The records include agendas, by-laws, contracts, correspondence, financial records, grant proposals, ledgers, membership lists, manuals of procedures, minutes, newsletters, personnel files, photographs, reports, slides and student attendance lists.

The records document the transformation of the Clemson Council on Human Relations from a broad based community civil rights organization into the Clemson Child Development Center with its emphasis on early child care and learning. The bulk of the material dates from 1968-1999 with inclusive dates of 1962-2003. The material is arranged into two series representing the two organizations and then alphabetically by folder title and chronologically within each folder. The Clemson Council on Human Relations records document early efforts to establish a day care center as well as some more general activities related to the promotion of civil rights in the local community and state. The Council worked with the local churches to encourage voter registration and improved living conditions for the local African American community. There is considerable documentation related to the funding of what became the Clemson Child Development Center along with many contracts with funding agencies. There are substantial records related to monthly meetings of the board along with financial records of the organization that include receipts for donations and tuition, ledgers of cash flow, and treasurer’s reports. There are some records related to the South Carolina Council on Human Relations as well as the Clemson Congregations In Touch organization and the Clemson Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. A significant portion of the records were created or received by Berniece Holt, who held numerous offices in both organizations. Additional records were created by Grace and Everett Laitala, who also served in a variety of offices in the organization, as well as the Directors and staff of the Clemson Child Development Center.

The Clemson Child Development Center records are primarily from the 1973-1996 with inclusive dates of 1968-2003.

They include administrative files related to the operation of a school and nutrition program for young children. The records document a variety of fund raising activities such as the tour of homes and applications to foundations and government agencies. The Council sponsored a recycling program in the Clemson area to raise money and reduce material sent to landfills. The Center’s board meeting records include agendas, minutes, and names of the Center’s officers and committee members.