Benjamin Ryan Tillman papers, 1767-1950, bulk 1890-1918 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Tillman corresponded with many important political figures of his day such as President Woodrow Wilson, Congressmen James F. Byrnes and A. Frank Lever, South Carolina governors Miles McSweeney, William H. Ellerbe, Duncan Heyward, and Cole Blease, Circuit Solicitor J. William Thurmond, Assistant Secretary for the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels. There is also correspondence with members of the Clemson Board of Trustees, the President of Winthrop, David B. Johnson, and the Presidents of Clemson, particularly Walter Merritt Riggs. The papers contain considerable documentation related to the Tillman family beginning with Tillman's father, Benjamin Ryan Tillman and mother, Sophia Hancock Tillman. There are diaries and letters from James Tillman during the period 1862-1865 when he served in the Confederate Army. The collection has correspondence between Benjamin and his wife Sally Stark Tillman as well as from their children: Adeline, Benjamin, Henry, Margaret Malona, Sophia, and Sallie May