Page Two of Finding Aid to the Wyndham Meredith Manning Papers, 1896 to 1967
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Series List
 I - Correspondence, 1907-1942 (bulk 1930-1942), undated - (Boxes 1-4)
 II - Political Papers, 1931-1942 (bulk 1934-1942), undated (Boxes 5-6, 9, and oversized flat files)
 III - Legal Papers, 1897-1942, undated - (Boxes 6-8, 9)
 IV - Financial Records, 1896-1942, undated (Boxes 8-11, oversized flat files, and oversized bound volume)
 V - Personal/Biographical and Miscellaneous, 1889 -1967, undated - (Box 8)
Container List
SERIES I. Correspondence
Box
Folder
1
2
3
4
1-62
63-133
134-219
220-264
265-266
267
268
269
270
271-276
277
288
289
290-294
Chronological:
January1907-December 1937
January 1938-August 1938
August 1938-June 1942
June 1942-November 1942, nd
Individual:
Ball, Dr. W.W., 1933-1942
Byrnes, James F., 1931-1937
Fulmer, H. C., 1933-1937
Hall, W. D., 1942
Jeffries, R.M., 1942
Manning, Bernard, 1932-1942, nd
Manning, Preston C., 1942
Manning, V.M., 1933-1942
Smith, E.D., 1931-1937
Personal:
1938-1942, nd
SERIES II. Political Papers
Box
4
OS4
4

Folder
295
296
297
298-302
“OS” indicates oversized folders
Annual Report, Sumter, South Carolina, 1937
Campaign Meetings, 1938
Campaign Pamphlets, 1938
Campaign Posters, 1941, nd
Campaign Rolls, 1942
Candidates for Governor, Clippings:
SERIES II. Political Papers (continued)
Box
4
9
4
5
OS3
5
Folder
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310-311
604-606
312
313-315
316
317-318
319-325
326
327
328
329
5, OS3 330-331
332
333-334
335-337
338-341
342-346
347
348-351
5,9
352-362, 607
5
363
364
365-367
368-373
374
375
376-377
378
379
380-381
382
383
384
Adams, Ben E., 1937-1940
Bennett, Neville, 1937-1938
Blease, Cole L., 1916-1938
Easterlin, F. E., 1938
Godfrey, H. C., 1938
Leppard, Ben T., 1938
Maybank, Burnet R., 1932-1937
Charleston Liquor Problems, 1932-1942
Charleston Protest, 1938
Clippings:
African-American Suffrage, 1942, nd
Agriculture, 1931-1938
Brown, Edgar, 1938-1941
Byrnes, James F., 1935-1941
Campaign Meetings, 1938
Club Rolls, 1938
Delegates by Counties, 1938
Election Results, 1934
Election Returns, Various Counties, 1938
Clippings, continued:
Epps, Carl B., 1932-1934
Grand Jury Investigation into Election Fraud, 1938
South Carolina Governor and Senate Races, 1942
Jeffries, R.M., 1940-1942
Johnston, Olin D., 1933-1942
Manning, W.M., 1931-1942
Maybank, Burnet R., 1938-1941
Pearce, Tom B., 1934
State Finances, 1932-1938
Miscellaneous, 1934-1942, 1938
Congressional Bill, “To make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the
state government for fiscal year January 1, 1932,” 1932
Congressional Bill, “To provide for the building of a suitable monument and the
establishment of a national park in Sumter County, South Carolina,
to be known as the ‘General Thomas Sumter National Park,
January 31, 1935,’” 1935
Convention Notebook Abbeville County through York County, 1942
Democratic Club Rolls, 1934:
Aiken County through Williamsburg County
Marion County Clubs
City Clubs
Elections, Clippings, 1940-1941
Editorials, 1938
Education, 1942
Manning/Wallace Protest, Clippings, 1938
Maybank, Burnet R., 1938-1939
Memorial Commissions, 1940
Miscellaneous Meetings, Records, 1938-1942
SERIES II. Political Papers (continued)
Box
5
Folder
385
386
387
388
6
389
390-412
413-414
415
416
OS2
6
417
418
419-421
422
423
424
425
OS1
6, OS2 426-427
