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Clemson College Alumni Papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0311
Scope and Contents This collection consists of two unrelated items. The first is Mr. McCrary's written account, 1939, regarding of the early days of Clemson College. He recalls the Fort Hill mansion and surrounding area in the days before the college was first established. He describes witnessing the first dormitory being built by convict labor, Clemson's opening day ceremonies, and his own experiences as a cadet upon entering the school. The other item is a poem written by George Miles Riley that commemorates...
Dates: 1939, 1975
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Ernest McPherson Lander Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0280
Abstract Ernest M. Lander had a distinguished career in teaching, research and service as a professor of history at Clemson University. The collection contains correspondence, memos, minutes and other materials relating to Lander’s participation in various professional organizations. It also documents his service to the University community as a member of the Faculty Senate, the Graduate Committee, and other committees. The collection also contains material related to Lander’s teaching duties, and...
Dates: 1581 - 1988; 1955 - 1988
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Essie Boggs Collection (Hester Prince Boggs Collection)

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0106
Scope and Contents

A card memorializing William Pinckney Starke who died October 12, 1886 and a typed copy of "Reminiscences of Mrs. Prince ... March 9, 1928".

Dates: 1886-1928
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Ethel Mitchell collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0005
Scope and Contents Carbon typescripts (38 pages) of the manuscript, The Romance of Fort Hill, written by Mrs. Mitchell in 1938. A photograph of a drawing of Fort Hill, the plantation of John C. Calhoun, drawn to Mrs. Mitchell's specifications, given by Jack Tuttle to the Library in 1961. This photograph is filed in the Mss Negatives and Photographs file. November 23, 1940, copy of A.G. Holmes letter to Mrs. Mitchell concerning the restoration of Fort Hill, witnessed by Muriel...
Dates: 1938, 1940, 1955, 1961
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Floride Isabella Lee, By Her Next Friend, Gideon Lee, Complainant, Against Richard W. Simpson, Defendant, 1889 in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Fourth Circuit-District of South Carolina: Documents, 1856-1894

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0256
Abstract

This collection documents Gideon Lee's April 22, 1889 suit on behalf of his minor daughter, Floride Isabella Lee in order to contest the will of the late Thomas Green Clemson, who had died on April 6, 1888. Thomas Green Clemson had made it known through the codicil to his will that on the Fort Hill estate would be established an agricultural college. Floride Isabella Lee, being Clemson's only surviving heir, made an attempt through litigation to block this action.

Dates: 1879 - 1995; 1915 - 1992
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Fort Hill - Conservation Survey

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0387
Abstract A conservation survey by Dr. Nathan Stolow, a conservation consultant from Williamsburg, Virginia, of the John C. Calhoun Mansion and Hanover House on the campus of Clemson University. The report is based on a three day conservation consulvation visit to Clemson University. Dr. Stolow was asked to carry out a "study of the condition of the Calhoun Mansion and Hanover Houseand make recommendations for modifications." Dr. Stolow had complete access to the Calhoun Mansion and Hanover House and...
Dates: July 25, 1988
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Fort Hill Mansion registers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0003
Scope and Content

Registers listing visitors to the home of John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), located on the Clemson University campus. From 1893-1932 no register was kept. Mrs. A.G. Holmes reintroduced the register beginning March 31, 1932.

Dates: 1888-1893, 1932-1937
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Historic American Buildings Survey Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0181
Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondence, photographs, blueprints and architectural drawings created as a result of Historic American Buildings Surveys in 1934, 1940, 1960 and 1963 in three South Carolina upstate counties. The correspondence was generated mainly by Mary Stevenson in 1963 and 1968 and pertains to the historic buildings in this collection. In 1960 Jack Boucher from HABS photographed historic buildings in the South Carolina counties of Anderson, Oconee and Pickens. The...
Dates: 1934, 1940, 1960, 1963, and 1968
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Historic Houses Office Records

 Collection
Identifier: Series-0360
Abstract The records of the Historic Houses Office are of particular value to those researching Clemson’s founding history through its built environment and to those interested in understanding the university’s record of historic preservation. This collection contains all office and departmental records pertaining to the activities of the Historic Houses Office (now called the Department of Historic Properties). The collection comprises meetings, agendas, budgets and personnel records as well as...
Dates: 1989 - 2019
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

