Records, 1909-1990; (bulk, 1962-1990).

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Records, 1909-1990; (bulk, 1962-1990).

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Collection includes reports from the various academic and non-academic departments; correspondence with faculty, staff, students, and various publications, discussing issues of importance within and beyond the University community. Records reflect the impact of local, state, and national events and movements on the University community; topics represented include World War I; prohibition and other changes of the 1920s; the Great Depression; World War II; civil rights movement; Vietnam War; and growth and expansion of USC during the 1970s and 1980s. Administrations represented include those of Samuel Chiles Mitchell, 1909-1913, 4.0 linear feet; Andrew Charles Moore, 1913-1914 (Acting President), .5 linear feet; William Spenser Currell, 1914-1922, 3.0 linear feet; William Davis Melton, 1922-1926, 4.5 linear feet; Davison McDowell Douglas, 1927-1931, 5.5 linear feet; and Leonard Theodore Baker, 1932-1936, 12.0 linear feet. Later administrations are represented by the following series: James Rion McKissick, 1936-1944, 35 linear feet; Norman Murray Smith, 1945-1952, 30 linear feet; Donald Stuart Russell, 1952-1957, 29 linear feet; Robert Llewellyn Sumwalt, 1959-1962, 27 linear feet; Thomas F. Jones, 1962-1974, 108 linear feet; William Herman Patterson, 1974-1977, 28 linear feet; James Bowker Holderman, 1977-1990, 200+ linear feet (unprocessed).

500+ linear feet.

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University of South Carolina. President.

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As its chief administrative officer, the President of the University serves at the pleasure of the University's Board of Trustees; because of the President's position as a medium of communication between the Board and the rest of the University, the records in this group provide material on virtually every aspect of University life. From the description of Records, 1909-1990; (bulk, 1962-1990). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37340896 ...

Mitchell, Samuel Chiles, 1864-1948

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Samuel Chiles Mitchell was born in Coffeeville, Mississippi on 24 December 1864. A noted educator, Mitchell received an M.A. from Georgetown (Tennessee) College in 1888. From 1889-1891, Mitchell taught history and Greek at Mississippi College, then returned to his alma mater in 1892 to teach Latin. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1899. Mitchell first became associated with Richmond, Virginia after 1895 where he taught history at the University of Richmond. Mitchell becomes ...

Patterson, William Herman.

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President of University of South Carolina (1974-1977); born 1913; Patterson joined the USC faculty in history and engineering in 1943, and held a number of academic and administrative positions, including serving as USC's chief administrative officer from 1961-1974; Patterson also played a significant role in the establishment of the University's regional campus system. From the description of William Herman Patterson papers, 1948-1949. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record...

University of South Carolina. President (1927-1931 : Douglas)

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South Carolina College

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University of South Carolina. President (1936-1944 : McKissick)

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McKissick, J. Rion (James Rion), 1884-1944

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University of South Carolina. President (1962-1974 : Jones)

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Melton, William D. (William Davis), 1868-1926

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Holderman, James B. (James Bowker), 1936-

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University of South Carolina. President (1914-1922 : Currell)

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Moore, Andrew Charles, 1866-1928.

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A.C. Moore graduated from South Carolina College in 1887. After serving as a primary school principal, superintendent of schools in Spartanburg, SC, and professor of botany at the University of Chicago, he returned to his alma mater as professor and in 1905 became the first chair of the Department of Biology at the renamed University of South Carolina. Moore also served as interim president of the University from1908-1909 and again in 1913-1914. From the description of Andrew Charles...

University of South Carolina. President (1977-1990 : Holderman)

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Smith, Norman Murray, 1883-1968.

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University of South Carolina. President (1952-1957 : Russell)

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Sumwalt, Robert Llewellyn.

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Engineer; 22nd president of USC, serving as acting president from 1957 to 1959 and president from 1959 to 1962; joined USC faculty in 1926 as associate professor of civil engineering and became full professor in 1931 and dean of the School of Engineering in 1943; Sumwalt received the B.S. degree and the professional degree of Civil Engineer from the University of Delaware, and the S.B.C.E. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Delaware also conferred upon him the honorary Doc...

University of South Carolina. President (1913-1914 : Moore)

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University of South Carolina. President (1932-1936 : Baker)

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University of South Carolina. President (1945-1952 : Smith)

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University of South Carolina. President (1922-1926 : Melton)

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Douglas, Davison McDowell, 1869-1931

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Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998

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Judge, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed 1971 by Richard M. Nixon; Governor, 1963-1966, of South Carolina; member, 1965-1967, U.S. Senate; president, 1952-1957, University of South Carolina; married, 1929, to Virginia Utsey Russell; reared in Chester, S.C. From the description of Proceedings on the occasion of the 90th birthday of Donald S. Russell, United States Circuit Judge and South Carolina Statesman ; 1996 Feb. 24. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 40...

Currell, William Spenser, 1858-1943

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University of South Carolina. President (1974-1977 : Patterson)

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Baker, Leonard Theodore, 1868-1955

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Jones, Thomas F. (Thomas Franklin), 1916-1981

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University of South Carolina. President (1959-1962 : Sumwalt)

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