- Race relations.29
- African Americans--Civil rights--South Carolina.26
- Education.26
- Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-26
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.24
- Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.23
- Clyburn, James.22
- Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985.22
- Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992.22
- Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.18
- Benedict College.18
- Criminal justice, Administration of.17
- School integration.16
- Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969.15
- Public health.15
- Historic Columbia Foundation.14
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference.14
- Historic house museums.13
- Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011.13
- Young, Andrew, 1932-13