Thomas P. Stoney papers, SCHS Call #

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1 Thomas P. Stoney papers, SCHS Call # Creator: Stoney, Thomas P. (Thomas Porcher), Description: 15 linear ft. Biographical Historical Note: Berkeley County and Charleston, S.C. attorney and politician. He began his legal career in 1911 working for prominent Charleston attorney J.P.K. Bryan and subsequently practiced law independently and in partnership with several other attorneys. Stoney began his political career by winning the race for South Carolina ninth circuit solicitor in 1916, a position to which he was reelected in Stoney was elected mayor of Charleston in 1923 and again in As a member of the Democratic Party Stoney ran an unsuccessful campaign to unseat incumbent U.S. Senator James F. Byrnes in Stoney remained active in politics throughout his life, working for the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower and participating in the South Carolinians for Independent Electors movement and efforts to block desegregation. Stoney became increasingly alienated from the Democratic Party. Throughout his career he maintained an aversion for the growing influence of federal power. He married Beverly Means DuBose in 1915, and their children were Randell Croft Stoney, Theodore DuBose Stoney, and Laurence O'Hear Stoney. Scope and Content: The most significant portion of the papers consists of correspondence ( ) relating to many aspects of Stoney's personal and family life and legal and political careers. Case and client records include papers pertaining to the sale of Social Hall, The Bluff, and Airy Hall plantations (1920s-1930s); and papers of genealogical interest (1921) pertaining to Laura Parker and Adam Wright, an African- American couple married at Bellville Plantation in 1873 who later moved to Charleston. Other case records also pertain to African-Americans. There are other papers (including reports, newsletters, clippings, and other material) pertaining to Stoney's educational, political, social, and fraternal memberships and affiliations. Organizations include Porter Military Academy, University of the South (Sewanee, Tenn.), University of South Carolina (especially in regard to the football program), Charleston Chamber of Commerce, Charleston Athletic Club, and several Episcopal churches. Plantation and farm records ( ) include financial and property records pertaining to a farm in Ladson (S.C.) and Kensington Plantation. Also included are the papers of Beverly Means DuBose Stoney (Mrs. Thomas P. Stoney), Randell Croft Stoney, Theodore DuBose Stoney, and Laurence O'Hear Stoney. Financial records include bills and invoices. Among Stoney's miscellaneous legal papers is an account book ( ) for legal fees. Other items include numerous speeches ( ) by Thomas P. Stoney and others; biographical information; his will (1921); a group of topical files (mostly printed 1

2 material) concerning various subjects of interest including agriculture, the Bushy Park Project (1950s), Interstate 95 (1960s), race relations, segregation, communism and communist infiltration of or influence on civil rights groups and leaders, including the NAACP and Martin Luther King, wartime fundraising (WW II), political campaigns, opposition to desegregation, vice (prostitution, gambling, illicit liquor sales) in Charleston, Stoney's service on the South Carolina Penitentiary Board (Dept. of Corrections), states rights, unions (especially tobacco workers), urban renewal, Stoney Field (a stadium named in his honor), the Supreme Court, and local and national politics, especially the policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Abstract: The most significant portion of the papers consists of correspondence relating to many aspects of Stoney's personal and family life and legal and political careers. Plantation and farm records ( ) include financial and property records pertaining to a farm in Ladson (S.C.) and Kensington Plantation. Also included are the papers of Beverly Means DuBose Stoney (Mrs. Thomas P. Stoney), Randell Croft Stoney, Theodore DuBose Stoney, and Laurence O'Hear Stoney. Records relating to Stoney s work at the law firms of Stoney & Cordes, Stoney & McGowan, Stoney, Crosland & Pritchard, Stoney & Crosland, and Stoney & Stoney are also included. Note: A portion of the papers of Thomas P. Stoney was processed and cataloged in The rest of the collection, which had been stored in an offsite facility, was later brought to SCHS. In May 2007 the processing of these additional papers was completed and they were worked into the existing collection. The boxes and folders were rearranged and renumbered. The finding aid reflects the new organization of the collection. Most of the information contained in the following notes was compiled in 1996 and is offered as valuable background and context for the collection. Note: Photographs have been removed to the SCHS Visual Materials Collection. Preferred Citation: Stoney, Thomas P. (Thomas Porcher), Thomas P. Stoney papers, (100.00) South Carolina Historical Society. Search Terms: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), King, Martin Luther, Jr., Jr., Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), Stoney, Beverly Means Dubose, Stoney, Laurence O'Hear, Stoney, Randell Croft, Stoney, Theodore DuBose, Stoney, Thomas P. (Thomas Porcher), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. South Carolina Penitentiary. Board of Directors. University of South Carolina -- Football. University of the South. African Americans -- South Carolina -- 20th century. Civil rights movements -- Southern States. 2

