Strom Thurmond Collection
Negotiations between Clemson University and US Senator Strom Thurmond culminated on October 29, 1981, when University President Bill L. Atchley and Strom Thurmond signed the official donation agreement for his papers. The Strom Thurmond Collection (Mss 100) is open for public use in the Special Collections and Archives and documents the 77 year career of James Strom Thurmond and members of his family and staff. The collection is arranged in the series listed below with links to their descriptive guides detailing what is in the collection. While most of the collection is available only in paper format, the Special Collections and Archives is working on digitizing portions of the collection for access online.
For information on the Strom Thurmond Institute, please visit their website for details.
Mss 100
Series Guides (arranged alphabetically)
Applications and Employment, 1954-1976 (Series 33)
Audio Visual, 1948-1995 (Series 26)
Administrative Assistant, 1946-1989 (Series 17)
Campaigns, 1938-1996 (Series 09)
Cartoons, 1902-2003 (Series 29)
Certificates, 1922-1985 (Series 30)
Chief of Staff, 1959-2002 (Series 17.1)
Commission on the Bicentennial of the US Constitution, 1975-1977 (Series 35)
Constituent Correspondence, 1989-2002 (Series 23)
Correspondence Management System (CMS), 1976-1988 (Series 22)
Executive Assistant, 1937-1983 (Series 16)
Gubernatorial, 1923-1955 (Series 08)
Gubernatorial Microfilm, 1923-1955 (Series 08.1)
Interim, 1955-1956 (Series 10)
Legislative Assistant, 1902-2003 (Series 15)
Legislative Assistant Additions, 1960-1998 (Series 15.1)
Memorabilia, 1918-2002 (Series 32)
Military Assistant, 1951-1986 (Series 14)
Military Service, 1940-1959 (Series 04)
Personal Assistant, 1980-2002 (Series 17.2)
Personal Series, 1923-1956 (Series 02)
Photographs, 1900-2003 (Series 27)
President Pro Tempore, 1980-1985 (Series 12)
Press Assistant, 1955-1984 (Series 13)
Scrapbooks, 1923-1982 (Series 31)
Speeches, 1935-1998 (Series 11) – digitization in progress
State Senate, 1932-1939 (Series 07)
Subject Correspondence, 1954-1976 (Series 18)
Thurmond, Jean Crouch, 1879-1992 (Series 06)
Thurmond, John William, 1894-1934 (Series 05)