This series contains records of the Department of Agricultrual Economics and Rural Sociology. The records consist of correspondence, reserach reports and publications produced by the departmetn. Included in the series are reserach files of professors Harold Harris, Lynn Harwell, Johnny Jordan, Max Loyd, Edward McLean, Robert Pomeroy, James Rathwell, C. Parr Rosson, Dan Smith, Russell Sutton, William Tinsley, and Byron Webb.

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).