6
428
429
430
431
432
433
Pamphlets, 1918-1938
Powers of the Governor of the State of South Carolina, nd
Railroads, 1932-1934
Report on Economic Conditions of the South, 1938
Santee-Cooper Project:
“An Act to Give State Authorities, Commissions, Boards of Governing
Bodies, Authorized to Develop Navigable Waters, to Construct,
Maintain And Operate Dams, Locks and Reservoirs, to Produce,
Transmit, Sell and Distribute Electric Power, to Reclaim Flooded
Lands or to Improve Health Conditions, or For Any of Such
Purposes, Additional Rights of Eminent Domain and to Provide a
Procedure for the Exercise Thereof,” 1939
Clippings, 1931-1941
Correspondence, 1933-1940
“Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina
Public Service Authority to the Advisory Board of the South
Carolina Public Service Authority, July 1, 1939-June 30, 1940,”
1941
Santee-Cooper Project, continued:
“Height of Tail Water and the Effect of Discharge Water on the Lands
Adjacent to Cooper River,” 1935
“Is the Santee-Cooper Project a Hoax,” 1939
“Minutes of the First Meeting-Advisory Committee under Public Works
Act,” 1933
“Report of Audit, South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee
Cooper Project) for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1940,” 1940
“Report on Limited Investigation of Application of Columbia Rail &
Navigation Company to Public Works Administration for Loan and
Grant to Develop Power and Navigation on Santee and Cooper
Rivers in South Carolina,” 1934-1935
“Report of South Carolina Public Service Authority in Response to
House Resolution No. 383,” 1939
Pamphlets, 1934-1939
“Second Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina
Public Service Administration to the Honorable Advisory Board of
the SCPSA as of Date June 30, 1937,” 1937
“Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina
Public Service Authority to the Advisory Board of the South
Carolina Public Service Authority, July 1, 1940-June 30, 1941,”
1942
Topographical Maps (3), 1934
Senatorial Race and Election Protest, 1940-1942
Schools, 1932-1934
South Carolina Congressional Bills, 1939
South Carolina House of Representatives Journals, 1939
“South Carolina Directory of Federal and State Agencies,” 1941
South Carolina Newspapers, Lists of Editors-Press Releases, 1938
South Carolina Statute Law Affecting Primary Elections, 1939
SERIES II. Political Papers (continued)
Box
Folder
9
608
6
9
434
609
6
9
6
435
436
437
610
438
439
440
441
9
6
611
442
443
9
6
9
6
444
445
612
613
614
446
447
448
615
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
Speeches:
“Address Made at Presbyterian College Commencement Exercises,”
June 1937
“American Ideals,” nd
“American Neutrality: Delivered Before the Fortnightly Club, Sumter,
South Carolina,” February 1, 1936
“Armistice Day, Columbia, South Carolina,” 1935
“Ashwood Plantation,” December 4, 1937
“Association of Chiefs of Police,” May 27, 1937
“At Clinton, South Carolina,” May 19, 1934
“Columbia Kiwanis Club,” November 10, 1936
“Delivered Before the Hiberian Society, Charleston,” May 3, 1937
“The Elks Flag Day,” June 14, 1935
“Elks Memorial Service, Charleston and Rock Hill,” December 1-5,
1936
“Elks Memorial Service, Columbia,” January 5, 1937
“Fellow South Carolinians,” 1942
Speeches, continued:
“First Conference on South Carolina Public Affairs, Columbia,” June 27,
1935
“Jaycees, Spartanburg,” November 15, 1937
