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).

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.