Abstract

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.

Description: This series contains three folders of material related to Henry Aubrey Strode, President of Clemson College, 1890-1892. The folders contain a small amount of correspondence between Strode and Richard W. Simpson, the attorney who probated the Thomas Green Clemson estate and the first president of the Board of Trustees, about the operation of the college. Also included is biographical information about Strode’s interest in mathematics and academia; Confederate Army records which catalog...

Scope and Content Note The records of the Office of the Vice President for Administration consist almost exclusively of material created during 1985-1992 when General Hugh Clausen served in this position. The series consists of subject files related to the Vice President's activities and is arranged alphabetically by folder title. There is some descriptive continuity of the subjects and folder titles with Series 61 A. Max Lennon President's Records. A folder of photographs is located at the end of the unrestricted...

Scope and Content Note This series contains the records of the office of Walter Merritt Riggs, President of Clemson College 1909-1924. The series is divided into two parts: correspondence, which is arranged chronologically, and collected material, arranged alphabetically.The correspondence falls into the general categories of administration, cadet life, and institutional development. Within these respective categories the topics deal with specific issues such as budget requests, requests for raises,...