South Carolina Conference of Branches of the NAACP 1990 State Assessment Report providing financial information on each of the South Carolina branches.
South Carolina Conference of Branches of the NAACP memorandum from Dwight James and Nelson B. Rivers, III, Chairman and Executive Director, to State Conference Economic Development Committee regarding Daufuskie Day Celebration and Strategy Meeting.
A letter from Governor of South Carolina Richard M. Jefferies informing Senator Maybank of a request by the Administrator of the Federal Works Agency for the calling of a special session of the South Carolina Legislature to consider the enactment of legislation authorizing the South Carolina Public Service Authority to acquire property from the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and the Lexington Water Power Company in reaction to an adverse ruling by the South Carolina Supreme Court in the case of Creech v. South Carolina Public Service Authority prohibiting their unification. Governor Jefferies felt the calling of a special session would be a great mistake.
A handwritten memorandum by Senator Maybank concerning a response to the Administrator of the Federal Works Agency concerning the ongoing matter of securing a payment from the Public Works Authority (PWA) to R. M. Jefferies and the law office of Jefferies and McLeod for services rendered from May 19, 1934, to November 1, 1938. Senator Maybank stated that he was no longer connected with the South Carolina Public Service Authority or the State Government and that he had no official interest in the matter and that the Administrator should do his duty.
A letter from the Administrator of the Federal Works Agency concerning a request to the Governor of South Carolina for the calling of a special session of the South Carolina Legislature to consider the enactment of legislation authorizing the South Carolina Public Service Authority to acquire property from the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and the Lexington Water Power Company in reaction to an adverse ruling by the South Carolina Supreme Court in the case of Creech v. South Carolina Public Service Authority prohibiting their unification.
Correspondence between Senator Maybank and the Federal Works Agency concerning the ongoing matter of securing a payment from the Public Works Authority (PWA) to R. M. Jefferies and the law office of Jefferies and McLeod for services rendered from May 19, 1934, to November 1, 1938. Senator Maybank stated that he was no longer connected with the South Carolina Public Service Authority or the State Government and that he had no official interest in the matter.
A letter from the South Carolina Public Service Authority informing Senator Maybank of Richard M. Jefferies' resignation as General Counsel of the South Carolina Public Service Authority.
Correspondence requesting Senator Maybank's support of the improvements to the Cooper River to Pinopolis Dam. Maybank supports the project be initiating an investigation and survey of the project.
Correspondence concerning the endorsement of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce in Charleston, S.C., for the Santee-Cooper River project. Maybank appreciates their support.
A letter for Senator Maybank to thank him for considering an investigation for a deepening, widening, and straightening project for the Cooper River by the United States Army Engineers.
A letter from Jefferies thanking Senator Maybank for securing an investigation for a "straightening, widening, and deepening project along the Cooper River." He plans to pass along information on the investigation through the press, stressing Maybank's connection to it.
A copy of an agreement between the South Carolina Public Service Authority and the South Carolina Electric Cooperative, Inc., concerning the sale, delivery, transmission, and consumption of electric power and energy from the South Carolina Public Service Authority to the South Carolina Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Correspondence concerning the scheduling of a conference with the Cooper Branch of the War Production Board, South Carolina Public Service Authority, and Federal Power Commission.
A request for Senator Maybank to request an investigation for a deepening, widening, and straightening project for the Cooper River by the United States Army Engineers if no authorization can be secured for the project by an amendment to the Rivers and Harbors Bill.
A letter from Senator Maybank to Jefferies announcing that his amendment was passed by the Senate for $25 million as per HR 3961, page 12, with additional amendment for hearings before Buckingham Landing Dam can be built.
A request from Senator Maybank that he be advised in advance before hearings are held before the Subcommittee on Appropriations of Rivers and Harbors. The South Carolina Public Service Authority especially wanted to be heard along with the Army Engineers.
A copy of the statements and views of Senator Burnet R. Maybank including his support for an uninstructed delegation from South Carolina to the 1944 Democratic National Convention and the need for a resolution protesting the interference of the Federal Government against the South Carolina State Election Laws.
A letter from a constituent protesting the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education to outlaw the segregation of public schools. The constituent is especially concerned that integration will lead to intermarriage.
A bill introduced to the legislature to start construction, maintenance, and operation of flood-control and navigation improvements in South Carolina by Senator Maybank.
Correspondence between Jefferies and Korn about the effect the Santee-Cooper navigation project will have on existing timber companies. Korn is concern about the benefits of the navigation project and the potential harm it could do to timber plants.
Correspondence between Maybank and Heyward concerning a conference meeting in Washington, D.C., to make an appeal about adequate malaria control for the Santee-Cooper project and the need for their support to the U.S. Public Health Service.
Correspondence between Maybank and Jefferies concerning setting up a conference meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss the malaria control project of the Santee-Cooper Navigation System along with other congressmen.
Letter from Corp H.B. Harberson to Col. I.E. Casew. They discuss conversations amongst Confederate soldiers written from Cattle Creek by H.B. Harberson Corp. Co. "E" 18th Regiment of the South Carolina Militia reporting four companies were patrolling to prevent enslaved people from moving or escaping. The report informs that "order and quiet [were] prevailing in the community."
Letter from Josiah McKewn to Governor Bonham regarding sending the men in the regiment home. Mckewn argues that the men are "to all intents and purposes doing nothing," and that men need to return home to work on their farms. He also cites alleged instances of black people breaking into homes.
This letter discusses Mrs. Heyward's experience in St. Augustine. Charlotte Manigault believes Miss Drayton's illness is because of the cold. Charlotte continues by updating Miss Drayton on engagements in their circle of friends.
