Benjamin Ryan Tillman Papers
Mss.0080

Summary Information
Biographical and Historical Note
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Administrative Information
Collection Inventory: Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence; Series 2: Incoming Correspondence; Series 3: Personal Unprocessed Correspondence; Series 4: Stenographer's Notebooks; Series 5: Scrapbooks; Series 6: Extracts from the Congressional Record; Series 7: Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr.; Series 8: Diaries and Notebooks; Series 9: Patricia Tillman Kohn; Series 10: Mary Tillman Snead; Series 11: Photographs; Series 12: Oversize

Summary Information

Repository: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections
Creator: Tillman, Benjamin R., (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918
Title: Benjamin Ryan Tillman Papers
ID: Mss.0080
Date [inclusive]
Extent: 44.5 cubic feet
Language: English

Biographical and Historical Note

Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918), governor and U. S. senator, was born in Ropers, Edgefield County, South Carolina on Aug. 11, 1847. He was the son of Benjamin Ryan and Sophia (Hancock) Tillman, grandson of Frederick and Ansebell (Miller) Tillman, and great-grandson of George Tillman. His father was a farmer. Benjamin R. Tillman was educated at home under tutors and at public school in Liberty Hill, South Carolina. In 1864, he was stricken by an illness that resulted in the loss of his left eye.

In 1866 and 1867 he managed an unsuccessful farm in Florida. After his marriage in 1868, he returned to Edgefield County to farm the family plantation for the next twenty years. For some time he was a member of the Sweetwater Saber Club, a local military company, and from 1884 to 1890 he was captain of the Edgefield Hussars, another militia group. In 1876, with the former group, he took part in the Hamburg riot across the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia. Some two weeks later, he was involved in the Ellenton riot in which many blacks were killed.

The riots brought Tillman into closer contact with political matters, and he began to write for agricultural papers regarding the needs of farmers in South Carolina. He stressed that the farmers had been defrauded and that they were not receiving a scientific and practical education at the State College. In 1885, before the South Carolina State Agricultural and Mechanical Society and State Grange at Bennettsville, South Carolina, he made a speech in which he advocated establishing an experimental farm, turning South Carolina College (later the University of South Carolina) into an actual agricultural institution. He advocated placing more farmers on the board of trustees of that institution, enlarging the South Carolina State Board of Agriculture, and establishing farmers' institutes.

His campaign on behalf of the farmers led to the Farmers' Movement in South Carolina. In 1886, that movement took form as the Farmers' Association. It adopted a platform demanding the founding of an industrial school for women and a separate agricultural college. In November of that year, the Winthrop Training School for Teachers was organized in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1887, the state legislature voted an appropriation for the support of one scholarship from each county, an event that marked the beginning in South Carolina of aid to the education of women.

The quest for an agricultural college then became Tillman's principal aim. In 1887 he was instrumental in persuading Thomas G. Clemson to modify his will so that after Clemson's death his estate would be used for an agricultural college. After Clemson died in 1888, the state legislature accepted the bequest, and Clemson Agricultural and Industrial College (later Clemson University) was established in 1889.

Invited to run for governor of South Carolina in 1888, Tillman refused the offer, but in 1890 he accepted the reform-group nomination and was elected to office on the Democratic ticket. Reelected in 1892, he remained governor until 1894, the year in which he was elected to the United States Senate, where he served until his death on July 3, 1918.

At the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1895, he was chairman of the committee of suffrage that framed the article providing for an educational and property qualification for voting, a measure that eliminated most of the black vote.

One of the notable acts of Tillman's career as governor was the establishment in South Carolina of the direct primary system for naming candidates for election. Another measure enacted during his tenure was the Dispensary Law under which the state took over the manufacture and distribution of alcoholic beverages. In the beginning the law enriched the state financially, but later the management of the dispensary fell into corrupt hands, bringing the institution into disrepute. Further achievements of Tillman as governor included the assessment of taxes on railroads and other corporations and the victory of the courts in compelling the assesses to make payment; the refunding of the state debt, which saved $78,000 a year in interest; and the election, by the public, of railroad commissioners.

Soon after Tillman entered the Senate, he was placed on the committee on naval affairs. As a member of that committee one of his major efforts was to compel the manufacturers of armor plate to sell the product to the government at reasonable prices. In 1902 he conceived the idea of a great navy yard of the Atlantic coast in the South, and his quest was realized when such a station was established in Charleston, South Caorlina.

In 1906, when Tillman was a member of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, the Republicans on the committee disagreed among themselves as to which individual should handle the Hepburn Rate Bill on the floor of the Senate. Rather than see certain members of the Republican faction placed in charge, several Republicans joined with Democratic members and placed Tillman in charge. This was one of the first instances in which a member of the minority party was given the task of handling important majority legislation.

The later years of his career in the Senate, when he was chairman of the committee on naval affairs, were concerned with his interest in strengthening the U. S. Navy, and among the successful projects in which he was involved were the arrangements for the construction of submarines.

From 1896 to 1908 his services as a speaker were sought by managers of lecture bureaus, and for six months in 1907 he spoke almost daily. The demand on his time, coupled with his senatorial duties, brought on a paralytic stroke in 1908. After that he retired from public speaking.

He was married in Elbert County, Georgia, Jan. 8, 1868, to Sallie, daughter of Samuel C. Stark of that place, and had six children: Adeline; Benjamin Ryan; Margaret Melona, who married Charles Sumner Moore; Henry; Sophia, who married Henry W. Hughes; and Sallie May, who married John Shuler. Benjamin R. Tillman died in Washington, D. C.

This biographical essay was based largely on an entry in The National Encyclopedia of American Biography 60, p.147-149. See also Dictionary of American Biography IX, p. 547-549.

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Scope and Content Note

The Benjamin Ryan Tillman Papers has twelve series. The Papers consist primarily of material from the years when Tillman served as Governor of South Carolina (1890-1894) and then U.S. Senator (1895-1918). It includes substantial amounts of routine correspondence related to speaking engagements for the years prior to Tillman's stroke in 1908, requests for pensions, requests for help by individuals seeking jobs, and letters from citizens on a wide variety of subjects which they wished to bring to the Senator's attention. Mixed in with this correspondence are substantive matters related to South Carolina and national politics, the development of Clemson and Winthrop Colleges, and the personal life of the Tillman family.

Several later accessions have been incorporated into the Tillman Collection. The photographs series now includes accession 73-2. The Thach donation (79-4) has been incorporated into the oversize series. There are separate series for the material (85-66) which Ms. Pat Kohn donated and of which Ms. Mary Tillman Snead permitted the libraries to make copies. A Tillman autograph book given to Senator Strom thurmond and donated to Special Collections in accession 93-15 has been placed in the Personal Unprocessed (P.U.) Correspondence Series

The Kohn, Snead and Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr. series represent a small portion of the collection, but contain important information regarding Tillman and his family. They contain material apparently not available to Francis Butler Simkins when he wrote his biographies of Tillman. The Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr. Series also contains a draft of an unpublished biography of Tillman written by his son.

There are also a series of scrapbooks, photographs, stenographer's notes and extracts from the Congressional Record. The series are not complete, but do provide a good overview to Tillman's public career. There are approximately four hundred photos in the photograph series. Tillman and family members are the primary subject. There are several related to Tillman's visit with Thomas Alva Edison and to Clemson College.

Oversize material has been separated from the collection and placed in map files and oversize boxes. This oversize series includes about twenty scattered issues of newspapers from South Carolina, 1833-1893. It also includes early documents such as deeds from Edgefield County, South Carolina and Habersham County, Georgia; records of the Tillman, Pickens and Dugas families; and a variety of business papers.

Benjamin Tillman Jr. also donated his book collection to the Clemson Library at the time of his death in 1950. The majority of the collection has been added to the Library's circulating collection although there are a few items in Special Collection. There are copies listing this collection in the donor and reference files in Special Collections.

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Arrangement

In the collection's three main series, Outgoing, Incoming, and PU, the papers are arranged in strict chronological order within the series. The original arrangement of the collection included categories for fragments of letters, and undated material. Some documents that were not strictly correspondence were placed at the end of dated material in the Incoming, Outgoing, and PU series. The original box and folder numbers are listed as well as the current numbers. During the reprocessing of the collection, a variety of items on deteriorating paper were photocopied. A separate file of "bad paper" items was kept for awhile. This file has been discarded although some items have been returned to their proper place in the collection.

Material in the Kohn, Snead, and Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr. series are organized as subject files and chronologically within each folder.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Clemson University Libraries Special Collections 2010 July 8

Restrictions on Use

There are no restrictions on the use of this collection beyond those of Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and those dictated by United States Copyright Law.

Provenance

The papers of Benjamin Ryan Tillman have a somewhat unusual history. During the early 1930's, Dr. Robert L. Meriwether convinced Benjamin Tillman, Jr. to deposit his father's papers at the University of South Carolina's Library. The papers apparently had been stored in the carriage house at the Tillman home at Trenton, South Carolina for a number of years. These records were supplemented by other materials which Tillman received from a Mr. McCain and then passed on to Meriwether. For a while, Meriwether stored the papers at his home until facilities were available to house them at the University of South Carolina.

The University of South Carolina organized the papers during the late 1930's according to standard archival practices of the time. The original organization of Tillman's files, if one existed, was replaced by chronological arrangement of series of incoming and outgoing correspondence. A third major group of records, primarily incoming correspondence from the 1890's, was apparently acquired at a later date. These were housed in boxes labeled "P-U", an abbreviation for "Personal Papers, Unprocessed". All of these records were stored in kraft folders and cardboard boxes. Other parts of the collection include scrapbooks, photographs, and miscellaneous printed material.

The papers were open to researchers and the historian Francis Butler Simkins used them to write two books about the life of Benjamin Tillman. These works motivated Benjamin Tillman Jr. to attempt to write his own biography of his father. For this project, he turned to the University Library and would occasionally borrow material to use in his research. In 1947, Tillman, Jr. decided that he wanted to have his father's papers transferred to Clemson College because he was then living in Clemson. The collection was removed from the University of South Carolina and placed in the Clemson Library. In 1947, Tillman also indicated that Clemson College would become the owner of his and his father's papers upon his death.

