Mailing Address:
Special Collections
College of Charleston Library
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
Phone:
(843) 953-8016
Title: Theodore Sanders Stern Papers
Collection #: 0081
Dates: 1933-1999
Size: 8 linear feet
Biographical Note: President of the College of Charleston, 1968-1978; retired Navy Captain and former commanding officer of the Naval Supply Center, Charleston (S.C.); alumnus of Johns Hopkins University; civic leader.
Scope and Content Note: This group of personal papers relates primarily to Stern's active participation in civic organizations. The collection is broken into two sections with Part A dealing with his civic activities while he was President of the College of Charleston (Charleston, S.C.) and Part B containing information about his continuing involvement in community organizations after his retirement from the College in 1979.
Part A of this collection is largely about Stern's volunteer work with Charleston civic organizations including, but not limited to the following:
(1) Boy Scouts of America (as President of the Coastal Carolina Council and as a member of the Regional Executive Committee).
(2) Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce (as a member of its Board of Directors; Chairman, Steering Committee for Trident 2000; Chairman, Trident Area Human Services Council; and Chairman, Trident Forum for the Handicapped).
(3) Rotary Club (President, Rotary Club of Charleston; Governor, Rotary District 774).
(4) United Way of Charleston (Chairman).
(5) First Presbyterian Church (Elder).
Part A also includes files of general correspondence from 1965-1978, a separate correspondence with Robert Moses (a New York administrator and a cousin of Stern), and information relating to Stern's Naval career from 1940- 1968.
Part B includes extensive files on the study for a proposed merger of the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina in 1980-1981, general correspondence largely dating from 1979-1999, recent honors and awards, and photographs.
The records of Stern's presidency are described separately as part of the College of Charleston Archives and the records of his work with Spoleto Festival, USA are primarily in the Spoleto Archives. Additional information is available in a separately described collection of Stern's scrapbooks.
Subject Headings:
Stern, Theodore Sanders.
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007 -- Correspondence.
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 -- Correspondence.
Boy Scouts of America.
Charleston Chamber of Commerce (Charleston, S.C.)
Charleston Trident Chamber of Commerce.
College of Charleston.
College of Charleston -- Presidents.
First Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.)
Naval Supply Center (Charleston, S.C.)
Rotary Club (Charleston, S.C.)
Trident United Way (Charleston, S.C.)
University of Charleston, South Carolina.
Inventory:
BOX 1
Biographical notes 1/0
Part A: Personal papers while President of the College of Charleston
Boy Scouts of America-Coastal Carolina Council
Annual Meeting 1/1
Council Offices 1/2
Executive Board 1/3
Financial Statements 1/4
General Correspondence 1/5
Jamboree Committee 1/6
Survey of Employee Benefits 1/7
Survey Study Report 1/8
Summaries and Monthly Reports 1/9
Sustaining Membership 1/10
The United Way 1/11
Volunteer Structure 1/12
Management of Goals 1/13
Newsletter-Region Six 1/14
Operational Manuals 1/15
Regional and National Meeting 1/16
A Report from Scout Executive Alden Barber to
Council President 1/17
BOX 2
School Night for Scout Program 2/1
Southeast Region
Boy Power Report, 1974 2/2
Directory, 1974 2/3
General Correspondence 2/4
Governor Round-Up 2/5
Minutes 2/6
Regional Manpower Resources
Committee 2/7
Scout Executive 2/8
Silver Antelope Awards 2/9
Scout Report 2/10
BOX 3
Charleston Boys Council 3/1
Charleston Committee for Day Care Meeting 3/2
Charleston County Consolidated Government
& Citizens Assistance Committee 3/3
Charleston County Opportunity Commission 3/4
Charleston County School Board Workshop 3/5
Charleston County School District 3/6
Federal Executive Council Committee for the
selection of the Employee of the year, 1969 3/7
Charleston Jaycees, 1969 3/8
Charleston Trident Chambers of Commerce
Energy Crisis Task Force 3/9
BOX 4
General Correspondence
July 1971-1973 4/1
July 1 1973 4/2
High School Business Symposium-June 1969 4/3
Human Resources Committee 4/4
Minutes-- July 29, 1971-December 20, 1974 4/5
BOX 5
Citizens Committee for Consolidated Governments 5/1
Clemson Honors Day, June 1971 5/2
Council Environmental Quality--Public Hearing,
October 17 1973 5/3
Distinguished Citizens Dinner--Mark Clark 5/4
Advisory Committee 5/5
BOX 6
Girl Scouts of America--Carolina Lowcountry Girl Scouts Inc.
