1. Interview Transcripts, 1974

The papers consist of eight interview transcripts conducted by Jack Bass and Walter De in 1974 Vries with prominent South Carolina public figures. The overarching theme of the interviews is race relations and the effect of race on South Carolina politics. Those interviewed include Thomas R Waring, Jr. (mentioning his uncle Julius Waties Waring, and his wife Elizabeth Waring); Terrell Glenn; Maurice Bessinger; Gedney Howe, Sr. (also mentioning Judge and Mrs. Waring, Strom Thurmond and James F. Byrnes); James Redfern (mentioning the Orangeburg Massacre); John West (mentioning the Ku Klux Klan); I. S. Leevy Johnson; and Julius S. Baggett.