Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888
Dates
- Existence: 1807 - 1888
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Clemson biography
Clemson University Board of Trustees Records
Enoch Walter Sikes Presidential Records - Speeches and Writings
Ernest McPherson Lander Papers
Ethel Mitchell collection
Floride Isabella Lee, By Her Next Friend, Gideon Lee, Complainant, Against Richard W. Simpson, Defendant, 1889 in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Fourth Circuit-District of South Carolina: Documents, 1856-1894
This collection documents Gideon Lee's April 22, 1889 suit on behalf of his minor daughter, Floride Isabella Lee in order to contest the will of the late Thomas Green Clemson, who had died on April 6, 1888. Thomas Green Clemson had made it known through the codicil to his will that on the Fort Hill estate would be established an agricultural college. Floride Isabella Lee, being Clemson's only surviving heir, made an attempt through litigation to block this action.
Holmes Collection
J. C. Littlejohn Collection
This collection consists mainly of material compiled by J. C. Littlejohn for a history of Clemson College. He died before completing this project. It is a rich source of documentation on every aspect of Clemson, from information on the Calhoun and Clemson families to student life and college administration.
John C. Calhoun Papers
Littlejohn Family Papers
James Corcoran Littlejohn worked at Clemson College from the time he graduated in 1908 until his retirement in 1954. He was the college's first register beginning in 1910 and its first business manager beginning in 1926. The bulk of the papers are related to his career. His daughter Mary Katherine Littlejohn added some material related to her own life as well as posthumous material concerning her father.
- Type
- Collection 12
- Unprocessed Material 1
- Subject
- Fort Hill Plantation (S.C.) 7
- Calhoun Gold Mine (Ga.) 2
- College trustees -- South Carolina. 2
- Agricultural colleges. 1
- Agriculture -- History -- 19th century. -- South Carolina 1
- Banks and banking -- History. -- South Carolina 1
- Banks and banking -- History. -- United States 1
- Baptists -- History. -- South Carolina 1
- Citizenship. 1
- Clemson University -- History 1
- Correspondence. 1
- Diaries. 1
- Dwellings -- South Carolina. 1
- Farmers -- Training of. 1
- Freedmen 1
- Gold mines and mining -- History. -- Georgia -- Lumpkin County 1
- Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 1
- Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- South Carolina. 1
- Historic buildings -- South Carolina. 1
- Legal documents 1
- Legal files 1
- Lutherans -- South Carolina. 1
- Methodists -- South Carolina. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion. 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848. 1
- Military education. 1
- Nullification (States' rights) 1
- Photographs. 1
- Presbyterians -- South Carolina. 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1824 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1828 1
- Railroads -- Design and construction. -- South Carolina 1
- Railroads -- Design and construction. -- United States 1
- Religious education. 1
- Rice farmers -- South Carolina. 1
- Slave trade -- United States. 1
- Slavery -- Extension to the territories. -- United States 1
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- Hispaniola. 1
- South Carolina -- Biography. 1
- South Carolina -- History. 1
- South Carolina -- Pictorial works. 1
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. 1
- States' rights (American politics) 1
- Student ethics. 1
- Tariff -- United States. 1
- Transportation -- United States. 1
- United States -- Foreign relations. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. 1
- Women -- Social conditions 1 ∧ less