Enoch Walter Sikes presidential records. 1932-1941. 1932-1941. Correspondence.

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Enoch Walter Sikes presidential records. 1932-1941. 1932-1941. Correspondence.

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The series contains correspondence and photographs. Frequent correspondents include Trustees Paul Quattlebaum and James F. Brynes; J. Rion McKissick, University of South Carolina; Shelton Phelps, Winthrop College; and Olin D. Johnston, Governor of South Carolina. Topics of the letters concern tuition costs, interstate trade, a fertilizer audit and investigation, cotton spinning research, cotton marketing, rural electrification, and forestry. The series also contains folders of information about the recipients of honorary degrees awarded by Clemson College.

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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