This series was created as part of a filing system introduced into the governor's office in 1917 and was designed to hold recurrent records which did not accumulate as rapidly as those filed as separate series. The series contains the election proclamations issued by authority of S.C. Statute 1914(29)592; holiday proclamations; recommendations; requests for interviews; resignations; reports; invitations; correspondence with governors and agencies of other states and with the South Carolina Congressional Delegation; miscellaneous applications and appointments, and miscellaneous audits of state agencies. Included are files on various associations, conferences, congresses, and events/festivals, such as the National and the Southern Governors' Conference, the sesquicentennial of the United States Constitution and the city of Columbia, the centennial of the Town of Mount Pleasant, President Roosevelt's 1937 visit to Columbia, and the Young Democrats of America. Also contained are records pertaining to the 1936 presidential campaign; President Roosevelt's 1937 inauguration; the Democratic Party; proposed memorials to Francis W. Pickens, Benjamin R. Tillman, and Woodrow Wilson; agriculture, Catawba Indians; farmers (including African American farmers); labor and unrest; lotteries and gambling; the penitentiary riot of 1937 which resulted in the death of J. Olin Sanders, the captain of the prison guard; roads and highways; rural electrification; Spanish-American War veterans; taxation; and tourism. Other subjects include old-age benefits, schools and colleges, clemency, education, farm tenancy, immigration, freight rates, radio stations, and southern Democratic women. Correspondents include Helen Keller.
Creators:
Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965
Dates:
1935/1939
Repository/Collector:
South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Repository/Collector Type:
State
City:
Columbia
State:
South Carolina
Country:
United States
Collection ID:
.S 540007
Extent:
5.33 cubic feet
Content types:
Text
Indexing terms:
Ku Klux Klan, South Carolina Penitentiary, Administrative agencies, Agriculture, Catawba Indians, Clemency, Depression (1929), Elections, Federal government, Freight, Gambling, Interstate relations, Labor, Liquor laws, Lotteries, Natural resources, New Deal, Old age pensions, Radio stations, Rural electrification, Schools, Spanish-American War veterans, Taxation, Tourism, Unemployment, and Women in politics
Languages:
English
Access statement:
This collection is open for research.
Usage statement:
All materials in this collection are considered public domain and may be freely used. We request that any materials used in publication cite the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, collection name, and collection ID as the source.