CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PROGRAM COVER COLLECTION

The Clemson University Football Program Cover Collection comes from the University Archives, and features 198 unique cover layouts of both home and away games. Typical of sports programs, these covers are the combined efforts of illustrators, graphic artists and printers that worked with the University Athletic Department to create these souvenirs, which contained biographical information on coaches and athletes, as well as statistical information about each team. While most programs in this collection are from home games, there are also some programs from away games and bowl games. The covers of these programs depict Clemson's Tiger mascot, caricatures of rival mascots, coaches, players, and game theme days.

Intercollegiate athletics were first played at Clemson Agricultural College in 1896, with football having been introduced by mechanical engineering professor and future Clemson president Walter Merritt Riggs, who coached the first Tiger athletic team in football. Since then, Clemson has enjoyed many successful seasons, having been represented in thirty-one bowl games over the years. This collection includes covers from programs ranging from 1927 to 1978, representing teams under coaches Josh C. Cody, Jess C. Neely, Frank Howard, Hootie Ingram, Red Parker, Charley Pell, and Danny Ford.

MATERIALS in the COLLECTION

Collection finding aid

EQUIPMENT AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Items in the Clemson University Football Program Covers digital collection originate from the Clemson University Archives Athletic Department Records. In 2008 and 2009, staff in Clemson University Libraries Digital Initiatives scanned archival masters; from which JPG derivatives and basic Dublin Core metadata were created for the collection; the project went live in Fall 2009

Archival master TIFFs were scanned using a Kodak iQSmart scanner with oXYgen software at 600 dpi; 24-bit depth color; Adobe RGB 1998 color profiles. Adobe XMP technical metadata was added using Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Bridge; JHOVE (JStor/Harvard Object Validation Environment) was used for file validation and generation of NISO Z39.50 technical metadata in XML format. From these masters, access derivatives were generated with the following specifications: 250 dpi; 24-bit depth color; sRGB color profile; then loaded along with Dublin Core descriptive metadata into OCLC's CONTENTdm content management system.

CREDITS

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

The materials in this collection are made available for limited use in research, teaching and private study. Texts and images from this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without prior permission from Clemson University. Contact Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, Box 343001, Clemson, SC 29634-3001.

Although these materials are made publicly accessible for the limited uses described above, they are not in the public domain. Where copyright persists in this material, that right is owned either by Clemson University or by the creators of the object or their descendants. It is the responsibility of the user to secure any necessary permissions and to observe the stated access policy, the laws of copyright and the educational fair use guidelines.

CITATION INFORMATION

Cite as: [Description and date of item], Publications of the Department of Athletics, Mss. 44, Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, S.C.

RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM R.M. COOPER LIBRARY

Clemson : where the tigers play / Sam Blackman, Bob Bradley, Chuck Kriese. GV958.C56 B43 1999.

Real champions : Tigers touched by God /compiled by Carl F. Martin, Jr. ; edited by Joseph A. Lenti, Jennifer L. Outlaw, Jeremy Shirley. GV958.C56 R43 2001.

Death Valley days : the glory of Clemson football / Bob Bradley. GV958.C56 B73 1991.

The Clemson Tigers from 1896 to glory / by Lou Sahadi.GV958.C56 S2 1983.

Roar from the top : a Cinderella story : the 1981 national champion Clemson Tigers / edited by Steve Ellis and Kerry Capps. GV958.C56 R6 1982.

Clemson Tigers : a history of Clemson football / by Joe Sherman. GV958.C56 S53 1978.

RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Clemson University Football Vault / by Tim Bourret. OVERSIZE GV958.C56 B68 2008.

The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. BS185 1816 .N43 1800z. Local note: Bible has Clemson football plays written on inside covers.

Clemson handbook : stories, stats, and stuff about Tiger football / by Luther Gaillard. GV958.C56 G35 1996.

The great Clemson football mystery; / by Carole Marsh Longmeyer; illustrated by Priscilla Rhodes. PZ7.M3516 Gr 1983.

Their blood runneth orange : inside Clemson football; / by Donald F. Barton. GV939.A1 B37 1983.

Carolina vs Clemson, Clemson vs Carolina : a century of unparalleled rivalry in college football / by John Chandler Griffin. GV958.S68 G72 1998.

Howard / by Frank Howard -- and friends, Bob Bradley, Virgil Parker. GV958.C56 H69 1990.

RELATED RESOURCES

Official website of Clemson Football . Official website of Clemson Football. Contains photogallery dating back to 2000-2001. Archives (mostly game/player data) date back to the 1998 season.

The Clemson Pool on Flickr . The Clemson Pool on flickr. User-submitted images related to Clemson University and Athletics.

The ACC Football Pool on Flickr . The ACC Football Pool on flickr. Contains photos related to Atlantic Coast Conference Football on flickr.

Website of American Sport Art Museum and Archives . The collection is believed to be the largest of sport art in North America and perhaps the world," according to the website. Features a virtual tour with low-resolution text-and-image based photos.

Tigernet.com . Tigernet.com, a major Clemson fan site, with orientation towards sports news, and photo galleries dating to 1999.

Clemson Fan Site . Fan site with featured news and blogs. Photo gallery permits user uploads; includes some older photographs.

Clemson fan site. Clemson fan site, affiliated with scout.com and Fox News.

The University of South Carolina Athletic Site . The University of South Carolina Athletic Site. Contains a photo gallery that includes images from the rivalry games against Clemson since the 2005 season.

Clemson Tigers official Web page . Comprehensive site about Clemson sports history, football traditions, IPTAY, and athletic honors.

The Clemson University Tiger Band Website . The Clemson University Tiger Band Website. Contains a "History" section, with numerous images from the turn of the century to the present day.