Donald M. McKale, Class of '41 Memorial Professor of the Humanities, has been a writer, educator, and researcher at Clemson University since 1979. The material in this collection documents research conducted in preparation for the publication of Destined for Duty: The Clemson Class of 1941 and Tradition: A History of the Presidency of Clemson University.
Family pedigree charts showing lineal descent from John Miller, printer, 1730-1807.
Kevin J. Morris conducted a series of interviews with twelve individuals as part of research for his 1997 Clemson dissertation. The interviews focus on the establishment and evolution of the technical education system in South Carolina between the years 1961-1991.
Miss Emily Rebecca Watkins' handsewn hymn tune book, which was probably used in a singing school, 1836 [?]. Music composition book, 45 pages, dated 1864-1865, and signed by James G. Douthit, which includes Civil War songs. Music uses shape-note hymnody, a tradition of rural American sacred music characterized by the use of unorthodox notational systems, which allow a beginner to recognize pitches from the note-head shapes without having to learn the names of keys or lines and spaces.
