a dinner held on 28 December 1956. [Box 12, Folders 690-693; Box 14,
Folder 786]31
B. Civil War
Includes published reminiscences of Fort Sumter by Abner Doubleday, James Chester, Stephen D.
Lee, and A. R. Chisolm from thr Battles and Leaders of the Civil War series (1887); a newspaper serial
installment by John McElroy, "Si Klegg, 'Shorty,' and the Boys of Co. Q on the March Thru the Carolinas,"
National Tribune, Washington DC, 26 Nov 1942; "Account of Southern Editors' Early Try with News
Agency," by Arthur T. Robb, Editor and Publisher, 13 Aug 1949; an autographed offprint of E. Merton
Coulter's "A Name for the American War of 1861-1865," from Georgia Historical Quarterly (June 1952); a 25
July 1955 letter and article by Stonewall Jackson's granddaughter Julia J. Preston; a clipping of a printed
letter from Col. James T. Bacon of Edgefield SC, dated Fairfax C H, Va., 15 Aug 1861 (sent to SLL on 23
Feb 1960); Civil War Centennial issue of Army Digest (August 1961); a biographical sketch of John J.
Patterson, a Pennsylvania carpetbagger who served as US Senator from South Carolina in 1873, Sunday
Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA, 11 Sep 1955; a typescript of a Civil War letter from William Hayne Taylor, n.d.;
and other correspondence and articles mainly relating to the Civil War Centennial. [Box 12, Folders 694-698;
Box 14, Folder 787]
Includes newspaper clippings relating to the 1952 funeral of Arnold Murray, alleged to be the last
Confederate veteran, and drafts of SLL's speech delivered on the occasion. [Box 12, Folders 699-700]32
Includes a biographical memoir of Gen. Jesse Colton Lynes (b. 1844), a South Carolina-born
Georgia educator, written in 1931 by Mary Carter Winter and containing the 87-year-old Lynes's
reminiscences of the Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War, and Marshal Ferdinand Foch's 1921 visit to
Atlanta, Ga. [Box 12, Folder 701]
Includes a file of Civil War Centennial newspapers consisting of serials and feature articles run in
the State and special commemorative issues of other papers. [Box 12, Folder 702]
Includes a file of articles relating to the alleged illegitimate parentage of Abraham Lincoln written by
D. J. Knotts of Swansea, SC, and published in the State in 1911. [Box 12, Folder 703]
C. South Carolina
Includes a 2 July 1890 letter urging the formation of political action clubs by farmers [to oppose the
Tillman candidacy?]; a biographical memoir of Joshua John Ward Flagg (b. 1860), survivor of the 1893
hurricane, written in 1928 by Marion Manning; a 1929 sketch of Belle Isle Gardens by James Henry Rice,
Jr.; a 1934 sketch of Brookgreen by Susan L. Allston; a 1955 sketch of the Lafayette trowel by Pam Noah; a
copy of Chapman Milling's sketch of "The Colonial Indian Trade in the Eighteenth Century"; a draft of SLL's
speech to the organizational meeting of the Confederation of Local Historical Societies; typescripts of letters
from Aaron Burr to Natalie Delage; and other letters, clippings, and sketches relating to general South
Carolina history. [Box 12, Folders 704-707; Box 14, Folder 788]
Includes a file of historical and genealogical letters, clippings, and articles relating to York and
Lancaster counties. [Box 12, Folder 708]
Includes a file of material on Andrew Jackson, chiefly relating to his birthplace in Lancaster County
and to the 1970 dedication of the Jackson statue at Fort Jackson. [Box 12, Folder 709]
Includes a file of material relating to the Williamsburg County Historical Society restoration of the
Thorntree historic house, SLL's speech at the dedication, and the Witherspoon family. [Box 12, Folder 710;
Box 14, Folder 789]
Includes a file of clippings relating to murder cases that interested SLL. [Box 12, Folder 711]
31See also Photographs, Box 22, Folder 974
32See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 1021
D. Wright Brothers
Photocopies and letters relating to the Wright brothers, chiefly newspaper coverage in December
1963 of proceedings in Dayton, Ohio, marking aviation's sixtieth anniversary. Also includes a photocopy of
the 18 December 1903 Dayton Evening Herald reporting the story and an 8 August 1967 letter from Lenoir
Chambers describing how the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot obtained exclusive access to the story in 1903 and
scooped most of the nation's morning newspapers. [Box 14, Folder 790]
E. World Wars
Issues of the State reporting armistice day, D-Day, and V-J day, and drafts of editorials published in
the State in 1945. [Box 12, Folder 712]
F. Miscellaneous
Mostly articles and clippings on non-South Carolina historical subjects. Includes "What
Newspapers Published Sixty Years Ago," n.d., a 75-page compilation offered to the State for possible use.
