Robert C. Edwards Speeches and Writings

Collection

Identifier: Series-0014

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This series contains the speeches and press releases of Robert C. Edwards, Vice-President for Development, 1956-1958; Acting President, 1958-1959; and President of Clemson University, 1959-1979. The speeches fall into the general categories of agriculture, Clemson University, education, organizations, society, and South Carolina. The topics include building dedications at Clemson, the state of agriculture in South Carolina and associated economic problems, the state of education and progress in the field, and the threat of communism to America. Edwards delivered the speeches to student groups, professional societies, organizations at the state and national level, for example, the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs, the Clemson Women's club, the South Carolina Seed Association, and the Baltimore-Washington Clemson Club. A detailed listi of subjects and organizations Edwards addressed follows this description.

Dates

1956 - 1979
1960 - 1979

Creator

Edwards, Robert C. (Robert Cook) (other_unmapped, Person)

Restrictions on Use

Unrestricted

Extent

2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Office of the President

Processing Information

Robert Blume and Rebecca Grice, student assistants, 1988-1989

The conversion of this finding aid to Encoded Archival Description format was made possible with a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board in 2009-2010. The finding aid was prepared for encoding by Jen Bingham.

Organizations and groups represented

Abbeville Lions Club, 18 February 1969
Advisory Council on Higher Education, 8 September 1965
Agribusiness Caravan to California, 8 September 1961
Agribusiness Tour of Europe, 28 August 1963
Agricultural Credit Seminar, 15 November 1967
Agricultural Leaders, 18 April 1972
Agricultural Panorama Show, April 1970
Agricultural Seminar of the Federation of Production Credit Associations 3 November 1970
Agricultural Society of South Carolina, 24 January 1964
Agriculture Administrative Workshop, 28 October 1964
Agriculture Careers Day, 22 February 1978
Agriculture Study Committee, 17 September 1976
Air and Water Pollution Conference, 19 October 1967
Alpha Zeta banquet, 30 April 1962
Alumni of Clemson University
American Association for Textile Technology, 2 December 1960
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, 3 February 1979
American Cancer Society, 4 April 1961
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 10 April 1970
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
Anderson, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Armed Forces Management Council, 10 March 1969
Armstrong, F. E., Retirement Dinner, 25 June 1969
Army-Air Force Honors Graduates
Augusta Women's Club, 1 November 1960
Baltimore Clemson Club, 2 June 1972
"Bamberg Alert" Organizational Meeting, 20 March 1962
Baptist Men's Club, 12 January 1966
Barre Hall Dedication, 23 January 1976
Bio-Materials Evaluation, 29 March 1971
Birmingham, Alabama Clemson Club, 1 February 1966
Bow, Ben, Retirement Dinner, 6 December 1977
Brown, Edgar
Buttonhole Club, 23 August 1960
Calhoun Mansion, 22 September 1975
California Growers and Ginners, 9 February 1965
Carolina's Cotton Warehouse Association, 23 April 1965
Charles Carter Newman Symposium, 4 April 1977
Charlotte Clemson Club
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Clemson Club, 19 April 1962
Class of 1920
Class of 1924 Golden Anniversary Dinner, 7 June 1974
"Clemson Night Around the World", 2 February 1965
Clemson Methodist Church, 17 January 1971
Clemson Reading Conference
Clemson University Advisory Board on Biomaterials Research, 18 October 1971
Clemson University Board of Trustees
Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service Conference, 2 December 1977
Clemson University Foundation
Clemson University Women's Club
Coastal Plains Soil and Water Conservation Center, 26 October 1965
Coastal Production Credit Assoc. of Walterboro, 20 March 1967
Coker Farm ceremonies
College of Agricultural Sciences
College of Engineering
College of Liberal Arts (Desegregation), 28 September 1973
College of Nursing, September 1976
College Sports Information Directors of America, 4 August 1966
College Week for Senior Citizens
Columbia, South Carolina, Businessmen and Industrialists, 13 February 1974
Columbia, South Carolina, Chamber of Commerce, 4 February 1964
Commencement Exercises, Clemson University
