Abstract

This series contains some of the material/records produced by the College of Architecture

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).

Scope and Contents This series contains the general and subject correspondence of Robert Franklin Poole. The bulk of correspondence deals with the development of Clemson College and its various programs, for example, training of agricultural teachers, the school of architecture, a nuclear science program, silk production, research involving the use of bamboo as reinforcement for concrete, and the army engineering program. A number of letters concern the development and use of lands for various purposes, for...