Clemson College Bookends
Object numberMO 1941.4.17
Name
Bookend
Maker
Unknown
MediumWood, Metal, Textile (felt)
Dimensionsoverall (each bookend) H 8 in x W 6 1/4 in x D 5 5/8 in (20.3 cm x 15.9 cm x 14.3 cm )
DescriptionA pair of carved wood bookends. On each of the L-shaped bookends is a partial representation of a building column, modeled after the column bases at Fort Hill, the John C. Calhoun mansion on the grounds of Clemson University. Affixed above each column is a small, circular metal seal for Clemson College that reads: CLEMSON A&M COLLEGE / FORT HILL / S.C. / INCORPORATED 1889.
Purple felt is adhered to the backs and undersides of the bookends. On the reverse of each bookend is a paper label with a typed message: THIS SET OF BOOKENDS WERE MADE OF WOOD FROM / THE GROUNDS OF THE JOHN C. CALHOUN MANSION. / THE DESIGN IS A MODEL FROM THE BASE ON THE / COLUMNS OF THE CALHOUN MANSION. One of the bookends also has a small adhesive sticker with a typed and handwritten number: D-9-7-a.
Label TextThese bookends were given to Franklin Roosevelt by Clemson A & M College, Clemson, South Carolina.Purple felt is adhered to the backs and undersides of the bookends. On the reverse of each bookend is a paper label with a typed message: THIS SET OF BOOKENDS WERE MADE OF WOOD FROM / THE GROUNDS OF THE JOHN C. CALHOUN MANSION. / THE DESIGN IS A MODEL FROM THE BASE ON THE / COLUMNS OF THE CALHOUN MANSION. One of the bookends also has a small adhesive sticker with a typed and handwritten number: D-9-7-a.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 20, 1940. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
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