Graniteville Room, Thomas Cooper Library
Thursday July 13, 2006
5:00PM – 7:00PM

Program at 6pm
Herb Hartsook: welcome and introduction
Phil Grose: remarks
Mack Whittle: remarks
Governor McNair: remarks

Sponsors
South Carolina Political Collections and
Institute for Southern Studies 

Exhibit
Main Floor Thomas Cooper Library

EXHIBIT -- GOVERNOR ROBERT E. McNAIR Collection

The Robert E. McNair Collection is large and rich and documents McNair's service in World War II, his political campaigns, and his distinguished career in public service as a member of the General Assembly, 1951 to 1962, Lieutenant Governor, 1963 to 1965, and Governor, 1965 to 1971. The collection consists of over one hundred and thirty feet of papers, 1953 to 1998. After leaving public office, McNair founded what became the largest law firm in South Carolina and one of the largest in the Southeast.

McNair's accomplishments as governor included important advances in education; notable improvement in coordination and cooperation among state agencies, commissions, and bureaus; the involvement of the public in planning and decision-making; a new emphasis on tourism, including the creation of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism; and continued aggressive industrial recruitment.