In 1983, the Cooper Library at Clemson received from the University of South Carolina's Caroliniana Library one box of material which Mrs. S. Tucker McCravy had given to the Library. Mrs. McCravy's mother, Mrs. Robert Gordon Thach (née Douschka Pickens Tillman) had received the material from her father, Benjamin Tillman Jr. This box apparently included items which Tillman Jr. had borrowed from his father's papers as well as some of his own papers. In 1984, two boxes of envelopes which had been separated from the rest of the Tillman Collection were transferred from the Caroliniana to Clemson. In 1985, Pat Kohn, a great-granddaughter of Benjamin Tillman, donated approximately one hundred letters which she had gathered from relatives. In 1986, Mary Tillman Snead, granddaughter to Tillman, permitted approximately seventy-five letters to be photocopied.

Material in the Patricia Tillman Kohn series was given to the Libraries by Patricia Tillman Kohn in 1985 (Accession 85-66). She is the granddaughter of Sophie Tillman Hughes and the great-granddaughter of Benjamin Ryan Tillman. Photocopies of three letters from Tillman to his daughter Sally May and son Ben have been added to this series. They apparently were donated by a Tillman descendent in 1984 (Accession 85-23). There is also one folder of correspondence, 1908-1915, from Senator Tillman to Margarette Richardson, daughter of Governor Richardson. This was donated in 1988 (Accession 88-104).

Processing Information

Work on refoldering the collection began in 1982 under the supervision of Jan Bzdyl and continued through 1987 under the supervision of Jan Gambrell. Parts of this register were prepared by Jan Gambrell in 1987 with further work done by Michael Kohl in 1989 and 1990. Karen Bates supervised the creation of the finding aid in 1990.

The conversion of this finding aid to Encoded Archival Description format was made possible with a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board in 2009-2010. The finding aid was prepared for encoding by Jen Bingham.

James Cross made an addition to the finding aid in August 2010.

