Clemson (S.C.) -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Allen Jones diary
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0189
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a photocopy of Jones' diary for the period September 6, 1908-June 11, 1909, when he attended Clemson College; there is also a November 25, 1975, transmittal letter from Joe Sherman, Director of Alumni Relations to Gordon Gourlay, Director of Libraries and Gourlay's reply of December 1, 1975. Jones describes his life as a student at Clemson, including his professors, his courses, his attendance at church services, visits to town, football and social activities, both...
Dates:
1908-1909, 1975
American Association of University Women, "Clemson: a Glance at the Past"
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0035
Scope and Contents
This is a slide & tape presentation with 99 slides, 4 reel-to-reel tapes, 3 cassette tapes and 13 pages of text about the early history of Clemson. The reminiscences of Mrs. F.H.H. Calhoun, Mrs. Mark Bradley, Mrs. William Barre Aull, Mr. George Aull, and Mr. Robert Reid are featured.
Dates:
1900-1973; 1973 - 1973
Clemson College and Six Mile Creek Dam Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0402
Abstract
A collection of six black and white photographs depicting buildings at Clemson College and the Six Mile Creek Dam.
Dates:
1929-05-19 - 1937-06-03
John R. McCravy Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0229
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of an oversize volume containing the centennial issue of the Easley Progress, dated October 2, 1974, with a number of articles on the history of Easley and a smaller volume of over seventy clippings, many undated, on the history of Clemson, Easley, Liberty, Pendleton, Seneca and other locations in Anderson, Oconee and Pickens Counties. Almost all of the articles in the latter volume were written by McCravy as part of his "Libertarian...
Dates:
1967-1975, undated
Samuel Maner Martin Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0247
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, a memorial, negatives, photographs, and a speech that span the period 1899-1984. The correspondence, which dates from 1905-1906, is mainly from Martin to his father and his brother Benjamin, describing the weather, his garden, family matters, and a trip to Hampton County to hunt and oversee some of the family's financial interests (farm rentals and timber-cutting contracts) there. One letter is from Martin's half-brother Luther Bostick Martin, who...
Dates:
1899-1984, undated
Stone Church Annexation Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0251
Abstract
This collection consists of records relating to the Stone Church Annexation Committee, formed in 1966 in order to annex the Old Stone Church community from Oconee County into Pickens County, SC. These records document the activities of the Committee between the years 1966-1968.
Dates:
1966 - 1968
Town of Calhoun, South Carolina Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0279
Abstract
W.J. Megginson conducted a series of interviews with 17 residents of Calhoun, SC in 1988 and 1989 as part of research for a lecture entitled Calhoun, South Carolina: the Founding of the Town, its Early Years, and Its Relationship to Clemson Agricultural College, 1890-1910. The interviews focus on everyday life in the small town that developed around an upcountry South Carolina train depot in the early 1890's and for over 50 years was known as Calhoun before...
Dates:
1988-1989
Visions Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0127
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of positives, negatives and slides that depict the history of Clemson University. There are about 1200 prints, about 1150 negatives and 1200 slides with images that span the period from 1880s to 1960s.
Dates:
1880s-1960s
James P. Whitlock Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0250
Abstract
This collection consists mainly of James P. Whitlock’s papers relating to his tenure as Chairman of the Stone Church Annexation Committee. The committee worked toward the annexation of the Old Stone Church community from Oconee County to Pickens County, South Carolina. These events occurred between the years 1965-1968.Found within Mr. Whitlock’s files are brief correspondence and memos relating to a school district boundary dispute that took place in the early 1980’s near the...
Dates:
1965 - 1968
William Wright Bryan Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0249
Abstract
Wright Bryan, journalist, university administrator, and historian worked on a number of newspapers and was a war correspondent eventually serving as managing editor of the Atlanta Journal and editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He returned as Vice President for Development to his alma mater, Clemson University and wrote a history of it. The papers contain information about his career and his interests in journalism, World...
Dates:
1890 - 1991