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, government employees, and students.

Correspondence between the deans and textile businessmen include discussions about new techniques and processes within the textile industry, ideas for solving procedural and mechanical problems within a particular plant, donations of machinery or supplies, and requests for graduates for jobs.

Correspondence between the deans and Clemson faculty and administration consist of information about faculty salaries, faculty contracts, class enrollment, student grades, faculty research projects, faculty visits to nearby mills, and progress reports on research and classes. Also included is correspondence between the deans and the presidents of Clemson (E. W. Sikes and R. F. Poole), the business managers, the superintendent of buildings and grounds, and the registrars.

Of particular interest during Horace H. Willis' time as dean (1927-1943) are files containing information about the construction of a new and larger textile building on the Clemson campus (1936-1937) and the dedication of the building (1951). Also included in Willis' files are reports and contracts about various research projects with the U. S. Department of Agriculture as well as textile companies across the country. The files also document the controversy about Willis serving on the South Carolina Industrial Relations Board and his participation in negotiations of a mill strike in 1933-1934.

Within the records of each dean are files that note important trends and developments as well as noteworthy projects and programs. Files of interest while Robert K. Eaton (1943-1945) served as acting dean discuss the effect which World War II had on the School of Textile and the Textile Industry. The files of Hugh M. Brown (1945-1957) contain information about the expansion of the Knitting Program as well as the Textile chemistry program. Other files of importance contain yearly reports to the J. E. Sirrine Textile Foundation detailing the accomplishments and growth of the School of Textiles. Within Brown's files is information about the dedication of the Sirrine Textile Building in 1951. Of particular interest in Dean Gaston G. Gage's files (1957-1963) is information about the Pilot Plant at Clemson which, with the aid of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, operated research programs and the establishment of the Textile Research Department.

Other correspondence involves the deans and governmental agencies, which contracted the School of Textiles to complete governmental research projects. The deans' correspondence with students include applications, information about jobs, and alumni news and information. [These topics of correspondence among the various deans and these people (mentioned above) appear throughout the files from 1933-1963.]

Other files within this series contain minutes of the deans and directors meeting, minutes of the Textile School faculty meetings, reports for press releases, articles for the Clemson News Bureau, information about scholarships, various reports from national, regional, and local textile organizations, course schedules, library book lists, and catalogs.