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USC acquires papers of former S.C. governor BY JACKIE FAYE BURTON THE GAMECOCK use has obtained the papers of former governor and congressman Carroll Campbell. They will be held at the South Caroliniana Library on the Horseshoe in the Modem Political Collection. The papers document k Campbell’s 25-year political ca reer. The collection records Campbell’s time as governor and state legislator through letters, photos, notes from former presi dents, campaign memorabilia, and speeches and articles Campbell wrote. The collection includes a letter from former President George Bush to Bob Dole about a deficit reduction in 1993. It also includes Campbell’s 1993 State of the State Address and his speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention. Herbert Hartsook, director of the South Caroliniana Library, said he is delighted to be able to house the collection. “Campbell is a seminal figure in our state’s history and was a key figure to the Republican Party both at a state and national level. We are pleased to be able to docu ment his career with our, collec tion," Hartsook said in a news re lease. Campbell led major fundraising in Washington, D.C., for USC and his son graduated from USC. During Campbell’s political ca reer, he was a supporter of the handicapped, child support, vot ing rights and the textile industry. He served on such committees as banking and housing; appropria tions; and ways and means. As gov ernor, he oversaw great economic development with large business investments including BMW. He also provided leadership during the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo. On a national level, Campbell was leader of the National Governors’ Association Task Force on Education, chairman of the National Educational Goals Panel and national co-chairman for the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bob Dole and George W. Bush. He was one of the top choices for vice-presidential candidate in 1988,1992 and 1996. Along with Campbell’s, the Modem Political Collection holds the papers of former governors Olin Johnston, Fritz Hollings, Donald McNair, John West, Jim Edwards, Dick Riley and Gov. Mark Sanford. The oldest docu ment dates back to 1918. Campbell’s papers are still com ing in and being processed. The date for their public availability has not been determined. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu Higgins archive finds permanent home in Thomas Cooper collection BY JULIE LEDBETTER THE (iAMECOCK The archive of Boston writer George V. Higgins will find a per manent home at USC’s Thomas Cooper Library. The archive will be an addition to the library’s already extensive collection of over 20 literary archives including those of au thors F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Heller and James Dickey. Higgins, who earned two English degrees and a Law degree, pursed nine different careers throughout his lifetime, which are all docu mented in the archive. The archive ' includes drafts, edited typescripts and proofs of his bestselling crime novel, “The Friends of Eddie Coyle," which was published in 1972. I The archive includes Higgins’ files from his work as a defense at torney for Eldridge Cleaver and G. Gordon Liddy, as well as drafts of his columns from The Boston Globe, the Boston Herald-American and various legal journals. Higgins’ widow, Loretta, donat ed over half of the material to the library. “Mr. Higgins’ widow want ed the archive to stay together as a whole, and we were prepared to do it, and she came and looked at the library and decided that she want ed those papers to be with Joseph Heller’s and James Ellroy’s and other modem archives," Patrick Scott, director of special collections at Thomas Cooper Library, said. Some of the material also came from Boston University, where Higgins taught from 1988 until his death in 1999, and from Higgins’ friend and USC English professor Matthew J. Bruccoli. Scott said he thinks the archive will benefit students. “We hope that it will be suitable for using for un dergraduates, teaching projects, people in classes, because it shows how an author made a career.” Scott said the archive will also benefit the university as a whole. “We have a special mission to col lect South Carolina material at this university, but every time we can get something which relates to some other area of the country, like Ellroy with California or Higgins with Boston or Heller with New York, we have empha sized that the university is a na tional university.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu f Bring Your Student ID and Receive 20% Off l Wednesday March 3 'i _^_ ■ Rental Rates Now Reduced!! STEREING UNIVERSITY t^yv'e/ifric&e' 215 Spencer Place 739-0899 www.sterlinghousing.com i /