Also includes material on Davy Crockett and Robert G. Ingersoll and "A Century of Presidential Elections as
Reported in the New York Times," a 1960 current affairs publication of the Times's educational office. [Box
13, Folders 713-714]
G. Manuscripts
Nineteenth-century papers of York County, SC, families chiefly consisting of SLL's own ancestral
papers of the Witherspoon and Williams families.
(1) Witherspoon Family Papers
Papers, 1840-1913 and n.d., of Judge Isaac Donnom Witherspoon (1833-1901), SLL's great-uncle,
and his immediate family. Includes an oversized printed circular, 20 Oct 1851, to the people of York District
by Col. Isaac Donnom Witherspoon, Sr. (1803-1858); a letter of recommendation, 6 December 1856, written
for IDW (Jr.) by Francis Lieber; letter, 21 Dec 1862, from Francis W. Heriot to "My dear Genl" requesting a
staff appointment and mentioning the recent erection of a fort on Winyah Bay; diary, 1869, of Mary Frances
(Fanny) Witherspoon (1843-1901), dated Lexington, Va., in the flyleaf; drawing, photograph, hair, and
obituary of two-year-old Annie Lindsay Dickson who died in 1877; letters and newspaper stories relating to
IDW's reelection to the bench in 1893; letter, 22 Oct 1894, from W. G. Davis to Mrs. M. E. Witherspoon
discussing the genealogy of the Finch and Lessley families; clippings, 1897, relating to IDW's announced
retirement; printed funeral service for IDW, 26 Mar 1901; newspaper obituaries and tributes, 1901, for IDW
and for judges William H. Wallace and Thomas B. Fraser; printed obituary of Fanny Witherspoon Mason
(MFW), 13 Nov 1901; letter from J. M. Spratt, 12 Mar 1902, to Mrs. I. D. Witherspoon discussing the Spratt
family genealogy and returning several enclosed pages of genealogical entries; MS biographical sketch,
n.d., of IDW (Sr.); an election ballot for the Democratic ticket in York County, 1876, and a blank form issued
to Democratic voters proving that they had voted for Wade Hampton in the 1876 race; printed Christmas
addresses by carriers of the Union Herald, 1876, and the Palmetto Yeoman, 1884; and a printed "Tribute to
Winnie Davis, the Daughter of the Confederacy," 1899. [Box 13, Folders 715-727; Box 14, Folder 791;
Oversized Box, Folder 1029]
Includes a bound volume, The Album Scripture Text Book, n.d., with handwritten inscriptions
throughout by Fanny Witherspoon. [Temporarily removed for conservation]
Includes a scrapbook of Lesslie Donnom Witherspoon, Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY,
May 1883, containing pressed plants, Christmas cards from the service academies at West Point and
Annapolis during the 1880s, commercial Christmas and Easter cards from the period, and pencil drawings
by LDW of plants and of nineteenth-century Brooklyn scenes. [Box 14]
(2) Williams Family Papers
Papers, 1819-1908 and n.d., mainly legal-size and consisting largely of records of the George
Washington Williams (1808-1868) law firm which he operated in partnership with his brother-in-law William
Carlisle Beatty (1803-1880) and his son William B. Williams. Includes estate papers of Jonathan Beatty (d.
