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Robert C. Edwards Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Series-0011
Scope and Content Note This series consists primarily of the general and subject correspondence of Robert C. Edwards. Also contained in the series are reference materials used in the administration of the office of President. The bulk of files falls into the following categories:1. Administrative staff members files: These records relate to administrative staff members who ended their service to Clemson College during the late 1950s or early 1960s. Depending upon a staff member's length of service,...
Dates: 1927 - 1980; 1959 - 1965
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert C. Edwards Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Series-0012
Scope and Content Note This series contains the correspondence and reference files maintained by the Office of the President. The files deal with a variety of topics, among them, the Athletic Council and correspondence from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association about the passage of the "1.600 rule" and the "800 rule". Minutes of the Athletic Council and other correspondence record the opposition of Clemson and the University of South Carolina to the ACC...
Dates: 1930 - 1979; 1966 - 1979
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert C. Edwards Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Series-0013
Scope and Content This series contains the correspondence and reference files maintained by the office of the President. Although the files deal with topics too numerous to describe in great detail, the files may be divided into the following general categories: instructional programs and facilities development, relations with the state of South Carolina, and student affairs.1. Instructional programs and facilities developmentEfforts to improve the quality of programs and instruction at...
Dates: 1960 - 1979; 1971 - 1979
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert C. Edwards Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0285
Abstract Robert C. Edwards had a distinguished career in the textile industry from 1933-1942 and 1946-1956. In 1956, he returned to his alma mater, Clemson College as Vice President for Development. Upon the sudden death of President Robert F. Poole in 1958, Edwards was chosen as Acting President and elected the eighth President the following year. During his twenty-one year administration, Clemson College changed dramatically: University status was acquired, African Americans and women were...
Dates: 1942-1979, undated
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert C. Edwards Speeches and Writings

 Collection
Identifier: Series-0014
Scope and Content This series contains the speeches and press releases of Robert C. Edwards, Vice-President for Development, 1956-1958; Acting President, 1958-1959; and President of Clemson University, 1959-1979. The speeches fall into the general categories of agriculture, Clemson University, education, organizations, society, and South Carolina. The topics include building dedications at Clemson, the state of agriculture in South Carolina and associated economic problems, the state of education and progress...
Dates: 1956 - 1979; 1960 - 1979
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert E. Lee Portraits

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0192
Scope and Contents

Full length black and white photograph (studio portrait) of Robert E. Lee standing nearly profile, with a small ornate table at left and a portion of a curtain visible at right; circa 1865-1870. Also a color print of Lee on his horse Traveller with members of his staff around him; portions of the print appear to have been hand-tinted; copyrighted by the Confederate Memorial Association (?); undated.

Dates: circa 1865-1870, undated
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert F. Poole: Biographical and Collected Materials

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Identifier: Series-0009
Scope and Content This series contains a variety of materials that relate to the life of Robert F. Poole. Included are lists of Poole's publications, a list of graduate students he advised during his career as associate professor at North Carolina State College, vitae and biographical sketches that appeared in biographical directories, and genealogical information about the Poole family. One item, a datebook kept by Poole in 1943, contains entries of his personal and office appointments; a register of guests...
Dates: 1917 - 1958
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert F. Poole Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0073
Scope and Contents The Poole collection consists of several different types of records: Manuscripts, photographs, and microfilm. The manuscripts include correspondence 1925-1926, 1938-1958, and research notes concerning Poole's efforts to find methods of halting various plant diseases, 1920-1940. These research notes include some raw data, summaries of data, and various reports and articles written by Poole on diseases of cotton, peach trees, peanuts, sweet potatoes, tobacco, and other crops.The...
Dates: 1922 - 1958
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert F. Poole Presidential Records

 Collection
Identifier: Series-0005
Scope and Contents This series contains the general and subject correspondence of Robert Franklin Poole. The bulk of correspondence deals with the development of Clemson College and its various programs, for example, training of agricultural teachers, the school of architecture, a nuclear science program, silk production, research involving the use of bamboo as reinforcement for concrete, and the army engineering program. A number of letters concern the development and use of lands for various purposes, for...
Dates: 1940 - 1958
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Robert F. Poole Presidential Records: Administrative Files