3 Communism -- United States. Democratic Party (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century. Farms -- South Carolina -- Ladson. Labor unions -- South Carolina. Mayors -- South Carolina -- Charleston. New Deal, Prostitution -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Segregation -- United States. States' rights (American politics) Vice control -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Belleville Plantation (Calhoun County, S.C.) Charleston (S.C.) -- Politics and government. Interstate 95. Kensington Plantation (Berkeley County, S.C.) South Carolina -- History. South Carolina -- Politics and government. United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Clippings. Letters (correspondence) Photographs. Speeches. Lawyers. Politicians. Series Outline: Series 1 Thomas P. Stoney personal and business papers Subseries 1.1 Correspondence Subseries 1.2 Case Records Subseries 1.3 Financial Records Subseries 1.4 Ladson Farm & Kensington Plantation Records Subseries 1.5 Miscellaneous Papers Subseries 1.6 Political Papers Subseries 1.7 Speeches Subseries 1.8 Topical Files Series 2 Stoney Family Papers Subseries 2.1 Beverly Means Dubose Estate Papers Subseries 2.2 Beverly Means Dubose Stoney Papers Subseries 2.3 Randell Croft Stoney Papers Subseries 2.4 Theodore Dubose Stoney Papers Subseries 2.5 Laurence O Hear Stoney Papers Subseries 2.6 Stoney Family Papers Series 3 Thomas P. Stoney Law Firm Records Subseries 3.1 Stoney & Cordes Subseries 3.2 Stoney & McGowan Subseries 3.3 Stoney, Crosland & Pritchard Subseries 3.4 Stoney & Crosland Subseries 3.5 Stoney & Stoney 3

4 Series 1 Thomas P. Stoney personal and business papers Subseries 1.1 Correspondence Notes on the Correspondence The correspondence reflects many aspects of Stoney s personal life and political career. Most of the letters of the 1910s document his personal interests, including a love letter to the future Mrs. Thomas P. Stoney. There are also letters concerning his political activities. Correspondents of this period include Governor Richard Manning, Mayor Tristam Tupper Hyde, and Mayor John Grace. The correspondence of the 1920s documents Stoney s political activities including his 1920 election as solicitor, and his 1923 and 1927 mayoral races. The death of his father in 1922 is also mentioned. Also documented is William J. Cordes relocation to Boston (Mass.) as the manager of the Boston Retail Credit Co. The correspondence of the 1930s documents Stoney s struggle to redefine himself after being mayor of Charleston. Apparently, he chose not to run for reelection in 1931 and supported Burnet Maybank in the mayoral campaign. Stoney sought appointment to the position of U.S. District Attorney in The correspondence documents his pursuit of the position by soliciting the support of every person who could possibly influence the outcome. Also reflected is his disappointment at not being appointed to the position. The correspondence of 1935 and 1936 documents Stoney s challenge to incumbent U.S. Senator James F. Byrnes. After being defeated in this race Stoney abandoned the pursuit of office and focused on his legal career. The correspondence of the 1940s reflects Stoney s interest in his sons education and includes his advice to them while they attended the University of the South (Sewanee). Stoney actively involved himself in obtaining an appointment to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for his son Theodore Dubose Stoney. During World War II Stoney involved himself in activities related to fundraising for the war effort. After the war, Theodore and Laurence O Hear Stoney returned to join Stoney & Crosland. The correspondence of the 1950s documents Stoney s political involvement. He became heavily involved in South Carolinians for Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential campaign. Also documented is his involvement in the mayoral campaigns of William Morrison and J. Palmer Gaillard. Many letters reflect Stoney s concern for the issues of desegregation and communism. Letters and other material in the topical files concern the threat of communist infiltration of the United States government and culture. The correspondence on these subjects continues into the 1960s. Also reflected in the correspondence and general papers is Stoney s involvement in the Episcopal Church and its struggles over segregation in the 1960s. (Stoney was a member of Strawberry Chapel in Berkeley County). Because 4

5 carbon copies of so much of Stoney s personal correspondence exists, the correspondence provides a very candid look at his views on various issues. Many of Thomas Stoney s interest spanned decades of his life. Gamecock football was a passion begun during his days as a quarterback at the University of South Carolina and continued throughout his life. Stoney remained connected to his school ties except Catawba Military Academy. He served on the board of trustees for Porter Military Academy, the University of the South, and the University of South Carolina, and his letters reflect his involvement with these institutions. The correspondence series does not contain much significant correspondence about Kensington Plantation, most of which is included in the Kensington/Ladson farm series. Subseries 1.2 Case Records Notes on Case records: Case record files include a lawsuit brought by Frank Edmonds, an African American taxi cab driver, against the City of Charleston Police for refusing to allow colored taxis to service the taxi stand at the Fort Sumter Hotel and Calhoun Street (1942), an autopsy report (with bullet) for Duncan Cameron Meyers (1921), estate papers of Amos Meyers (d. 1899), Petition for Incorporation of the fraternal organization called Starlight of Moss Hill Society in Adams Run, S.C., State Board of Health inspection for eating and drinking establishments for Duffy s pharmacy located at 231 King St., a membership list and organization rules for the Emanuel Starlight and Early Star Society, and transcripts of interviews with witnesses to an illicit exchange of whiskey between Charleston Police and Wallace K. Harley at Hampton Park (1924). Other items and persons include papers pertaining to the murder trial of South Carolina v. Harvey & Watson, a subscription contest to raise funds for the Orphan Aid Society (Jenkins Orphanage), the electric railroad trestle over Noisette Creek, the dismissal of a Morris St. Baptist Church deacon, Isle of Palms property, a dispute over payment for books, auto repossession, sales of plantation lands (including Social Hall, The Bluff, and Airy Hall), and a train collision near Moncks Corner. Also included are records regarding the marriage of Laura Parker and Adam Wright (African-Americans) at Bellville Plantation near Orangeburg in November The couple later moved to a location adjacent from Lang Syne Plantation. Their children included Charles, Mimmie Sue, Augusta, Isabel and Evelyn Addison Wright. A legal fee account book ( ) and an inventory and appraisement of the estate of Alexina J. Chesnut Holmes ( ) includes a List of Articles at 290 Meeting Street, with information on portraits of Gibbes, Holmes, and Elliott family members and the books in the library. Subseries 1.3 Financial Records Financial records for both personal and case-related services include bills from local contractors, carpenters, painters, automobile mechanics, printers, 5