1819); summary processes and writs in legal cases dating from the 1850s and 1860s; letter from WBW to
his mother, 6 Aug 1862, Ridge Church, Va.; titles to real estate, 1842, 1871; commissions, 1871, 1873,
appointing WBW as trial justice, signed by governors Robert K. Scott and Franklin J. Moses, Jr.; tax records
dating from the 1880s; fragments of legal complaints, answers, and testimony, n.d.; and Southern Railway
Company freight records, 1907-1908 and n.d. [Box 13, Folder 728; Box 15, Folders 792-796; Oversized
Box, Folder 1030]
(3) Jacob A. Deal Papers
Papers, 1863-1880, of Jacob A. Deal, Democratic Representative from York County to the General
Assembly elected in 1876, mainly JAD's Civil War papers as ordnance sergeant of the 12th NC Infantry.
Includes a letter of recommendation, 13 Dec 1863, from ex-Governor William Henry Gist; JAD's parole
certificate, 10 April 1865, from Appomattox Court House, Va.; a contemporary copy of Robert E. Lee's
General Order No. 9, 10 April 1865, announcing the Confederate surrender; a certified copy of election
returns in the 1876 York County House race; and an 1880 commission as precinct supervisor of elections.
[Box 15, Folder 797]
(4) Readers Contributions
Manuscript material sent in by subscribers to the State newspaper. Includes a fragment of an
anonymous Civil War letter, 27 Jun 1864, Petersburg, Va.; a letter, 27 April 1878, from Louis W.
Youngblood, Sylvan Grove, SC, to W. B. Plunkett, Batesburg, SC; and a teacher's monthly school report, 10
Jan 1887, from Ellen M. Holly, Slate Hill Academy, Edgefield County [Box 13, Folder 729; Box 15, Folder
798]
IX. THEATER
Correspondence and programs, 1908-1975 and n.d., relating to SLL's interest in drama and the
theater, his membership in Columbia theater groups, and his efforts as a playwright. Includes
correspondence with DuBose Heyward and letters signed by Robert Sherwood, Oscar Hammerstein II, and
Delbert Mann. Also includes a file of complimentary movie passes, some for long-vanished Columbia movie
houses of the 1920s such as the Imperial, the New Broadway, and Lester's Rivoli. [Box 13, Folders 730736]33
Includes a file of Palmetto Outdoor Historical Drama Association material, 1965-1968, containing
several drafts under different titles of Kermit Hunter's play "The Liberty Tree." [Box 13, Folder 737]
Includes bound and unbound typescripts of SLL's dramatic compositions, mainly consisting of
complete drafts of two copyrighted works: a serious drama titled "Mercy's Way," "Wrong Road," or "That's
What Happened," performed in 1940 by Columbia's Town Theater, and a musical comedy titled "The Happy
Medium," with music by M. Berry Seay and dialogue and lyrics by SLL. Also includes fragments of dialogue
and music from a college musical titled "Carolina Rah Rah." [Box 15, Folders 799-804; Box 25; Oversized
Box, Folders 1031-1032]
X. WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Rough drafts, edited typescripts, legal tablets, composition books, and cut-and-paste versions of
SLL's writings and talks on various subjects. [Box 15, Folders 805-821]
XI. PHOTOGRAPHS
Mainly 8 x 10 black and white newspaper photographs relating to the papers in this collection. Also
includes snapshots, newspaper mats, mounted portraits, oversized panoramic photographs, and papers
relating to photographs.
33See also Photographs, Box 23, Folder 1017
Includes a separate box of negatives. [Box 24]
A. Persons
Gonzales Family
[Box 22, Folder 927]
