The Marian Satré Textile History Collection consists of papers, photographs, oversize material and cassette recordings of interviews of textile leaders; many of whom were Clemson School of Textiles graduates. There are fifty-four interviews on cassette tapes.

There are twenty-eight folders pertaining to research interests and professional activities of Dean Hugh Brown and Professor T. A. Campbell, including two folders with material from J. C. Self pertaining to Greenwood Mills and a speech by his son "Mat" Self. There are five folders of photographs. There is one oversize folder containing an illustration of the operations of a cotton mill in Atlanta, Georgia from the April 16, 1881 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. This was donated by William P. Durst, one of the interviewees. Also included in the folder are two graphs and two statistical sheets pertaining to professors in the textile school (circa 1946-1949).

The collection also includes a manuscript prepared by Mrs. Satré: The Education of an Industry: Clemson V.S. Textiles: An Oral History by Marian Carter Satré which has been copyrighted by her.

For the interviews, Dr. Satré usually asked the following questions:

The fact that the textile industry has problems was addressed. Three issues on which most leaders commented upon were apparel imports, textile machinery made abroad, and increased automation. The Clemson graduates who were interviewed span a sixty year period, 1923-1983. The tapes recordings reflect changes in the textile industry, as well as at Clemson. The present and former professors and administrators who were interviewed were generally asked about their reason for coming to Clemson, their career path prior to Clemson, their research, as well as about changes they had observed in the School of Textiles and the textile industry and how they see the textile school interacting with industry.