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Walter Thompson Cox Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0300
Abstract This manuscript collection contains material donated by Walter Thompson Cox, longtime Dean of Students (1955-1985) and tenth President of Clemson University (July 1986-March 1987). His tenure saw the enrollment of Clemson increase significantly; he presided over important milestones such as the transition from a military college into a major university, the admission of women, and the peaceful desegregation of the student body. In addition to documenting his ongoing efforts to promote...
Dates: 1909 - 2006

Enoch Walter Sikes Presidential Records - Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Series-0002
Scope and Contents This series contains the correspondence and related photographs of E. W. Sikes as President and President Emeritus. Frequent correspondents include members of the Board of Trustees: Paul Quattlebaum and James F. Byrnes; J. Rion McKissick, President of the University of South Carolina and Shelton Phelps, President of Winthrop College; and Olin D. Johnston, Governor of South Carolina. Topics of the letters concern tuition costs, interstate trade, a fertilizer audit and...
Dates: 1932 - 1941

Santee-Cooper Navigation and Hydro-Electric Project

 Collection — Reel: 1
Identifier: Mss-0212
Scope and Contents The material on the reel is from the files of the Public Works Administration (PWA) pertaining to the Santee-Cooper Power Project. The reel includes a copy of Act 887 which established the South Carolina Public Service Authority for the Project in 1934 and technical charts which contain supporting data pertaining to the construction of the Project. A portion of the reel is devoted to R.M. Jefferies, Sr., and W.J. McLeod, Jr.'s defense of their costs while serving as General Counsel to the...
Dates: 1934 - 1943