Lee, Rudolph Edward

gelatin silver prints, b&w ; 20 x 25.5 cm.

A red-brick academic building with ivy coverings. The textile building was part of Clemson College (now Clemson University). Clemson was founded in 1889, but did not enroll students until 1893. The school’s charter is essentially the last will and testament of Thomas Green Clemson. In 1913, Clemson offered textiles as a major, but students also had the option of taking just a two-year course in textiles. In the fall of 1918, an influenza epidemic broke out. The Textile Building was one of several buildings converted into temporary hospital wards.

Picture of Sikes Hall at Clemson University, ca 2007