John R. Rhodes commonplace book, 1876-1877.

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John R. Rhodes commonplace book, 1876-1877.

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Commonplace book; there is also a carbon copy of the typed transcription of the book created by Addie S. Vance in 1936 under Works Progress Administration project #65-33-118, which was sponsored by the University of South Carolina and supervised by Dr. Anne K. Gregorie and Flora B. Surles, as well as a January 17, 1968, memo from Mary Stevenson, Clemson University Libraries, concerning the authorship of the book. The transcription is entitled "Common Place Book of John Ewing Colhoun," but Stevenson's memo attribues the book to Rhodes and presents supporting evidence. The commonplace book is a compilation of accounts, agreements, book summaries, clippings, estimates for a woolen factory near Pendleton, SC, written extracts of magazine articles and speeches (some by John C. Calhoun), formulas, a "health journal" concerning his illness of June 13-18, 1837, lists of orders for goods, a short log of correspondence, receipts and recipes. Many of the items in the book deal with medicine, politics and the textile industry.

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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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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

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...

Rhodes, John R.

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John R. Rhodes worked for the Vanclause Manufacturing Company (a textile mill) in Edgefield County near Aiken, SC, in 1829-1830. From the description of John R. Rhodes commonplace book, 1876-1877. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 42396522 ...