General Correspondence
1966-67 6/1
1968-69 6/2
1970-71 6/3
Heart Fund Drive 6/4
High School Student Council Award 6/5
John Hopkins University
General Correspondence 6/6
Printed Materials 6/7
Jackson, Henry (Senator) 6/8
Johnson, Mitchell 6/9
BOX 7
Moses, Robert
General Correspondence
1969 7/1
1970 7/2
1972 7/3
1973 7/4
BOX 8
1974 8/1
Park East News 8/2
Publications 8/3
BOX 9
New York Trip 9/1
Newell William 9/2
Oil Reserves
1961-1969 9/4
1969-1970 9/5
Opportunity Panel 9/6
Peden Steel Company Speech, July 1971 9/7
BOX 10
Porter-Gaud School
Father's Association 10/1
General Correspondence 10/2
List of Names 10/3
Printed Materials 10/4
Rotary Club
Board of Directors Materials 10/5
Committees, 1972-1974 10/6
Committee Report 10/7
BOX 11
Foundation 11/1
North Charleston Chapter 11/2
President File 11/3
Program Committee 11/4
St. Paul High School 1969 11/5
The Society of Chartered Property and Casualty
Underwriters, S.C. Chapter 11/6
S.C. Commission on Alcoholism 11/7
S.C. Mechanical Contractors Association Materials 11/8
S.C. Realtors, September 18, 1969 11/9
S.C. Textile Manufacturers Association Materials 11/10
S.C. Travel Mission to South America 11/11
BOX 12
Speech File 12/1
Speeches and Notes 12/2
R.B. Stall High School 12/3
S.C. Tricentennial Commission--
General Correspondence 12/4
Trident Forum for the Handicapped
By-Laws 12/5
1968-1970 12/6
1971 12/7
BOX 13
Misc. Printed Material 13/1
United Community Services Materials 13/2
United Fund Materials 13/3
United Way of South Carolina
General Correspondence 13/4
Planning Board 13/5
BOX 14
General Correspondence
1972 14/1
1973 14/2
1974 14/3
Young People's Art Show, September 1970 14/4
YWCA Advisory Panel 14/5
BOX 15
Personal Correspondence
1965-1966 15/1
1967 15/2
January-September 1968 15/3
October 1968 15/4
BOX 16
Bell Haven Road 16/1
Commendations 16/2
Estate of Bertha Stern (Mother) 16/3
Lake Bluff Home 16/4
3308 Palm Blvd. Isle of Palms, S.C. 16/5
Trip to Europe 16/6
United States Navy
1941-1959 16/7
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Course materials 16/8
Use of Automatic Data
Processing Systems and
Communications Networks to Strengthen
Repair Parts Control by Commander Theodore
S. Stern, 1958-1959 16/9
Retirement, 1968 16/10
BOX 17
Personal Business Affairs 17/1
First Scot Presbyterian Church
General Correspondence
1971-72 17/2
1973-74 17/3
Fund Raising 17/4
"The Future of Coal" (speech) 17/5
Life Insurance Policy 17/7
Miscellaneous Certificates 17/8
BOX 18
Sales and Marketing Executives Award 18/1
Statement Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust &
Monopoly-United States Senate Hearing 18/2
Strategic Air Command Headquarters Tour 18/3
USS Sims Commissioning 18/4
Personal Recommendations-1969-1974 18/5
BOX 19
Part B: Personal Papers Dating Primarily from 1979-1999 (added in 1999)
Study for a University of Charleston to be created by combining
the College of Charleston and the Medical University
of
South Carolina, 1980-1981. Four files include the
material
sent to all members of the Task Force and personal
letters
from Dewey Wise 19/1-4
BOX 20
Correspondence
Solomon Blatt, 1976-1977 20/1
Arleigh Burke, 1963-1977 (with inscribed photo)
20/2
Homer Burrous, 1993 20/3A
Mrs. Ruby Cornwell (with photos by Maria M. Richardson)
20/3B
Frances Edmunds, 1975 20/4
James B. Edwards, 1978-1998 (with photos of Prince
Charles) 20/5
R. Philip Haynes, Jr., 1993 20/6
John W. Kessler, 1985 20/7
J. C. Long, 1978 20/8
Francis ("Chip") Menotti, 1991 20/9
Gian Carlo Menotti
Kennedy Center Honors, 1984 20/10A
Household inventory, 1991 20/10B
John Fremont Merrill, 1966 20/11
David Rawle, 1990 20/12
Joseph P. Riley, Jr., 1972-1998 (with inscribed
photo) 20/13
Mendel Rivers, 1968 20/14A
Cliff Robertson, 1993 20/14B
Dean Rusk, 1975 20/15
Alexander M. Sanders, Jr., 1992-1993 20/16
Strom Thurmond, 1975-1978 20/17
Charles S. Way, Jr., 1993 20/18
Elizabeth Jenkins Young (Mrs. Joseph), 1975 20/19
General Correspondence 20/20
BOX 21
Honors and Awards (partial)
Stern Center dedication, 1975 21/1
Johns Hopkins University-Distinguished Alumnus Award
21/2
Malcolm D. Haven Award, 1998 21/3
National Governors' Association-Distinguished Service
to State Government 21/4
Presbyterian College-honorary doctorate 21/5
Rotary International-Paul Harris Fellow 21/6
South Carolina State College Board-Appreciation
Ceremony, 1978 21/7
United States Navy
Dedication of Automated
Data Processing
Building, Charleston, 1978 21/8
Supply Corp Association-Distinguished
Alumni
Award, 1993 21/9
Misc. certificates 21/10
Miscellaneous
Speeches 21/11
Photographs (including Dr. and Mrs. Stern and Gov.
James
B. Edwards) 21/12
Drawing of the entrance to the Bishop Smith House
by H. Hoffmann-Kiefaber,
1975 21/13
Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission's Study of
Public Schools in Charleston County 21/14
Opinion survey on public education for Trident 2000;
1980 21/15
Acknowledgments for contributions 21/16
Hullabaloo, 1934 (Theodore S. Stern, Editor-in-Chief)
21/17