Robert McNair: in his own words
Documents from the Papers of Robert E. McNair at South Carolina Political Collections
More About This Collection
Creator
McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007
The Greenville News
The State
Langley, Carl
Los Angeles Times
The Charlotte Observer
The Columbia Record
The New York Post
The Sanford Herald
The Washington Post
Winston-Salem Journal
Contributor to Resource
McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007
Publisher
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina. South Carolina Political Collections
Date of Original
1905/1989
Subject
Governors--South Carolina--Biography
Civil rights--South Carolina
Education--South Carolina
South Carolina--Race relations
Civil rights movements--South Carolina--History--20th century
Civil rights--Law and legislation--United States
South Carolina--Politics and government
South Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century
Busing for school integration--South Carolina
Economic development--South Carolina
Transportation--South Carolina
Civil rights--South Carolina--History--20th century
Governors--South Carolina
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
South Carolina--Economic conditions
South Carolina--Economic policy
South Carolina--Social conditions
Tourism--South Carolina
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Public opinion
African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina--History--20th century
People
McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Brown, Edgar A. (Edgar Allan), 1888-1975
Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-
Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998
Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003
Location
United States, South Carolina, 34.00043, -81.00009
United States, South Carolina, Allendale County, 32.98811, -81.3582
United States, South Carolina, Darlington County, 34.33235, -79.95769
United States, South Carolina, Horry County, 33.90448, -78.97615
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
Medium
speeches (compositions)
photographs
clippings (information artifacts)
correspondence
press releases
testimonies
pamphlets
reports
Type
StillImage, Text
Description
Documents from the Papers of Robert E. McNair at South Carolina Political Collections
Over the course of his twenty year career in South Carolina politics, including an unprecedented six years as governor, Robert McNair led South Carolina in an era of prosperity and carefully guided the Palmetto State through the turbulent 1960s, a period of profound social upheaval and change. Digitized here are speeches, correspondence, clippings, and photographs that highlight Governor McNair’s dedication to and focus on education, tourism, and industrial expansion as well as illuminating the Governor’s thoughts and reactions to the Civil Rights movement, desegregation, and the Vietnam War.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
South Caroliniana Library
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