A four-page letter from the County Chairman of Newberry, South Carolina, requesting consideration of a number of newly proposed rules and regulations governing the primaries, including the need to maintain the white primary.
Correspondence concerning Senator Maybank's attendance at the South Carolina State Convention. Senator Maybank stated that he would not be able to attend if he was still needed in the poll tax debate.
A telegram requesting Senator Maybank's views on moving up the Democratic Primaries in South Carolina to permit soldiers to vote. Senator Maybank responds with his belief favoring this idea.
Correspondence concerning race-related photographs mailed to many of the delegates of the South Carolina State Democratic Convention. The photographs are not present as they were returned to Director G. Heyward Mahon.
A copy of a two-page letter from Senator Maybank written in response to questions posed by T. R. Waring of the News and Courier. Senator Maybank comments on the re-nomination of the President, speculation on the Vice-President, the "Two Thirds Rule," the platform, the Progressive Democratic Party, and Eugene S. Blease's election as Chairman.
A letter containing a resolution to be submitted to the Greenville County Democratic Convention that is in favor of sending an unistructed delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
A copy of a two-page letter from Senator Maybank concerning Senator Maybank's political enemy Judge Eugene S. Blease and Senator Maybank's decision to support an uninstructed delegation.
A letter concerning the coming South Carolina State Democratic Convention including support for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, changes to the rules of the convention, and the selection of a National Committeeman.
A copy of a resolution, adopted at the bi-annual convention of the Democratic Party of South Carolina on May 17, 1944, pledging to continue the South Carolina Democratic Party as a party of and for white Democrats only and that "no negro shall be admitted to membership in our party." The resolution is written in direct opposition to the formation of the rival Progressive Democratic Party of South Carolina that sought permission to send delegates to the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The resolution has been annotated and a section that states that "electors shall not be chosen by the State Executive Committee as they had been chosen in the past" is underlined.
A certified copy of a resolution, adopted at the bi-annual convention of the Democratic Party of South Carolina on May 17, 1944, pledging to continue the South Carolina Democratic party as a party of and for white Democrats only and that "no negro shall be admitted to membership in our party." The resolution is written in direct opposition to the formation of the rival Progressive Democratic Party of South Carolina that sought permission to send delegates to the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Senator Maybank requested a certified copy of the resolution.
