Clemson Special Collections and Archives

The Special Collections and Archives Library, located in the Strom Thurmond Institute, is one of Clemson Libraries’ 3 branch locations.

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Clemson's first African American student organization, the Student League for Black Identity, was founded in November 1968.

#BlackHistoryMonth #ClemsonUniversity

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#OTD 100 years ago, Clemson’s fifth president, Walter M. Riggs, dies. Riggs is credited with establishing Clemson as one of the leading land-grant institutions during his tenure as president, and also coached it's first football team in 1896.

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Display about Cambodia in the Library, 1956

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April's #ArchivesHashtagParty theme is #ArchivesForTheBirds and we've got the plans for building houses for the birds.

(from Series 45 - Cooperative Extension Service Publications)

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Make a gift today on our eighth annual Give Day! Come together, with your fellow Clemson Tigers, to make a difference. https://t.co/KDU3tHR76X

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Farmers Hall on the Village Green in Pendleton, 1958. At that time, the post office was on the lower level.

In the late 1860s, Pendleton Farmers Society president Thomas Green Clemson spoke in Farmers Hall about his idea of creating an agricultural college.

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We are hiring! Head of Special Collections and Archives - to be responsible for growing the collections, expanding access to our unique resources, securing the preservation of materials, and enhancing in-person service and outreach activities. Learn more: https://t.co/Nw4j2fRFt4

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Clemson students built a replica of the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley for the Civil War centennial in 1961. The Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. Today, the replica is on display in the South Carolina State Museum.

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Ethel Rochester from Walhalla, SC was one of 7 women enrolled in special courses in welding, machine shop and blacksmithing through Clemson's School of Engineering in 1942. The women were training for factory jobs to fill labor shortages during World War II. #WomensHistoryMonth

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A photo of the 1922-23 Textile Society includes two of Clemson’s earliest international students. Yukata Tsukiyama from Japan (top row) graduated with a B.S. in Textile Engineering in 1924. A.D. Muthiah (2nd row) from India graduated with a B.S. in Textile Industry in 1923.

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Students in lab,1966. Clemson women students had separate regulations until the early 1970s, including a dress code that specified appropriate classroom dress and when they could wear "Sports attire," defined as "Bermuda shorts, pedal pushers, slacks, etc." #WomensHistoryMonth

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University founder Thomas Clemson’s many interests included music. He played the violin and even wrote down a few of his own compositions. For the March #ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesMusic we offer his piece “Carolina Forever” written in 1862. (from The Fort Hill Collection)

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Today is 371st Regiment Day in South Carolina, in honor of the highly decorated World War I regiment made up primarily of Black soldiers from SC. Several Clemson employees served with the 371st, including James Alams, who was wounded in action in France. (image: Natl Archives)

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New 9-lane asphalt track under construction, 1972

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That's us!

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TOUR TUESDAY!
Welcome to the Special Collections Archives of the Clemson University Libraries. The Archives preserves and makes accessible rare and unique archival collections with enduring research value. The collections are accessible to the university and the general community

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Who's ready for baseball? #OpeningDay

(circa 1950 image from Series 100 - CU Photographs)

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Students petition for a student center, 1970. The Edgar A. Brown University Union opened in 1975.

(image from Series 100 - CU Photographs)

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Valentine's card from the John Murphy Cook scrapbook, circa 1923.

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LaVerne Williams, April 1970 with February 1971 ad from The Tiger. LaVerne Williams was one of the first three Black women to graduate from Clemson. Her first job was director of the Clemson Day Care Center. She was a local educator and guidance counselor for more than 40 years.