Scope and Content Note This series contains files on personnel of the Cooperative Extension Service at Clemson College. The records span the years 1920-1963. The files contain rosters of workers, biographical information on individual workers, dates of employment of workers, terms and conditions of employment, salary data, and photographs of many employees. Some folders contain limited correspondence with the employee concerning retirement.While the bulk of records pertain to Clemson College employees,...

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This series contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, photographs, maps, and publications.

Scope and Content Note This series consists of correspondence and reference files of the office of Director and Associate Director of the Cooperative Extension Service. Represented in the series are files of Directors W. W. Long, 1914-1934; D. W. Watkins, 1934-1955; George B. Nutt, 1955-1969; Wayne T. O'Dell, 1969-1984; and Byron K. "Bud" Webb, 1984 to present; Associate Directors represented are Thomas W. Morgan, 1940-1966, and J. B. Copeland, 1966-1980.The bulk of material, correspondence with...

Scope and Content Note This series contains the records of the Cooperative Extension Service relating to field operations. The records span the period 1917-1985.Included in the series are reports of several types:1. Plan/program of work. These documents were produced by subject specialists and extension personnel in response to constituent needs. Plans of work outline the objectives and a course of action to follow in achieving those objectives for Extension work in each county in South...

Scope and Content Note This collection consists of more than 11,000 positive and negative images produced by the Cooperative Extension Service and South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station from the 1920s until the 1970s. A few images made before 1930 were not produced by the Service but were acquired and maintained with the collection. Many of the images appeared in publications issued by the Extension Service.The bulk of images documents activities relating to agriculture; the remainder relates...

Scope and Content Note This series consists of reference files relating to Cooperative Extension Service programs of the USDA and Clemson University. The files, which date from 1930-1984, consist of correspondence, reports, speeches, newspaper clippings, and inservice training materials. Documented are programs, workshops, and conferences on the state, regional, and national levels. The files originated in the offices of W. I. Golden and R. Lynn Harwell, State Leaders of Agricultural Programs; R. C. Hubbard,...

Scope and Content Note This series contains publications and ephemeral material produced by the Cooperative Extension Service. Many of these publications relate to agriculture, homemaking, gardening, marketing, and other subject areas. They are distributed mainly by local county Extension agents, and are also available from the Clemson University Bulletin Room in Poole Agricultural Center. Authors of these publications are faculty members of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences.It...

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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).

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This collection contains the original work sheet, galleys, and final proof sheets for A Dutch Fork Farm Boy. There are also specialist's drafts (William J. Barker; F.H.H. Calhoun; G.H. Collings; H.P. Cooper; J.B. Douthit; Thomas C. Peele; Gilbert C. Robinson; Hubert J. Webb), research notes, work sheets, drafts, galleys, and printer's copy for a book on conservation, Our Land Is Our Life.

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Robert Richardson Coker had a distinguished career as a leader in agriculture and business and served as a life trustee of Clemson University. The correspondence, memos, minutes, newspaper clippings and other materials relate to his participation as a member of the Board of Trustees and various matters that came to its attention.