S. L. Latimer, Jr.
[Box 22, Folders 928-931]
S. L. Latimer, Jr., Family Photos
[Box 22, Folder 932]
Historical Figures
(Incl. autographed photo of J. Edgar
Hoover, Harry S. Truman signing
veterans legislation, and photos of
King George VI, Winston Churchill,
Woodrow Wilson, Neil Armstrong, the
battleship Maine, and the Ranney
Cowpens painting)
[Box 22, Folder 933]
Captain Stephen Waterman, Rhode Island
Volunteers, Spanish-American War [Box 22, Folder 934]
South Carolina Authors
(Incl. William Henry Timrod, Henry
Bellaman, Clements Ripley, and
Drayton Mayrant)
[Box 22, Folder 935]
Press Correspondents (Incl. Walter
Lippmann, Drew Pearson)
[Box 22, Folder 936]
The Buckley Family
[Box 22, Folder 937]
Bernard Baruch
[Box 22, Folder 938]
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Visit to
Fort Jackson
[Box 22, Folder 939]
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Visit to
Columbia, 1952
[Box 22, Folder 940]
John F. Kennedy, Visit to
Columbia, 10 Oct 1960
[Box 22, Folder 941]
Politicians, Miscellaneous
(Incl. Edgar Brown, Solomon Blatt) [Box 22, Folder 942]
South Carolina Governors, 1920s-1940s
(Incl. John G. Richards, Ibra C.
Blackwood, J. E. Harley, R. M.
Jefferies, and Ransome J.
Williams)
[Box 22, Folder 943]
Olin D. Johnston
[Box 22, Folder 944]
Burnet R. Maybank
[Box 22, Folder 945]
Strom Thurmond
[Box 22, Folder 946]
James F. Byrnes
[Box 22, Folders 947-953]
George Bell Timmerman
[Box 22, Folder 954]
Ernest F. Hollings
[Box 22, Folder 955]
Donald Russell
[Box 22, Folder 956]
Robert McNair
[Box 22, Folder 957]
Persons, Miscellaneous (Identified) [Box 22, Folder 958]
Persons, Miscellaneous (Unidentified)
[Box 22, Folder 959]
Persons, Groups (Identified)
[Box 22, Folder 960]
Persons, Groups (Unidentified)
[Box 22, Folder 961]
B. Places
Non-South-Carolina, Miscellaneous
Okinawa, Early 1960s
South Carolina, Aerial Views, Etc.
Belleville, Calhoun County
Winthrop College
York
Columbia
Columbia, Main Street
[Box 22, Folder 962]
[Box 22, Folder 963]
[Box 22, Folder 964]
[Box 22, Folder 965]
[Box 22, Folder 966]
[Box 22, Folder 967]
[Box 22, Folders 968-969]
[Box 22, Folder 970]
Columbia, Residential
Columbia, SLL's House, 2211 Wheat St.
Columbia, Armistice Day, 1945
Columbia, Woodrow Wilson Centennial
Columbia, First Presbyterian Church
Columbia, Security Federal Portfolio
of pre-1918 photographs
[Box 22, Folder 971]
[Box 22, Folder 972]
[Box 22, Folder 973]
[Box 22, Folder 974]
[Box 22, Folder 975]
[Box 22, Folder 976]
C. Institutional and Organizational
State-Record Company
[Box 23, Folder 977]
State-Record Company: Main Street
Building and Employees
[Box 23, Folder 978]
State-Record Company: Stadium
Road Building
[Box 23, Folder 979]
State-Record Company: Old Issues
of the State
[Box 23, Folder 980]
State-Record Company: J. M. Blalock
[Box 23, Folder 981]
State-Record Company: Cotton Contest
[Box 23, Folder 982]
State-Record Company: Mother of the
Year Contest
[Box 23, Folder 983]
State-Record Company: "From Across
the Editor's Desk" Photos
[Box 23, Folder 984]
University of South Carolina
[Box 23, Folder 985]
University of South Carolina: Shakespeare
300th Anniversary Festival, 1916 [Box 23, Folder 986]
University of South Carolina: Football
[Box 23, Folder 987]
Columbia Museum of Art
[Box 23, Folder 988]
Kiwanis Club
[Box 23, Folder 989]
Rotary, Lions, Elks, Etc.
