Marian Satré Textile History Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0151
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.
In 1984, as Clemson University approached its centennial, an oral history project was under taken as part of a proposed history of its school of Textiles and the school's relationship with the United States textile industry. Dr. Marian Satré, an adjunct History professor at Clemson, was commissioned to do the oral history interviews and prepare a history. By 1985, Dr. Satré had prepared this history which was never published. In 1989, she donated to the Clemson University Libraries material obtained while preparing the oral history.
The study of textiles began at Clemson University in 1898. Since then Clemson has educated many of the leaders of this industry, particularly in South Carolina. The School of Textiles has gone through several reorganizations which reflect changes in its curricula in order to better serve the needs of the industry.
2 Cubic Feet (8 boxes containing 102 cassettes, 3 boxes of records, 1 box of photographs, and 1 oversize folder)
English
Dr. Marian Satré donated the collection in 1989. The accession number is 89-170.
2 cubic feet (8 boxes containing 102 cassettes, 3 boxes of records, 1 box of photographs, and 1 oversize folder)
Ms. Nancy Keller processed the collection and prepared the register in 1993 with the assistance of Bryan Ford and Nita Poston as part of the South Carolina Textile Records Research Access Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
The conversion of this finding aid to Encoded Archival Description format was made possible with a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board in 2009-2010. The finding aid was prepared for encoding by Jen Bingham.
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