Research and Course Guides: Clemson University History: Stories & Pictures

Why Do the Tigers Do That?

Traditions: Clemson University
From the Alma Mater Salute to the Welcome Back Festival, here are some explanations.

The Tiger Paw of Clemson University: Its Birth & Adoption by Noel Garvin, Class of 1944
Call Number: Special Collections LD1068.5 .T54 2006

Tales of Clemson, 1936-1940 by Arthur V. Williams
Life at Clemson as the Great Depression waned & World War II cast its shadow over the cadets' future.
Getting to Know Clemson University Is Quite an Education by Joseph Ellers
Call Number: LD1061.C3 E44 1987
Focuses on the tenure of President Robert C. Edwards during the years 1956 to 1970; highlights include the construction of Hartwell Reservoir, integration at Clemson, & the transition from college to university. Tables of trustees, etc.
Old Clemson College : it was a hell of a place by Frank Mellette
Call Number: LD1069 1981 .M4
Largely anecdotes of student life in the 1930s. Useful for brief stories & photos of professors, after whom many campus buildings are named.
Tales of Tigertown: anecdotes of a lifetime on the Clemson campus by Mary Katherine Littlejohn
Call Number: LD1068.5 .L5
By Mary Katherine Littlejohn, whose family has been closely involved with Clemson through most of its history.

Clemson - There's Something in These Hills by Trent Allen, Kevin Bray
Call Number: Oversize LD1068 .A45 2006
The Nature of Clemson by Lisa K. Wagner; Umit Yilmaz; Victor B. Shelburne; Jerry A. Waldvogel; Mary Taylor Haque
Call Number: LD1071 .N38 2005
Clemson University by Helene M. Riley
Call Number: LD1070 2002 .R45
Visions: Clemson's Yesteryears, 1880s-1960s by Alan Schaffer
Call Number: LD1061.C3 S33 1990