Series 6: Interim Series, 1946-January 1951; bulk 1947-1950 12.25 cubic feet consisting of 322 folders, 16 photographs, and 13 oversize items. This series consists of an appointment book, bills, biographical sketches, booklets, brochures, cards, clippings, correspondence, invitations, lists, legal documents, legislative bills, memoranda, medical reports, minutes, notes, petitions, photographs, postcards, press releases, receipts, reports, resolutions, resumes, speeches, and telegrams. Materials in this series cover the period between Byrnes’ resignation from the State Department in 1946 and inauguration as governor of South Carolina in January 1951, with the bulk of the material dating from 1947-1950. The series are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Correspondence files are arranged chronologically, with folder contents arranged alphabetically by surname. Photographs and oversize items have been removed to photograph and oversize storage. See the Photographs Series for photographs removed from this series. After Byrnes left the State Department he returned to private practice with the law firm of Hogan & Hartson, splitting his time between Spartanburg and Washington, D.C. He also served as a director for the Newmont Mining Corporation. In 1947 he published his first political memoir entitle Speaking Frankly , which detailed his experiences as Secretary of State. In 1948, the Byrnes Foundation was established to provide a collegiate scholarship fund for South Carolina students who have lost one or both parents. The foundation was funded by the proceeds from Byrnes’ book. In 1950 he ran for Governor of South Carolina and was elected. The material in this series consists primarily of business, family and personal files and some gubernatorial campaign correspondence. There are a number of letters inviting Byrnes to speak or attend various functions or requesting assistance, especially for job recommendations. There is correspondence with the Byrnes, Fuller and Miner, families and a number of condolence letters on the death of Byrnes’ sister Leonore in 1947. The business correspondence documents his financial activities including his directorship of the Newmont Mining Corporation. There is also some material relating to his association with Hogan & Hartson which includes a few letters relating to legal work he did for Hollywood studios. There are letters and other materials regarding American foreign policy, especially vis a vis the Soviet Union; the 1948 Presidential election, the 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election, and U.S. politics in general; communism; and civil rights. Closely related to this correspondence are reactions to his book Speaking Frankly and to a series of speeches and articles he authored concerning American foreign and domestic policy, the growth of “big government,” and fiscal policy, especially taxes. So there are comments regarding his speech to the American Bar Association meeting on September 6, 1948; his commencement speech to graduates of Washington & Lee University on June 18, 1949; his address to the Conference of Southern Governors in Biloxi, Mississippi on November 21, 1949; and the article “Crisis Government Can Ruin Us” which appeared in the March 4, 1950, issue of Collier’s . Material documenting the Byrnes-Truman “feud” is also in this series. Much of it revolves around critical statements about Byrnes attributed to Harry Truman in Man of Independence, a biography by Jonathan Daniels. This includes correspondence, clippings of editorials reacting to the book, and unused statements by Byrnes about the controversy. Finally, items detailing his activities as a member of the Clemson College (now Clemson University) Board of Trustees can be found here as well. Correspondents include Dean Acheson; newsmen/columnists Joseph Alsop, John Temple Graves, Drew Pearson, Porter McKeever, and Herbert Bayard Swope; H. E. Bailey, South Carolina State Director of the Federal Housing Administration; Bernard Baruch; oilman Leigh M. Battson: Christie Benet; William Benton; South Carolina legislators Solomon Blatt, Edgar Brown, and Ernest F. Hollings; Walter Brown; polar explorer Richard E. Byrd; literary agent George T. Bye, Generals Lucius Clay and George C. Marshall; Benjamin Cohen; Senators Tom Connally, Burnet R. Maybank, and Arthur Vandenberg; Cassie Connor; businessman Charles E. Daniel; Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter; newspaper publishers Wilton E. Hall and Roger Peace; Nelson T. Hartson, senior partner in Hogan & Hartson; E. F. McDonald, president of Zenith Radio Corporation; former New Jersey governor A. Harry Moore; Lawrence M. Pinckney; Clemson College President Robert F. Poole, mining engineer Fred Searls Jr., South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond, Harry