6 photographers, lumber yards, wholesale stores, grocers, pharmacists, morticians and funeral directors, drycleaners, farm supply stores, clothiers, hat makers, cobblers and shoe stores, furniture stores, and farmers raising poultry, produce and other livestock. These often include the name of the business owner, client, goods or service obtained, amount of money owed and location (city or street address) of the business operation. Subseries 1.4 Ladson Farm & Kensington Plantation Records Records consist of correspondence, invoices, contracts, deeds and other property records, survey plats, payrolls, financial reports, and other items pertaining to a farm in Ladson (S.C.) and Kensington Plantation. Papers ( ) pertaining to the operation of Stoney's Ladson farm include correspondence (mostly carbon copies of typescripts) concerning finances, crops, livestock, and other matters; forms and letters from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (U.S.D.A.) regarding crop acreage allotments; invoices for fish meal and other items; accounts; and a contract with the South Carolina Power Company to erect a rural electrical line extension. Correspondents include Phillip Driggers, S. Porcher Stoney, Walter B. Metts, and other individuals and businesses. Papers ( ) pertaining to Kensington Plantation include correspondence (mostly carbons), property records, plats, payrolls, invoices for livestock feed and other purchases, and other items concerning the purchase of the plantation by Thomas P. Stoney, Malcolm E. Crosland (trustee), Richard D. Tucker, and Edward K. Pritchard; surveying and mapping of the plantation; repair and maintenance of rice fields for duck hunting (some damage to the rice field banks being due to changes in the water level of the Cooper River caused by the Santee- Cooper hydroelectric project); financial matters; repairs to a house; development of the plantation as a farm; lumbering; raising of hogs and cattle; barley crops; and general operations. Correspondents include Malcolm E. Crosland, S. Porcher Stoney, and farm manager Clarence Murray. Subseries 1.5 Miscellaneous Papers Notes on Miscellaneous papers Miscellaneous papers of Thomas P. Stoney include material pertaining to clubs and organizations, legal practice, hobbies, and other endeavors. Materials include ledgers, ephemera, bills, plats, poetry writings, clippings, broadsides, print materials, charters and stock certificates. Individual items include legal diaries (1911 and 1922), a list of personal faults, a child s game with paper dolls and written instructions called the Magic Dance, a small plaque honoring Stoney for service as President of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce in 1954, certificates of entry into the American Kennel Club Stud Book for two cocker spaniels (1931 and 1934), a list of persons holding season tickets to Citadel football games (with addresses and business affiliations), a map of Charleston with ward numbers penciled in, a distribution of expenses for The Charleston American labeled as South Carolina s most progressive newspaper, a book of common prayer that belonged to Mrs. Thomas P. Stoney, an agreement between the Planters Fertilizer and Phosphate Company and the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local No. 863 (1956-6

7 1958), credit applications ( ), draft board appeal records (1944), psychology lessons, rent accounts, and a story entitled Narrative of Cap n Shine Brown of Rockville." Business and organization records include charters for the River Road Farm Corporation, Coastal Speedways, Inc., Augustine s, Inc., the Marlboro Trust Co., and the Southern Ice Co., as well as materials relating to Porter Military Academy, Sewanee (University of the South), the University of South Carolina, and football. Ephemera include miscellaneous programs, bulletins, broadsides, business and membership cards, tickets for admission, souvenirs of travel, train and ferry trips, and a 1911 dues book belonging to William E. Baskin for the Gridiron Benevolent Association, organized June 27 th, A ledger labeled Locations. Motion Picture Resources contains listings and descriptions of local locations suitable as settings for film. Sites include beaches, bluffs and hills, country club, churches, hotels, prisons, historic buildings and sites, plantations, parks, old slave quarters, ruins and dilapidated buildings, race track and fair grounds, ships, street scenes and waterfronts. Also included is the will of Thomas P. Stoney and biographical information on Thomas P. Stoney, Subseries 1.6 Political Papers Notes on Political Papers Political papers relate to Thomas P. Stoney s campaigns and offices, including the solicitorship, his mayoral races and terms, and his U.S. Senate race (1936). Other material relates to Charleston and Charleston County politics and includes files on the mayoral races of J. Palmer Gaillard and William McGillivray Morrison. The latter documents Morrison s 1951 mayoral race against fellow democrat O.T. Wallace. Stoney s involvement in the campaign is not specifically documented. Papers relating to South Carolina state politics include files on the U.S. Senate candidacies of T. Allen Legare (1962) and Strom Thurmond (1966). Papers relating to national politics include files on the presidential campaigns of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1952), George C. Wallace (1968), and Barry Goldwater (1964). Included is material concerning the work of South Carolinians for Dwight D. Eisenhower, a group of persons who worked to develop support for Eisenhower among a faction of the splintered Democrat party. Stoney is listed as the representative of the ninth circuit on the Advisory Committee. Some material pertains to a dinner given by South Carolinians for Eisenhower in honor of his 1952 presidential victory. A speech given by Thomas P. Stoney at the dinner is included in the series of speeches. Papers relating to local and national politics also include chronologically arranged files on miscellaneous political events, issues and persons, 1920s-1960s. These include material pertaining to the Democratic Party, a third national party, and Judge J. Waties Waring. 7

