Cooper, Robert Muldrow, 1887-1966
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1887 - 1966
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Clemson University Board of Trustees Records
Collection
Identifier: Series-0030
Scope and Contents
This series contains the records of the Board of Trustees of Clemson University. The records are found in files, volumes, publications and microfilm. Included in this series is information which may be categorized as follows: Athletics, Biographical Files, Board Activities, Board Materials, Board of Visitiors, Commission on Higher Education, Committees, Correspondence, Executive Secretary, and President. The records span the years of 1888-1991.The athletic subseries consists of...
Dates:
1888 - 2012
Edgar A. Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0091
Scope and Content
The papers document much of Senator Brown's political life in the Democratic Party at the county, state, and national levels. He served at the national level as executive committeeman, as a delegate to conventions, and as a long time representative on the Council of State Governments. The papers illuminate his prominence as President Pro Tempore and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1942-1972. Among his major interests were education, educational television, mental health,...
Dates:
1911-1975
Enoch Walter Sikes Presidential Records, Correspondence 1925-1931
Collection
Identifier: Series-0001
Scope and Contents
This series contains the correspondence files of Enoch Walter Sikes. Also found within the files are minutes of directors meetings, annual reports, departmental reports and budgets, employment agreements, photographs of some employees, and partial lists of cadets. Frequent correspondents include Clemson College Officials: H. W. Barre, director of research; F. H. H.Calhoun, director of teaching; W. W. Long, director of the extension service; H. M. Stackhouse, professor and...
Dates:
1925 - 1931
Frank Johnstone Jervey Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0072
Scope and Contents
The material in the Jervey Papers covers primarily the last thirty years of his life (1953-1983). The correspondence in the collection deals with such topics as fund raising, alumni relations, IPTAY and athletic affairs, and Jervey's personal activities. The collection contains correspondence with prominent South Carolina politicians such as James F. Byrnes, Ernest F. Hollings, L. Mendel Rivers, Strom Thurmond and Edgar Brown. Other notable correspondents in the Jervey Papers include Clemson...
Dates:
1925-1981
James Francis Byrnes Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0090
Abstract
The James F. Byrnes Papers document his career as a U.S. Senator, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War II, U.S. Secretary of State, and Governor of South Carolina. The papers show his close relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Byrnes helps him pass New Deal legislation during the Depression and then coordinates the homefront economy during the war, as well as accompanying Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference....
Dates:
1831 - 2007; 1933 - 1972
Series 2: Senatorial Series, 1924-1941, bulk dates 1933-1941, 1933 - 1941
Series
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of blueprints, charts, clippings, correspondence, cross-reference sheets, executive orders and drafts, financial documents, hearings, invitations, laws, legal documents, legislative bills, lists, maps, memos, notes, pamphlets, petitions, photographs, poems, postcards, press releases, regulations, reports, resolutions, speeches, telegrams, and testimonies.The materials in this series span the period 1924-1941, with the bulk of the items dating from the years...
Dates:
1924-1941, bulk dates 1933-1941; 1933 - 1941
Series 3: Supreme Court Series, 1918, 1940-1944, 1947, 1941 - 1942
Series
Scope and Contents note
The Supreme Court Series includes articles, booklets, correspondence, clippings, executive orders, laws, legislative bills, memoranda, notes, opinions (both draft and final versions), pamphlets, petitions, photographs, postcards, proclamations, receipts, speeches, and telegrams.This series covers the period 1918, 1940-1944, and 1947, with the bulk of it documenting cover Byrnes’ tenure on the United State Supreme Court from 1941 to 1942. Materials in this series are...
