Scope and Contents This series forms part the records of the Athletic Council. In addition to the Council records are papers of the Clemson College Athletic Association and papers of Walter Merritt Riggs relating to athletics. The records consist of correspondence, minutes and reports and span the period 1899 through 1996. The records are arranged in four sub-series: Athletic Council records, Clemson College Athletic Association records, Walter M. Riggs Athletic papers, and Originals. Subjects represented in...

Scope and Contents The Mell scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and printed material document primarily the period when Patrick Hues Mell served as Clemson College president, 1902-1910. There are clippings from the major state newspapers as well as some smaller local and out-of-state newspapers. A variety of invitations to commencements, dances, lyceum programs, dramatic offerings, presentations, and the various programs of the College's literary societies are also included in the scrapbooks. The clippings deal...

Scope and Content Note This series contains the records of the office of Walter Merritt Riggs, President of Clemson College 1909-1924. The series is divided into two parts: correspondence, which is arranged chronologically, and collected material, arranged alphabetically.The correspondence falls into the general categories of administration, cadet life, and institutional development. Within these respective categories the topics deal with specific issues such as budget requests, requests for raises,...