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Collection Inventory

Series 1 Series 1: Outgoing Correspondence 1890-1918, undated 5.0 cubic feet Arrangement The papers are arranged in strictly chronological order, with the majority being from the period 1912-1918. The box and folder numbers in parentheses after some date ranges indicate the box and folder numbers for the series prior to reprocessing. At the end of the series are several folders of undated items and fragments of letters. There are also three letterpress volumes of Tillman’s outgoing correspondence, one dating from 1894 and the other from 1899-1902. Description This series is composed primarily of correspondence of a political and business nature. Included are letters to constituents regarding job requests and appointments, letters to his son, Ben Tillman, Jr., about the family farm at Trenton, SC, and correspondence with various political leaders, such as Presidents Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft, Congressman A. Frank Lever, Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, Congressman James F. Byrnes, South Carolina Governor Cole Blease, US Senators Morris Sheppard, Key Pittman, George C. Perkins, Elihu Root, W. E. Chandler, and John Gary Evans, Circuit Solicitor J. William Thurmond, and Assistant Secretary for the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt. There are many letters to President Wilson on appointments, recommendations, and bills in Congress. Tillman's correspondence with President Walter Merritt Riggs of Clemson College concerns both personal matters and information about Clemson's operations. There is also correspondence to the South Carolina delegation regarding the alleged bribery in the 1913 congressional election. The manuscript processors’ notes identify the location of many prominent correspondents.
	Box	Folder
August, 1861-May 14, 1899 General note (1:1-5)	1	1
June 24, 1898-December 17, 1900	1	1a
January 1, 1901-August 4, 1903	1	1b
Circa 1904-May 9, 1906 General note (1:6-15)	1	2
May 11-June 21, 1906 General note (1:16-20)	1	3
June 22, 1906-September 24, 1906 General note (1:21-25)	1	4
September 29-December 28, 1906 General note (1:27-32)	1	5
January 1-February 6, 1907 General note (1:33-42)	1	6
February 6-April 15, 1907 General note (1:43-52)	1	7
April 15-October 29, 1907 General note (1:53-59)	1	8
October 31, 1907-March 5, 1908 General note (2:1-8)	1a	9
March 5, 1908-May 11, 1909 General note (2:9-18)	1a	10
May 11, 1909-January 17, 1910 General note (2:19-25)	1a	11
January 20-July 5, 1910 General note (2:26-38)	1a	12
July 6-September 10, 1910 General note (2:39-48)	1a	13
September 16 1910-February 2, 1911 General note (2:49-59)	1a	14
February 2-February 17, 1911 General note (2:60-62)	1a	15
February 17-February 28, 1911 General note (3:1-8)	1a	16
February 28-March 9, 1911 General note (3:9-16)	1a	17
March 9-March 24, 1911 General note (3:17-24)	1a	18
March 24-April 7, 1911 General note (3:25-32)	1a	19
April 7-May 6, 1911 General note (3:33-40)	1a	20
May 6-May 25, 1911 General note (3:41-48)	2	21
May 26-June 19, 1911 General note (3:49-56)	2	22
June 19-July 26, 1911 General note (3:57-63)	2	23
July 26-September 4, 1911 General note (4:1-8)	2	24
September 4-September 25, 1911 General note (4:9-16)	2	25
September 25-October 12, 1911 General note (4:17-24)	2	26
October 12-October 28, 1911 General note (4:25-32)	2	27
October 28-November 18, 1911 General note (4:33-40)	2	28
November 18-December 8, 1911 General note (4:41-48)	2	29
December 8-December 30, 1911 General note (4:49-56)	2	30
December 30, 1911-January 6, 1912 General note (4:57-63)	2	31
January 6-January 12, 1912 General note (5:1-8)	2	32
January 12-January 17, 1912 General note (5:9-16)	2	33
January 17-January 24, 1912 General note (5:17-24)	2	34
January 24-January 31, 1912 General note (5:25-32)	2	35
January 31-February 3, 1912 General note (5:33-40)	2	36
February 3-February 14, 1912) General note (5:41-48)	2	37
February 14-February 19, 1912 General note (5:49-56)	2	38
February 19-February 24, 1912 General note (5:57-63)	2	39
February 24-March 4, 1912 General note (6:1-8)	2	40
March 4-March 9, 1912 General note (6:9-16)	3	41
March 9-March 20, 1912 General note (6:17-24)	3	42
March 20-April 4, 1912 General note (6:25-32)	3	43
April 4-April 16, 1912 General note (6:33-40)	3	44
April 16-April 22, 1912 General note (6:41-48)	3	45
April 23-April 29, 1912 General note (6:49-56)	3	46
April 29-May 4, 1912 General note (6:57-64)	3	47
May 5-May 10, 1912 General note (6:65-72)	3	48
May 10-May 15, 1912 General note (6:73-80)	3	49
May 15-May 21, 1912 General note (7:1-8)	3	50
May 21-May 24, 1912 General note (7:9-16)	3	51
May 25-May 29, 1912 General note (7:17-24)	3	52
May 29-June 3, 1912 General note (7:25-32)	3	53
June 3-June 7, 1912 General note (7:33-40)	3	54
June 7-June 12, 1912 General note (7:41-48)	3	55
June 12-June 17, 1912 General note (7:49-56)	3	56
June 17-June 22, 1912 General note (7:57-64)	3	57
June 23-July 6, 1912 General note (6:65-72)	3	58
July 6-July 11, 1912 General note (7:73-80)	3	59
July 11-July 19, 1912 General note (8:1-8)	4	60
July 19-July 24, 1912 General note (8:9-16)	4	61
July 24-August 1, 1912 General note (8:17-24)	4	62
August 1-August 5, 1912 General note (8:25-32)	4	63
August 5-August 9, 1912 General note (8:33-40)	4	64
August 9-August 14, 1912 General note (8:41-48)	4	65
August 14-August 19, 1912 General note (8:49-56)	4	66
August 19-August 23, 1912 General note (8:57-64)	4	67
August 23-August 31, 1912 General note (8:65-72)	4	68
September 2-September 7, 1912 General note (8:73-80)	4	69
September 7-September 14, 1912 General note (9:1-8)	4	70
September 14-September 23, 1912 General note (9:9-16)	4	71
September 23-September 30, 1912 General note (9:17-24)	4	72
September 30-October 15, 1912 General note (9:25-32)	4	73
October 15-October 26, 1912 General note (9:33-40)	4	74
October 26-November 9, 1912 General note (9:41-48)	4	75
November 9-November 13, 1912 General note (9:49-56)	4	76
November 13-November 20, 1912 General note (9:57-64)	4	77
November 20-December 2, 1912 General note (9:65-72)	4	78
December 2-December 4, 1912 General note (9:73-80)	4	79
December 4-December 7, 1912 General note (10:1-8)	4	80
December 7-December 10, 1912 General note (10:9-16)	5	81
December 10-December 13, 1912 General note (10:17-24)	5	82
December 13-December 18, 1912 General note (10:25-32)	5	83
December 18-December 28, 1912 General note (10:33-40)	5	84
December 29, 1912-January 8, 1913 General note (10 folders 41-48)	5	85
January 8-January 11, 1913 General note (10:49-56)	5	86
January 11-January 15, 1913 General note (10:57-64)	5	87
January 15-January 18, 1913 General note (10:65-72)	5	88
January 18-January 21, 1913 General note (10:73-80)	5	89
January 21-January 25, 1913 General note (11:1-8)	5	90
January 25-January 29, 1913 General note (11:9-16)	5	91
January 29-February 4, 1913 General note (11:17-24)	5	92
February 4-February 5, 1913 General note (11:25-32)	5	93
February 5-February 10, 1913 General note (11:33-40)	5	94
February 10-February 13, 1913 General note (11:41-48)	5	95
February 13-February 17, 1913 General note (11:49-56)	5	96
February 17-February 21, 1913 General note (11:57-64)	5	97
February 21-February 25, 1913 General note (11:65-72)	5	98
February 25-March 1, 1913 General note (11:73-80)	5	99
March 1-March 10, 1913 General note (12:1-8)	6	100
March 10-March 13, 1913 General note (12:9-16)	6	101
March 13-March 17, 1913 General note (12:17-24)	6	102
March 17-March 22, 1913 General note (12:25-32)	6	103
March 22-March 28, 1913 General note (12:33-40)	6	104
March 28-April 7, 1913 General note (12:41-48)	6	105
April 7-April 10, 1913 General note (12:49-56)	6	106
April 10-April 12, 1913 General note (12:57-64)	6	107
April 12-April 16, 1913 General note (12:65-72)	6	108
April 16-April 23, 1913 General note (12:73-80)1	6	109
April 23-April 26, 1913 General note (13:1-8)	6	110
April 26-May 1, 1913 General note (13:9-16)	6	111
May 1-May 4, 1913 General note (13:17-24)	6	112
May 5-May 9, 1913 General note (13:25-32)	6	113
May 9-May 10, 1913 General note (13:33-40)	6	114
May 10-May 14, 1913 General note (13:41-48)	6	115
May 14-May 19, 1913 General note (13:49-56)	6	116
May 20-May 22, 1913 General note (13:57-64)	6	117
May 22-May 26, 1913 General note (13:65-72)	6	118
May 26-May 29, 1913 General note (13:73-80)	6	119
May 29-June 3, 1913 General note (14:1-8)	6	120
June 3-June 10, 1913 General note (14:9-16)	6	121
June 10-June 16, 1913 General note (14:17-24)	7	122
June 16-June 19, 1913 General note (14:25-32)	7	123
June 19-June 25, 1913 General note (14:33-40)	7	124
June 25-June 28, 1913 General note (14:41-48)	7	125
June 28-July 5, 1913 General note (14:49-56)	7	126
July 5-July 10, 1913 General note (14:57-64)	7	127
July 10-July 14, 1913 General note (14:65-72)	7	128
July 14-July 17, 1913 General note (14:73-80)	7	129
July 17-July 19, 1913 General note (15:1-8)	7	130
July 19-July 23, 1913 General note (15:9-16)	7	131
July 23-July 25, 1913 General note (15:17-24)	7	132
July 25-July 28, 1913 General note (15:25-32)	7	133
July 28-July 29, 1913 General note (15:33-40)	7	134
July 29-August 1, 1913 General note (15:41-48)	7	135
August 1-August 4, 1913 General note (15:49-56)	7	136
August 4-August 7, 1913 General note (15:57-64)	7	137
August 7-August 11, 1913 General note (15:65-72)	7	138
August 11-August 15, 1913 General note (15:73-80)	7	139
August 15-August 19, 1913 General note (16:1-8)	7	140
August 19-August 23, 1913 General note (16:9-16)	7	141
August 23-August 27, 1913 General note (16:17-24)	7	142
August 27-August 29, 1913 General note (16:25-32)	7	143
August 30-September 4, 1913 General note (16:33-40)	7	144
September 4-September 8, 1913 General note (16:41-48)	7	145
September 8-September 11, 1913 General note (16:49-56)	7	146
September 11-September 14, 1913 General note (16:57-64)	8	147
September 15-September 17, 1913 General note (16:65-72)	8	148
September 17-September 20, 1913 General note (16:73-80)	8	149
September 20-September 24, 1913 General note (17:1-8)	8	150
September 24-September 28, 1913 General note (17:9-16)	8	151
September 29-October 1, 1913 General note (17:17-24)	8	152
October 2-October 6, 1913 General note (17:25-32)	8	153
October 6-October 9, 1913 General note (17:33-40)	8	154
October 9-October 15, 1913 General note (17:41-48)	8	155
October 15-October 18, 1913 General note (17:49-56)	8	156
October 18-October 22, 1913 General note (17:57-64)	8	157
October 22-October 26, 1913 General note (17:65-72)	8	158
October 27-October 30, 1913 General note (17:73-80)	8	159
October 30-November 3, 1913 General note (18:1-8)	8	160
November 4-November 7, 1913 General note (18:9-16)	8	161
November 7-November 10, 1913 General note (18:17-24)	8	162
November 10-November 14, 1913 General note (18:25-32)	8	163
November 14-November 18, 1913 General note (18:33-40)	8	164