Dates:
1918, 1940-1944, 1947; 1941 - 1942
Series 8: Post-Gubernatorial Series, 1919, 1926, 1946-1976, bulk dates 1955-1968, 1955 - 1972
Series
Scope and Contents note
The Post-Gubernatorial Series consists of architectural drawings, articles, booklets, cards, clippings, correspondence, invitations, memoranda, notes, photographs, a poem, postcards, press releases, schedules, speeches, statements, tax forms, telegrams, and transcripts.The files in this series date from 1946 to 1976, with the bulk of the material covering the period from Byrnes’ retirement in January 1955 until 1968, four years before his death on April 9, 1972.Materials...
Dates:
1919, 1926, 1946-1976, bulk dates 1955-1968; 1955 - 1972
T. Wilbur Thornhill Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0047
Introduction
T. Wilbur "Buddy" Thornhill, was a South Carolinian, a Clemson graduate, a Captain in World War I, a business man, and public servant. He was always interested in educational, agricultural, and industrial development for South Carolina. These interests and his activities qualified him for his position on Clemson's Board of Trustees.
Dates:
1947 - 1969
- Type
- Collection 7
- Archival Object 3
- Subject
- Speeches (documents) 5
- Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 4
- Articles 3
- Bills (legislative records) 3
- College trustees -- South Carolina. 3
- Executive orders 3
- Laws (documents) 3
- Maps (documents) 3
- Petitions 3
- Photographs. 3
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 3
- Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
- Audiocassettes. 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History 2
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 2
- Economic development -- South Carolina. 2
- Greenville (S.C.) -- History 2
- Industrial mobilization -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
- Journals (accounts) 2
- Minutes 2
- Motion pictures (visual works) 2
- New Deal, 1933-1939 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1956 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968 2
- Scholarships -- South Carolina -- History 2
- Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 2
- Segregation -- South Carolina 2
- Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 2
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 2
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 2
- Transcripts 2
- United States -- Defenses -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century 2
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States. 2
- Account books 1
- Adult education -- South Carolina. 1
- Advertisements 1
- Advertising -- Insurance. 1
- Agriculture -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century 1
- Allendale County (S.C.) 1
- Annual reports 1
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- Artifacts (object genre) 1
- Audiotapes. 1
- Bamberg County (S.C.) 1
- Barnwell County (S.C.) 1
- Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
- Broadcasting -- History. -- South Carolina 1
- Broadcasting -- History. -- Southern States 1
- Broadcasting -- History. -- United States 1
- Broadcasting -- Southern States. 1
- Cable television. 1
- Cashbooks 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- College integration -- South Carolina 1
- Columbia (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Constitutional history -- United States 1
- Corporation law. 1
- Corporations -- Designs and plans. -- Headquarters -- South Carolina -- Greenville 1
- Corporations -- Finance. 1
- Corporations -- Growth. 1
- Corporations -- Headquarters -- South Carolina -- Greenville. 1
- Corporations -- Publishing. 1
- Cotton manufacture -- South Carolina. 1
- Cresap, McCormick, and Paget report. 1
- Cultural artifacts 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- South Carolina 1
- Draft -- Law and legislation 1
- Editorials 1
- Employees' manuals 1
- Evening and continuation schools -- South Carolina. 1
- Executive bulletin 1
- Executive departments -- Reorganization 1
- Festivals -- North Carolina. 1
- Florence (S.C.) -- History 1
- Forests and forestry -- South Carolina. 1
- Galley proofs 1
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
- Governors -- South Carolina 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1950 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Election -- 1962 1
- Governors -- South Carolina -- Inauguration 1
- Graphic arts 1
- Greenville (S.C.) -- Economic conditions. 1
- Greenville County (S.C.) -- Economic conditions. 1
- Greenville County (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Home office newsletter 1
- Hospitals -- History. -- South Carolina -- Greenville County 1
- Industrial management. 1
- Industrial publicity. 1
- Industries -- North Carolina. 1
- Industries -- South Carolina. 1
- Insurance -- History. -- South Carolina 1
- Insurance -- History. -- Southern States 1
- Insurance -- History. -- United States 1
- Insurance -- Public relations. 1
- Insurance companies -- History. -- North Carolina 1 ∧ less
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