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Edwards, Robert C. (Robert Cook)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1914-

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Edgar A. Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0091
Scope and Content The papers document much of Senator Brown's political life in the Democratic Party at the county, state, and national levels. He served at the national level as executive committeeman, as a delegate to conventions, and as a long time representative on the Council of State Governments. The papers illuminate his prominence as President Pro Tempore and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1942-1972. Among his major interests were education, educational television, mental health,...
Dates: 1911-1975

Frank Johnstone Jervey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0072
Scope and Contents The material in the Jervey Papers covers primarily the last thirty years of his life (1953-1983). The correspondence in the collection deals with such topics as fund raising, alumni relations, IPTAY and athletic affairs, and Jervey's personal activities. The collection contains correspondence with prominent South Carolina politicians such as James F. Byrnes, Ernest F. Hollings, L. Mendel Rivers, Strom Thurmond and Edgar Brown. Other notable correspondents in the Jervey Papers include Clemson...
Dates: 1925-1981

G. H. Aull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0255
Scope and Contents The papers include articles, audio tapes, correspondence, maps, microfilm, motion picture film, newsletters, photographs, reports, scrapbooks and speeches.The papers date from 1915 – 1986 with the bulk of the collection dating from 1932 – 1969. There are two albums of photographs documenting Aull’s years as a Clemson cadet, 1915-1919 as well as photographs related to his career, 1930-1969. There is one oversize volume documenting the Clemson Land Use Project, 1934-1954....
Dates: 1915 - 1986; 1932 - 1969

J. C. Littlejohn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0068
Introduction

This collection consists mainly of material compiled by J. C. Littlejohn for a history of Clemson College. He died before completing this project. It is a rich source of documentation on every aspect of Clemson, from information on the Calhoun and Clemson families to student life and college administration.

Dates: 1900 - 1961

James Francis Byrnes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0090
Abstract The James F. Byrnes Papers document his career as a U.S. Senator, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War II, U.S. Secretary of State, and Governor of South Carolina. The papers show his close relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Byrnes helps him pass New Deal legislation during the Depression and then coordinates the homefront economy during the war, as well as accompanying Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference....
Dates: 1831 - 2007; 1933 - 1972

Man on the Moon Sound Recording

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0214
Scope and Contents The phonodisk, which is narrated by Walter Cronkite of the Columbia Broadcasting System, begins with President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's May 25, 1961, address to Congress concerning the space program of the United States. The first side of the phonodisk then describes the lift-off from the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Apollo 11 spacecraft carrying Edwin ("Buzz") Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins on the...
Dates: 1969

Marian Satré Textile History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0151
Scope and Content Note The Marian Satré Textile History Collection consists of papers, photographs, oversize material and cassette recordings of interviews of textile leaders; many of whom were Clemson School of Textiles graduates. There are fifty-four interviews on cassette tapes.There are twenty-eight folders pertaining to research interests and professional activities of Dean Hugh Brown and Professor T. A. Campbell, including two folders with material from J. C. Self pertaining to Greenwood Mills and...
Dates: 1923 - 1985

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

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

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
Type
Collection 34
Archival Object 2
 
Subject
Photographs. 7
Articles 4
Audiocassettes. 4
College trustees -- South Carolina. 4
Hartwell Dam (Ga. and S.C.) 4
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Scrapbooks. 4
South Carolina -- Politics and government -- 1951- 4
Textile industry -- South Carolina. 4
Affirmative action programs -- South Carolina. 3
Agriculture -- South Carolina. 3
Civil rights -- South Carolina. 3
Forests and forestry -- South Carolina. 3
Hobcaw Barony (S.C.) 3
Land use -- South Carolina. 3
Microfilms 3
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960 3
Speeches (documents) 3
Transcripts 3
Agricultural extension work -- South Carolina. 2
Agriculture and state -- South Carolina. 2
Civil rights -- United States -- History 2
Economic development -- South Carolina. 2
Editorials 2
Governors -- South Carolina 2
Maps (documents) 2
Minutes 2
Motion pictures (visual works) 2
Political campaigns -- South Carolina. 2
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1956 2
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 2
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968 2
Scholarships -- South Carolina -- History 2
Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 2
Segregation -- South Carolina 2
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History 2
South Carolina -- Race relations. 2
Taxation -- United States. 2
Textile Schools -- South Carolina. 2
Water resources development -- South Carolina 2
Advertisements 1
Agricultural colleges. 1
Agricultural extension work. 1
Agricultural extension workers -- Training of -- South Carolina. 1
Agricultural innovations -- South Carolina. 1
Agricultural price supports -- United States. 1
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Carolina. 1
Agriculture -- Economic aspects. 1
Agriculture -- Research -- South Carolina. 1
Agriculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Agriculture -- United States. 1
Allendale County (S.C.) 1
Architects -- Biography. -- South Carolina 1
Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
Architecture -- Periodicals. 1
Architecture -- Study and teaching -- South Carolina. 1
Architecture -- Study and teaching. 1
Artifacts (object genre) 1
Athletics -- South Carolina. 1
Audiotapes. 1
Bamberg County (S.C.) 1
Barnwell County (S.C.) 1
Bills (legislative records) 1
Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
Camp Hope (Clemson, S.C.) 1
Ceramics in surgery. 1
Certificates 1
City planning -- South Carolina -- Greenville. 1
Civil rights -- United States. 1
Clemson (S.C.) -- History. 1
Clemson Experimental Forest (S.C.) 1
Clemson Experimental Forest (S.C.) -- History. 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Coastal zone management -- South Carolina. 1
Cold War 1
College integration -- South Carolina 1
College sports -- South Carolina. 1
Community colleges. 1
Computer literacy. 1
Cotton -- Grading. 1
Cotton -- Research -- United States. 1
Cotton -- Testing. 1
Cotton growing -- South Carolina. 1
Cotton manufacture -- South Carolina. 1
Cotton spinning. 1
Cotton textile industry -- South Carolina. 1
Cresap, McCormick, and Paget report. 1
Debidue Beach (S.C.) 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States 1
Dyes and dyeing -- Cotton. 1
Economic development -- Southern States 1
Education -- South Carolina. 1
Educational television stations -- South Carolina. 1
Electric utilities -- Southern States. 1
Eulogies 1
Executive orders 1
Farm management. 1
Farm produce -- Marketing. -- South Carolina 1
Forestry schools and education -- South Carolina. 1
Galley proofs 1
Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States 1
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