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Marion Allan Wright Papers - Accession 197, Marion Allan Wright
Marion Allan Wright Papers - Accession 197, Marion Allan Wright
Manuscript Collection
The Marion Allan Wright Papers consist of correspondence, a journal, autobiographical writings, bibliographies, biographical data, essays, speeches, book reviews, short stories, poems, letters to the editor, oral history transcripts and other papers. Subjects include the death penalty, the civil rights movement, civil liberties, libraries in South Carolina and politics. Correspondents include R. Beverly Herbert, L. Mendel Rivers, J, William Fulbright, Sam Ervin, Jr., Reverend James P. Dees, Preston Wright (Wright's brother) and other relatives. See Acc 48 for an earlier accession of Wright papers and the oral history collection for recorded interviews with Wright.
Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 183, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition, Coleman Groves Poag
Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 183, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition, Coleman Groves Poag
Manuscript Collection
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) South Carolina Coalition Records consists of correspondence, newsletters, brochures, pamphlets, and telegrams, extending from 1972-1978, sent by both supporters and non-supporters of ERA to Coleman Poag, South Carolina state senator for district 6, in an effort to influence Poag’s vote. The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.
Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 168, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition
Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 168, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition
Manuscript Collection
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) records, dating from 1970 to 1978, include correspondence, legislative journals, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, brochures, pamphlets, and other records relating to the work of the South Carolina Coalition in trying to get the ERA ratified by the South Carolina state legislature. There is relevant material concerning the ERA issue in other states. The Coalition was organized in 1972. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.
Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 81, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition
Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 81, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition
Manuscript Collection
The Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, flyers, newsletters, reports, newspaper clippings, mailing lists and financial records concerning the drive for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in South Carolina. The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.
Rock Hill Council On Human Relations Records - Accession 47, Council On Human Relations, Rock Hill
Rock Hill Council On Human Relations Records - Accession 47, Council On Human Relations, Rock Hill
Manuscript Collection
The Rock Hill Council on Human Relations Records consists of minutes, reports, correspondence, program notes, newsletters, membership lists, and other records of a body organized in 1954 by the Rock Hill City Council to further communication between the city’s African- Americans and whites. The collection includes material relating to the South Carolina Council on Human Relations with which the Rock Hill Council was affiliated, American Friends Services committee, Southern Regional Council, and a black & white 16mm film pertaining to the origin and early development of the Council. Correspondents include Alice Spearman Wright, civil rights activist and former executive secretary …
Marion Allan Wright Papers - Accession 48, Marion Allan Wright
Marion Allan Wright Papers - Accession 48, Marion Allan Wright
Manuscript Collection
The Marion Allan Wright Papers consist mainly of speeches relating to civil rights, civil liberties, the role of libraries in society, and capital punishment, but also included are autobiographical writings, articles, correspondence, and biographical data concerning the civil rights movement.
Sara Vandiver Liverance Papers - Accession 65, Sara Vandiver Liverance
Sara Vandiver Liverance Papers - Accession 65, Sara Vandiver Liverance
Manuscript Collection
The Sara Vandiver Liverance Papers include correspondence, memoranda, minutes, program notes, newspaper clippings, legislative bills and publications, concerning Mrs. Liverance’s efforts as legislative chairwoman to the S.C. Council for the Common Good, to get jury service for women in S.C., and in trying to improve nursing care in the state. While the collection extends from 1954 to 1981, most of the material is for the period from 1966 to 1973.
Robert Lawrence Mcfadden Papers - Accession 58, Robert Lawrence Mcfadden
Robert Lawrence Mcfadden Papers - Accession 58, Robert Lawrence Mcfadden
Manuscript Collection
The Robert Lawrence McFadden Papers consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and financial records, relating to a wide range of topics and organizations, both at the state and York County level; including the York County Nature Museum, alcohol and drug abuse, the Catawba Regional Planning Council, the death penalty, public education, social services, Winthrop College and York Technical College, Catawba, South Carolina, Clover, South Carolina, Congaree Swamp, consumer protections, health care, Henry’s Knob, insurance, Jaycee Boys Home, judicial reform, dairy industry, Gov. John C. West, taxes, York County landfills, South Carolina wildlife, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Fort Mill, transportation, …