Edwards, Robert C. (Robert Cook)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1914-
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
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
Robert C. Edwards Speeches and Writings
Collection
Identifier: Series-0014
Scope and Content
This series contains the speeches and press releases of Robert C. Edwards, Vice-President for Development, 1956-1958; Acting President, 1958-1959; and President of Clemson University, 1959-1979. The speeches fall into the general categories of agriculture, Clemson University, education, organizations, society, and South Carolina. The topics include building dedications at Clemson, the state of agriculture in South Carolina and associated economic problems, the state of education and progress...
Dates:
1956 - 1979; 1960 - 1979
Robert F. Poole Presidential Records
Collection
Identifier: Series-0005
Scope and Contents
This series contains the general and subject correspondence of Robert Franklin Poole. The bulk of correspondence deals with the development of Clemson College and its various programs, for example, training of agricultural teachers, the school of architecture, a nuclear science program, silk production, research involving the use of bamboo as reinforcement for concrete, and the army engineering program. A number of letters concern the development and use of lands for various purposes, for...
Dates:
1940 - 1958
Robert Richardson Coker Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0297
Abstract
Robert Richardson Coker had a distinguished career as a leader in agriculture and business and served as a life trustee of Clemson University. The correspondence, memos, minutes, newspaper clippings and other materials relate to his participation as a member of the Board of Trustees and various matters that came to its attention.
Dates:
1888-1988 1972-1987; 1972 - 1987
School of Textiles Dean's Office Records
Collection
Identifier: Series-0047
Scope and Content Note
The files within this series originated in Dean's Office of the School of Textiles. The series consists of the files of Dean H. H. Willis (1934-1943), Dean Robert K. Eaton (Acting Dean, 1943-1945), Dean Hugh M. Brown (1945-1957), and Dean Gaston Gage (1957-1963). Files are arranged chronologically by the academic school year and within years, alphabetically. The bulk of the material consists of general correspondence between the deans, textile businessmen, Clemson faculty and staff,...
Dates:
1927 - 1963; 1933 - 1963
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
Series 11: Posthumous Series, 1947, 1969-1981, 1988, 2007, bulk dates 1972-1973, 1972 - 1973
Series
Scope and Contents note
The Posthumous Series consists of articles, booklets, a chronology, clippings, correspondence, diagrams, editorials, a eulogy, a guest book, legal documents, lists, a manual, newsletters, an obituary, photographs, press releases, programs, publications, research papers, resolutions, telegrams, a transcript, and testimonials.Items in this series cover the period 1947, 1969-1981 and 1988. The bulk of the material dates from 1972-1973 and document Byrnes’ funeral and tributes made...
Dates:
1947, 1969-1981, 1988, 2007, bulk dates 1972-1973; 1972 - 1973
Strom Thurmond Collection, Jean Crouch Thurmond Series
Series — Box: 1-19
Identifier: Mss-0100-06
Scope and Content Note
The Jean Crouch Thurmond series primarily covers the period 1947-1960, from her courtship with Governor Thurmond to her death. The records are divided into five subseries: Wedding Correspondence, General Correspondence, General Subject File, Illness/Sympathy, and three oversize volumes of Scrapbooks. The Wedding Correspondence (Subseries A, 1947; .75 cu. ft.) is arranged alphabetically. This subseries contains correspondence concerning the pending Thurmond-Crouch marriage and open house...
Dates:
1879-1995 1915-1992; 1915 - 1992
Strom Thurmond Collection Photographs
Series
Identifier: Mss-0100-27
Abstract
This series consists primarily of black-and-white photographs documenting the political life of United States Senator Strom Thurmond. The Photographs Series document Strom Thurmond's early years, his family and careers. These are photographs of Strom Thurmond as a baby, his parents, his siblings, as well as the Edgefield home where he was raised. There are also photographs documenting his rise in public life, showing Thurmond as a college student, teacher and coach, state senator, circuit...