November 19-November 22, 1913 General note (18:41-48)	8	165
November 22-November 28, 1913 General note (18:49-56)	8	166
November 28-December 3, 1913 General note (18:57-64)]	8	167
December 3-December 9, 1913 General note (18:65-72)	8	168
December 10-December 15, 1913 General note (18:73-80)	8	169
December 15-December 18, 1913 General note (19:1-8)	9	170
December 18, 1913-January 3, 1914 General note (19:9-16)	9	171
January 3-January 13, 1914 General note (19:17-24)	9	172
January 13-January 16, 1914 General note (19:25-32)	9	173
January 17-January 22, 1914 General note (19:33-40)	9	174
January 22-January 24, 1914 General note (19:41-48)	9	175
January 25-January 28, 1914 General note (19:49-56)	9	176
January 29-January 31, 1914 General note (19:57-64)	9	177
February 1-February 4, 1914 General note (19:65-72)	9	178
February 4-February 6, 1914 General note (19:73-90)	9	179
February 6-February 10, 1914 General note (20:1-8)	9	180
February 11-February 16, 1914 General note (20:9-16)	9	181
February 16-February 19, 1914 General note (20:17-24)	9	182
February 19-February 26, 1914 General note (20:25-32)	9	183
February 26-February 28, 1914 General note (20:33-40)	9	184
February 28-March 4, 1914 General note (20:41-48)	9	185
March 5-March 7, 1914 General note (20:49-56)	9	186
March 7-March 11, 1914 General note (20:57-64)	9	187
March 11-March 14, 1914 General note (20:65-72)	9	188
March 14-March 17, 1914 General note (20:73-80)	9	189
March 17-March 23, 1914 General note (21:1-8)	9	190
March 23-March 26, 1914 General note (21:9-16)	10	191
March 26-March 28, 1914 General note (21:17-24)	10	192
March 28-April 2, 1914 General note (21:25-32)	10	193
April 2-April 6, 1914 General note (21:33-40)	10	194
April 6-April 13, 1914 General note (21:41-48)	10	195
April 13-April 20, 1914 General note (21:49-56)	10	196
April 20-April 25, 1914 General note (21:57-64)	10	197
April 25-April 28, 1914 General note (21:65-72)	10	198
April 28-April 30, 1914 General note (21:73-80)	10	199
May 1-May 6, 1914 General note (22:1-8)	10	200
May 6-May 12, 1914 General note (22:9-16)	10	201
May 12-May 17, 1914 General note (22:17-24)	10	202
May 18-May 22, 1914 General note (22:25-32)	10	203
May 22-May 27, 1914 General note (22:33-40)	10	204
May 27-May 30, 1914 General note (22:41-48)	10	205
May 30-June 4, 1914 General note (22:49-56)	10	206
June 4-June 8, 1914 General note (22:57-64)	10	207
June 8-June 12, 1914 General note (22:65-72)	10	208
June 13-June 17,1914 General note (22:73-80)	10	209
June 17-June 21, 1914 General note (23:1-8)	10	210
June 22-June 25, 1914 General note (23:9-16)	10	211
June 25-June 30, 1914 General note (23:17-24)	10	212
June 30-July 11, 1914 General note (23:25-32)	10	213
July 11-July 14, 1914 General note (23:33-40)	10	214
July 14-July 17, 1914 General note (23:41-48)	10	215
July 17-July 20, 1914 General note (23:49-56)	11	216
July 20-July 23, 1914 General note (23:57-64)	11	217
July 23-July 27, 1914 General note (23:65-72)	11	218
July 27-July 31, 1914 General note (23:73-80)	11	219
August 1-August 5, 1914 General note (24:1-8)	11	220
August 6-August 10, 1914 General note (24:9-16)	11	221
August 10-August 15, 1914 General note (24:17-24)	11	222
August 15-August 18, 1914 General note (24:25-32)	11	223
August 19-August 28, 1914 General note (24:33-40)	11	224
August 28-September 9, 1914 General note (24:41-48)	11	225
September 10-September 17, 1914 General note (24:49-56)	11	226
September 18-September 28, 1914 General note (24:57-63)	11	227
September 28-October 2, 1914 General note (24:64-72)	11	228
October 3-October 13, 1914 General note (24:73-80)	11	229
October 14-October 31, 1914 General note (25:1-8)	11	230
October 31-November 20, 1914 General note (25:9-16)	11	231
November 20-November 30, 1914 General note (25:17-24)	11	232
November 30-December 3, 1914 General note (25:25-32)	11	233
December 3-December 9, 1914 General note (25:33-40)	11	234
December 9-December 15, 1914 General note (25:41-48)	11	235
December 15-December 24, 1914 General note (25:49-56)	11	236
December 25, 1914-January 1, 1915 General note (25:57-64)	12	237
January 2-January 5, 1915 General note (25:65-72)	12	238
January 5-January 7, 1915 General note (25:73-80)	12	239
January 7-January 11, 1915 General note (26:1-8)	12	240
January 11-January 13, 1915 General note (26:9-16)	12	241
January 13-January 16, 1915 General note (26:17-24)	12	242
January 17-January 22, 1915 General note (26:25-32)	12	243
January 22-January 28, 1915 General note (26:33-40)	12	244
January 28-February 2, 1915 General note (26:41-48)	12	245
February 2-February 6, 1915 General note (26:49-56)	12	246
February 7-February 11, 1915 General note (26:57-64)	12	247
February 11-February 13, 1915 General note (26:65-72)	12	248
February 14-February 19, 1915 General note (26:73-80)	12	249
February 19-February 27, 1915 General note (27:1-8)	12	250
February 27-March 3, 1915 General note (27:9-16)	12	251
March 3-March 11, 1915 General note (27:17-24)	12	252
March 11-March 16, 1915 General note (27:25-32)	12	253
March 17-March 22, 1915 General note (27:33-40)	12	254
March 22-March 24, 1915 General note (27:41-48)	12	255
March 25-April 1, 1915 General note (27:49-56)	12	256
April 1-April 10, 1915 General note (27:57-64)	12	257
April 10-April 20, 1915 General note (27:65-72)	12	258
April 20-April 28, 1915 General note (27:73-80)	12	259
April 28-May 1, 1915 General note (28:1-8)	13	260
May 2-May 11, 1915 General note (28:9-16)	13	261
May 11-May 18, 1915 General note (28:17-24)	13	262
May 19-May 24, 1915 General note (28:25-32)	13	263
May 25-June 2, 1915 General note (28:33-40)	13	264
June 2-June 15, 1915 General note (28:41-48)	13	265
June 16-June 25, 1915 General note (28:49-56)	13	266
June 26-July 12, 1915 General note (28:57-64)	13	267
July 12-July 26, 1915 General note (28:65-72)	13	268
July 27-August 13, 1915 General note (28:73-80)	13	269
August 13-August 30, 1915 General note (29:1-8)	13	270
September 1-September 8, 1915 General note (29:9-16)	13	271
September 8-September 15, 1915 General note (29:17-24)	13	272
September 15-September 22, 1915 General note (29:25-32)	13	273
September 23-October 8, 1915 General note (29:33-40)	13	274
October 8-October 20, 1915 General note (29:41-48)	13	275
October 20-November 13, 1915 General note (29:49-56)	13	276
November 13-November 26, 1915 General note (29:57-64)	13	277
November 26-December 2, 1915 General note (29:65-72)	13	278
December 2-December 8, 1915 General note (29:73-80)	13	279
December 8-December 11, 1915 General note (30:1-8)	13	280
December 12-December 21, 1915 General note (30:9-16)	14	281
December 22-December 29, 1915 General note (30:17-24)	14	282
December 29, 1915-January 4, 1916 General note (30:25-32)	14	283
January 4-January 7, 1916 General note (30:33-40)	14	284
January 7-January 10, 1916 General note (30:41-48)	14	285
January 10-January 12, 1916 General note (30:49-56)	14	286
January 13-January 16, 1916 General note (30:57-64)	14	287
January 16-January 19, 1916 General note (30:65-72)	14	288
January 19-January 20, 1916 General note (30:73-80)	14	289
January 21-January 24, 1916 General note (31:1-8)	14	290
January 24-January 27, 1916 General note (31:9-16	14	291
January 28-January 31, 1916 General note (31:17-24)	14	292
January 31-February 2, 1916 General note (31:25-32)	14	293
February 2-February 4, 1916 General note (31:33-40)	14	294
February 4-February 8, 1916 General note (31:41-48)	14	295
February 8-February 11, 1916 General note (31:49-56)	14	296
February 11-February 14, 1916 General note (31:57-64)	14	297
February 15-February 17, 1916 General note (31:65-72)	14	298
February 18-February 21, 1916 General note (31:73-80)	14	299
February 21-February 23, 1916 General note (32:1-8)	14	300
February 23-February 25, 1916 General note (32:9-16)	14	301
February 25-February 28, 1916 General note (32:17-24)	14	302
February 28-March 1, 1916 General note (32:25-32)	14	303
March 2-March 4, 1916 General note (32:33-40)	14	304
March 4-March 7, 1916 General note (32:41-48)	15	305
March 7-March 9, 1916 General note (32:49-56)	15	306
March 9-March 14, 1916 General note (32:57-64)	15	307
March 14-March 16, 1916 General note (32:65-72)	15	308
March 17-March 22, 1916 General note (32:73-80)	15	309
March 22-March 24, 1916 General note (33:1-8)	15	310
March 24-March 27, 1916 General note (33:9-16)	15	311
March 27-March 30, 1916 General note (33:17-24)	15	312
March 30-April 4, 1916 General note (33:25-32)	15	313
April 5-April 8, 1916 General note (33:33-40)	15	314
April 8-April 11, 1916 General note (33:41-48)	15	315
April 11-April 14, 1916 General note (33:49-56)	15	316
April 14-April 17, 1916 General note (33:57-64)	15	317
April 17-April 21, 1916 General note (33:65-72)	15	318
April 21-April 25, 1916 General note (33:73-80)	15	319
April 25-April 29, 1916 General note (34:1-8)	15	320
April 29-May 8, 1916 General note (34:9-16)	15	321
May 8-May 11, 1916 General note (34:17-24)	15	322
May 12-May 16, 1916 General note (34:25-32)	15	323
May 16-May 18, 1916 General note (34:33-40)	15	324
May 19-May 24, 1916 General note (34:41-48)	15	325
May 24-May 26, 1916 General note (34:49-56)	15	326
May 27-May 31, 1916 General note (34:57-64)	15	327
May 31-June 12, 1916 General note (34:65-72)	16	328
June 12-June 13, 1916 General note (34:73-80)	16	329
June 13-June 17, 1916 General note (35:1-8)	16	330
June 17-June 23, 1916 General note (35:9-16)	16	331
June 23-June 27, 1916 General note (35:17-24)	16	332
June 27-June 30, 1916 General note (35:25-32)	16	333
July 1-July 4, 1916 General note (35:33-40)	16	334
July 4-July 8, 1916 General note (35:41-48)	16	335
July 8-July 14, 1916 General note (35:49-56)	16	336
July 14-July 20, 1916 General note (35:57-64)	16	337
July 20-July 25, 1916 General note (35:65-72)	16	338
July 25-July 29, 1916 General note (35:73-80)	16	339
July 29-August 2, 1916 General note (36:1-8)	16	340
August 2-August 7, 1916 General note (36:9-16)	16	341
August 8-August 10, 1916 General note (36:17-24)	16	342
August 10-August 15, 1916 General note (36:25-32)	16	343
August 15-August 20, 1916 General note (36:33-40)	16	344
August 22-August 31, 1916 General note (36:41-48)	16	345
September 1-September 7, 1916 General note (36:49-56)	16	346
September 8-September 12, 1916 General note (36:57-64)	16	347
September 12-September 14, 1916 General note (36:65-72)	16	348
September 14-September 19, 1916 General note (36:73-80)	16	349
September 19-September 25, 1916 General note (37:1-8)	17	350
September 25-October 1, 1916 General note (37:9-16)	17	351
October 1-October 8, 1916 General note (37:17-24)	17	352
October 8-October 16, 1916 General note (37:25-32)	17	353
October 16-October 27, 1916 General note (37:33-40)	17	354
October 27-November 6, 1916 General note (37:41-48)	17	355
November 6-November 18, 1916 General note (37:49-56)	17	356
November 19-December 4, 1916 General note (37:57-64)	17	357
December 4-December 9, 1916 General note (37:65-72)	17	358
