Poe family papers, 1884-2000, (bulk 1891-1901, 1938-1939)

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Poe family papers, 1884-2000, (bulk 1891-1901, 1938-1939)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123361911

The Papers consist of account books, bills, budgets, charts and diagrams, check stubs, compact discs, Confederate currency, contracts, correspondence, engineering drawings, lists, maps, memos, orders, an ordinance, photographs, receipts, reports, a scrapbook, tables, time books and sheets, trial balances, and other material. They span the time period from 1884-2000, with the bulk of the items dating from 1891-1901 and 1938-1939. The H. T. Poe material in the collection documents his activities with the Greenville Gas and Electric Light and Power Company, the Greenville Traction Company, the Paris Mountain Water Company, and the South Carolina Railway Company, particularly his correspondence (mostly incoming) with the American Pipe Manufacturing Company and the National Gas and Construction Company, both of Philadelphia, PA. The American Pipe Manufacturing Company owned the Paris Mountain Water Company until 1918, and because of its link to George M. Bunting & Associates of Philadelphia, helped organize the other Greenville utilities. There is also material on Keowee Farm, a farm he owned that was located in Pickens County, SC at the confluence of the Seneca and Keowee Rivers and Twelvemile Creek, just north of Clemson. Harry T. Poe's papers relate almost exclusively to his role as Senior Engineer of the Santee-Cooper Project, with a few items documenting his activities as an engineering student at Clemson College. Isadora Poe's papers concern her investment in local textile mills, other financial activities, and her interest in the history of the Sloan family. While with the Santee-Cooper Project Harry T. Poe compiled two volumes of "general information" and a scrapbook of photographs. The volumes consist of budgets, charts and diagrams, correspondence, maps, memos, orders, photographs, reports, and other material for the period 1933-1940 -- with most of the items dated between 1938 and 1939 -- relating to all aspects of the Project arranged alphabetically by topic. The scrapbook chronicles the construction of the Pinopolis and Santee dams and reservoirs from April to December 1939. In addition to the maps documenting the Santee-Cooper Project, there are maps of South Carolina, Charleston County, Greenville and the surrounding area, and Keowee Farm in the collection. Significant topics documented in the collection include the Santee-Cooper Power and Navigation Project; the Poe family; the history of Greenville, SC; the economic development of South Carolina; and the history of South Carolina public utilities, as well as information relating to the history of specific utilities such as the Greenville Gas and Electric Light and Power Company, the Greenville Traction Company, and the Paris Mountain Water Company, as well as the South Carolina Railway Company. There is also material relating to the American Pipe Manufacturing Company; Anderson, SC: Clemson College; the Sloan family; and Woodside Mills in the collection. Major correspondents of Papers include F. A. Dale, L. F. Harza, H. Bayard Hodge, Joel D. Justin, Joseph S. Keen, Jr., Kenneth Markwell, F. R. Sweeney, and Stephen Tabor.

2 cubic ft. (45 folders)1 volume (188 photographs)8 photographs (2 oversize) 1 negative4 compact discs36 oversize items (3 folders) + 1 oversize box

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6812028

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Stafford, Jerry,

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Keen, Joseph S.

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Greenville Gas and Electric Light and Power Company.

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Poe, Harry T. (Harry Tinker), 1882-1942

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Engineer, of Greenville, South Carolina. From the description of Engineering plans, 1906-1942. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 29780947 ...

Sweeny, Francis Raymond.

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South Carolina Railway Company

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Reorganized from South Carolina Railroad Company in 1881; went into receivership in 1889 and reorganized as South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company in 1894. From the description of Records, 1881-1894. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410788 ...

Taber, Stephen, 1882-

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Greenville Traction Company.

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Poe, H. T. (Harry Tinker), 1856-1931.

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Clemson university

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Courses in Computer Science first offered, 1965-1966. Department of Computer Science created July 1, 1978. Albert Turner, Acting Head, July 1978-April 1979; Head, 1979-1993. Stephen T. Hedetniemi, Acting Department Head, 1993-1994; Head, 1994-1995; Chair, 1995-1997. Harold Grossman, Acting Chair, 1997-1998. John C. Peck, Chair, 1998-2000. Pradip Srimani, Chair, 2000-present. Master of Science degree program instituted 1980-1981. From the description of Department of Computer Science ...

Hodge, H. Bayard.

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Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project

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Poe, Isadora R.

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American Pipe Manufacturing Company.

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Markwell, Kenneth.

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Poe, William N.,

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Poe family.

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Clemson University. College of Engineering

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Poe, H. T. (Harris Tinker), 1856-1931

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H. T. (Harris Tinker) Poe (1856-1931) was secretary, superintendent, and treasurer of the Greenville Gas and Electric Light and Power Company; general superintendent of the Greenville Traction Company; superintendent of the Paris Mountain Water Company; secretary of the F. W. Poe Manufacturing Company; and an agent for the South Carolina Railway Company. His son, Harry Tinker Poe, Jr., (1882-1942) graduated from Clemson College in 1902, worked as an engineer for the J. E. Sirrine Company, and fr...

Dale, F. A.

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Justin, Joel D. (Joel De Witt), 1881-

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Woodside Mills (Greenville, S.C.)

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Sloan family.

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Paris Mountain Water Company.

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Harza, L. F.

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