 Collection
Identifier: Series-0006-Series 6
Scope and Contents This series contains files about administrative staff members who worked for Clemson College during the presidency of Robert F. Poole. Depending upon the length of service of a staff member, most folders have these items in common: Employment agreements, notices of employment, letters, biographical information, and lists of publications. Files of other administrators who began their employment during this time and continued their service under the presidency of Robert C. Edwards are found in...
Dates: 1927 - 1955; 1941 - 1955
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

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Subject
Photographs. 44
Correspondence. 19
Scrapbooks. 18
Agriculture -- South Carolina. 16
Pendleton (S.C.) -- History. 16
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Audiocassettes. 15
Textile industry -- South Carolina. 14
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 13
Clemson University -- History 12
Fort Hill Plantation (S.C.) 12
Account books 11
Agricultural extension work -- South Carolina. 11
Maps (documents) 11
Speeches (documents) 11
Clemson (S.C.) -- History. 10
College trustees -- South Carolina. 10
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 9
Agriculture -- Societies, etc. -- South Carolina 8
Clippings (information artifacts) 8
Daybooks 8
Advertisements 7
Education -- South Carolina. 7
Forests and forestry -- South Carolina. 7
Historic buildings -- South Carolina -- Pendleton. 7
Minutes 7
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 7
Anderson County (S.C.) -- History. 6
Architectural drawings (visual works) 6
Civil rights -- South Carolina. 6
Diaries. 6
Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 6
Historic buildings -- South Carolina. 6
Journals (accounts) 6
Oconee County (S.C.) -- History. 6
Pendleton (S.C.) 6
South Carolina -- Biography. 6
South Carolina -- Genealogy. 6
South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 6
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 6
South Carolina -- Politics and government. 6
South Carolina. -- Architecture 6
Textile factories -- History -- Sources. -- South Carolina 6
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate 6
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States. 6
Articles 5
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 5
Clemson University -- Alumni and alumnae 5
Commencement ceremonies -- South Carolina -- Clemson. 5
Conservation of natural resources. 5
Deeds 5
Elections -- South Carolina. 5
Galley proofs 5
Historic buildings -- South Carolina -- Pickens County. 5
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration. 5
Land use. 5
Motion pictures (visual works) 5
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina. 5
South Carolina -- History -- 1865- 5
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. 5
South Carolina -- Race relations. 5
United States -- National parks and reserves -- Management 5
Accounts 4
African Americans -- South Carolina. 4
Agricultural education -- South Carolina. 4
Agriculture -- History. -- South Carolina 4
Agriculture -- Societies, etc. 4
Artifacts (object genre) 4
Audiotapes. 4
Certificates 4
Charleston (S.C.) -- History. 4
Clemson Experimental Forest (S.C.) -- History. 4
Constitutions 4
Genealogies (histories) 4
Governors -- South Carolina 4
Greenville (S.C.) -- History 4
Historic buildings -- South Carolina -- Anderson County. 4
Hobcaw Barony (S.C.) 4
Home economics extension work -- South Carolina. 4
Industries -- South Carolina. 4
Ledgers (account books) 4
Lynching -- South Carolina. 4
Microfilms 4
National parks and reserves -- United States -- Planning 4
Patents. 4
Pendleton (S.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. 4
Pendleton (S.C.) -- Genealogy. 4
Pickens County (S.C.) -- History. 4
Plantations -- South Carolina. 4
Posters. 4
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 4
Prisoners of war -- United States. 4
Seneca (S.C.) -- History. 4
Sketches 4
Slavery -- South Carolina. 4
South Carolina -- History. 4
South Carolina. -- 4-H clubs 4
States' rights (American politics) 4
Textile industry -- History -- 20th century. 4
Textile industry -- South Carolina -- Newry. 4
Textile workers -- South Carolina. 4
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Names