December 9-December 12, 1916 General note (37:73-80)	17	359
December 12-December 16, 1916 General note (38:1-8)	17	360
December 16-December 31, 1916 General note (38:9-16)	17	361
Circa 1916-January 2, 1917 General note (38:17-24)	17	362
January 2-January 4, 1917 General note (38:25-32)	17	363
January 4-January 7, 1917 General note (38:33-40)	17	364
January 7-January 10, 1917 General note (38:41-48)	17	365
January 10-January 13, 1917 General note (38:49-56)	17	366
January 13-January 16, 1917 General note (38:57-64)	17	367
January 17-January 22, 1917 General note (38:65-72)	17	368
January 22-January 24, 1917 General note (38:73-80)	17	369
January 24-January 26, 1917 General note (39:1-8)	17	370
January 27-January 31, 1917 General note (39:9-16)	17	371
January 31-February 3, 1917 General note (39:17-24)	18	372
February 3-February 7, 1917 General note (39:25-32)	18	373
February 7-February 12, 1917 General note (39:33-40)	18	374
February 12-February 14, 1917 General note (39:41-48)	18	375
February 14-February 16, 1917 General note (39:49-56)	18	376
February 16-February 20, 1917 General note (39:57-64)	18	377
February 21-February 22, 1917 General note (39:65-72)	18	378
February 22-February 24, 1917 General note (39:73-80)	18	379
February 24-February 26, 1917 General note (40:1-8)	18	380
February 26-March 1, 1917 General note (40:9-16)	18	381
March 2-March 12, 1917 General note (40:17-24)	18	382
March 12-March 19, 1917 General note (40:25-32)	18	383
March 19-March 23, 1917 General note (40:33-40)	18	384
March 24-April 2, 1917 General note (40:41-48)	18	385
April 2-April 6, 1917 General note (40:49-56)	18	386
April 6-April 9, 1917 General note (40:57-64)	18	387
April 9-April 11, 1917 General note (40:65-72)	18	388
April 11-April 13, 1917 General note (40:73-80)	18	389
April 13-April 20, 1917 General note (41:1-8)	18	390
April 20-April 24, 1917 General note (41:9-16)	18	391
April 24-April 28, 1917 General note (41:17-24)	18	392
April 28-April 30, 1917 General note (41:25-32)	18	393
April 30-May 3, 1917 General note (41:33-40)	18	394
May 3-May 6, 1917 General note (41:41-48)	18	395
May 6-May 9, 1917 General note (41:49-5)	19	396
May 9-May 12, 1917 General note (41:57-64)	19	397
May 12-May 16, 1917 General note (41:65-72)	19	398
May 16-May 19, 1917 General note (41:73-80)	19	399
May 19-May 23, 1917 General note (42:1-8)	19	400
May 24-May 26, 1917 General note (42:9-16)	19	401
May 26-May 30, 1917 General note (42:17-24)	19	402
May 31-June 3, 1917 General note (42:25-32)	19	403
June 3-June 7, 1917 General note (42:33-40)	19	404
June 7-June 14, 1917 General note (42:41-48)	19	405
June 14-June 18, 1917 General note (42:49-56)	19	406
June 18-July 23, 1917 General note (42:57-64)	19	407
July 23-July 25, 1917 General note (42:65-72)	19	408
July 25-July 28, 1917 General note (42:73-80)	19	409
July 28-August 1, 1917 General note (43:1-8)	19	410
August 2-August 6, 1917 General note (43:9-16)	19	411
August 6-August 10, 1917 General note (43:17-24)	19	412
August 10-August 15, 1917 General note (43:25-32)	19	413
August 15-August 18, 1917 General note (43:33-40)	19	414
August 18-August 23, 1917 General note (43:41-48)	19	415
August 23-August 27, 1917 General note (43:49-56)	19	416
August 27-August 30, 1917 General note (43:57-64)	19	417
August 30-September 3, 1917 General note (43:65-72)	20	418
September 3-September 10, 1917 General note (43:73-80)	20	419
September 10-September 14, 1917 General note (44:1-8)	20	420
September 14-September 19, 1917 General note (44:9-16)	20	421
September 19-September 26, 1917 General note (44:17-24)	20	422
September 26-October 2, 1917 General note (44:25-32)	20	423
October 2-October 4, 1917 General note (44:33-40)	20	424
October 5-October 10, 1917 General note (44:41-48)	20	425
October 10-October 13, 1917 General note (44:49-56)	20	426
October 13-October 18, 1917 General note (44:57-64)	20	427
October 19-October 24, 1917 General note (44:65-72)	20	428
October 24-October 29, 1917 General note (44:73-80)	20	429
October 29-November 3, 1917 General note (45:1-8)	20	430
November 3-November 11, 1917 General note (45:9-16)	20	431
November 12-November 21, 1917 General note (45:17-24)	20	432
November 21-November 24, 1917 General note (45:25-32)	20	433
November 25-December 3, 1917 General note (45:33-40)	20	434
December 3-December 6, 1917 General note (45:41-48)	20	435
December 7-December 11, 1917 General note (45:49-56)	20	436
December 11-December 14, 1917 General note (45:57-64)	20	437
December 14-December 17, 1917 General note (45:65-72)	21	438
December 18-December 25, 1917 General note (45:73-80)	21	439
December 25, 1917-January 2, 1918 General note (46:1-8)	21	440
January 3-January 8, 1918 General note (46:9-16)	21	441
January 8-January 11, 1918 General note (46:17-24)	21	442
January 11-January 14, 1918 General note (46:25-32)	21	443
January 14-January 17, 1918 General note (46:33-40)	21	444
January 17-January 19, 1918 General note (46:41-48)	21	445
January 19-January 22, 1918 General note (46:49-56)	21	446
January 23-January 24, 1918 General note (46:57-64)	21	447
January 24-January 26, 1918 General note (46:65-72)	21	448
January 26-January 28, 1918 General note (46:73-80)	21	449
January 28-January 30, 1918 General note (47:1-8)	21	450
January 30-February 1, 1918 General note (47:9-16)	21	451
February 1-February 4, 1918 General note (47:17-24)	21	452
February 4-February 7, 1918 General note (47:25-32)	21	453
February 7-February 9, 1918 General note (47:33-40)	21	454
February 9-February 12, 1918 General note (47:41-48)	21	455
February 13-February 15, 1918 General note (47:49-56)	21	456
February 15-February 19, 1918 General note (47:57-64)	21	457
February 19-February 22, 1918 General note (47:65-72)	21	458
February 22-February 25, 1918 General note (47:73-80)	21	459
February 25-February 27, 1918 General note (48:1-8)	21	460
February 27-March 2, 1918 General note (48:9-16)	22	461
March 2-March 6, 1918 General note (48:17-24)	22	462
March 6-March 7, 1918 General note (48:25-32)	22	463
March 8-March 9, 1918 General note (48:33-40)	22	464
March 11-March 14, 1918 General note (48:41-48)	22	465
March 14-March 18, 1918 General note (48:49-56)	22	466
March 18-March 20, 1918 General note (48:57-64)	22	467
March 20-March 22, 1918 General note (48:65-72)	22	468
March 22-March 26, 1918 General note (48:73-80)	22	469
March 26-March 28, 1918 General note (49:1-8)	22	470
March 29-April 1, 1918 General note (49:9-16)	22	471
April 2-April 4, 1918 General note (49:17-24)	22	472
April 4-April 8, 1918 General note (49:25-32)	22	473
April 8-April 10, 1918 General note (49:33-40)	22	474
April 10-April 12, 1918 General note (49:41-48)	22	475
April 13-April 16, 1918 General note (49:49-56)	22	476
April 16-April 19, 1918 General note (49:57-64)	22	477
April 20-April 24, 1918 General note (49:65-72)	22	478
April 24-April 27, 1918 General note (49:73-80)	22	479
April 27-April 30, 1918 General note (50:1-8)	22	480
April 30-May 2, 1918 General note (50:9-16)	22	481
May 3-May 6, 1918 General note (50:17-24)	22	482
May 6-May 8, 1918 General note (50:25-32)	22	483
May 9-May 10, 1918 General note (50:33-40)	22	484
May 10-May 12, 1918 General note (50:41-48)	22	485
May 12-May 20, 1918 General note (50:49-56)	22	486
May 20-May 21, 1918 General note (50:57-64)	23	487
May 21-May 22, 1918 General note (50:65-72)	23	488
May 22-May 24, 1918 General note (50:73-80)	23	489
May 24-May 25, 1918 General note (51:1-8)	23	490
May 25-May 28, 1918 General note (51:9-16)	23	491
May 28-June 1, 1918 General note (51:17-24)	23	492
June 1-June 4, 1918 General note (51:25-32)	23	493
June 4-June 6, 1918 General note (51:33-40)	23	494
June 6-June 8, 1918 General note (51:41-48)	23	495
June 8-June 10, 1918 General note (51:49-56)	23	496
June 10-June 11, 1918 General note (51:57-64)	23	497
June 11-June 12, 1918 General note (51:65-72)	23	498
June 12-June 14, 1918 General note (51:73-80)	23	499
June 14-June 15, 1918 General note (52:1-8)	23	500
June 15-June 17, 1918 General note (52:9-16)	23	501
June 17, 1918 General note (52:17-24)	23	502
June 18-June 19, 1918 General note (52:25-32)	23	503
June 19-June 20, 1918 General note (52:33-40)	23	504
June 20-June 21, 1918 General note (52:41-48)	23	505
June 21-June 22, 1918 General note (52:49-56)	23	506
June 23-June 24, 1918 General note (52:57-64)	23	507
June 24-June 25, 1918 General note (52:65-72)	23	508
June 25-June 26, 1918 General note (52:73-80)	23	509
June 27-June 28, 1918 General note (53:1-8)	23	510
June 28-July 1, 1918 General note (53:9-16)	23	511
July 1, 1918-November 21, 1919; undated General note (53:17-24)	23	512
Undated General note (53:25-32)	23	513
Undated General note (53:33-40)	23	514
Undated General note (53:41-48)	23	515
Undated General note (53:49-56)	23	516
Undated General note (53:57-64)	23	517
Undated General note (53:65-72)	23	518
Undated General note (53:73-80)	23	519
Undated General note (54:1-8)	23	520
Undated General note (54:9-16)	23	521
Undated General note (54:17-24)	23	522
Undated General note (54:25-32)	23	523
Undated General note (54:33-40)	23	524
Undated General note (54:41-45)	23	525
Outgoing Fragments
	Box	Folder
August 12, 1913-January 9, 1915	24	526
January 12, 1915-July 12, 1916	24	527
July 12, 1916-June 15, 1918	24	528
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Letterpress Books		25
Letterpress Books		26
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Series 2 Series 2: Incoming Correspondence 1848-1919, undated 24.5 cubic feet Arrangement The incoming correspondence is arranged in strictly chronological order. There are a number of items that are undated and, therefore, could not be arranged chronologically. These items are arranged alphabetically by correspondent at the end of the series. There are also a few folders of miscellaneous unrelated items which were found in this series including poetry and legal documents forth which are filed at the end of this series. In addition there is an index listing the names of most of the correspondents in this series alphabetically by the first letter of their last name and chronologically thereafter. Description The incoming correspondence deals primarily with Tillman's senatorial years, 1894-1918. Included is correspondence from constituents regarding issues such as railroad regulation, race relations, the Dispensary Law, a variety of controversies with Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, and the proposed repeal of tariffs on lumber from Canada; appointments to the military academies; and requests for positions in the federal and state governments as well as letters regarding positions at Clemson College. There is also correspondence regarding operations and construction activity at Clemson College, primarily from President Walter Merritt Riggs. Important correspondents include President Woodrow Wilson, Circuit Solicitor J. William Thurmond, Franklin Roosevelt, South Carolina Governors Miles B. McSweeney, Duncan C. Heyward, and Cole Blease, R. G. Rhett, Mayor of Charleston, Congressman James F. Byrnes, George Legare, Asbury C. Latimer, and William Jasper Talbert, and Clemson College Presidents Walter Merritt Riggs, P. H. Mell, and Henry S. Hartzog. There is also correspondence with his children Ben, Henry, and Sallie May. Most of the correspondence is of a political nature. The processor's notes identify the location of many prominent correspondents.
