Browse Collections (54 total)

Henderson, Hugh Howard Collection

Henderson Diary.pdf

Hugh Howard Henderson was a member of The Citadel's Class of 1939. He was from Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated with a degree in Business…

Waring, Leila and May Collection

Waring.pdf

Leila Waring (1876-1964) was an acclaimed miniature portrait artist. She was born in Charleston to a well-off family and was descended from the…

Rivers, Walter Oswald Collection

Rivers_1890_06_07.pdf

Walter Oswald Rivers, called Ossie, was born in Walterboro, South Carolina in 1871. He entered the South Carolina Military Academy in 1888 and was a…

Honor Manuals, 1954-1989

1989 Honor Manual.pdf

The Citadel's honor system is based on the code that cadets do not lie, cheat, or steal. The Citadel has had several different honor systems since its…

Charles Foster & The Black Experience

Foster Yearbook WEB.jpg

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…

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…

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…

Aiken, James Collection

Aiken_release_2.tif

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…

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…

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…