MSS 158, HARRY S. DENT PAPERS -- SERIES DESCRIPTIONS AND CONTAINER LISTS

Personal Series, 1967 - 1982,3 cu. ft., folders 540 - 616

The majority of material in this series consists of articles/clippings and corre- spondence, although there are some lists, memos, notes, reports, reviews, speech material and statements; most of this material dates from the period 1973 - 1982. Included in this series are items relating to Dent's work for the Republican Party after he left the White House, his involvement in the political campaigns of 1974 and 1976, his religious activities, and his "Southern Strategy Book" (The Prodigal South Returns to Power). There is also some material on the death of his former colleague, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr. Important correspondents include George Bush, Carroll Campbell, James B. Edwards, Gerald R. Ford, , H. R. Haldeman, Roger Milliken, Richard M. Nixon, , , General William C. Westmoreland and Ed Young.

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Announcements [Concerning Opening of Harry Dent's Law Firm in Palmetto State Life Building in Columbia, S.C.] ; February 17 - May 28,1975 [Appreciation Dinners] ;November 13 - 16,1967 Articles [by Harry Dent] ;[c. 19751 [Articles on Harry Dent's Prosecution] ;December 12,1974 - January 16,1975 Bible Lessons ;[c. 19801 - June 1982 ["Born Again" (Charles Colson's Movie Premiere in Columbia, S.C.)], Folder I ;February 28 - September 30,1978 Folder I1 ;October 2 - November 22,1978 Bush, George ;December 4,1980 - July 28,1981 Buzhardt, J. Fred, Jr. ; August 1973 - March 23,1981 Campaign 1980 ;August 28 - September 5,1980 Campaigns 1974, Folder I ;September 13,1972 - January 18,1974 Folder I1 ;January 20 - July 22,1974 Folder III ;August 1 - December 4,1974 Congratulations Letters ;January 21 - December 18,1980 Connally, John ;May 3 - December 22,1979 [Correspondence : General] ;December 26,1972 - June 4,1973 Edwards, Governor James ;February 5,1975 - January 9,1981 MSS 158, HARRY S. DENT PAPERS

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Fletcher, Arthur [Founder and Chairman of Progress, Inc.] ; November 17,1980 - January 10,1981 Ford Campaign, Folder I ;December 19,1974 - August 24,1976 Folder I1 ;August 25 - September 19,1976 Folder lII ;September 20 - November 22,1976 Ford Campaign : [Articles] ;January 25 - September 27,1976 [President Ford Committee Newsletters], Folder I ;September 16 - 30,1976 Folder 11 ;October 1- 7,1976 [President Ford Committee Talking Points] ; September 20 - October 7,1976 Ford, President Gerald R. ;March 4,1975 - September 17,1980 Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge ;January 24,1977 - May 14,1981 [General Counsel for the Republican National Committee : Congratulations Letters] ;February 5 - May 11,1973 [GO Party Leader-Grams] ;August 14 - December 11,1967 Haig, Alexander M., Jr. ;September 5,1979 ;January 2,1980 [Inauguration of Ronald Reagan and George Bush] ; November 6,1980 - January 23,1981 Invitations ;March 17,1977 - May 28,1979 Kathwood Baptist Church ;December 14,1978 - January 24, 1980 Harold Keown [Vice Resident for Development] - Baptist College at Charleston, Folder I ;February 11,1975 - March 1,1978 Folder 11 ;May 31,1978 - May 4,1979 Folder lII ;May 31,1979 - March 3,1980 Kirk, Roger [Candidate for State Superintendent of Education] ;October 12 - 17,1978 Kitchin, Lou [Letter Concerning the Institute for Labor Studies] ;April 9,1979 Letters Complimentary ;December 1972 - January 1973 Newspaper Articles, Miscellaneous ;February 6 - September 16,1973 1980 Residential Campaign : [Articles] ;June 23 - 28,1980 MSS 158, HARRY S. DENT PAPERS -I SERIES DESCRIPTIONS AND CONTAINER LISTS

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Nixon, Richard M. ;August 21,1978 - March 30,1981 [Partnership with Whaley, McCutchen, Planton and Richardson : Congratulations Letters], January 3 - June 12, 1973 Rayer Breakfast Group ;October 3,1977 - March 13,1981 Prayer Breakfast, [National] ;November 4,1980 - February 5, 1981 Reagan, Ronald for Resident ;July 17 - November 3,1980 Reagan Transition ;November 7 - December 1,1980 Reagan White House Nwspaper Articles About Inauguration] ;January 20,1981 Recommendations [for Job Positions], Folder I ;March 17,1975 - November 4,1976 Folder 11 ;November 11,1976 - November 29,1978 Folder 111 ;December 1,1978 - January 23,1981 Reed, Thomas [Concerns "Americans for an Effective Presidency" and "Americans for Change" Groups] ; May 16 - June 24,1980 Republican National Committee, Folder I ;January 3,1972 - March 29,1974 Folder II ;April 1 - October 29,1974 Folder III ;November 4,1974 - August 3,1981 Republican National Committee Advisory Councils / Committees ;October 1977 - August 7,1980 Republican Party (State) ;June 11,1980 - April 16,1981 [Sabine River Compact, U.S. Representative to the] ; April 25,1978 [Shield & Diamond (The Official Publication of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity)] ;June 1970 Southern Strategy Book [The Prodigal South Returns to Power], Folder I ;April 23 - December 29,1975 Folder I1 ;January 5,1976 - [c. April 19781 Southern Strategy Book : Articles and Reviews ; February 26 - September 22,1978 Southern Strategy Book : Xeroxes ;November 7,1968 - [c.1978] Speaking Engagements, Folder I ;December 7,1972 - November 28,1973 MSS 158, HARRY S. DENT PAPERS d SERIES DESCRIPTIONS AND CONTAINER LISTS

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Speaking Engagements, Folder 11 ;January 3,1974 - November 2,1978 Folder III ;January 10 - October 25,1979 Speech Material, Folder I ;Summer, 1971 - February 1,1975 Folder 11 ;March 5,1975 - April 1976 Folder III ;[c. May 19761 - October 1978 Folder IV ; [November 19781 - December 13,1982 Folder V ;[No Dates] Sympathies U. Fred Buzhardt, Jr.] ;December 19 - 26,1978 Thank-you Letters ;February 9,1973 - January 5,1981 Thurmond, Senator Strom, Folder I ;May 2,1973 - August 2,1978 Folder 11 ;September 26,1978 - August 10,1981 Thurmond, Senator Strom - Re-elect Campaign ; May 20,1977 - October 6,1978 White House Projects ;November 30,1972 - [c. October 19751