Washington Augustus Clark Papers, 1871-1931.

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Clark, W. A. (Washington Augustus), b. 1842. Washington Augustus Clark Papers, 1871-1931.

Washington Augustus Clark Papers, 1871-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42683832

The papers consist of daybooks, miscellaneous papers and scrapbooks, including an oversize scrapbook. Among the daybooks is one that contains "Collections on account of Melton and Clark from 1871-1875," but most of the daybooks contain information pertaining to cattle breeding for the period 1879-1910. The miscellaneous papers contain notes for a talk to be given November 6, 1928, to the South Carolina Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the unveiling of a tablet commemorating the December 17, 1960, Secession Convention as well as several letters, including copies of outgoing letters; some of the copies are illegible. The scrapbooks cover a variety of subjects: the 1860 South Carolina Secession Convention, including a scrapbook containing biographical sketches, arranged by district, of its members that appeared in the December 18, 1910, issue of The State; events in South Carolina in 1866, with references to Wade Hampton and the "redshirts": cartoons, depicting an African-American character, known as "Hambone's Meditations", and drawn by cartoonist James Pinckney Alley of the Memphis, TN Commercial Appeal c.1916; the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina and the state fair; weather, particularly coastal storms in South Carolina from 1854 to 1911; and Charleston in the 18th and 19th centuries.

15 items 1 oversize scrapbook.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library