Commencement Exercises, Clemson-Furman Masters in Business Administration
Commencement Exercises, Other Institutions
Committee of One Hundred, 4 May 1974
Commissioning Ceremonies (See also: ROTC)
"Computing for High School Students" Workshop, 28 July 1972
Conference
Conservation Committee, South Carolina House of Representatives, 7 June 1972
Convocation
Cooperative Conference, 19 September 1973
Cooperative Education Dinner, 6 March 1978
Cooperative Extension Staff, 20 January 1970
Cotton Buyers Division of the Textile Industry, 12 March 1965
Cotton Producers from Texas, 10 September 1968
Cotton Program for 1968, 23 August 1967
Cotton Sale, 22 December 1965
County Conference of Negro Agents, 25 January 1961
Current History Class 198, 14 April 1975
Dairymen's Conference, 28 January 1976
Death Valley Crowd, 16 November 1974
Dedication Ceremonies
Department of Social Services
Duke, Moss Jr., 15 November 1973
Duke Power-Clemson Dinner, 26 September 1969
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co. Dedication, 18 October 1960
Edisto Farms Dairy Field Day, July 1962
"Emotionally Disturbed Children" Workshop, 17 January, 1969
Erskine College Assembly, 16 November 1967
Expanded Food and Nutrition Program Assistants
Extension Directors of the Southern Region, 20 September 1966
Faculty of Clemson University
Farm and Home Week, 28 August 1962
Farmers Home Administration
Farmorama, 4 May 1961
FCX, Incorporated, Membership, 7 November 1969
Federal Land Bank Association of Walterboro, 20 March 1970
Federal Management Improvement Council, 21 September 1970
Fertilizer Manufactures, Dealers, and Salesmen Meeting, 12 January 1961
First Baptist Church of Clemson, Seventeenth Anniversary Celebration, 12 June 1977
Football Team, 12 August 1976
Forest and Recreation Resource Building Dedication, 31 October 1975
Fort Hill, 22 September 1975
4-H
Frank Howard Field Dedication, 16 November 1974
Freshman Class
Friends of Clemson, 4 August 1971
Future Farmers of America, 5 June 1974
Forest Training School, 31 May 1960
Garrison, O.B., 27 June 1975
Good Hope Farmers Cooperative Association, 28 November 1973
Government Weekend
Governors Land Use Planning Conference, 19 October 1972
Greater Columbia Clemson Club, 22 April 1971
"Greenville Alert", 21 January 1962
Greenville County Education Association, 26 September 1963
Greenville Urban League, 11 December 1975
Greenwood Kiwanis Club, 15 August 1969
Greenwood Touchdown Tipoff Club, 11 January 1971
Ground Breaking Ceremonies
Guidance Counselors Meeting, 28 January 1966
Honorary Dinner
Honors and Awards Day
Horry County, S.C. Clemson Club Ladies Night, 21 May 1962
Howard, Frank, Retirement, 10 December 1969
Hub of the South Chapter, Association of the United States Army, 16 February 1971
Hunter Chair of Bioengineering, 19 November 1973
IHAS International Symposium on Housing, 24 May 1976
Ingram, Cecil Wayne "Hootie", Resignation, 10 August, 5 December 1972
Institute of Management Sciences, 5 November 1970
Institute on Ethics and Religion, 10 October 1966
International Debate Series, 21 November 1977
IPTAY
Jervey Athletic Center
Jordan Hall Dedication, 18 April 1977
Junior Engineers and Scientists Summer Institute, 19 June 1970
Judicial Conference and Workshop of Student Government, 2 September 1978
Kiwanis Clubs
LaMaster Dairy Center, 9 December 1976
Laurens Shriner's Club, 1 May 1973
Leak, Robert, 11 October 1976
Legislative Delegations from Anderson, Oconee, Pickens Counties, 1 December 1976
Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association, 23 June 1964
Liberal Arts Faculty, 4 May 1973
Lions Clubs
Lipids Regional Meeting, October 1974
Littlejohn Coliseum Dedication, 22 February 1969
Lowenstein and Sons Board of Directors, 9 December 1965
M. M. Lowenstein and Sons Board of Directors, 6 December 1965
Management Review Council, 8 September 1971
Master Farm Family Award Presentation
Mathematical Association of America, 31 March 1978
Medical Education Committee of the Commission on Higher Education 16 September 1971
Midlands Poultry Progress Day, 5 September 1961
Mortar Board Invitation, 26 February 1977
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in Research, January 1967
Nance, M. Maceo Inauguration at U. S. C., 27 November 1968
National Peach Council, 19 February 1962
National Science Foundation Conference, 26 August 1977
Natural Resources Engineering Faculty, 19 November 1973
Nelson, Chris, [interview] n.d.
New Faculty and Staff
New Students
Norris Plaque Dedication, 9 June 1962
North Alabama Clemson Club, 16 January 1969
