Browse Collections (54 total)

Coward, Asbury Collection

19051007 Graupera - 2.pdf

Asbury Coward was a member of The Citadel's Class of 1854. After graduation, he founded the King's Mountain Military School in Yorksville, South…

Smoak, William Wightman Collection

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W. W. Smoak was a cadet at The Citadel. He was expelled in 1898 as part of the Cantey Rebellion but was later reinstated and graduated in 1900. He was…

Museum Ring Collection, 1895-2000

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The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to 1895, and features a dark stone with the year '95 inscribed in the center. Early rings changed design…

Gribbin, Robert Emmet Cadet Letters, 1902-1904

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Robert Emmet Gribbin, 1887-1976, graduated from The Citadel in 1906. His collection in The Citadel Archives includes letters written to his mother and…

Patrick, John B. Civil War Journals, 1861-1865

Patrick Diaries 13.pdf

John B. Patrick was a member of The Citadel's Class of 1855. He served as a professor of mathematics at the Arsenal Academy in Columbia from 1859-1865…

Dance Cards

ValentineHop_1958.pdf

At Citadel dances (or hops) cadets would receive a dance card in which they would write the names of their dance partners for each song. Some dance…

Aiken, James Collection

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James Aiken was a member of the Citadel Class of 1851. Upon graduation, he moved to Alabama where he taught and studied law. He became a member of the…

Coeducation at The Citadel

1995-08-11 Citadel press release.pdf

This collection contains materials related to the battle for coeducation at The Citadel. For more information and research tips, visit our Coeducation…

Hilton, Roy C. Collection

Interesting Events, Philippines & Orient.pdf

Roy Hilton was born in Greenwood, South Carolina on November 7, 1892. He entered The Citadel in 1911. As a cadet, he was a member of the Polytechnic…

Charles Foster & The Black Experience

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Charles D. Foster desegregated the Corps of Cadets in the fall of 1966 as a member of Golf Company. He graduated with a degree in Business…