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(1) Joe L. Evins Collection
Description:The family, business and congressional papers of one of the Upper Cumberland's most distinguished citizens. Highlights Evins' legal, military and political career. Contains 893 boxes, volumes, scrapbooks, audio and video tapes, photographs and memorabilia.
(2) Marie White Collection
Description:Professional papers and letters of tribute to one of TTU's retired faculty. Contains four boxes, awards, and photographs.
(3) Vivian Barns Collection
Description:Clippings, programs and notices regarding cultural events at TTU and in Cookeville from 1935 to 1980. Contains one box.
(4) Tech Training School P.T.A. Papers
Description:19 scrapbooks from the Tech Training School for the years 1942-1966 highlighting the events and the goals of the P.T.A.
(5) Burntstand Cemetery Collection
Description:Papers regarding the removal of the graves in Burntstand Cemetery, once located on the TTU Campus. Contains three boxes, maps, photographs, and death certificates.
(7) P.V. Overall Collection
Description:Personal papers and scrapbooks of "Putty" Overall, long-time football coach at TTU. Contains two boxes, scrapbooks, clippings, and photographs.
(8) Sidney McGee Collection
Description:Personal, professional, and travel papers of retired language faculty, sports commentator, photographer, and civic leader. Contains 27 boxes, volumes, scrapbooks, maps and photographs.
Examples:Alps - La Meije, La Grave
Alps - La Meije, La Grave, Le Moucherotte
Frankfurt, Germany - Bomb Damage after WWII
Vermont, United States - Camp Meade 1918
Paris, France - Catacombs
England - St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, Port of London
Loire Valley, France - Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau
Loire Valley, France - Chateaux Villandry
Paris, France - Notre Dame, Le Penseur
Paris, France - Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame
France - Plateau du Bonascre, German Coach
Fulda, Germany - First celebration of Nazi victory, March 21, 1933
Milano, Italy - Milano Cathedral
Rome, Italy - Vatican, St. Peters, The Columns
Margorie McGee
Sid & Margorie McGee - 1920s
Paris, France - Suresnes American Cemetery, Notre Dame
Paris, France - President Wilson speaking at Suresnes American Cemetery, Napoleon's Tomb
Sid & Margorie McGee - 1960s
Wine Barrels
Mademoiselles
Mademoiselles
Camp Meade January 1, 1918
Misove & Cott
Trench
Gas Masks
Gas Masks - Beeman
Trench - Lindsley & Smitty
American Cemetary - St. Nazaire
American Cemetary - St. Nazaire
Paris - Champs Elysees
Last ones leaving.
France - The Royal Palace at Versailles
(9) TTU Presidents Papers
Description:Files from the office of the University President, 1915-1980. Contains 404 boxes, photographs, bulletins, reports, scrapbooks, tapes, and films.
(11) Miscellaneous Papers
Description:Random assortment of papers related to career day, the Departments of Geography, Philosophy, and Sociology, the Tech Women's Club, and the Curriculum Committee. Contains seven boxes, clippings, volumes, and scrapbooks.
(12) Newspaper Collection
Description:125 tennessee and national newspapers dating from 1863-1980.
(13) Ken Porter Labor Collection
Description:125 Tennessee and national newspapers dating from 1863-1969.
(15) Cookeville Collection
Description:Miscellaneous items related to Cookeville and the surrounding region. Contains two boxes, photograph albums, scrapbooks, certificates, and telephone directories.
(16) Bullington Collection
Description:Legal papers related to the purchase of land for Center Hill Lake, Dale Hollow Lake, and Old Hickory Lake. Contains 94 boxes.
(17) Ann Evins Collection
Description:The papers of the wife of Congressman Evins, related to her civic and business interests. Contains three boxes.
(18) Holocaust Collection
Description:Papers from Central European and British Archives related to research done by Richard Lukas for his book, The Forgotten Holocaust. Contains six boxes.
(19) Graduate School Collection
Description:Papers related to the establishment, growth, and certification of the Graduate Program at TTU. Contains 30 boxes.
(20) Alvin C. York Papers
Description:Personal and business papers of the Upper Cumberland Region's most famous citizen. Contains 15 boxes, video and audio tapes, photographs, clippings, and maps.
Examples:Sergeant Alvin C. York on hillside where he made his raid. February 7, 1919.
York Mill
(21) Oral History Collection
Description:A large collection of taped interviews covering a wide range of subjects. Contains 19 boxes.
(22) Frazier Moss Collection
Description:Tapes and videos related to one of the greatest of the "Old Time Fiddlers". Contains one box, tapes, videos, and photographs.
(23) Disabled Veterans of World War I Papers
Description:Papers related to the rehabilitation center for disabled World War I veterans located at TTU in the 1920's. Contains 26 boxes.
(24) Business Office Papers
Description:Papers related to the operation of the TTU Business Office. Contains four boxes.
(25) Tech Training School Papers
Description:Documents relating to the operation and administration of the Tech Training School 1941-1975. Contains 34 boxes, scrapbooks, and photographs.
(26) Arliss Roaden Papers
Description:Papers related to the Presidency of Dr. Roaden at TTU. Contains 14 boxes.