Holmes Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss-0001
Introduction This collection consists mainly of material created and assembled by Professors Alester Garden Holmes and George Raymond Sherrill while they were writing Thomas Green Clemson: His Life and Work. It includes research notes, copies of correspondence related to Clemson and manuscript versions of the book. Holmes' correspondence documents various aspects of his career as a teacher at Clemson College and a historian in South Carolina. There is also material...
Dates: 1789-1977
Found in: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives

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Banks and banking -- History. -- United States 1
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Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888 7
Calhoun family 6
Clemson family 6
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 4
Clemson University 4
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Holmes, Alester G. (Alester Garden), 1876-1953 4
Clemson, Anna Marie Calhoun, 1817-1875 3
Hanover House (Clemson, S.C.) 3
Calhoun, Floride Isabella Lee, 1870-1935 2
Holmes, Lila Speer Pennel, 1891-1977 2
Lee, Gideon, -1894 2
Old Stone Church (Clemson, S.C.) 2
Rion, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1886 2
Simpson, R.W. (Richard Wright), 1840-1912 2
Stevenson, Mary, 1902-1998 2
Varennes Tavern (Anderson, S.C.) 2
Adger family 1
Baker, Elias, 1798-1864 1
Boggs, Hester Prince 1
Boucher, Jack E. 1
Bowen family 1
Bowen, Robert Adger, 1868-1972 1
Buchanan, James M. 1
Burt, A. (Armistead), 1802-1883 1
Calhoun, Andrew P. (Andrew Pickens), 1811-1865 1
Calhoun, Floride, 1792-1866 1
Calhoun, Martha Cornelia 1
Calhoun, Patrick 1
Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina 1
Clemson University. Historic Houses Office 1
Clemson, Floride, 1842-1871 1
Colhoun, James E. (James Edward), 1798-1889 1
Colhoun, John Ewing, 1751-1802 1
Colhoun, William Ransom, - 1862 1
Crallé, Richard K. (Richard Kenner), 1800-1864 1
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
De Saussure, Henry William, 1763-1839 1
Doggett, Marguerite V. 1
Dumbarton Oaks 1
Ellis, Sidelle B., 1906-1999 1
Elrod, Agnes H. 1
Epting, Carl L. 1
Foundation for Historic Restoration in Pendleton Area (S.C.). Research and Publication Committee. 1
Gadsden, James, 1788-1858 1
Green, Duff, 1791-1875 1
Hamilton, James. 1
Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864 1
Historic American Buildings Survey 1
Holmes, Alester Garden, Jr. 1
Huger family 1
Hunnicutt, Mary 1
Hunter, Jane Edna, 1882-1971 1
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 1
Lander, Ernest M. (Ernest McPherson), 1915-2013 1
Leupp, Charles M. 1
Lorton, Ella Frances, 1844-1921 1
McCrary, John Adger 1
Megginson, W.J. (William James), 1943-2020 1
Mell, Patrick Hues, 1850-1918 1
Mitchell, Ethel B. 1
Newman, James Stanley 1
Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817 1
Pinckney family 1
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849 1
Prince, Jane 1
Reel, Jerome V. 1
Riggs, Walter M. (Walter Merritt), 1873-1924 1
Riley, George Miles 1
Rion, Mary 1
Sherman, Joe, 1
Sherrill, George R. (George Raymond), 1892-1963 1
Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 1
Simpson, Maria Louise 1
Simpson, Richard Franklin, 1798-1882 1
Simpson, Richard W. , Jr. (Richard Wright), 1874-1953 1
Sonderskov, Meredith Fuller 1
St. Pauls Episcopal Church (Pendleton, S.C.) 1
Starke, William Pinckney, -1886 1
Strode, Henry Aubrey, 1844-1898 1
Taylor, Clarissa, 1902-2005 1
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859 1
Tuttle, Jack Edwin 1
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 1
United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit) 1
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 1
Wiltse, Charles M. (Charles Maurice), 1907-1990 1
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