8 Subseries 1.7 Speeches Includes speeches and addresses by various persons including James Allen, James Byrnes, J. Palmer Gaillard, Ernest Hollings, T. Allen Legare, Cotesworth P. Means, J.D.E. Meyer, A.R. McGowan, William M. Morrison, Strom Thurmond, O.T. Wallace, and several unknown authors. Also includes Thomas P. Stoney s speeches from the 1920s through the 1936 Senate race. Subseries 1.8 Topical Files Topics include agriculture, Charleston County Airport, Best Friend of Charleston (train), 51 Broad Street (law office of Thomas P. Stoney), the Bushy Park Project, Charleston Chamber of Commerce, Charleston County Bar Association, Charleston County courthouse building (1950s), Charleston County Citizens Council (1960s), church affairs (Episcopal), civil defense, Communism and socialism in the United States, Confederate Memorial Day, the murder of S.C. state senator E.J. Dennis (1930s), Economics, John P. Grace, Johnson Hagood Stadium construction (1940s and 1950s), Huguenots, Interstate 95, Port of Charleston, health and charities, race and race relations, railroads, Social Security, South Carolina Penitentiary Board records, States Rights Foundation, South Carolinians for Independent Electors, Stoney Field, Supreme Court (U.S.), Tourism, Unions, United Nations and international law, Urban renewal, vice and crime in Charleston, and World War II fundraising. Series 2 Stoney family papers, Description: 1 linear ft. Scope and Content: Included are estate records of Beverly Means Dubose, and papers of Beverly Means Dubose Stoney (Mrs. Thomas P. Stoney), Laurence O'Hear Stoney, Randell Croft Stoney, and Theodore Dubose Stoney. Stoney family papers include correspondence, genealogical data, real property records, and wills. Early correspondence includes a letter (26 April 1906) concerning the San Francisco earthquake. Papers of Theodore D. Stoney include biographical data, correspondence ( ), and political papers, some concerning his 1950 campaign for the South Carolina House of Representatives. Also documented is his appointment as an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1943, including a letter from J. Edgar Hoover. Many letters of 1906 have to do with the death of Dr. Randell Croft Stoney in San Francisco. There are several letters of his written just before his death. Note: Forms part of Thomas P. Stoney Papers. Search Terms: Dubose, Beverly Means -- Estate. Stoney, Laurence O'Hear, Stoney, Randell Croft, Stoney, R Croft, d Stoney, Theodore DuBose, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Legislators -- South Carolina. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Earthquake, Stoney, Beverly Means Dubose, Stoney family. 8

9 Letters (correspondence) Subseries 2.1 Beverly Means Dubose estate papers, Includes correspondence, appraisal, will, obituary and other items pertaining to the estate of Beverly Means Dubose of Columbia, S.C. Beverly Means Dubose was the mother of Thomas P. Stoney s wife, Beverly Means Dubose Stoney. Subseries 2.2 Beverly Means Dubose Stoney papers, Includes correspondence from Dr. Leon Banov relating to sanitation of property on Sullivan s Island, a letter regarding property insurance and letters from Stoney s children. Other items include Beverly Stoney s voting registration certificate (1939) as well as correspondence, programs, and other ephemera relating to a dinner held in honor of Queen Marie and Princess Ileana of Roumania in New York City (1926). Bevery Means Dubose married Thomas Porcher Stoney on October 7, Subseries 2.3 Randell Croft Stoney Papers, Includes report cards from the University of the South (1936), a letter to Professor William H. McKellar requesting assistance in obtaining the requisite credits for coursework in public speaking, and receipts for repair work done at 32 Broad Street and 61 Tradd Street.Also includes an obituary for Randell C. Stoney, The eldest son of Thomas P. Stoney and Beverly Dubose Stoney, Randall Croft Stoney attended Porter Military Academy and the University of the South, graduating from the latter in 1939 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He began working with Louis E. Storen in the real estate and insurance business in While involved in this business he was elected alderman in 1947 and He later won a seat on the Commission of Public Works in 1959 and served in that capacity until Since he never worked at Broad Street, only a few of his items are in this collection. He died September 16, Subseries 2.4 Theodore Dubose Stoney Papers, Papers include biographical information, correspondence ( ), and political papers. Stoney s early correspondence contains love letters and information on law school. Also documented is his receipt of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award from the New York Southern Society, and his appointment to the FBI in Letters from 1950 and 1952 discuss his campaigns for election to the South Carolina House of Representatives. There are also letters from D.N. Rivers and Sol Blatt soliciting Theodore D. Stoney s support in their quests to become Speaker of the House. Stoney s appointment as Assistant U.S. District Attorney figures prominently in letters from Letters of 1956 document his race for solicitor. Documents pertaining to Theodore Stoney s political activities include correspondence and clippings relating to Stoney s campaign for the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1950 and race for solicitor against William M. Morrison, Jr. in