[Box 23, Folder 990]
Crippled Children Society
of South Carolina
[Box 23, Folder 991]
Salvation Army
[Box 23, Folder 992]
Columbia Housing Authority
[Box 23, Folder 993]
Democratic Party of South Carolina
[Box 23, Folder 994]
American Legion
[Box 23, Folders 995-999]
Southern Bell
[Box 23, Folder 1000]
Pan American Clipper
[Box 23, Folder 1001]
Delta Airlines Publicity Flight
[Box 23, Folder 1002]
US Armed Forces
[Box 23, Folder 1003]
US Armed Forces: World War I
[Box 23, Folder 1004]
US Armed Forces: World War II
[Box 23, Folder 1005]
US Army: American Society of Newspaper Editors
Tour of New York Harbor, 1942
[Box 23, Folder 1006]
US Army: Civilian Aide to the Secretary of
the Army
[Box 23, Folder 1007]
US Army: Association of the US Army
[Box 23, Folder 1008]
US Army: Fort Jackson
[Box 23, Folder 1009]
US Army: Fort Jackson, World War I
[Box 23, Folder 1010]
US Army: Editors Tour of Germany, 1947
[Box 23, Folder 1011]
D. Subjects
Women
Children
Weddings and Anniversaries
Debutantes
High School Bands
Theater
Art
Animals
Horse Races
[Box 23, Folder 1012]
[Box 23, Folder 1013]
[Box 23, Folder 1014]
[Box 23, Folder 1015]
[Box 23, Folder 1016]
[Box 23, Folder 1017]
[Box 23, Folder 1018]
[Box 23, Folder 1019]
[Box 23, Folder 1020]
Funeral of "Last Confederate Veteran"
[Box 23, Folder 1021]
E. Related Manuscripts
Photographic Correspondence
Photographic Invoice Book, 1941
Material Relating to Identification
of Pictures
[Box 23, Folder 1022]
[Box 23, Folder 1023]
[Box 23, Folder 1024]
F. Oversized Photographs
(1) Standard Format
South Carolina Press Association, Original
Myrtle Beach Hotel, Summer of 1922
Model of State Building, Stadium Road
Ambrose E. Gonzales
William E. Gonzales
St. Helena Episcopal Church, Beaufort
(2) Panoramic
Foch Day in Greenwood, SC, 9 Dec 1921 (2 views)
South Carolina Press Association, York, SC, 7-10 Jun 1916
South Carolina Press Association at Kings Mountain, 8 Jun 1916
South Carolina Press Association Banquet, Annual Summer Meeting, King Edward Hotel, Toronto,
Ontario, 22 July 1941
Barbecue, Columbia Typographical Union, 21 July 1925 (fragments)
Troop 2, Officers Training Camp, Chickamauga Park, Ga., 10 August 1917
"Artillery," Camp Jackson, SC, 1917
Raising the Flag at Camp Jackson, SC, 1917
Officers of 320th Field Artillery, Fort Bragg, NC, 1930
American Legion at Garden Party given by Admiral of the Fleet
Earl Beatty, 9 Oct 1927
Palmetto Boys State, n.d.
Palmetto Boys State, n.d.
The Billy Sunday Tabernacle Ushers, Columbia, SC, 1923
Old English Pageant in Commemoration of the Shakespeare Tercentenary, the University Campus,
Tuesday, 25 April 1916, Columbia, SC
University of South Carolina Band, Football Stadium, Columbia, SC,
n.d.
Framed Group Photograph, Unidentified, n.d.
OVERSIZED FOLDERS
Commissions and Citations
Crusade in Europe
World War I Maps
Charles M. Russell Place Mats, Montana
Department American Legion
Witherspoon Family Papers
Williams Family Papers
The Happy Medium
Carolina Rah Rah
State: Plan of SLL's Office, Stadium
Road Building; General Statistics
[OvBox, Folder 1025]
[OvBox, Folder 1026]
[OvBox, Folder 1027]
[OvBox, Folder 1028]
[OvBox, Folder 1029]
[OvBox, Folder 1030]
[OvBox, Folder 1031]
[OvBox, Folder 1032]
[OvBox, Folder 1033]
One oversized real estate plat of property on Brickyard Road, Columbia, n.d., Walter A. Keenan and
Company, is in Oversize Map Drawer 7, Third Floor West, Far Southwest Corner.