This series contains files of the department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson College. Included in the series are samples of class work of D. W. Bradbury, professor and head, student projects, information regarding the mechanical engineering curriculum and its changes, a history of the department written by Bradbury, student lab experiments, the annual Student Design Program of Armco Steel Corporation, biomechanical projects, applications from graduate students, and correspondence with other academic institutions. The series also contains information about the 1965 remodel of Riggs Hall, photographs and slides, largely unidentified, 1950s-1970s. Although the majority of the accession pertains to activities within the department, additional files consist of correspondence between Bradbury and his students, colleagues and family. Subject of the correspondence include the Clemson area during World War II.