Edwards, Robert C. (Robert Cook)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1914-
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Robert C. Edwards Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0285
Abstract
Robert C. Edwards had a distinguished career in the textile industry from 1933-1942 and 1946-1956. In 1956, he returned to his alma mater, Clemson College as Vice President for Development. Upon the sudden death of President Robert F. Poole in 1958, Edwards was chosen as Acting President and elected the eighth President the following year. During his twenty-one year administration, Clemson College changed dramatically: University status was acquired, African Americans and women were...
Dates:
1942-1979, undated
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- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
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- Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 1
- Segregation -- South Carolina 1
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- Segregation in education -- South Carolina 1
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 1
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 1
- Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
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- Transcripts 1
- United Nations -- History -- 20th century 1
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- United States -- Economic policy. 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 1
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