	Box	Folder
March 29, 1848-December 31, 1891	1	1-14
July 1, 1892-July 2, 1902	2	15-30
July 2, 1902-February 2, 1903	3	31-45
February 2, 1903-December 28, 1903	4	46-61
December 30, 1903-October 28, 1904	5	62-76
October 31, 1904-January 8, 1906	6	77-93
January 8, 1906-March 8, 1906	7	94-109
March 8, 1906-April 23, 1906	8	110-124
April 23, 1906-January 14, 1907	9	125-138
January 14, 1907-August 3, 1907	10	139-153
August 5, 1907-January 22, 1908	11	154-166
January 23, 1908-October 10, 1908	12	167-183
October 12, 1908-February 6, 1909	13	184-200
February 6, 1909-July 17, 1909	14	201-215
July 18, 1909-November 17, 1909	15	216-230
November 17, 1909-March 31, 1910	16	231-246
March 31, 1910-September 10, 1910	17	247-262
September 11, 1910-January 23, 1911	18	263-278
January 23, 1911-October 5, 1911	19	279-293
October 3, 1911-August 29, 1912	20	294-308
August 29, 1912-January 11, 1913	21	309-324
January 11, 1913-February 8, 1913	22	325-340
February 8, 1913-March 15, 1913	23	341-356
March 15, 1913-April 18, 1913	24	357-371
April 18, 1913-May 15, 1913	25	372-386
May 15, 1913-June 20, 1913	26	387-402
June 20, 1913-July 22, 1913	27	403-418
July 22, 1913-August 20, 1913	28	419-434
August 20, 1913-September 22, 1913	29	435-449
September 22, 1913-November 3, 1913	30	450-465
November 3, 1913-December 11, 1913	31	466-480
December 12, 1913-January 28, 1914	32	481-494
January 28, 1914-March 7, 1914	33	495-510
March 7, 1914-April 21, 1914	34	511-525
April 21, 1914-June 10, 1914	35	526-540
June 11, 1914-August 6, 1914	36	541-555
August 6, 1914-October 19, 1914	37	556-571
October 19, 1914-January 4, 1915	38	572-585
January 4, 1915-February 7, 1915	39	586-601
February 7, 1915-March 20, 1915	40	602-617
March 20, 1915-May 27, 1915	41	618-632
May 27, 1915-September 10, 1915	42	633-647
September 10, 1915-November 29, 1915	43	648-662
November 29, 1915-January 6, 1916	44	663-678
January 6, 1916-January 31, 1916	45	679-694
January 31, 1916-February 22, 1916	46	695-710
February 22, 1916-March 16, 1916	47	711-726
March 16, 1916-April 11, 1916	48	727-742
April 13, 1916-May 19, 1916	49	743-757
May 19, 1916-June 28, 1916	50	758-772
June 28, 1916-July 28, 1916	51	773-786
July 28, 1916-November 9, 1916	52	787-802
November 10, 1916-January 16, 1917	53	803-818
January 16, 1917-February 10, 1917	54	819-833
February 10, 1917-March 1, 1917	55	834-848
March 1, 1917-April 30, 1917	56	849-864
April 30, 1917-May 25, 1917	57	865-880
May 25, 1917-June 30, 1917	58	881-895
June 30, 1917-August 27, 1917	59	896-910
August 27, 1917-October 9, 1917	60	911-925
October 9, 1917-December 4, 1917	61	926-942
December 4, 1917-January 29, 1918	62	943-957
January 29, 1918-March 21, 1918	63	958-572
March 21, 1918-May 12, 1918	64	973-988
May 12, 1918-June 20, 1918	65	989-1001
June 20, 1918-July 7, 1949	66	1002-1008
Fragments June 6, 1896-January 13, 1917	66	1009-1013
Fragments January 15, 1917-May 21, 1919	67	1014-1015
Correspondence A-L Undated	67	1016-1024
Correspondence M-Moo, Undated Amendments, Bills, Resolution, Undated Application Undated	68	1025-1036
Biographical Information Undated	69	1037
Blueprints	69	1038
Contracts 1767-1950, Undated	69	1039
Discharges and Court Martials 1767-1950, Undated	69	1040
Dispensary Matters 1767-1950, Undated	69	1041
Essays and Speeches, Correspondence 1767-1950, Undated	69	1042
Essays and Speeches, Fragments 1767-1950, Undated	69	1043
Exercises and Diets 1767-1950, Undated	69	1044
Fragments-Clemson Matters 1767-1950, Undated	69	1045
Fragment-Correspondence A-Y 1767-1950, Undated	69	1046-1051
Fragments-Illegible Correspondence 1767-1950, Undated	69	1052
Fragments-Unsigned 1767-1950, Undated	69	1053
Fragments-Unsigned 1767-1950, Undated	70	1054-1056
Invitations 1767-1950, Undated	70	1057
Law School Notes 1767-1950, Undated	70	1058
Lyceum Bureau Information 1767-1950, Undated	70	1059
Memorandum #1 1767-1950, Undated	70	1060
Memorandum #2 1767-1950, Undated	70	1061
Military Matters 1767-1950, Undated	70	1062
Navy Matters 1767-1950, Undated	70	1063
The Origin of Clemson College	70	1064
Personal Finances 1767-1950, Undated	70	1065
Petitions #1 1767-1950, Undated	70	1066
Petitions #2 1767-1950, Undated	70	1067
Poetry 1767-1950, Undated	71	1068
Promotions and Special Legislation 1767-1950, Undated	71	1069
Railroad Matters 1767-1950, Undated	71	1070
Receipts 1767-1950, Undated	71	1071
Reference Material 1767-1950, Undated	71	1072
South Carolina Statistics 1767-1950, Undated	71	1073
Telegrams and Telegraphs 1767-1950, Undated	72	1074-1078
Testimonials and Recommendations 1767-1950, Undated	72	1079
U. S. Senators Statistics 1767-1950, Undated	72	1080
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Series 3 Series 3: Personal Unprocessed Correspondence 7.15 cubic feet Description The P.U. series consists of primarily incoming correspondence from the period 1890-1899. Within this period there are major gaps, with no correspondence for 1891 and little for 1892 and 1893. The series title was designated by staff at the South Caroliniana Library as part of their system of classifying collections. Apparently this part of the Tillman Papers was processed at a later date than the Incoming and Outgoing series. There is some evidence that these papers may have been gathered by John Walker McCain, a professor of English at Winthrop College, and given to the Caroliniana Library. This series also includes a few early documents and some items spanning Tillman’s later career in the U.S. Senate. The series includes correspondence with state and national political leaders, family members, and a wide variety of individuals seeking to influence Tillman or obtain favors from him. Among the subjects of the correspondence are populism and agrarian radicalism, efforts to inflate the currency, race relations, Clemson and Winthrop Colleges, the South Carolina Dispensary system for the regulation of the sale of alcohol, the Spanish-American War, and Tillman’s campaigns to be elected governor of South Carolina, U.S. Senator, and President of the United States. There is approximately two cubic feet of correspondence related to the national reaction to Tillman’s January 29, 1896 speech, “Bi-Metalism or Industrial Slavery”. Prominent correspondents include: E.B.Craighead, President of Clemson College; W.H. Ellerbe, Governor of South Carolina; O.B.Johnson, President of Winthrop College; J.L. McLaurin, U.S. Senator; Tillman’s wife, Sally Stark Tillman, and son, Ben Tillman, Jr.; Richard W. Simpson, Clemson College Trustee; and Stonewall Thompson, Clemson College professor. There are a variety of items at the end of the series including fragments of letters, petitions, and other items. These files include copies and drafts of some of Tillman’s speeches, an 1865 affidavit stating that Tillman was unfit to serve in the Confederate Army, material related to Tillman’s participation in the Hamburg, South Carolina riot of 1876, an autograph book (1897-1901) that was given to Senator Strom Thurmond and then was donated to Special Collections by the Senator in accession 93-15, minutes of the Clemson College Board of Trustees, January 5, 1912, reports from department heads at Winthrop College, 1913 and 1915, and a variety of printed material such as advertisements, government documents, and speeches. There are processors’ notes for part of this series up to 1896. Additional material was added to the series after these notes were taken.
	Box	Folder
February 2, 1848-April 4, 1894	1	1-16
April 4, 1894-April 4, 1895	2	17-29
April 4, 1895-January 31, 1896	3	30-42
January 31, 1896-February 10, 1896	4	43-56
February 10, 1896-February 20, 1896	5	57-69
February 20, 1896-March 3, 1896	6	70-82
March 3, 1896-March 31, 1896	7	83-96
March 31,1896-May 5, 1896	8	97-111
May 5, 1896-March 1, 1897	9	112-126
March 2, 1897-July 16, 1897	10	127-140
July 16, 1897-May 4, 1898	11	141-153
May 4, 1898-February 13, 1906	12	154-168
March 2, 1906-February 12, 1919	13	169-178
Correspondence A-M Undated	13	179
Correspondence N-Z Undated	13	180
Undated-Fragments Undated	13	181
Address to the Alumni of Clemson College-B. R. Tillman, Jr. May 18, 1946	13	182
Addresses and Speeches 1899-1930, undated	13	183
Advertisements 1873-1917, undated	14	184
Aeronautical Matters 1917	14	185
Agricultural Information 1881-1918	14	186
Application for Position at Clemson College 1890	14	187
Appointment Book 1899	14	188
Armenian Relief Association-Bulletins 1895	14	189
Astrological Sketch undated	14	190
Autograph book 1897-1901	14	190A
Bliss Quarterly 1895	14	191
Cancelled Checks 1896-1900	14	192
Census Statistics undated	14	193
Certification of Benjamin Tillman's Medical Condition March 15, 1865	14	194
Clemson College-Board of Trustees Meeting January 5, 1912	14	195
Clemson College-Experiment Station and Inspection Work 1907	14	196
College and University Classification undated	14	197
Commerce-General 1903-1914	14	198
Congressional-Reports and Documents 1906-1916	14	199
Contracts 1908-1912	14	200
Copy of Ordinance of Seccession undated	14	201
Edison Works Monthly December, 1914	14	202
Education 1896-1916	14	203
Envelopes 1860's-1918	14	204
Extracts from L. W. Youman's Scrapbook 1886-1887	15	205
Inventory of Furnishings of Governor's Mansion November 20, 1890	15	206
Invitations 1892-1914	15	207
Kentucky Equal Rights Association 1894	15	208
Hamburg Riot, Certification of Tillman's Part 1894	15	209
Mailing List 1897-1898	15	210
Government Publications 1899-1917, undated	15	211
House of Representives	15	212
Bills 1905-1918	15	212
House of Representives	15	213
Acts 1913-1916	15	213
Foreign Policy 1915-1917	15	214
Lists of Books (Tillman Estate?) undated	16	215
Family Code of Arms undated	16	216
Financial Matters undated	16	217
Gridiron Club undated	16	218
Orangeburg Fish Hatchery 1914	16	219
Military Preparedness 1914-1917	16	220
Memorial to Senator B. R. Tillman 1919 1940	16	221
Military-Governments Armor Plant 1916-1917	16	222
Military-Miscellaneous 1904-1917	16	223
Name Cards undated	16	224
Patents 1903-1916	16	225
Patriotic Songs 1916-1917	16	226
Political and Legislative Material 1890-1894, undated	16	227
Quotations and List of Books 1860's	16	228
Receipts April 10, 1877-October 26, 1893	16	229
Receipts March 24, 1894-December 22, 1896	16	230
Receipts February 8, 1897-October 24, 1907	16	231
Receipts March 9, 1908-April 25, 1914	16	232
Resolutions-House and Senate 1913-1917	17	233
Senate-Bills 1905-1918	17	234
