Enoch Walter Sikes Presidential Records. 1926-1941. Speeches and writings.

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Young Men's Christian Associations of North America

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After several preliminary attempts, the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) was established in Spokane Falls, Washington Territory on November 4, 1884. William Markham was its first secretary. The Association, combining interests in social, physical and spiritual welfare among men, grew rapidly in the rapidly expanding trade center of eastern Washington. Soon after 1900, attempts were made to raise funds for a permanent home with full facilities. A large new building was constructed at ...

Sikes, Enoch Walter, 1868-1941

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Enoch Walter Sikes was born in Union County, N.C. on May 1, 1868. His education culminated with a Ph.D. in history, government and economics from Johns Hopkins University. Sikes began his faculty career at Wake Forest where he met his future wife, Ruth Wingate. By 1916, Sikes had become president of Coker College, a women's college in Hartsville, S.C. Knowing Sikes' reputation for administrative ability and public speaking, Clemson College's Board of Trustees asked Sikes to serve as the school's...

Mell, Patrick Hues, 1850-1918

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Patrick Hues Mell served as President of Clemson College from 1902-1910. His wife, Anne White Mell, was an active participant in the social life at Clemson. She apparently organized scrapbooks documenting Clemson during her husband's presidency. From the description of Mell papers, 1895-1910. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23987103 P. H. Mell was a University of Georgia alumnus and a distinguished scholar. From the description of P. H. Mell -...

Pickens, Andrew, 1739-1817

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South Carolina Revolutionary War soldier, U.S. commissioner negotiating with the southern Indians, 1785-1802. From the description of Journal, 1802. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37999358 Mrs. Alice Noble Waring of Hughes, Arkansas, great-great-great granddaughter of General Andrew Pickens, collected photostatic copies of original correspondence, documents, and papers which she used in writing The Fighting Elder: Andrew Pickens, 1739-1817, published in 1962. These ...

Pickney, Charles Cotesworth.

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Rice, Luther

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Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862

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Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888

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Thomas Green Clemson (1807-1888) was an engineer, government official, artist, art collector and linguist, promoter of scientific farming and education, founder of Clemson College (now Clemson University). From the description of Thomas Green Clemson papers. 1786-2000, (bulk 1844-1888). (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 18527953 ...

McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884

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American inventor. From the description of Autograph signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D. C., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608834 Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor of the reaper, was, at the time of this letter, engaged in his fruitless efforts to renew the patent for his invention. From the description of My faithful servant, Joseph, 1854 December 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122700825 Inventor, from Chicago...

Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908

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Ellison Capers (1837-1908) was a Confederate brigadier general and Episcopal bishop in South Carolina. From the guide to the Ellison Capers Papers, ., 1891; 1902 and undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Confederate officer and Protestant Episcopal clergyman, of Columbia and Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1860-1908. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19317092 Confede...

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...

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 ...

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Coker, James Lide, 1837-1918

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Capers, William, 1790-1855

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Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816

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Francis Asbury (1745-1816) was one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Born in England, he came to America in 1771; in 1784 he, with Thomas Coke, was named the head of the Methodist Church in America. There is a statue to his memory in Washington, DC, and in many towns and cities across America one may find an Asbury United Methodist Church. From the guide to the Francis Asbury Letters, 1811, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse ...

Hayne, Robert Young, 1791-1839

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American statesman; governor of S.C. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Charleston, to M. Carey, 1816 Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270466688 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269606184 Charleston and St. Paul Parish, S.C. attorney, South Carolina state legislator and governor, and U.S. senator. From the description of Letter : to M. Kelly, 1825 Sept. 1. (The South C...

Clemson University. Office of the President.

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This series contains the speeches and writings of Enoch Walter Sikes while he was President and after his retirement from office. In the series are found speeches, addresses to cadets at Clemson College and to organizations in the community, short public statements, lectures, Sunday school talks, and articles that appeared in student publications and newspapers. Topics include agriculture and the training of farmers; education; histories of the Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, and Presbyterian deno...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Pickney, Thomas.

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Furman, Richard, 1755-1825

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Baptist minister of Charleston, S.C., and Stateburg, S.C.; Doctorate of Divinity from Rhode Island College, 1799; member, S.C. General Assembly, 1790; founder, S.C. Baptist Convention, 1821; President of Religious Tract Society, Charleston, S.C.; founder of Claremount Academy, Statesburg, S.C.; son of Wood Furman (d. 1783) and Rachel Brodhead Furman; husband of Elizabeth Haynsworth Furman (d. 1787) and Dorothea Maria Burn Furman; father of Henry H. Furman, James Furman, Wood Furman, and at least...

Riggs, Walter M. (Walter Merritt), 1873-1924

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Engineer, educator, and athletic coach; fifth president of Clemson Agricultural College, present-day Clemson University, 1910-1924; b. Orangeburg, S.C.; B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala., 1893; honorary LL. D., USC, 1911; m. Marie Louise Moore, of Auburn, Ala., 1897; d. Washington, D.C., while attending meeting of executive committee of American Association of Land Grant Colleges; son of Emma Julia Gowan Riggs, of S.C., and Harpin Riggs, a carriage-maker from Connecticut who sett...