This material was collected by Cassie Connor, longtime secretary of James F. Byrnes, which gives additional insight into the work of the former Senator, advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Supreme Court Justice, Secretary of State under President Harry Truman, and Governor of South Carolina.

Harold N. Cooledge, Jr. joined the Clemson faculty in 1956 and retired in May 1996. During his 40-year association with College of Architecture, he was a well-respected teacher, researcher, and author.

This collection contains correspondence, essays, journals, manuscript material, personal (cooledge family), poetry, research, travel documents, photographs / negatives, maps, and blueprints.