December 5, 2023
By Marquise Drayton, Community Engagement Assistant for the Cemetery Project This post is part of the December 2023 newsletter. Woodland Cemetery at Clemson University will be approaching its centennial year in 2024. Catalyzed by the death of a university president in 1924, “Cemetery Hill” was its original name for the Andrew Pickens Calhoun Family plot.¹ […]
October 4, 2023
By Dr. Rhondda Thomas, Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature, Call My Name Faculty Director, and Coordinator of Research and Community Engagement for the African American Burial Ground and Woodland Cemetery Historic Preservation Project This piece is re-posted from the October 2023 newsletter. Although Clemson University is devoting major attention to documenting the history of Woodland […]
January 6, 2023
Architect Visits to Clemson University in January 2023 In January 2023, Clemson University’s office of Campus Planning will continue to host architects who will share their vision for memorial development as we prepare to enter into the memorial design phase for the cemetery project later this year. Mario Gooden will be at Clemson University on […]
October 3, 2022
In this issue we provide information about the research symposium keynote speaker Kamau Sadiki of Diving with a Purpose, update the public on Woodland Cemetery, explain the contributions that Carrel Cowan-Ricks put toward the African American Burial Ground, provide research and community engagement updates, and highlight some upcoming local events. The Woodland Cemetery and African […]
September 2, 2022
On August 18th, 2022, Velma Fann, historian for New South Associates, met with descendant communities within Sirrine Hall at Clemson University to discuss ideas for memorialization at Woodland Cemetery. Based in Columbia, South Carolina, with additional offices in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, New South Associates is a women-owned small business that provides cultural […]
August 2, 2022
Download the full August 2022 Newsletter Research Update Dr. Mandi Barnard has continued to coordinate research for the team for the preservation phase of our project. She is currently examining the papers of Clinton Calhoun Lemon and Dr. Rupert Fike to gain an understanding of how college athletics shaped development around Cemetery Hill. Dr. Sara […]
July 8, 2022
Download the full July 2022 Newsletter Research Update Dr. Mandi Barnard has been coordinating the Cemetery Team’s archival research objectives at Clemson Special Collections Library as we enter the preservation phase of our project. Dr. Barnard has identified collections and topics of interest to guide the Team’s summer research agenda. She has also been in […]
June 3, 2022
Research Updates Dr. Mandi Barnard has conducted ongoing research for Andrew Pickens “A.P.” Calhoun and Business Manager James C. Littlejohn. She has sought manuscript records for A.P. and his family, and is currently working with a genealogist in Alabama to obtain deeds of sale for A.P.’s properties there, and to see if any inventories of […]
May 3, 2022
The Woodland Cemetery and African American Burial Ground Historic Preservation Project seeks to tell the stories of the known and previously unknown burials located in Woodland Cemetery on the Clemson University campus. Through research and community engagement we intend to uncover as much as we can about this historic space and to properly commemorate all […]
November 2, 2021
We are publishing a monthly newsletter to share updates on research, community engagement, and upcoming events. Sign up to receive the newsletter through email: https://forms.gle/rWXqxTcXvcsJ5g928 The Woodland Cemetery Preservation Project seeks to tell the stories of the known and unknown burials located in Woodland Cemetery on the Clemson University campus. Through research and community engagement […]
