Scope and Contents The Lever papers consist primarily of correspondence with constituents, businessmen, leaders in government, and educators. His career in Congress (1901-1919), organizer of the First Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank (1922-1929), his unsuccessful bid for governor of South Carolina (1930) and for Congress (1932), as a member of the Federal Farm Board (1930-1933) and his affiliation with the Farm Credit Administration (1933-1940) are covered in this collection. There is also material relating to...

Abstract

William B. Johnson, career military man and Clemson alumnus, used expertise and knowledge gained while a cadet in Clemson College's school of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering to become an inventor and vehicle design team specialist while in the Army.

Abstract Thomas S. Buie was a Clemson graduate, World War I veteran, and a pioneer and leader in the study and promotion of soil and water conservation and land rehabilitation in the mid-twentieth century. The materials within this collection particularly document Buie’s World War I Army service and the development of state and regional agencies responsible for erosion control, soil conservation and land use in the Southeastern United States, Puerto Rice and the Virgin Islands. Additional materials...