The James F. Byrnes Papers document his career as a U.S. Senator, U.S. Supreme Court
Justice, Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War
II, U.S. Secretary of State, and Governor of South Carolina. The papers show his close
relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Byrnes helps him pass New Deal
legislation during the Depression and then coordinates the homefront economy during the
war, as well as accompanying Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference. They also document
Byrnes’ role in the immediate post-war peace process and the beginning of the Cold War,
especially concerning U.S. policy towards a defeated Germany. Finally, the collection
has material concerning his growing disenchantment with the Democratic Party over civil
rights, his support for Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential campaign, and the
writing of his two autobiographies, Speaking Frankly and All In One Lifetime.
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- Series 1, Pre-Senatorial
- Series 2, Senatorial
- Series 3, Supreme Court
- Series 4, War Mobilization
- Series 5, State Department
- Series 6, Interim
- Series 7, Gubernatorial
- Series 8, Post-Gubernatorial
- Series 9, Speeches
- Series 10, Book Materials
- Series 11, Posthumous
- Series 12, Photographs
- Series 13, Scrapbooks
- Series 14, Audio-Visual
- Series 15, Oversize
- Series 16, Memorabilia
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