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Charleston (S.C.) -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Marjorie Amos-Frazier papers

 Collection
Identifier: AMN 1166
Abstract Marjorie Amos-Frazier (1926-2010) was a Civil Rights activist and politician in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the first woman elected to serve on the Charleston County Council in 1974. Six years later Amos-Frazier became the first non-legislator, woman and African-American to serve on the South Carolina Public Service Commission (1980-1993).Amos-Frazier's papers hold biographical, professional and political career, organizational and religious affiliation documents and...
Dates: 1970s-2010, and undated

Charleston County Democratic Party , 1986-2002

 File — Box 60: Series Series 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes correspondence and reports from: South Carolina Democratic Party; South Carolina House of Representatives; House Democratic Caucus; and Trident Legislative Caucus.

Dates: 1986-2002

Democratic Women of Charleston County , 1982-2010

 File — Box 60: Series Series 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes correspondence and reports from: South Carolina Democratic Party; South Carolina House of Representatives; House Democratic Caucus; and Trident Legislative Caucus.

Dates: 1982-2010

Grimke family papers

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Identifier: Mss 0176
Abstract Materials include Revolutionary War papers of John Paul Grimke and his son John Faucheraud Grimke, with materials re the latter as intendant (mayor) of Charleston. Papers of his son Thomas Smith Grimke document temperance, politics and education and contain an autograph collection. With papers of Thomas's siblings Frederick Grimke, abolitionists Sarah Moore Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld and others. With materials of two more following generations, and genealogical materials on Grimke,...
Dates: 1678-1977, circa 1990s

Gordan B. Stine scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1028
Collection Overview The scrapbooks contain correspondence, speeches, photographs, photocopies, clippings, ephemera, and pamphlets. Collection consists of 27 unbound scrapbooks (have been rehoused in original order) compiled by Stine over the course of his professional career. Majority of collection deals with Stine's political and community accomplishments and highlights local and state political and civic issues, 1960s-1970s. His activities and achievements are documented by newspaper articles (majority from...
Dates: 1937-1989