(27) Everett Derryberry Papers
Description:Personal and business papers of TTU's most distinguished president. Contains 113 boxes, tapes, and photographs.
Examples:Don't Crowd, Girls! Here's Perfect Man! (Newspaper Clipping, 1928)
Dr. and Mrs. Derryberry
Governer Clement Signing Legislation for TTU
Dr. Derryberry 1940
TTU from Air with Derryberry in 1940
TTU from Air with Derryberry in 1974
(28) Colonel Herbert Houston Papers
Description:Papers of a distinguished veteran and lobbyist. Contains 30 boxes, scrapbooks, volumes, photographs, and memorabilia.
Examples:Hunter Liggett Artillery Range (Training for WWII) California March 1942
Chaplain Houston's Worship Service - California 1942
Movie Star Linda Darnell and Colonel Herbert Houston June 1942
Reterning personnel, from overseas, getting aid in putting calls through at pay telephone station at Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, LA (March 1, 1945)
Chaplain Herbert M. Houston "Official U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo"
First picture of Colonel Houston in uniform at age 16 at Paris Island in SC. Other pictures are training pictures for WWI.
WWI Photographs
U.S. Veterans Advisory Commission - Mr. Houston
(28) Colonal Herbert Houston Papers
Description:Papers of a distinguished veteran and lobbyist. Contains 30 boxes, scrapbooks, volumes, photographs, and memorabilia.
Examples:WW1 Photograph
WW1 Photograph
Paris Island, SC 16 Yrs
Fred & Herbert
Fred & John
AFFW workers with marines in France.
(29) Library Papers
Description:Registers and administrative documents related to the operation of the TTU Library 1918-1988. Contains 17 boxes.
(30) Faculty Senate Papers
Description:Minutes and records of the TTU Faculty Senate 1981-1988. Contains seven boxes.
(31) Alumni Affairs Collection
Description:Documents related to the operation of the Office of Alumni Affairs 1927-83. Contains five boxes.
(32) C.P. Snelgrove Collection
Description:Papers donated by the retired librarian relating to events at TTU. Contains three boxes.
(34) Semester Transition Committee Papers
Description:Documents related to the University's change from the quarter system to semesters. Contains seven boxes.
(35) Cordell Hull Collection
Description:Copies of materials about lawyer, soldier, judge, congressman, senator, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Contains seven boxes, audio and video tapes.
(36) Campus Buildings Specifications
Description:Plans, blueprints, and construction details for various buildings on TTU's campus. Contains 14 boxes.
(37) Joe Frank Hudgens Papers
Description:Personal and political papers relating to the career of local politician and businessman, Joe F. Hudgens. Contains two boxes.
(38) Sterns Project Papers
Description:Documents relating to the Sterns Coal and Lumber Company and it's relationship to the Big South Fork Region of the Upper Cumberland. This study was conducted by the Upper Cumberland Institute for the Tennessee State Department of Conservation. Contains four boxes.
(39) Harriman Hosiery Mill Strike
Description:Copies of clippings and other documentation of the strike in Harriman in 1933. Contains two boxes.
(40) June P. Shelton Papers
Description:Materials related to the history and contributions of women at TTU. Contains one box.
(41) Wilder-Davidson Collection
Description:Documents relating to the documentary by Dr. Homer Kemp on the violent coal strike at Wilder and Davidson in Fentress County. Contains 31 boxes, oral histories, videos and photographs.
Examples:Mining equipment
Newspaper Article on Barney Grahams murder
Scrip-Account book 1/2/28
Cordell Hull
5 cent scrip
Map of Davidson, TN 1930
Map of Wilder, TN 1923-1936
Historical Map of Wilder, Davidson, & Winton, TN
The First Commissary
Cost Sheet
$1.00 scrip
Harp and Pointers Store in Algood
Pay Receipt 1/15/28
5 men - 1st row J.A. Elmore, 2nd row Bill Madewell, Oliver Buckner, 3rd row Joe Elmore, Frank Elmore
Mr. & Mrs. J.A. Elmore, Madge (on Stump), Nina, Anderson and Junior. ca. 1915
Wilder Chapel
Wilder School
Wilder
View of Wilder
Wilder Post Office
Wilder Tipple and Blacksmith Shop
J.A. Elmore in Car
Union Local-Wilder around 1922
(Harding Studio Photo) Men in Mine - Back Row Robert Alexander, Sam Alexander, Unknown, Lee Peek, Venable Woods, Tom Watson, Charlie Alexander; Lying - Bob Hodge, Charlie Arms
Men in Shop - Oliver Buckner, Joe Elmore, Albert Elmore
Unidentified men in mouth of mine
Tracks at mine
School picture: Teachers, Bates Craven (Far right in front of window, Laura Hogue Elmore (In front of him) Ellen Conatser (Far Left)
National Guard Troops at Wilder
National Guard at Wilder
Newspaper article
Wilson mine
Moonshine still
(42) Charles Faulkner Bryan Papers
Description:Personal and business papers, music scores, librettos, and recordings of TTU's most famous composer. Contains eight file drawers, tapes, record volumes, and photographs.
