Walter M. Riggs papers, 1889-1947.

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Riggs, Walter M. (Walter Merritt), 1873-1924. Walter M. Riggs papers, 1889-1947.

Walter M. Riggs papers, 1889-1947.

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Chiefly newspaper articles re Riggs' life and burial on Clemson campus; resolutions honoring his death issued by Anderson County Clemson Alumni Chapter, South Carolina Association of Veterinarians, Clemson Masonic Lodge 254, Association of Land Grant Colleges, Alabama Polytechnic Institute faculty, USC faculty, Clemson Alumni Assoc., S.C. State at Orangeburg, Louisiana State University faculty, American Legion Clemson Post 42; Columbia Chapter Clemson Alumni, Limestone College, Clemson Agricultural College student body, and others. Includes letters of condolence from Martin F. Ansel, R.L. Cooper, George B. Cromer, U.R. Cullum, W.S. Currell, Josephus Daniels, Davison M. Douglas, S.E. Henry, R.L. McDavid, Henry D. Phillips, J.A. Rountree, Orlando Sheppard, Henry Wallace, J.A. Wannamaker, and others; 6 personal letters, 1911 and 1923, from Riggs to wife, Louise Moore Riggs, including letter, 27 Jan. 1923, from Washington, D.C., re his meeting with congressional committees on agriculture, meeting with President Coolidge and discussion of Purnell Bill. Manuscript poem, 17 Feb. 1889, "The Earthquake," by Riggs; membership cards for State Agricultural & Mechanical Society of South Carolina, Masons, and Red Cross; notes on collegiate athletics; text of speech given by Riggs, 12 Apr. 1920, to Clemson students re bill of indictment brought against him before board of trustees; program, 22 Dec. 1923, from 104th annual meeting of New England Society of Charleston at which Riggs spoke on "Agriculture of South Carolina"; and published pamphlet, 1923, of speech, "South Carolina Agriculture." Later materials include courtship letters, 1937, from Rev. Dr. Richard Hall, professor of religion at Shorter College, Rome, Ga., to Riggs' widow, with discussion of Hall's health, finances, and proposed living arrangements for the couple; and annotated will, 1947, of Louise Moore Riggs Hall, widow of Walter Merritt Riggs and Richard Hall, stipulating that she be buried beside Riggs at Clemson.

209 items (10 legal size folders + 1 oversize folder)

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