Scope and Content Note This series contains the files of the Athletic Council of Clemson University. The files were kept by the chairmen of the council: H. W. Barre, 1929-1934; Lee W. Milford, 1935-1946 and 1949-1953; R. R. Ritchie, 1947-1949 and 1954-1971; Kenneth Vickery, 1972-1982; and B. J. Skelton, 1982-1986.The series contains correspondence, memoranda, financial statements, audit reports, and publications.The major part of the series relates to athletic eligibility and the concurrent...

Scope and Content Note This series contains the files of the Athletic Department of Clemson University. The series contains correspondence, memoranda, general files, sports contracts, strength training records of varsity sports (a five percent sampling), blueprints and photographs.The bulk of the files is correspondence of the Athletic Director Bill McLellan, 1971-1985, Associate Athletic Director and Golf Coach Robert "Bobby" Robinson, 1973-1985; IPTAY Executive Secretary Joe Turner, 1980-1983; and...

Scope and Content

This series contains the records of the Department of Athletics. The records consist of correspondence, minutes, publications, reference files and reports.

Abstract

Writer and professional consultant Joseph C. Ellers conducted a series of research interviews in the mid 1980s for his book "Getting To Know Clemson University Is Quite An Education: Determination Makes Dreams Come True."

The interviews focus on key events that shaped the progress and development of Clemson University during the presidency of Robert C. Edwards (1958-1979).

Abstract The Rupert Howard Fike Papers are a valuable resource for researching athletics and athletics fundraising at Clemson College. Fike was a Clemson graduate and worked as a roentgenologist in Georgia and South Carolina. He was active in athletic affairs and helped found the athletic fundraising organization IPTAY (“I Pay Ten A Year”).The collection contains artifacts, correspondence, diplomas, a history, memoranda, photographs, reports, scrapbooks and other materials that document...

Scope and Contents The material in the Jervey Papers covers primarily the last thirty years of his life (1953-1983). The correspondence in the collection deals with such topics as fund raising, alumni relations, IPTAY and athletic affairs, and Jervey's personal activities. The collection contains correspondence with prominent South Carolina politicians such as James F. Byrnes, Ernest F. Hollings, L. Mendel Rivers, Strom Thurmond and Edgar Brown. Other notable correspondents in the Jervey Papers include Clemson...

Introduction

This collection consists mainly of Gaston G. Gage's correspondence relating to Clemson College, the School of Textiles, and his various personal interests. It includes several essays presented at the Clemson Forum Club. Gage's correspondence documents his career as a professor and dean at Clemson University, as well as his involvment in community and church affairs. There is some material related to his wife, Ruth Vardell Gage (1899-1981).

Scope and Contents IPTAY (I Pay Ten A Year) was founded in 1933 in order to help support and improve the athletic programs at Clemson College. These records consist of the files of Gene Willimon, who was Executive Secretary of IPTAY from 1950-1977. They include correspondence, 1950-1977; copies of Clemson Football programs during the period, 1964-1976; financial records related to the athletic program, 1950-1977; material on the 1957 Orange Bowl and the 1959 Sugar Bowl; and various IPTAY promotions and events....

Abstract

Clemson Professor Joseph L. Arbena conducted a series of interviews between the years 1980 and 1983 as part of research for a 1984 book that he helped edit titled IPTAY: The First Fifty Years. The interviews focus on the establishment and evolution of the IPTAY organization during the fifty year period 1934-1984.