10 Ephemera include a brochure published by the South Carolina Bar Association (1953), a Bulletin of Criminal Information and Missing Persons (1962), a radio broadcast schedule for WHAN (June 1950), a ribbon labeled Alternate Delegate for the South Carolina Democratic Convention (1962), and material relating to the Parent Teacher Association of Bennett School. Born in 1918 in Columbia, S.C., Theodore Dubose Stoney was the second son of Thomas P. Stoney and Beverly Dubose Stoney. He attended Porter Military Academy, the University of the South (A.B., 1940), University of Virginia (LL.B., 1948), and the University of South Carolina. Stoney was a special agent for the FBI from and an ensign in the U.S. Navy from After being admitted to the South Carolina Bar, Stoney began to practice law with his father and brother Laurence O Hear Stoney. Theodore Stoney served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from ; Assistant U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District, ; and Solicitor for the ninth circuit, Subseries 2.5 Laurence O Hear Stoney Papers, Papers include correspondence, receipts, military records, and programs. Correspondence includes a letter from the Charleston City Police Department relating to parking for Charleston County Agricultural Fair Association attendees (1950), letters pertaining to taking the Bar Exam, and a letter (1961) from Berkeley Grimball, headmaster at the Gaud School for Boys, in which he refutes claims relating to University of the South s attempt to bestow an honorary degree to Tom Waring on the basis of his stand on integration. He goes on to address issues relating to integration of both Sewanee and the Gaud School declaring that there will never be a Negro problem at Sewanee; for if standards for admission are as high as we are led to believe, then a Negro student who could qualify for Sewanee would be able to enter colleges in other areas where he would have an easier social adjustment to make. Grimball concludes by declaring that he does not plan to integrate the Gaud School now or ever. Correspondents include Christie Benet, T. Mumford Boyd, Chris Ortmann, Panchita H. Grimball, Berkeley Grimball, and Samuel G. Stoney. Receipts are for medical prescriptions, insurance payments and home repair. Military papers relating to Stoney s service in the United States Navy include certificates, orders for deployment, a motor vehicle chauffeur s permit, physical exams, and reports for his qualifications to serve in various capacities. The third son of Thomas P. Stoney and Beverly Dubose Stoney, Laurence O Hear Stoney was born in 1921 in Columbia, S.C. Stoney attended Porter Military Academy, the University of the South (A.B., 1942), the University of Virginia (LL.B., 1948), and the University of South Carolina. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II ( ). After admission to the South Carolina Bar, he practiced law with his father and brother Theodore. Subseries 2.6 Stoney Family Papers Papers include correspondence ( ), genealogical data, real property records, and wills. Correspondence includes a letter (April 26, 1906) concerning the San Francisco earthquake. Many letters of 1900 to 1906 are from Dr. Randell Croft Stoney 10

11 ( ) from various locations in California including Los Banos, Wawona, and Yerba Buena Ranch) while serving in the 6 th Calvary of the U.S. Army. He married and lived in San Francisco until his death in 1906 when he was involved in a streetcar accident. Several letters of Randell Croft Stoney are written just before his death. Genealogical material includes a Stoney family crest, a photostat of a list of individuals on Honorary Guard over the Remains of Mr. Calhoun, In Memorium- Captain Wm. E. Stoney a manuscript by Johnson Hagood, an obituary for S. Porcher Stoney ( ) the youngest son of Peter Gaillard Stoney and Anna Maria Porcher, and miscellaneous family charts, notes, etc. on the Stoney family lineage. Property records relate to Ophir, Medway, Dean Hall, Pimlico, the Bluff, and Gippy plantations. Also includes the wills of Thomas P. Stoneys siblings Anna M. Stoney, S. Porcher Stoney and Charlotte M. Stoney as well as two of his aunts, Charlotte Matilda Croft, and Mary S. Croft. Series 3 Thomas P. Stoney Law Firm Records Subseries 3.1 Stoney & Cordes Subseries 3.2 Stoney & McGowan Subseries 3.3 Stoney, Crosland & Pritchard Subseries 3.4 Stoney & Crosland Subseries 3.5 Stoney & Stoney Subseries 3.1 Stoney & Cordes records, Collection chiefly consists of correspondence and one file of case records. Case records ( ) concern an unusual disruption of a religious service at Greenhill (or Green Hill; some documents say Greenland) Baptist Church in Berkeley County (S.C.) near Eadytown. Biographical/Historical Note: Thomas P. Stoney entered into a law partnership with William J Cordes in 1914 and continued in that practice until Subseries 3.2 Stoney & McGowan records, Collection chiefly consists of correspondence and case records. Case records concern a pension for Mrs. R.J. Walker, a widow of a Confederate veteran; the estate of Davidina and Florida Fabian, sisters of Charleston (S.C.); the case of James Jackson v. Thomas Pinckney, a dispute over property at 7 Lily Street; a railroad accident in the Chicora Place area; South Carolina v. Paul Fludd, a murder case; and Richard T. Crawford, a worker on the Cooper River Bridge who was fatally injured (1928). Biographical/Historical Note: Thomas P. Stoney entered into a law partnership with A. Russell McGowan in 1923 and continued in that practice until Subseries 3.3 Stoney, Crosland & Pritchard records, Collection chiefly consists of correspondence and case records. Correspondence includes a series of semi-literate letters from persons 11

