Landmarks & Legends
The fun and fascinating stories of Clemson’s history.
Landmarks and Legends: The Tiger Paw at 50
When Hootie Ingram succeeded Frank Howard as head football coach in 1970, he believed the program needed some changes to its image.
Day at the Museum
“People, I’ve been told, would call Bob Campbell and say, ‘Bob, I’ve found a cave bear! Would you want it?’” says Adam Smith, curator of the Bob Campbell Geology Museum. “I get the sense that Bob never said no because his collection was expansive.” The cave bear Smith is referring to is a 35,000-year-old skull […]
1940-41 Student Handbook
It’s the fall of 1940 in Clemson, and despite the war overseas, students are continuing classes as normal. To help new students with that routine is The Students’ Handbook.
D-Day: The 75th Anniversary
Seventy-five years ago, thousands of Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy or parachuted behind enemy lines — Clemson alumni among them.
Landmarks & Legends: Clemson on Ice
In 1977, the Southeast was experiencing its coldest winter since 1900, and Clemson was covered in a sheet of ice.
Ben and Tommy’s Excellent Frisbee Golf Course
In the ’80s, Clemson’s first unofficial Frisbee golf course began to take off, thanks to a couple of friends.
Friday Flyers
When John Acorn was in elementary school, he and his classmates would get their graded tests back from their teachers every Friday so that they could take them home and share them with their parents.
Clemson Bands Sings for the President
In 1960, both John Fitzgerald Kennedy and I reached enviable positions of power, he to the presidency of the United States, I to the position of director of bands at Clemson College.
The Bob and Betsy Campbell Museum of Natural History
It’s a small unassuming building that looks like it belongs in an earlier time. Many people on campus aren’t aware of its existence, and few have been inside.
No man (or animal) is an island
Brackett Hall is home to “Spiral Mesh,” a series of sculptures by Charleston-based artist Joe Walters.