Sources

Secondary Sources:

C. Alan Grubb. “The Master Executive: Walter merritt Riggs, 1910-1924.” In Tradition: A History of the Presidency of Clemson University. Donald M. McKale, Jerome V. Reel, 209-232. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1998. 

Helsley, Alexia Jones, and Terry Lynn Helsley. “State Council of Defense.” South Carolina Encyclopedia. University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies, August 10, 2016. https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/state-council-of-defense/. 

Reel, Jerome V., "The High Seminary, Volume 1: A History of the Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, 1889-1964" (2011). Restricted Access Titles. 2.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/restricted/2 
 

Primary Sources:

TAPS 1919, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina

University, Clemson, "Taps (1919)" (1919). Yearbooks. 20. 
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/yearbooks/20 
 

The Tiger Newspapers, Clemson University Libraries

University, Clemson, “The Tiger Vol. XIV No. 15 – 1919-11-02” (1924). Tiger Newspapers. 

University, Clemson, “The Tiger Vol. XIX No. 16 – 1924-01-02” (1924). Tiger Newspapers. 

 

Walter M. Riggs Presidential Records, 1907-1925, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina.

A. Lincoln Filene to Christie Benet, 7 June 1917, Box 13, Folder 157


A. Lovejoy to Walter M. Riggs, 23 December 1918, Box 16, Folder 192


Benjamin R. Tillman to Walter M. Riggs, 11 April 1917, Box 13, Folder 154


Benjamin R. Tillman to Walter M. Riggs, March 1918, Box 15, Folder 170


Bradford Knapp to Walter M. Riggs, 14 April 1917, Box 13, Folder 154


Brig Gen Henry Jervey to Walter M. Riggs, September 1918, Box 16, Folder 183


Clemson Head to Go to France, January 1919, Box 17, Folder 195


Clemson Soldiers Registered with the American University Union, 3 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 194


David R. Coker to Walter M. Riggs, 11 June 1917, Box 13, Folder 157


David R. Coker to Walter M. Riggs, 11 April 1917, Box 13, Folder 154


David R. Coker to The Army Overseas Educational Commission, 6 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 194 


F.E. Beatty to Walter M. Riggs, 9 September 1918, Box 16, Folder 183 


Fred H.H. Calhoun to Walter M. Riggs, 30 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 195


Henry P. McCain to Walter M. Riggs, 10 August 1918, Box 15, Folder 181


James Sullivan to Walter M. Riggs, 17 December 1918, Box 16, Folder 193


Joe Sparks to Walter M. Riggs, 1 April 1917, Box 13, Folder 154 


Joseph Tenhet to Walter M. Riggs, 10 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 194 


Leo R. Briggs to Walter M. Riggs, 13 November 1918, Box 16, Folder 190


LtCdr. Stephen Doherty to Walter M. Riggs, 15 November 1918, Box 16, Folder 190


McLaurin to Walter M. Riggs, 8 September 1918, Box 16, Folder 183


McLaurin to Walter M. Riggs, 5 September 1918, Box 16, Folder 183


National War Work Council of the Y.M.C.A. to Walter M. Riggs, 17 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 195


Paisley to Walter M. Riggs, 13 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 194


R. A. Pearson to Walter M. Riggs. 6 June 1917, Box 13, Folder 157


Richard I. Manning III to The Army Overseas Educational Commission, 6 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 194


Richard I. Manning III to Walter M. Riggs, 6 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 194


Robert Powell to Walter M. Riggs, 11 September 1918, Box 16, Folder 183


The Illiteracy Commission pamphlet, 1919, Box 17, Folder 194


W.W. Alexander to Walter M. Riggs, 31 December 1918, Box 16, Folder 193


Walter M. Riggs to B.H. Rawl, 4 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 194 


Walter M. Riggs to National War Work Council, 18 December 1918, Box 16, Folder 193


Walter M. Riggs to G.W. Wilson, 3 September 1918, Box 16, Folder 183


Walter M. Riggs to Benjamin R. Tillman, 9 April 1917, Box 13, Folder 154 


Walter M. Riggs to Richard I. Manning III, 4 January 1919, Box 17, Folder 194


William W. Long to G.W. Wilson, 3 September 1918, Box 16, Folder 183

 

Walter M. Riggs portrait, Riggs Candid Shots and Groups, Folder 100


Walter M. Riggs in uniform, Riggs Candid Shots and Groups, Folder 100

 

Physical Markers

Riggs Hall, 1927, image/marker, December 6, 2021

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