Speaking Engagements 1906-1907	17	235
Speeches-Miscellaneous 1908-1914	17	236
Speeches-Tillman 1886-1899	17	237
Speeches-Tillman 1903-1909	17	238
Speech Notes 1890's	17	239
Speeches-Tillman 1912-1918	17	240
State Teachers Association-Annual Meeting-Program 1891	17	241
Supreme Court Cases 1903, undated	17	242
Tax Matters 1917	18	243
Tillman Funeral July 4, 1918	18	244
U. S. S. Tillman 1941	18	245
Winthrop College-Report of Heads of Departments May 1, 1913	18	246
Winthrop College-Reports of Heads of Departments May 1, 1915	18	247
White House Invitations 1916-1917	18	248
Will-Tillman, Benjamin Ryan January, 1918	18	249
Will-Tillman, Sallie Stark 1920	18	250
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Series 4 Series 4: Stenographer's Notebooks 1895, 1901-1915, undated 3.5 cubic feet (46 notebooks, 7 document boxes) Description These notebooks, in shorthand, record letters prepared by Tillman’s secretaries George M. Stackhouse and Broadus Knight. The shorthand has not been translated.
		Box
December 1, 1885-1905		1
January 4, 1905-April 21, 1906		2
April 21, 1906-February 3, 1907		3
July 1907-April 1, 1908		4
November 1908-April 4, 1909		5
August 22, 1909-February 8, 1910		6
February 8, 1910-January 28, 1913; undated		7
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Series 5 Series 5: Scrapbooks 1885-1943, undated 5.5 cubic feet (18 scrapbooks) Description The scrapbook series contains clippings related to Benjamin Tillman’s career, South Carolina and national politics, and Tillman’s personal interests. There are a variety of pamphlets, invitations, souvenirs and other items pasted in the books. Scrapbook 6, for example, contains a note withdrawing a White House invitation to Tillman. The scrapbooks provide an excellent overview of Tillman’s career from the perspective of the press. Until the mid-1890’s, the clippings are primarily from South Carolina newspapers. After that, national newspapers are represented. Not all clippings are identified or dated. Arrangement The scrapbooks have been renumbered 1-18, but the original numbers suggest that there were originally at least 37 scrapbooks. Four of the 18 scrapbooks were not numbered, including one compiled by Benjamin Tillman, Jr. Sixteen of the scrapbooks are stored in records cartons and two are in oversize boxes. Separated Materials Photographs have been removed from the scrapbooks and placed in the Photographs series.
	Box	scrapbook
1885-1894 General note Original Scrapbook 2	1	1
1885-1895 General note Original Scrapbook 3	1	2
1890 General note Original Scrapbook 4	1	3
1894 1901-1917 General note Original Scrapbook 7	1	4
1906 General note Original Scrapbook 10	1	5
1906-1907 General note Original Scrapbook 11	2	6
1906-1911 General note Original Scrapbook 12	2	7
1912-1913 General note Original Scrapbook 13	2	8
1913-1914 General note Original Scrapbook 14	3	9
1912-1914 General note Original Scrapbook 15	3	10
1914 General note Original Scrapbook 16	3	11
1915-1916 General note Original Scrapbook 17	3	12
1891-1900 1916 General note Original Scrapbook 18	4	13
1918	4	14
Undated	4	16
1916	4	17
1918, undated General note Original Scrapbook 37	1	15
1888-1943	2	18
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Series 6 Series 6: Extracts from the Congressional Record 2.0 cubic feet (8 document boxes) Description This series consists of 8 bound volumes of printed pages of the Congressional Record which include Senator Tillman's speeches, roll call votes, debate on the Senate floor, and items inserted into the Congressional Record. There is no volume for the period, March 5, 1911 to March 3, 1913. The volumes are an important source for documenting Tillman's thoughts and political activities in the United States Senate such as his support of bimetalism, railroad regulation, and the strengthening of the Navy as well as his opposition to the Peace of Paris, the Philippine War, and the monopoly power of large corporations and trusts.
		Volume
December 2, 1895-March 3, 1899		1
December 4, 1899-June 6, 1900		2
December 3, 1900-March 4, 1905		3
March 4, 1905-March 4, 1907		4
December 2, 1907-March 4, 1911		5
March 4, 1913-March 4, 1915		6
December 6, 1915-March 4, 1917		7
March 5, 1917-July 3, 1918		8
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Series 7 Series 7: Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr. 1885-1950 0.75 cubic feet (2 document boxes) Description This small series contains a variety of personal papers created by Senator Tillman's eldest son, Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Jr., 1878-1950. This material apparently was added to the Tillman Collection at Clemson after Tillman, Jr.'s death. It includes correspondence, papers related to his study of law during the 1920s and his work for the U. S. Department of Justice during the 1930s and 1940s, and material related to Tillman's work on a biography of his father. The correspondence is primarily from other family members and concerns the settlement of the Tillman estate and other matters of mutual interest. The material related to the Tillman biography composes about half the series and apparently was created while Tillman resided at Clemson, 1947-1950. There are typewritten drafts, a variety of notes and some recollections by both father and son. The collection also contains a few items related to Francis Butler Simpkins, historian and biographer of Senator Tillman.
	Box	Folder
Alaska Trip	1	1
Biography: Early drafts	1	2
Biography: Early drafts photocopies	1	3
Biography and Research Notes-Foreword and Chapter 1 Background of Tillmanism	1	4
Biography-Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 1638-1865 Family background and early years	1	5
Biography-Chapter 4 1866-1886 Marriage and Family Life; Campaign of 1876; Tillman as Agitator	1	6
Biography-Chapter 5 1885 Emergence into State Politics	1	7
Biography-Chapter 6 1886-1889 Farmers Movement: Establishment of Clemson	1	8
Biography-Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 1890 Campaign for Governor; Inauguration; Tillman as Governor	1	9
Biography-Chapter 9 1892 Campaign	1	10
Biography-Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 Analysis of Gubernatorial years; Dispensary; Darlington Riot; New Constitution	1	11
Biography-Chapter 12-14 Emergence into National Politics	1	12
Campaign for Congress	1	13
Cancelled Checks	1	14
Clemson Alumni	1	15
Correspondence	1	16
Correspondence	1	17
Drafts of Letters and Notes 1920s	1	18
Francis Butler Simkins 1926-1930s	2	19
Deposit Agreement with University of South Carolina	2	20
Justice Department Anti-Trust Division	2	21
Lawsuit Regarding Tillman Estate	2	22
Series 9 Patricia Tillman Kohn Series (1903-1915) 0.5 cubic feet
	Box	Folder
Cocke, Matty L.	1	1
Hughes, Adeline [circa 1920s]	1	2
Hughes, S. T.	1	3
Janowitz, Rose	1	4
Kearns, H. M. December 17, 1906	1	5
Knights, J. B. July 6,1907	1	6
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan	1	7
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan	1	8
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan, Jr.	1	9
Tillman, Henry 1906-1910, undated	1	10
Tillman, Jim May 11, 1913; undated	1	11
Tillman, Lona	1	12
Tillman, Sallie Mae	1	13
Tillman, Sallie Starke	1	14
Tillman, Sallie Starke	1	15
Tillman, Sallie Starke	1	16
Tillman, Sallie Starke	1	17
Tillman, Sallie Starke	1	18
Miscellaneous Newspaper clippings October 12, 1906; undated	1	19
Wedding Invitation June 28, [?]	1	20
Bad paper January 8, 1905-December 10, 1914; undated	1	21
85-23 Richardson Letters	1	22
Legal Studies	2	23
Poetry and Quotations undated	2	24
Radio Script About Tillman and Winthrop December 14, 1937	2	25
Real Estate Matters	2	26
Recollections 1943, undated	2	27
Research Material: Tillman Memories undated	2	28
Research Notes: Tillman Biography undated	2	29
Speeches	2	30
Research Notes-Establishment of Clemson College	2	31
Tillman Genealogy undated	2	32
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Series 8 Series 8: Diaries and Notebooks 1861-1905 0.15 cubic feet Description Ben Tillman, his brother James, and his son Ben (BR) wrote the diaries and notebooks in this series. There are four diaries written by Benjamin Tillman: 1861, 1865-1866. They briefly describe daily life on the Tillman farm in Trenton, South Carolina. They also include selected quotations from literature. The 1866 diary has accounts with freed slaves working on the Tillman plantation. There are two notebooks kept by Benjamin Tillman for 1892 and 1894. They contain a variety of research notes debating points, quotations, and newspaper clippings related to the political controversies of the day. James Tillman, Ben’s older brother, wrote three diaries: 1862, 1864-1866. They describe his service in the 24th Regiment of the South Carolina Volunteers, Company I. Included in his descriptions of military life is an account of the Battle of Franklin, November 28-30, 1864. At the end of the war, James Tillman returned to Trenton to resume his occupation as a planter. He died of wounds suffered during the war on June 8, 1866. Included in the 1865-66 diary are accounts with the freed slaves listing their names, goods advanced and labor performed. There is also one notebook, circa 1905, apparently kept by Ben Tillman, Jr. It contains scattered memoranda about the operations of Tillman’s farm in Trenton.
	Box	envelope
Diary of James Tillman September 1864-January 15, 1865	1	1
Diary of James Tillman	1	2
Diary of James Tillman 1862-March 1-October 12	1	3
Diary of Ben Tillman	1	4
Diary of Ben Tillman 1865-January 7-May 31	1	5
Diary of Ben Tillman 1865-June-December	1	6
Diary of Ben Tillman	1	7
Notebook of Ben Tillman	1	8
Notebook of Ben Tillman	1	9
Notebook of Ben Tillman, Jr.	1	10
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Series 9: Patricia Tillman Kohn 1903-1915 0.5 cubic feet Description This series consists primarily of family correspondence. About half is from Senator Tillman's wife, Sallie Starke Tillman, to her husband and to her daughter, Sophie Tillman Hughes. There is also correspondence from Senator Tillman, Benjamin Tillman, Jr., Henry Tillman, Lona Tillman, Sallie May Tillman, and James Tillman, a nephew. Most of the letters deal with family matters and problems, with some mention of travel plans, health problems, and the farm at Trenton, South Carolina. Arrangement The letters are filed alphabetically by author’s name and then chronologically within each folder.
	Box	Folder
Cocke, Matty L. 1909	1	1
Hughes, Adeline circa 1920s	1	2
Hughes, S.T. 1912-1913	1	3
Janowitz, Rose 1914	1	4
Kearns, H.M. December 17, 1906	1	5
Knights, J.B. July 6, 1907	1	6
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan 1905-1908	1	7
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan 1909-1918	1	8
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan, Jr. 1903-1910	1	9
Tillman, Henry 1906-1910, undated	1	10
Tillman, Jim May 11, 1913, undated	1	11