“At Jolly Street, Newberry, County,” August 2, 1933
“Junior Order, Chester, South Carolina,” December 15, 1936
“At Manning, South Carolina,” January 6, 1934
“Memorial Address 40-8 and American Legion, Rock Hill,” August 1,
1937
“Pickens High School,” May 27, 1937
“Postmasters and Letter Carriers,” July 22, 1937
“Rivers Bridge Memorial Association,” April 30, 1937
“Rotary Club,” November-December 1933
“St. Johns Church, Florence,” 1936
“School Commencement Exercises at Laurens,” May 31, 1935
“Sir Knights,” nd
“South Carolina Association of Insurance Agents, Sumter,” May 19,
1937
“South Carolina Farm Chemurgic Council: ‘The Farmer and His
Forests,’” February 10, 1938
“State Council of Farm Women,” June 8, 1937
“Sumter Kiwanis Club,” July 5, 1935
Untitled, nd
Clippings regarding speeches, 1934-1938
“Statement of Cole L. Blease,” September 2, 1938
United States vs. Harold L. Ickes and John Collier, nd
SERIES III. Legal Papers
Box
9
6
9
6
9
6
7
Folder
616
460
617
461
462
618
463
464
466--473
474-485
486-513
514-525
526
527
528-547
7, 9
8
9, 11
9
8
9
548-549, 619
550-551
552
620
621
622
553
554
623
Agriculture and Chattel Mortgages, 1929-1930
Andrew Manning Pension Request, 1908
Application for Final Discharge, WMM, March 21, 1931
Contracts, 1918-1926
Estate Inventory Lists, 1897-1920
Estate of Charles Stevens, Ledger and Journal, 1934
Estate of L. B. Manning:
Income Tax Correspondence, 1929-1938
Income Tax Returns, 1930-1936
Letters, 1915-1934
Letters, 1935-1939
Receipts, 1931-1939, nd
Bills, 1930-1942, nd
Contracts, 1926-1941
C. G. Rowland and Sons vs. J. Singleton Moore and the National Bank
of South Carolina of Sumter, 1930
Estate of Mary W. Stevens:
Correspondence, 1933-1939
Estate of Mary W. Stevens, continued:
Estate Papers, 1934-1935, nd
Financial Records, 1928-1935
Income Tax Returns, 1934-1935
Ledger, 1934
Last Will and Testament of J. Singleton Moore, nd
Last Will and Testament of Richard I. Manning, nd
Ledger, WMM, 1930
Manning vs. Manning, 1936
W.S. Manning vs. J. Singleton Moore and Richard I. Manning, 1929
SERIES IV. Financial Records
Box
Folder
10,11
8
555
10, OS Bound Volume
8
556-559
560-566
9
624-627
11
8
567
568
11
8
569-583
11
10
8
584-590
Account Books, 1900-1934, nd
Account Book for Richard I. Manning, 1919
Ashwood Plantation Ledger Book, 1896-1926
Cancelled Checks, Deposit Slips, 1917-1928, nd
Checking Account Books: 1915-1930, nd
1928-1931 (legal size)
1928-1931
Debt Restriction, 1940
Land Rent Liens, 1928-1930
Loan Register, 1909
Receipts, 1907-1938, nd
Southern Factorage and Storage Company Shareholder’s Book, 1920
Sumter Barnwell Company Cash Book, 1918
Time Books for Ashwood Plantation January 1931-June 1942
SERIES V. Personal/Biographical and Miscellaneous Papers
Box
8
Folder
591
592-594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
Personal/Biographical:
Account Ledger, 1930
Appointment Book, Aiken County through York County, nd
Biographical Information, 1934-1967, nd
Photographs:
Captain Bernard Manning, Age 28 yrs., March 13, 1889
Unidentified man in office, nd
Poem Authored by William S. Manning, 1919
Richard I. Manning, Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia (Class
of 1879), July 1915, see pp. 312 and 373
WMM Military Discharge Papers, 1929
Miscellaneous:
Certificates, 1933-1935
“History of the Christian Church,” 1904
“History of Stateburg Neighborhood and its Vicinity,” nd