12 seeking legal or financial help, as well as letters from incarcerated persons. Case records include papers pertaining to the estates of Julius Brittlebank, Heloise C. Barbot, Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, John Richards Campbell, Russell M. Doar, Melvin J. Hornik, Elizabeth Loney (Deloney?), Gabriel Johnson, Frederick G. Gerard, August Heinrich Von Dohlen, and Abby D. Munro. Estate records (1932) of Lucia T. Clement contain information on Dungannon Plantation and the Clementia Mineral Springs. Estate records of Samuel Bash and Harrison Riggs, black property owners, include some genealogical information. Cases pertaining to real estate transactions include records concerning Ararat, Woodboo, and other plantations in Berkeley County sold to the S.C. Public Service Authority for the Santee- Cooper Hydroelectric Project; Kiawah Island; Airy Hall Plantation; the Calhoun Mansion on Meeting Street in Charleston (S.C.); and Little Goat Island. Other cases pertain to illicit distilleries (moonshine operations); "alien enemy" and disloyalty charges during World War II; and auto accident injury claims, including cases involving Eva Jessye (Spears), and Van Lingle Mungo, a black baseball player. Records ( ) concerning a black youth who fled the scene of an accident includes petitions on the boy's behalf stating that he did so for fear of violence by whites. Case and client records which pertain to businesses include papers pertaining to radio stations WCSC and WTMA; the Charleston Oil Company; the South Carolina National Bank; Raybestos-Manhattan (asbestosis in workers); Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; the American Tobacco Co. (union workers); and the Charleston Auto Hospital. Weber v. Clement Furniture Co. (1937) concerns a lawsuit against a collection agent who showed disrepect to a black lady. Notable cases include records ( ) concerning children who were not allowed to attend a white school in Charleston County because they were accused of being "half Indian" (includes information on the Miller School, for children of "mixed blood"); records ( ) concerning charges against T. St. Mark Sasportas, a black attorney; and S.C. v. Jack Green et al. (1932), a case concerning illegal lottery ticket sales (includes data on the early lottery laws of South Carolina). Other persons named as clients or in case records include John P. Grace, Alma Clark Hobson, and Francis Kinloch Lesesne. Biographical/Historical Note: Thomas P. Stoney, Malcolm E. Crosland, and Edward K. Pritchard entered into a law partnership in The practice continued under this name until Edward K. Pritchard left in Subseries 3.4 Stoney & Crosland records, Case records include correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and other papers concerning the sale of the Brown Fellowship Society's cemetery on Pitt Street ( ); U.S. v. Moody W. Carver, a Tennessean charged with concealing his membership in the Ku Klux Klan ( ); a case involving Alan H. Schafer ( ), operator of the "South of the Border" restaurant (1951); a case concerning injuries to a 12

13 railroad worker in Jericho (S.C.); and U.S. v. Donald S. Brown et al., a case against moonshiners (1951). Collection chiefly consists of correspondence and case records. Correspondence ( ) includes a series of semi-literate letters from persons [many of them African-American] seeking legal or financial help. Biographical/Historical Note: In 1948 Edward K. Pritchard left the law partnership of Stoney, Crosland & Pritchard, and Thomas P. Stoney and Malcolm Crosland continued their partnership until the latter's death in Stoney's sons Theodore Dubose Stoney and Laurence O'Hear Stoney also joined the partnership in Subseries 3.5 Stoney & Stoney records, Collection chiefly consists of correspondence ( ) and case records. Case records include material concerning claims of storm damage to the Old Exchange Building (Charleston, S.C.) submitted by the DAR (1960); flooding and drainage problems in Moreland Subdivision (1965); the acquisition of marsh lands near the Charleston Navy Base from Miss Caroline S. Alston (1966; inlcludes some Alston genealogy); St. James Goose Creek Church v. W.S.D. Avinger, a case concerning church property; papers regarding the Sword Gate House on Legare Street; the bankruptcy of Richard H. Millar (1950s), an iron worker and proprietor of "The Iron Gate"; and case records ( ) concerning the estate of Sarah L. Simmons, and a family dispute over a Sully portrait of Mary Roane Ritchie Simmons. Biographical/Historical Note: After the death of his law partner Malcolm Crosland in 1954, Thomas P. Stoney continued in the practice of law with his sons Theodore D. Stoney and Laurence O'Hear Stoney. Container Listing: BOX 1 Folders 1-17 Correspondence, BOX 2 Folders 1-18 Correspondence, BOX 3 Folders 1-14 Correspondence, BOX 4 Folders 1-11 Correspondence, BOX 5 Folders 1-10 Correspondence,

