Joseph C. Ellers collection, 1985-1988, undated.

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Joseph C. Ellers collection, 1985-1988, undated.

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This collection contains 39 audiocassette tapes and 1 letter sized archival box of manuscript materials which document interviews conducted in the mid-1980s by Joseph C. Ellers for his book, "Getting To Know Clemson University Is Quite An Education: Determination Makes Dreams Come True." The interviews commonly follow a pattern of discussing the education of the interviewee, how they came to be at Clemson, and general recollections within the departments they were affiliated with while employed at the University. The manuscript materials contain early drafts and research notes. The recordings include interviews with: Luther P. Anderson, Carl E. Boyd, Bob Bradley, Herbert Brantley, Stephen Chapman, H. Morris Cox, Walter Cox, Harvey Gantt, Willie C. Godley, Gordon Gray, Trescott Newton Hinton, James Cleveland Hite, Victor Hurst, Geraldine Labecki, Harlan McClure, William H. Davis, McGregor, George M. Moore, Stanley Gosanko Nicholas, Wayne O'Dell, Judge Matthew Perry, Linvil G. Rich, Gilbert C. Robinson, Corinne Holt Sawyer, Arnold E. Schwartz, Taze L. Senn, Virginia Shanklin, Lawrence V. Starkey, Wallace Trevillion, Joe Turner, Kenneth N. Vickery, Henry E. Vogel, William L. Watkins, Byron K. "Bud" Webb, Melford A. Wilson, and Thomas B. Yandle.

3 archival boxes (.82 cubic ft.) + 39 audiocassettes + manuscript research notes.

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145445

Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library

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Godley, W. C. (Willie Cecil), 1922-

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Yandle, Bruce

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O'Dell, Wayne Talmadge, 1923-

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Vogel, Henry Elliott

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Turner, Joseph J.

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Gray, Gordon Walter, 1934-

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McGregor, William Henry Davis, 1927-

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Robinson, Gilbert C. (Gilbert Chase), 1919-

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Wilson, Melford Alonzo, 1939-

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Watkins, William L. (William Law)

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Chapman, Stephen R.

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Bradley, Bob, 1924-2000

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Moore, George, merchant

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Hite, James C., 1941-

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Boyd, Carl Ellis, 1919-2005

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McClure, Harlan Ewart

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Cox, Walter T. (Walter Thompson), 1918-2006

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Sawyer, Corinne Holt

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Joseph C. Ellers was born on September 15, 1959 in Morgantown, West Virginia, the son of John C. and Kathy L. Ellers. He was a graduate of D.W. Daniel High School and attended Clemson University and Southern Wesleyan. Active in both state and national politics, Ellers served as the City of Clemson's Investigative Council Staff Director, 1975-1976; Administrative Aide to State Representative Ed Simpson in 1977; national campaign staffer to President Gerald R. Ford in 1976; James B. Edwards Gubern...

Senn, T. L.

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Starkey, L. V. (Lawrence Vincent), 1888-

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Cox, H. Morris (Headley Morris), 1916-

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Nicholas, Stanley G.

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