Dates:
1900-1995
Strom Thurmond Collection, Pinks Series
Series — roll: 1-101, reel-frame: 0090 - 01363
Identifier: Mss-0100-25
Abstract
The Pinks series was the cross-reference file for subject correspondence generated by Senator Strom Thurmond's office for the period 1954-1976 before the introduction of the centralized Correspondence Management System by the Senate Computer Center in 1976. The original cross-reference files consisted of pink colored carbon paper copies-hence, the "Pinks" series.
Dates:
1954-1976
- Type
- Collection 34
- Archival Object 2
- Subject
- Photographs. 7
- Articles 4
- Audiocassettes. 4
- College trustees -- South Carolina. 4
- Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 4
- Scrapbooks. 4
- South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 4
- Textile industry -- South Carolina. 4
- Affirmative action programs -- South Carolina. 3
- Agriculture -- South Carolina. 3
- Civil rights -- South Carolina. 3
- Forests and forestry -- South Carolina. 3
- Hobcaw Barony (S.C.) 3
- Land use -- South Carolina. 3
- Microfilms 3
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960 3
- Speeches (documents) 3
- Transcripts 3
- Agricultural extension work -- South Carolina. 2
- Agriculture and state -- South Carolina. 2
- Civil rights -- United States -- History 2
- Economic development -- South Carolina. 2
- Editorials 2
- Governors -- South Carolina 2
- Maps (documents) 2
- Minutes 2
- Motion pictures (visual works) 2
- Political campaigns -- South Carolina. 2
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1956 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 -- Race relations. 2
- Taxation -- United States. 2
- Textile Schools -- South Carolina. 2
- Water resources development -- South Carolina 2
- Advertisements 1
- Agricultural colleges. 1
- Agricultural extension work. 1
- Agricultural extension workers -- Training of -- South Carolina. 1
- Agricultural innovations -- South Carolina. 1
- Agricultural price supports -- United States. 1
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Carolina. 1
- Agriculture -- Economic aspects. 1
- Agriculture -- Research -- South Carolina. 1
- Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Agriculture -- United States. 1
- Allendale County (S.C.) 1
- Architects -- Biography. -- South Carolina 1
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
- Architecture -- Periodicals. 1
- Architecture -- Study and teaching -- South Carolina. 1
- Architecture -- Study and teaching. 1
- Artifacts (object genre) 1
- Athletics -- South Carolina. 1
- Audiotapes. 1
- Bamberg County (S.C.) 1
- Barnwell County (S.C.) 1
- Bills (legislative records) 1
- Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
- Camp Hope (Clemson, S.C.) 1
- Ceramics in surgery. 1
- Certificates 1
- City planning -- South Carolina -- Greenville. 1
- Civil rights -- United States. 1
- Clemson (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Clemson Experimental Forest (S.C.) 1
- Clemson Experimental Forest (S.C.) -- History. 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- Coastal zone management -- South Carolina. 1
- Cold War 1
- College integration -- South Carolina 1
- College sports -- South Carolina. 1
- Community colleges. 1
- Computer literacy. 1
- Cotton -- Grading. 1
- Cotton -- Research -- United States. 1
- Cotton -- Testing. 1
- Cotton growing -- South Carolina. 1
- Cotton manufacture -- South Carolina. 1
- Cotton spinning. 1
- Cotton textile industry -- South Carolina. 1
- Cresap, McCormick, and Paget report. 1
- Debidue Beach (S.C.) 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
- Dyes and dyeing -- Cotton. 1
- Economic development -- Southern States 1
- Education -- South Carolina. 1
- Educational television stations -- South Carolina. 1
- Electric utilities -- Southern States. 1
- Eulogies 1
- Executive orders 1
- Farm management. 1
- Farm produce -- Marketing. -- South Carolina 1
- Forestry schools and education -- South Carolina. 1
- Galley proofs 1
- Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 1 ∧ less
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