A letter from a South Carolina businessman asking Senator Maybank to reconsider changing the draft age to eighteen and nineteen. He starts with congratulating Maybank on the recent election. He offers his services, as a forty-year-old man, in place of his son. He has already tried to reach out to the Shell Loading plant in Charlotte and the U.S. Employment service but received no response. A response from Maybank is included, thanking him for the letter and suggestions.
A letter from a South Carolinian to Senator Maybank concerning the change in the draft age to eighteen and nineteen. He believes that any boy in his senior year of high school should not be considered in the draft. He has an eighteen-year-old son in his last year of school. He ends the letter congratulating the Senator on his reelection. A response from Maybank's secretary is included, thanking him for the letter and suggestions. The secretary will give the letter to Maybank when he returns to the office.
A letter from a South Carolinian to Senator Maybank concerning the change in the draft age to eighteen and nineteen. He starts with congratulating Maybank on his rerelection. He ask the Senator to consider exhausting other man power, especially older married men. He believes it is absurd to risk the future leaders of America and take away the opportunity to receive an higher education. A repsonse from Maybank is included, thanking him for the letter and suggestions.
South Carolina Commission for Farm Workers memorandum from Bernice Robinson, VISTA Supervisor, to Robert Williamson, Associate Director, containing an activity report from February 15 through 19, 1971.
State of South Carolina Office of the Governor memorandum from Dr. I. DeQuincey Newman, Director for the Division of Rural Development, to citizens of the Trident Region (Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties) regarding the Trident Rural Development Conference.
Correspondence concerning Tom B. Pearce's resignation as Chairman of the Board of Director's for the South Carolina Public Service Authority. Also included is a copy of his letter of resignation to the Governor of South Carolina Richard R. Jefferies.
A letter from Senator Maybank welcoming the new appointment of James H. Hammond as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the South Carolina Public Service Authority. In the letter Senator Maybank urges Hammond to remember Taliaferro Heyward, Richard Lane, and Charlie Gerald's contributions to the development of the Authority.
Correspondence concerning hearings to be held before the Subcommittee on Appropriations of Rivers and Harbors including the efforts of Representative L. Mendel Rivers regarding improvements to the navigation of the Santee-Wateree-Congaree Rivers.
A torn letter to William Clarkson from Reverend Napoleon B. Screven with a message of Christian exhortation that Screven requests Clarkson to convey to his enslaved persons. The letter also mentions the inability to sell the wife of an enslaved man.
Two separate torn letters to William Clarkson from Reverend Richard Johnson and M. Johnson which mentions making better accommodations for the "coloured people" of the parish.
Military charge against Victor "Neely" from the Palmetto Battalion of Light Artillery for obtaining leave from the military for one day, but not returning until a few days later.
A letter from John Cheeseborough to his aunt Elizabeth Frances Blyth discussing the hiring of the enslaved man York. Makes notation that he would be "very unwilling to sell him where he could not be with his family."
A letter from John Cheeseborough to his aunt Elizabeth Frances Blyth discussing the purchase of the enslaved man York. Makes notation that he is "unwilling to sell him to any one so that he cannot occasionally see his family."
Receipt for impressment for six enslaved persons owned by Robert F.W. Allston sent to perform labor for the Confederacy's military. The enslaved persons are listed as "Ravelny," Albert, June, Sandy, Janus and Jonas. The document also notes the valuation for each enslaved person and their term of service.
Receipt for impressment for two enslaved persons owned by Robert F.W. Allston sent to perform labor for the Confederacy's military. The enslaved persons are listed as Toby and Quash. The document also notes the valuation for each enslaved person and their term of service.
Agreement between Elizabeth Frances Blyth and overseer William Thompson outlining Thompson's duties at Friendfield and the Point Plantations which include overseeing the "negroes" with "moderation and humanity."
A message signed by J. McCrady confirming that enslaved persons owned by Robert F.W. Allston arrived for work at South Island Plantation. The names of the enslaved are Salone, Sammy, Jacob, Mary, Sancho, June and Abraham.
A statement by attorneys Lockwood and Ramsey concerning an unsatisfied mortgage on two enslaved persons sold by Francis Simons to John R. Matthewes. The names of the enslaved persons are Malsey or Molsey and Julia.
A letter from a mother in South Carolina asking Senator Maybank to reconsider changing the draft age to eighteen and nineteen. She wants her son to at least finish college. She mentions that married men and "negros" are being left home while teenage boys are being considered. A response from Maybank is included, thanking her for the letter and suggestions.
A letter from a South Carolina attorney to Senator Maybank concerning the change in the draft age to eighteen and nineteen. He starts with congratulating Maybank on his re-election. He asks the Senator to consider exhausting other manpower and allow for boys of that age to be allowed to just volunteer. A response from Maybank is included, thanking him for the letter and suggestions.
Correspondence from Reverend Willis Goodwin, Chairman of the Board of Rural Mission, Inc., to friends of Rural Mission, Inc. informing the recipients of Esau Jenkins' death.
Document entitled, "Gotta Gripe? Contact Any of the Following, Governor's Advisory Commission on Human Relations," containing individuals in a variety of professions with their addresses and telephone numbers.
Program for the Election of Attorney George Payton to the South Carolina State Senate including a handwritten note from Septima P. Clark to Josephine Rider dated January 12.
South Carolina State Ports Authority memorandum from W. Don Welch to Dwight C. James, President of the Charleston Branch of the NAACP, regarding the State Ports Authority passenger terminal.
A letter from a South Carolinian asking Senator Maybank to reconsider changing the draft age to eighteen and nineteen. She opens with giving praise to Maybank for winning the recent election. She urges him to exhaust other manpower before sending boys to war. She suggests that the boys are not "physically, morally, or mentally" prepared. She believes it a pity that the "hordes of...husky...negros" have not been drafted yet. A response from Maybank is included, stating he will keep her suggestions in mind.