S. Truman. SEPARATION LIST In Removed Oversize Box 2: “LaGuardia: Let UN Handle Greek Crisis” by Fiorello H. LaGuardia, PM (New York, NY), March 16, 1947, [667 (1)] “Conference Secrets Revealed” (advertisement), Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), October 2, 1947, [674 (7)] “County Officers in South Carolina for Year 1948” (list) by Walker, Evans, & Cogswell Co., [circa 1948] “Lady with Wings” by Charles Renshaw, Jr., American Weekly , April 24, 1949, [1359] “James F. Byrnes, R.F.D.” by John A. Montgomery, The State Magazine (Columbia, SC), May 22, 1949, [786] Sonntags Illustrierte (Germany), September 18, 1949, [567] “Our First Line of Defense–A Sound, Solvent Economy” by James F. Byrnes, Commercial & Financial Chronicle , December 1, 1949 “Crisis Government Can Ruin Us” by James F. Byrnes, Collier’s , March 4, 1950 Georgia Farmers’ Market Bulletin , March 29, 1950 “The Road Back to America,” Washington Post (Washington, D.C.), May 22-26, 1950 “What is Jimmy Byrnes Up to Now?” by Ralph McGill, Saturday Evening Post , October 14, 1950, [573] “Throng Hears Byrnes Speak at Johnston Peach Festival” (clipping of photograph) by Chadwick, undated, [1344] This series is indexed under the following terms in the University Libraries' online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings. Subjects : Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 Burns family Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1883-1972 Byrnes, Maude (Maude Busch), 1883-1976 Civil rights—United States—History Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina. Board of Trustees Fuller family James F. Byrnes Foundation Miner family Newmont Mining Corporation Presidents—United States—Election—1948 Scholarships—South Carolina—History South Carolina—Governors—Election—1950 South Carolina— Politics and government—1865-1950 Speaking Frankly Taxation—United States Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 United States—Economic policy United States—Foreign relations—1945-1953 United States—Foreign relations—Soviet Union—History United States—Politics and government—1945-1953 United States—Social policy Form/Genre : Bills (legislative records) Minutes Petitions Photographs Speeches Correspondents : Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989 Bailey, H. E. Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 Battson, Leigh M. (Leigh McMaster), 1891-1977 Benet, Christie, 1879-1951 Benton, William, 1900-1973 Blatt, Solomon, 1896-1986 Brown, Edgar A. (Edgar Allan), 1888-1975 Brown, Walter J. Burns family Bye, George T. Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius DuBignon), 1897-1978 Cohen, Benjamin V. Connally, Tom, 1877-1963 Connor, Cassie (Cassandra) Daniel, Charles E. (Charles Ezra), 1895-1964 Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 Fuller family Graves, John Temple, 1892- Hall, Wilton E. (Wilton Earle), 1901-1980 Hartson, Nelson T. (Nelson Thomas), 1887-1976 Hollings, Ernest F., 1922- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 Maybank, Burnet R. (Burnet Rhett), 1899-1954 McDonald, Eugene F. b. 1886 McKeever, Porter Miner family Moore, Arthur Harry, 1879-1952 Peace, Roger C. (Roger Craft), 1899-1968 Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 Pinckney, Lawrence M. Poole, Robert F. (Robert Franklin), 1893-1958 Searls, Fred, 1888-1968 Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958 Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951 SERIES 6: INTERIM SERIES Box Folder Title 1 1 Appointment Book, 1947 2 Army’s Committee on Civilian Components, 1949, [folder 1302] 3 Baruch, Bernard, 1950 4 Baruch, Bernard, USC material, 1949 5 Bates, Lester L., 1950, [folder 1394] 6 Beach House, 1948-1949, [folder 58] 7 Bills Paid, 1948, [folders 682 and 1300] 8 Brown, Walter, 1947-1948, [folders 53 and 54(2)] 9 Budget, August 1949 and November-December 1950, [folder 1395] 10 Byrnes Bust, 1947, [folder 105] 11 Byrnes Foundation, 1947, [folders 1311-1312] 12 Byrnes Foundation, 1948, [folders 1310-1311] 13 Byrnes Foundation, 1949, [folders 1310-1313] 14 Byrnes Foundation, 1949, [folders 1310-1313] 15 Byrnes Foundation Scholarships, 1949, [folders 1310-1313] 16 Byrnes, Mrs. James F., 1950 17 Byrnes, Mrs. James F., 1947, [folder 648] 18 Byrnes/Truman Feud, 1950, [folder 573] Christmas 19 1947, [folder 652] 20 1948-January 1949, [folders 684(1-2)] 21 1949-January 1950 Box Folder Title 2 1 1949, [folder 1317] 2 1950, [folder 1398] 3 Clemson College, 1949-1950 4 Clemson Engineering Building, undated 5 Cohen, Ben, 1950 Colliers and Atlanta Journal Articles, 1950 6 A-Co 7 Cr-G 8 H 9 J-N 10 O-R 11 S-W 12 Constables, 1950, [folder 1396] Correspondence, 1947 13 A, [folders 644(1-2), 673(1), 676(2), and 669(1-2)] 14 Ba, [folders 644(1), 646(1-2), 647(1-3), 667(1), and 681(4)] 15 Be, [folders 530, 646(1-2), 647(1-3), 654, 656(1),