Scope and Content Note This series contains an assortment of records of the Department of Textiles. The records were created by the heads of the department (Thomas Campbell 1960-1970, John Lundberg 1970-1972, Edwin Stearns 1972-1977, and Edward Vaughn, 1977-1982) and department members H. Betts Wilson (assistant professor of textiles and admissions counselor, 1947-1979) Edward Olson, and J. C. Hubbard.The oldest records of the series, those of H. Betts Wilson, consist of letters, clippings, textbooks...

Scope and Content Note This series contains the records of the Director of the Textile Research Department, Thomas D. Efland. The records include correspondence, publications, photographs, and research reports. The records span the years 1955-1969; they are arranged alphabetically by subject.The correspondence documents the operation and activities of the department under Rainey and Efland. Principal correspondents include executives of textile companies in the southeast, for example, J.P. Stevens and...

Abstract W.J. Megginson conducted a series of interviews with 17 residents of Calhoun, SC in 1988 and 1989 as part of research for a lecture entitled Calhoun, South Carolina: the Founding of the Town, its Early Years, and Its Relationship to Clemson Agricultural College, 1890-1910. The interviews focus on everyday life in the small town that developed around an upcountry South Carolina train depot in the early 1890's and for over 50 years was known as Calhoun before...