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Senator James F. Byrnes' correspondence concerning a dispute with the City of Spartanburg concerning the War Department's acquisition of lands for Camp Croft.

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Procedures and forms from the VISA Division of the Department of State concerning VISA applications for aliens desiring to enter the United States.

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Correspondence concerning Judge J. Strom Thurmond's request for the reinstatement of his previous commission as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve Corps for service in World War II.

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Correspondence concerning the appointment of Louise Slattery to represent South Carolina at a Tobacco Festival in Maryland known as the "Court of the Magic Weed."

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Correspondence concerning a request that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insure the Citizens Depository in Travelers Rest, South Carolina.

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Correspondence concerning a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) made to Excelsior Mills.

Scope and Contents Press releases, correspondence, and reports concerning War Department activities including the civil functions of the War Department, maximum age of commissioned officers, an address by General George C. Marshall at the National Convention of the American Legion, changes in policy for officer candidate schools, integration of national guard with regular Army and reserve officers, interceptor exercises on the Eastern Seaboard, transfer of all construction activities of the War Department to...

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Correspondence in which Senator Maybank recommended a number of South Carolinians for appointment to the Advisory Committee for the Contract Distribution Division in South Carolina of the Office of Production Management.

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A letter to Senator Maybank on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) concerning opposition to proposals to abolish "New Deal" work agencies that provided employment for black people.

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Correspondence concerning project applications forwarded by the South Carolina administrator for the Federal Works Agency of the Work Projects Administration to Washington D.C., for approval.