North Carolina Feed Manufacturer's Association, August 11, 1962
North Carolina and South Carolina and the Southeastern Cottonseed Crushers' Association, 14 June 1967
Nursing Building Dedication, 3 April 1978
Organization of German Students, 14 February 1976
Palmetto Grape Producers, 22 August 1960
Palmetto Production Credit Association, October 1969
Palmetto Section of American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, 3 February 1979
Peach Growers, Ridge Section, 8 February 1973
PeeDee Farmorama, 16 April 1962
PeeDee Region, 7 May 1979
PeeDee Residents, 15 December 1971
Pendleton Farmers Society
Phi Kappa Phi Invitational and Banquet
Pica Executives, 11 March 1977
Piedmont Clemson Club, 16 March 1976
Piedmont Traffic Club, 11 September 1961
Poultry Health and Management Short Course, February 1970
Poultry Science Association, 17 July 1978
President's Luncheon, 14 April 1973
Presidential Search, 1979
Press
Production Credit Association-Federal Landbank Seminar
Progressive Farmer, 29 August 1963
Public address
Reading Conference, 19 September 1974
Redfern Health Center Dedication, 9 April 1969
Regional meeting on lipids, October 1974
Religious Emphasis Week
Resident Assistants
Retired Men's Club of Clemson
Richland County Agribusiness Tour, 31 August 1960
ROTC Students, November 1964
Rotary Clubs
Seminar on Air and Water Pollution, 19 October 1967
Senior Citizens
Seventeenth Tobacco Workers Conference, 17 January 1961
Short Course in Cotton Classing and Marketing, 29 June 1962
Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremony, 1 April 1979
Sigma Xi, 6 March 1970, 15 February 1971
Sirrine Foundation
Smithwick, Jon, 1978 [interview]
Society for the Advancement of Management, 10 October 1961
Society of American Foresters, 8 February 1979
Soil Conservation Service Training Program on Civil Rights, 22 July 1970
South Carolina
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
South Carolina
South Carolina Forestry Association
South Carolina
South Carolina State Budget and Control Board
South Carolina
South Carolina Vocational Directors Association
South Carolina World Trade Conference, 18 November 1964
Southeastern Cottonseed Crushers Association, 14 June 1967
Southeastern Development Biology Conference, 19 March 1976
Southeastern Electrical Exchange, 24 March 1970
Southeastern Game Bird Breeders and Shooting Preserve Association, 17 April 1972
Southeastern Ginners Association, 14 February 1966
Southeastern Sectional Conference of Undergraduate Students, 10 April 1970
Southeastern Workshop on the Preservation and Utilization of Cotton 31 October 1961
Southern District Recreation and Park Conference, 17 April 1970
Southern Industrial Relations Conference, 20 July 1962
Southern Regional Education Board, 29 August 1967
Southern Seedsmen's Association, 29 November 1966
Special Olympics Athletes and Coaches, 4 August 1977
Spinner Breeder Conference, 31 August 1965
State Farm Credit Seminar, 14 January 1976
Statewide Agricultural Seminar, 27 September 1973
Stress Management Workshop, 15 May 1977
Student Government Judicial Conference, 2 September 1978
Student League for Black Identity, 30 October 1969
Student Lounge Dedication, 15 October 1976
Student Science Training Program, 25 July 1970
Student Senate
Students of Clemson University
Sumter Extension of Clemson University
Symposia
Television News Directors, 27 May 1970
Textile Marketing Forum, 6 May 1988
Textile Printing Ceremony, 19 March 1974
Textile Schools Meeting, 6 June 1961
Tiger Brotherhood
Tigerama, 10 October 1975
Tobacco Growers Information Committee, 4 November 1963
Tobacco Growers of the Pee Dee Area, 23 October 1963
Tobacco Workers Conference, 17 January 1961
Town Meeting for Daniel High School, 3 May 1971
United Methodist Churches, 18 September 1973
United States Department of Commerce, 4 November 1975
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate Employment and Manpower Sub-committee, 3 June 1965
University of South Carolina, 26 September 1974
Upper Savannah Poultry Day, 25 January 1962
USS John C. Calhoun Preservation, 10 March 1965
Visitors from Columbia, 13 February 1974
Watermelon Growers and Distributors Assoc., 23 February 1962
West Columbia-Cayce Chamber of Commerce, 4 February 1964
West, John C., 6 March 1970
West Piedmont Association Conservation District, 4 September 1975
Westinghouse Luncheon, December 1972
Williams, Melford A. Retirement, 14 June 1977
Williamsburg County, S. C. Leaders, 21 February 1973
Workshop
YMCA of Clemson, 6 May 1962
Youngblood, J. E., Memorial, 26 February 1965