14 BOX 6 Folders 1-13 Correspondence, 1933 BOX 7 Folders 1-16 Correspondence, 1934-June 1935 BOX 8 Folders 1-16 Correspondence, July BOX 9 Folders 1-18 Correspondence, BOX 10 Folders 1-16 Correspondence, 1940-May 1944 BOX 11 Folders 1-21 Correspondence, June BOX 12 Folders 1-16 Correspondence, 1951-August 1953 BOX 13 Folders 1-18 Correspondence, Sept BOX 14 Folders 1-18 Correspondence, 1958-May 1961 BOX 15 Folders 1-17 Correspondence, June BOX 16 Folders 1-19 Correspondence, BOX 17 Folders 1-19 Correspondence, ; and undated letters 14

15 BOX 18 Correspondence arranged by topic, type, or correspondent 100/18/01 Letters and poems of Emily Doty 100/18/02 Genealogical correspondence (mostly re Stoney family) 100/18/03 Correspondence re John P. Grace Bridge 100/18/04 Invitations, etc. 100/18/05 Letters from incarcerated persons or their family members 100/18/06 Letters from Joseph E. Jenkins 100/18/07 Letters re military affairs 100/18/08 Correspondence with Herbert R. Sass re the Santee Club 100/18/09 Semiliterate letters 100/18/10 Letters re the papers of Thomas P. Stoney and SCHS 100/18/11 Correspondence with Billy Sunday 100/18/12-16 Correspondence re the University of South Carolina Alumni Association, (mostly re football and athletic program) BOX 19 Case Records 100/19/01 Miscellaneous legal case records - includes legal fee account book, (wrapped; on shelf next to Box 19) 100/19/02 S.C. v. Harvey & Watson (a murder case; includes testimony) 100/19/03 Records re Frank Meacher (bigamy case?) 100/19/04 Records re electric railroad trestle over Noisette Creek, /19/05 Re subscription contest to raise funds for the Orphan Aid Society (Jenkins Orphanage), (includes letters of Rev. D.J. Jenkins) 100/19/06 Re dismissal of Morris St. Baptist Church deacon and debt to TPS, 1920s 100/19/07 Records re Isle of Palms property, 1920s 15

16 100/19/08 Re a property dispute among African Americans, /19/09 Records re dispute over payment for books (History of South Carolina), ; includes letter from Yates Snowden stating he was only the editor, not the author 100/19/10 Records re auto repossession, /19/11 Records re expelled black church member, /19/12 Records of sales of plantation lands, 1920s-1930s, including Social Hall, The Bluff, and Airy Hall 100/19/13 Records re train collision near Moncks Corner, /19/14 Inventory and appraisement of estate of Alexina J. Chesnut Holmes ( ), ca. 1929; includes List of Articles at 290 Meeting Street, with info on portraits of Gibbes, Holmes, Elliott, etc. family members (p. 69) and the books in the library 100/19/15 Papers, 1921, regarding the marriage of Laura Parker and Adam Wright (African- Americans) at Bellville Plantation (Calhoun Co.); includes some genealogy 100/19/16-17 Financial Records: bills, etc BOX 20 Financial Records: bills, etc., /20/01 Bills, etc., /20/02 Bills, etc., /20/03 Bills, etc., /20/04 Bills, etc., /20/05 Bills, etc., /20/06 Bills, etc., /20/07 Bills, etc., BOX /21/01 Bills, etc., /21/02 Medical bills of legal clients, personal Ladson Farm and Kensington Plantation records 100/21/03 Ladson Farm records: correspondence,

17 100/21/04 Ladson Farm records: correspondence, /21/05 Ladson Farm records: correspondence, /21/06 Ladson Farm records: financial records 100/21/07 Ladson Farm records: miscellaneous records 100/21/08 Kensington Plantation records: papers re original purchase, /21/09 Kensington Plantation records: papers re Richard Tucker s share, /21/10 Kensington Plantation records: papers re transfers of parts of Kensington, /21/11 Kensington Plantation records: papers re rice field repair and maintenance, /21/12 Kensington Plantation records: papers re rice field repair and maintenance, /21/13 Kensington Plantation records: papers re S.C. Public Service Authority 100/21/14 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /21/15 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, 1942 BOX /22/01 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/02 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/03 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/04 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/05 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/06 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/07 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/08 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/09 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/10 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/11 Kensington Plantation records: general operations,

18 100/22/12 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/13 Kensington Plantation records: general operations, /22/14 Kensington Plantation records: payroll records 100/22/15 Kensington Plantation records: financial records 100/22/16 Kensington Plantation records: miscellaneous records 100/22/17 Kensington Plantation records: Illustrations (pencil and pen) of the stables at Kensington and logo for the Charleston Polo Club at Boone Hall Plantation. BOX 23 Miscellaneous Material 100/23/01 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: academic records 100/23/02 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: automobile records 100/23/03 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: certificates, tributes, etc. 100/23/04 Clubs and organizations: Charleston Athletic Club 100/23/05 Clubs and organizations: St. Andrew s Society 100/23/06 Clubs and organizations: Kiwanis, Rotary, etc. 100/23/07 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: Insurance records 100/23/08 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: Miscellaneous papers re legal practice 100/23/09 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: Legal diary and notebook, /23/10 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: Legal diary, /23/11 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: List of personal faults 100/23/12 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: memos, August, /23/13 Miscellaneous items: include a Charleston Chamber of Commerce honorary plaque, 1954; business cards; Certificates of entry into the American Kennel Club Stud book for cocker spaniels, 1931 and 1934; a list of persons holding season tickets to Citadel football games (with addresses and business affiliations); a map of Charleston with ward numbers penciled in; and a distribution of expenses for The Charleston American labeled as South Carolina s most progressive newspaper. 18