Tillman, Lona 1905-1918	1	12
Tillman, Sallie Mae 1906-1915	1	13
Tillman, Sallie Starke 1903-1906	1	14
Tillman, Sallie Starke 1907	1	15
Tillman, Sallie Starke 1908	1	16
Tillman, Sallie Starke 1909-1913	1	17
Tillman, Sallie Starke 1914-1915	1	18
Newspaper clippings October 12, 1906-undated	1	19
Wedding Invitation June 28, [?]	1	20
Bad paper January 8, 1905 - December 10, 1914, undated	1	21
85 - 23 Richardson letters 1908-1915	1	22
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Series 10 Series 10: Mary Tillman Snead 1796-1918 0.5 cubic feet Arrangement The series is organized in alphabetical order by the name of correspondent or party to land transaction and chronologically within folders. Description This series consists of photocopies of documents which Mrs. Mary Tillman Snead, Senator Tillman's granddaughter, permitted Special Collections to make in 1986 (accession #86-45). The documents came into the possession of her father, Henry Tillman, sometime before the destruction of the Tillman home. This small series contains some extremely interesting correspondence such as James Tillman's letters written while he served in the Confederate Army, 1862-1864; a large number of letters written by Benjamin Tillman to his future wife, Sally Stark in 1866-1867; and letters from his daughter Adeline before her tragic death in 1896. There are also some legal papers related to land transfers in Edgefield County, 1796-1868. Although many of the legal documents involve members of the Tillman family, there are items from approximately a dozen other persons without the Tillman surname. There are also several property transfers of slaves among members of the Tillman family, 1857; the will of Senator Tillman's father, 1844; an inventory of the estate of Benjamin Tillman, 1850; and documentation of sharecropping by Sophie Tillman's former slaves, 1865. The series also contains an essay by Benjamin Tillman on "Politeness", 1864. Separated Materials There are two folders of photographs separated from the series. Several oversize photos are in the oversize photo box.
	Box	Folder
Baird, Benjamin 1857	1	1
Barny, Henry 1809	1	2
Bouroe, P. R. [1868?]	1	3
Carpenter, Dennis 1819	1	4
Fox, James 1809	1	5
Fragments 1859, undated	1	6
Jackson, William 1818 1856	1	7
Keach, Lucy 1814	1	8
Marsh, Pickens 1853-1854	1	9
Napier, Drury 1807 1811	1	10
Nipper, Elizabeth 1809 1811	1	11
Nichols, William 1796	1	12
Rambo, Rebecca 1840	1	13
Tillman, Adeline 1896	1	14
Tillman, Anna 1866	1	15
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan (Senator Tillman's Father) 1823-1850	1	16
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan 1866-1918	1	17
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan Essay on Politeness	1	18
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan Legal Papers 1864-1877	1	19
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan (Senator Tillman's Son)	1	20
Tillman, George 1866	1	21
Tillman, Henry 1911	1	22
Tillman, James 1862-1866	1	23
Tillman, Martha 1860	1	24
Tillman, Sallie Stark 1867-1907	1	25
Tillman, Sophie A. 1852-1868	1	26
Tillman, Stephen 1819	1	27
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Series 11 Series 11: Photographs 1886-1947, undated 1.3 cubic feet (3 document boxes) Description This series contains photographs, primarily of Senator Tillman. There are a few photos of his family and some of his travels to the West as well as to Florida where he visited Thomas Edison. The oversize photos include several related to Clemson College during the late 1890’s and early 1900’s when Tillman’s sons attended Clemson. There are a few family photos from the 1920’s and 1930’s as well as of the Tillman statue dedicated at the State Capitol in 1940. There is a folder of negatives for the pictures from the 1920’s and 1930’s. The series also contains twenty cartes-de-viste, 1861 - 1882, of individuals photographed primarily in Charleston. They were part of accession 79-4 and may have once belonged to B. R. Tillman, Jr. or to his in- laws.
Photographs
	Box	Folder
Anonymous	1	1
Black, Rachael (Great Aunt)	1	2
Clark, Francis E	1	3
Edison, Thomas A. and B. R. Tillman (June 10, 1915)	1	4
Hancock, Sophie Tillman	1	5
Home-Trenton, Edgefield County	1	6
Moore, Benjamin Tillman (Lona Tillman Moore's Son)	1	7
Moore, Susie T	1	8
Panama Trip	1	9
Schuler, Jackie (Sallie Mae Tillman Schuler's Son)	1	10
Snead, Mary Tillman (Henry Tillman's Daughter	1	11
Snead Series	1	12
Snead Series, Copies of Photographs Returned to Donor	1	13
South Carolina Legislature 1868	1	14
South Carolina (Houses, Ponds, etc.)	1	15
Technical-Naval Affairs Committee	1	16
Thach, Douska Tillman and children	1	17
Tillman, Addie	1	18
Tillman, Senator B. R. #1	1	19
Tillman, Senator B. R. #2	2	20
Tillman, Senator B. R. #3	2	21
Tillman, Senator B. R. #4	2	22
Tillman, Senator B. R. #5	2	23
Tillman, Senator B. R. #6	2	24
Tillman Speaking	2	25
Tillman, B. R., Sr. (Senator Tillman's Father)	2	26
Tillman, B. R., Jr.	2	27
Tillman Family (1920s)	2	28
Tillman, Henry and Mary Fox Tillman (Henry's Wife)	2	29
Tillman, Sally Starke (B. R. Tillman's Wife)	2	30
Tillman, Senator B. R. Statue at S. C. Capitol Building	2	31
Western Tour	2	32
Wilson, Woodrow and Senator Tillman	2	33
85-112; Dedication of Confederate Monument Adeline Thompson	2	34
Cartes-de-visite
	Box	Folder
Beauregard, G. T. 1861	2	35
Follin, G. A. 1882	2	36
Gibbes, Benjamin Taylor 1861	2	37
Lamar, Thomas	2	38
Middleton, Ellen 1874	2	39
Mitchell, Julian 1862	2	40
Perry, Benjamin Franklin	2	41
Quinby, Frank Pickens	2	42
Sherman, William Tecumseh 1865	2	43
Simons, Hermittat 1861	2	44
Simons, Rheta 1861	2	45
Unidentified 9 items	2	46
Yeadon, Richard	2	47
Negatives
	Box	Folder
Negatives	2	48
Oversize Photographs
		Oversize_box
[Clemson] Football Team circa 1902		1
[Clemson] Freshman Class 1899-1900. Class of 1903. (Henry C. Tillman)		1
Blue, Rupert undated		1
Blue, Victor		1
Clemson College Class of 1903 (Henry C. Tillman)		1
Clemson Tennis Club (Henry C. Tillman)		1
Daniel, Josephus		1
Group portrait June 10, 1915		1
Hutchinson, M.R., with Thomas Edison 1915		1
Letter from M.R. Huntchinson to B.R. Tillman 1915		1
Manning, Gov. Richard I circa 1916		1
Moore, Lora Tillman, and Benjamin Tillman Moore undated		1
Tillman reading undated		1
Tillman writing undated 2 copies		1
Tillman, B.R. 1912		1
Tillman, Benjamin Moore, wearing a sailor suit undated 5 copies		1
Tillman, Benjamin Moore, with B.R. Tillman undated		1
Traxler, David B. circa 1917		1
Unidentified boy undated		1
USS South Carolina undated		1
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Series 12 Series 12: Oversize 1767-1920 3.0 cubic feet (8 oversize folders, 2 oversize boxes) Arrangement The papers are arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically within the folder. Description This series contains a variety of material, some of it removed from the Incoming and Personal Unprocessed series. Another part of this series includes a number of documents acquired by the Tillman Family. Some of this material was formerly separated from the Tillman Papers and given accession numbers 68-19, 68-20, 79-4 (formerly cataloged as A/T577), and 89-107 for the Tillman newspapers. Some of the material may have been acquired by Benjamin Tillman, Jr. from his in-laws who were related to the Pickens and Dugas families. The material removed from other series in the Tillman Papers includes items such as blueprints, maps, petitions, and printed material. It is from approximately the same time period as those series 1873-1919. The blueprints pertain to naval affairs and defense. Maps include one of Clemson College from about 1915. The printed material includes advertisements for farm machinery. The antebellum material includes the earliest items in the collection and is part of oversize because they have been unfolded and encapsulated. Included are several items related to Andrew Pickens and to Francis Pickens. There are early surveys and indentures from South Carolina, 1767-1847; Edgefield District militia records, 1825-1826, in which Benjamin Tillman’s father was a member; land records from Georgia, and in particular Habersham County, 1837-1847, with Jacob Stroup being a frequent party to the transactions; records from the Habersham Iron Works, 1837 and the Bath and Barrett Companies, 1878-1882, which Frederick Dugas was an investor in; and letters and records of Madam Lequinio de Kerbley and Dr. de Beauregard of Augusta, 1771-1829, written in French, concerning family matters, letters of introduction, and the importation and sale of slaves. The series also contains a number of issues of newspapers, 1833, 1864, 1886-1896. Some of the early papers may have belonged to Andrew Pickens and contain information about the nullification controversy. The later papers have articles on the Farmers’ Movement and Tillman’s political activities.
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Blueprints 1897-1917		1
Correspondence and Documents 1892-1919		2
Early Surveys and Indenture Documents 1767-1847, undated		3
Maps 1913-1917, undated		4
Newspapers: The Carolina Spartan; The Edgefield Chronicle; The Greenville Daily News May 5, 1886 May 12, 1886 April 17, 1892		5
Newspapers: Edgefield Advertiser October 5, 1876 January 4, 1883 July 3, 1884 March 25, 1886 May 13, 1886 December 18, 1890		6
Petitions 1905-1917, undated		7
Printed Material 1873-1917, undated		8
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Andrew Pickens Papers 1814-1820	1	1
Bath and Barrett Manufacturing Co. 1878-1882	1	2
Edgefield Militia 1825-1826, undated	1	3
Fragments 1842, undated	1	4
Frances Pickens 1833-1883	1	5
Georgia Land Records 1827-1837	1	6
Georgia Railroad and Banking Co. 1861	1	7
Habersham Iron Works 1837	1	8
Kerbley-Beauregard, Correspondence and Documents 1771-1829, undated	2	9
Navy and Military Matters 1897-1917, undated	2	10
Negative of 1789 Survey	2	11
Newspaper: The Barnwell People May 6, 1886	2	12
Newspaper: Charleston Daily Courier July 18, 1864	2	13
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Record April 27, 1893	2	14
Newspaper: The Daily Sun December 5, 1890	2	15
Newspaper: The Jeffersonian and Virginia Times January 30, 1833	2	16
Newspapers: Monthly Report of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Immigration July 15, 1886	2	17
Newspaper: National Intelligence January 26 1833 and February 9, 1833	2	18
Newspaper: The News and Courier December 5, 1890	2	19
Newspaper: The State April 27, 1893	2	20
Newspaper: The Times and Democrat July 15, 1886	2	21
Newspaper: United States Telegraph March 6, 1833	2	22
Newspaper: The Weekly Chronicle May 5, 1886	2	23
Tillman Family Records 1827-1920	2	24
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Clemson University Libraries Special Collections

Benjamin Ryan Tillman Papers Mss.0080

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