Harold Cheatham's papers span his active career in higher education and public service. They include numerous published writings, some unpublished writings, presentations and speeches, business correspondence, photographs, news clippings and certificates. In addition there are case files and correspondence related to two discrimination suits brought by him in the 1970s.
Typescript senior thesis, "A Brief History of the Calhoun-Clemson High School," May 1, 1934, submitted as part requirement for the B.S. Degree. Sources of references included Clemson College professors Alester G. Holmes, Williston Klugh, Samuel M. Martin and Jack H. Mitchell.
Henry George Carrison was a civic leader, businessman, and plantation owner in Camden, South Carolina. Original account books, letter press copies of correspondence, and financial transactions indicate that H.G. Carrison was the owner of large pieces of property and businesses, including the Hermitage Cotton Mills, in Camden.
The collection consists of 234 original letters from leading American and European botanists and agriculturists, mostly concerning the whole flora of his locality near the Santee Canal, fungi, grapes, and other plants. The correspondents usually request or acknowledge specimens. There is a list of correspondents, and it includes Alvan Wentworth Chapman, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke and Moses A. Curtis.