19 100/23/14 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: papers re Porter Military Academy 100/23/15 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: prayer book of Mrs. T.P. Stoney 100/23/16 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: public speaking lectures 100/23/17 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: real estate records 100/23/18 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: papers re Sewanee 100/23/19 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: papers re University of SC and football 100/23/20 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: wallet inscribed 1924 Thomas P. Stoney Prosperity /23/21 Miscellaneous personal and professional papers: will of Thomas P. Stoney BOX /24/01 Miscellaneous items: biographical information on T.P. Stoney 100/24/02 Miscellaneous items: business records 100/24/03 Miscellaneous items: calligraphy 100/24/04 Miscellaneous items: credit applications 100/24/05 Miscellaneous items: draft board appeal records, /24/06 Miscellaneous items: ephemera, etcc 100/24/07 Miscellaneous items: A ledger labeled Locations. Motion Picture Resources contains listings and descriptions of local locations suitable as settings for film. Sites include beaches, bluffs and hills, country club, churches, hotels, prisons, historic buildings and sites, plantations, parks, old slave quarters, ruins and dilapidated buildings, race track and fair grounds, ships, street scenes and waterfronts. 100/24/08 Miscellaneous items: newspapers: The Seashore News 100/24/09 Miscellaneous items: Nonpareil Athletic Club: bylaws, rules and minutes 100/24/10 Miscellaneous items: Miscellaneous notes, etc. 100/24/11 Miscellaneous items: Old Hickory Division: Reunion souvenir program, /24/12 Miscellaneous items: patent on hydroplane boat, States Lee Libby, /24/13 Miscellaneous items: plats 19

20 100/24/14 Miscellaneous items: poetry 100/24/15 Miscellaneous items: printed material 100/24/16 Miscellaneous items: programs, notices, etc. 100/24/17 Miscellaneous items: psychology lessons 100/24/18 Miscellaneous items: rent accounts 100/24/19 Miscellaneous items: resolution, in memory of Henry H. Howard 100/24/20 Miscellaneous items: SC Militia, 4 th Brigade: copies of 19 th century documents regarding use of the state arsenal 100/24/21 Miscellaneous items: souvenirs of travel 100/24/22 Miscellaneous items: stock certificates, miscellaneous financial records 100/24/23 Miscellaneous items: Valedictory address, Porter Military Academy, /24/24 Miscellaneous items: story: Narrative of Cap n Shine Brown of Rockville, 1959 BOX 25 Political Papers 100/25/01 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for solicitor, (folder contains a silk ribbon with union bug Allied Printing Trades Council, Charleston, S.C. 100/25/02 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for solicitor, /25/03 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for solicitor, /25/04 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for mayor, /25/05 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for mayor, /25/06 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for mayor, /25/07 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for mayor, /25/08 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s mayorship of Charleston 100/25/09 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for senate, /25/10 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for senate,

21 100/25/11 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for senate, /25/12 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for senate, /25/13 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for senate, /25/14 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for senate, /25/15 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s race for senate, /25/16 Political papers: materials relating to Stoney s candidacy for circuit solicitor, /25/17 Political papers: miscellaneous political papers 100/25/18 Political papers: miscellaneous political papers 100/25/19 Political papers: miscellaneous political papers re: Democratic Party 100/25/20 Political papers: miscellaneous political papers re: third party 100/25/21 Political papers: miscellaneous political papers re: Judge J. Waties Waring BOX /26/01 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics 100/26/02 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics 100/26/03 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics; includes lists of city officials and employees, circa /26/04 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: 9 th Ward Association 100/26/05 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics - ward records 100/26/06 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics - ward records 100/26/07 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics - political verse 100/26/08 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: J. Palmer Gaillard mayoral race, /26/09 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: J. Palmer Gaillard 100/26/10 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: J. Palmer Gaillard, clippings 100/26/11 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: J. Palmer Gaillard 21

22 100/26/12 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: J. Palmer Gaillard 100/26/13 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: Burnett Maybank 100/26/14 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: William Morrison mayoral campaign, /26/15 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: William Morrison 100/26/16 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: William Morrison 100/26/17 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: William Morrison campaign for solicitor 100/26/18 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: Charleston County politics 100/26/19 Political papers: materials relating to Charleston politics re: Charleston County politics Box /27/01 Political papers: materials relating to T. Allen Legare s campaign for U.S. Senate, /27/02 Political papers: materials relating to Bunett Maybank s race for Governor 100/27/03 Political papers: materials relating to Strom Thurmond s campaign for U.S. Senate, /27/04 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/05 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/06 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/07 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/08 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/09 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/10 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/11 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/12 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/13 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 100/27/14 Political papers: materials relating to South Carolina State politics 22