Clemson University 100
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003 41
Edwards, Robert C. (Robert Cook) 34
Clemson University. Office of the President 25
Poole, Robert F. (Robert Franklin), 1893-1958 25
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Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 22
Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina 19
Atchley, B.L. (Bill L.) 15
Littlejohn, James C. (James Corcoran) 15
Clemson University. Board of Trustees 14
Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, 1916-2005 14
Sikes, Enoch Walter, 1868-1941 14
Brown, Walter J. 13
Brown, Edgar A. (Edgar Allan), 1888-1975 12
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 12
Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888 12
Blatt, Solomon, 1896-1986 11
Johnston, Olin D. (Olin Dewitt), 1896-1965 11
Clemson University. Extension Service 10
Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-2019 10
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 10
Maybank, Burnet R. (Burnet Rhett), 1899-1954 10
Riggs, Walter M. (Walter Merritt), 1873-1924 10
United States. National Park Service 10
Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943- 9
IPTAY (Organization) 9
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 9
Stevenson, Mary, 1902-1998 9
Anderson, Luther Perdee 8
Cox, Walter T. (Walter Thompson), 1918-2006 8
Long, William Williams, 1861-1934 8
Reagan, Ronald 8
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 8
Trevillian, Wallace D. (Wallace Dabney) 8
Buzhardt, J. Fred (Joseph Fred), 1924-1978 7
Calhoun family 7
Clemson family 7
Cooper, Robert Muldrow, 1887-1966 7
Daniel, Charles E. (Charles Ezra), 1895-1964 7
Dent, Harry S. , 1930-2007 7
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 7
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998 7
Howard, Frank, 1909-1996 7
Jervey, Frank J. (Frank Johnstone), 1893-1983 7
Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817 7
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002 7
Timmerman, George Bell, 1912-1994 7
Calhoun, F.H.H. (Fred Harvey Hall), 1873-1959 6
Clemson University. Department of Textiles 6
Clemson University. Office of Admissions and Registration 6
Evans, Samuel Wilds, 1882-1950 6
Farrar, M.D. (Milton Dyer), 1901-1977 6
Holmes, Alester G. (Alester Garden), 1876-1953 6
Hunter, B. G., 1888-1989 6
Hurst, Victor 6
J.E. Sirrine Textile Foundation 6
McLellan, Bill 6
Milliken, Roger, 1915-2010 6
O'Dell, Wayne Talmadge 6
Schaffer, Alan 6
Senn, T. L. (Taze Leonard), 1917-2016 6
Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918 6
United States. Department of Agriculture 6
Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987 5
Atlantic Coast Conference 5
Barre, H. W. (Henry Walter), 1881-1969 5
Brown, Hugh M. (Hugh Monroe), 1895- 5
Clemson University. Athletic Council 5
Clemson University. College of Agricultural Sciences 5
Clemson University. College of Architecture 5
Clemson University. College of Forest and Recreation Resources 5
Clemson University. College of Industrial Management and Textile Science 5
Clemson University. Department of Forestry 5
Clemson University. Department of Industrial Management 5
Efland, Thomas D. 5
Furman, Alester G. (Alester Garden) 5
Godley, W.C. (Willie Cecil) 5
Hartzog, George B., Jr., 1920-2008 5
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 5
Hubbard, Julius C. 5
J.P. Stevens & Co. 5
Lennon, Max, 1940- 5
Maxwell, David, 1927- 5
Mills, W.H. (William Hayne), 1872-1942 5
Quattlebaum, Paul, 1886-1964 5
Rivers, L. Mendel (Lucius Mendel), 1905-1970 5
Robertson, Ben, 1903-1943 5
Self, James Cuthbert, 1876-1955 5
Simpson, R.W. (Richard Wright), 1840-1912 5
South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station 5
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education 5
South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association 5
Thurmond, Jean Crouch, 1926-1960 5
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 5
United States. Congress. Senate 5
Amacher, Ryan C. 4
Aull, G.H. (George Hubert), 1899- 4
Batson, Louis Pinckney 4
Box, Benton H. (Benton Holcomb), 1931- 4
Brackett, Richard Newman, 1863-1937 4
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Language
English 621
Duala 1
 

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