Manuscript Collection
Files
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Identifier
Accession 54
Inclusive Dates
1966-1974
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
1,000 pieces , .50 linear feet
Language
English
Historical Note
Thomas Smithwick Gettys [1912-2003] was a lawyer and U.S. Representative for the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina from 1964 to 1974. He was born in Rock Hill, SC and received an A.B. degree from Erskine College in 1933. He was a former Postmaster in Rock Hill and practiced law in the Gettys, McFadden and Wilkerson Law Firm.
Scope and Content Note
Thomas Smithwick Gettys [1912-2003] was a lawyer and U.S. Representative for the Fifth Congressional District of South Carolina. The Thomas Smithwick Gettys Papers consist of reports, resolutions, correspondence, news releases, government publications, and newspaper clippings, relating to Getty’s efforts to enlarge and develop the Cowpens Battlefield Site of Cherokee County, South Carolina. Correspondents include Ernest Hollings, Donald Russell, John P. Saylor, W.S. Stuckey, Jr., Roy A. Taylor, Mark W. Clark, Wayne Aspinall, and Stewart Udall.
Provenance
The papers of Thomas Smithwick Gettys, Congressman and lawyer, were received by the Archives on July 22, 1976 as a gift from Thomas Smithwick Gettys.
Keywords
Cowpens Battleground, Cherokee County SC, American Revolution, National Battleground Site
Copyright
For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.
Finding Aid Citation
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Thomas Smithwick Gettys Papers - Accession 54". Finding Aid 225.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/225
LC Subject Headings
Gettys, Thomas S. (Thomas Smithwick), 1912-2003--Archives; Aspinall, Wayne N.--Correspondence; Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984--Correspondence; Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-2019--Correspondence; Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998--Correspondence; Saylor, John P. (John Phillips), 1908-1973--Correspondence; Stuckey, W. S. (Williamson Sylvester), 1935- --Correspondence; Taylor, Roy A. (Roy Arthur)--Correspondence; Udall, Stewart L.--Correspondence; Historic sites--South Carolina--Cherokee County--Planning; Cowpens, Battle of, Cowpens, S.C., 1781; Cowpens National Battlefield (S.C.)--History; Cherokee County (S.C.)--History
