Donald M. McKale Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0292
These papers contain materials from two works that Professor McKale was involved with writing and editing: "Destined for Duty: The Clemson Class of 1941" and "Tradition: A History of the Presidency of Clemson University.
The material corresponding to "Destined for Duty: The Clemson Class of 1941" includes correspondence, index research cards with information taken from The Tiger newspaper publication (1937-1945), miscellaneous research notes, and questionnaires that were sent to members of the Clemson College class of 1941.
Material related to Tradition: A History of the Presidency of Clemson University includes caricatures by Kate Sally Palmer depicting Clemson University founder and presidents Thomas Green Clemson through Max Lennon, biographical research regarding members of the Clemson Board of Trustees, correspondence, manuscript draft chapters, news clippings, and a final copy of the published manuscript.
Donald M. McKale was born on October 24, 1943, the son of Donald V. and Mildred (Wedd) McKale. He received a B.S. from Iowa State University in 1966, an M.A. from the University of Missouri in 1967, and a Ph. D. from Kent State University in 1970.
From 1970-1979 McKale taught at Georgia College-Milledgeville and from 1979-present (2006) has been a professor of History at Clemson University.
McKale, as a writer and critical reviewer, contributed to publications such as Research Studies, Jewish Social Studies, International Review of History and Political Science, Journal of European Studies, Choice, and the Journal of Contemporary History. In addition to the above, McKale authored the following: The Nazi Party Courts: Hitler's Management of Conflict in His Movement, 1921-1945; The Swastika Outside Germany; Hitler: The Survival Myth; Curt Pruefor: German Diplomat from the Kaiser to Hitler; and War by Revolution: Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I
1.8 Cubic Feet (7 boxes)
English
Donald M. McKale, Class of '41 Memorial Professor of the Humanities, has been a writer, educator, and researcher at Clemson University since 1979. The material in this collection documents research conducted in preparation for the publication of Destined for Duty: The Clemson Class of 1941 and Tradition: A History of the Presidency of Clemson University.
Received from Donald M. McKale on August 21, 1992. Originally accessioned as 92-76
This collection was processed by Carl Redd, Project Archivist in July 2006.
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 Carl Redd.
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