Examples:Charles Bryan
Charles Bryan & Edith Inez Hillis Wedding, December 26, 1936
The First Bryan Synphony, 1935-1936
J. Robert Bradley - First African American to study at TTU
(43) Ward Draper Collection
Description:Papers related to the accomplishments of civic leader Ward Draper. Contains one box.
(44) Donald Caplenor Papers
Description:Monographs, field notes, and studies by teacher, administrator, and scientist Dr. Donald Caplenor. Contains four boxes.
(46) Search for Identity Papers
Description:Documents and source material related to the history of the University written by Drs. Neufeldt and Dickinson. Contains seven boxes.
(47) ASB Collection
Description:Documents relating to the history of the Associated Student Body at TTU. Contains one box.
(48) Cookeville PCA Collection
Description:Papers relating to the history of the Cookeville branch of the Production Credit Association. Contains one box and framed memorabilia.
(49) O.K. Holliday Papers
Description:Documents relating to local businessman, O.K. Holliday, and the bankrupcy of the Baxter Mercantile Co. in 1929. Contains three boxes.
(50) Charles Golden Papers
Description:Personal, business, and professional papers of a distinguished educator. Contains nine boxes and photographs.
(51) AAUP Papers
Description:Documents relating to the history and accomplishments of the TTU chapter of the American Association of University Professors 1968-1978. Contains five boxes.
(52) Information Services Collection
Description:Files, press releases, and photos from the University press service. Contains 76 boxes.
(53) Tennessee Conference of Linguistics
Description:Papers of a professional organization that has since disbanded. Contains three boxes.
(55) Reba Bacon Collection
Description:Documentation relating to the career of local teacher and artist, Reba Bacon, and her role in founding the Cumberland Arts Society and establishing the Ben-Lee Art Show. Contains six boxes.
(56) Cumberland Mountain Project Papers
Description:A cultural history of the Upper Cumberland Region done by the Upper Cumberland Institute for the Tennessee State Department of Parks. Contains seven boxes.
(57) Cookeville Arts Council Papers
Description:Documents relating to the history, accomplishments, and operation of the Cookeville Arts Council, a clearinghouse for various artistic concerns in the area.
(58) Lottie Farr Collection
Description:Papers relating to the history and development of the public library in Putnam County and to the works of poets, Clara Cox Epperson and Will Allen Dromgoole. Contains two boxes.
(59) T.J. Farr Papers
Description:Documents of former teacher and administrator, T.J. Farr, relating to the founding of the Tennessee Folklore Society and the collection and preservation of folklore. Contains 11 boxes.
(60) Roberts-Mooneyham UCMS Medical Collection
Description:Forty-five boxes including medical equipment, reference books, publications and records relating to the Upper Cumberland Medical Society.
(61) WCTE Video Tape Collection
Description:Nine boxes of video copies of programs of significance to the university and the Upper Cumberland region.
(62) The Alfred H. Gill Collection
Description:Two boxes of materials related to tennessee politics and national politics in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
(63) Pi Omega Pi Collection
Description:Records relating to the history, growth and development of the Business Education Honor Society.
(64) Sycamore Shoels Collection
Description:Five boxes of research and supporting materials related to the historic site in East Tennessee.
(65) Tommy Burks Collection
Description:205 boxes of speeches, correspondence, publications and artifacts related to the career of Tennessee senator Tommy Burks.
Examples:Tommy Burks & Dolly Parton
Tommy & Charlette Burks & Family
Tommy Burks
Tommy Burks
(66) Hermon Boggenstoss Collection
Description:Two boxes of materials related to the development of the South Cumberland State Park and Savage Gulf Wilderness area in Tracy City, Tennessee.
(67) Cookeville Tree Board
Description:Material related to the environmental and beautification efforts of this local group.
(68) Presidents General Office Files
Description:Fifty boxes of materials related to the organization and administration of the university.
(69) J.M. Hatfield Papers
Description:Correspondence related to Putnam County in the early 20th century that includes information on the selection of the first president of Tennnessee Polytechnic Institute, Thomas Alva Early.
(70) Dr. William Schrader Papers
Description:Thirty-six boxes of records of administrative and academic councils and Faculty Senate.
(71) SBR and TBR Papers
Description:108 boxes of materials related to the state agencies governing Tennessee Technological University.
(72) Dr. Angelo Volpe Collection
Description:Four boxes of oral histories and DVDs concerning the presidency of Dr. Angelo Volpe.
Harding Studio Collection
Description:Records and materials related to a family photography studio operated in Cookeville from about 1911-1974. Contains about 500,000 images. Glass negatives, tintypes, nitrate and safety negatives, glass photographs and prints. 17 antique cameras and assorted photo equipment are included. All examples are from glass negatives dated before 1930.
Examples:Star Brand Shoes Fentress Coal & Coke Co.
Grocery Store
Machine Shop
Feed Store
Telephone Operator
Two Men Working in a Field
Two Men Spraying a Crop
Two Men In a Barber Shop
Man and Woman In Store Restaurant
Three Men in a Bank
Gas Station
Hargrove and Mofield Hardware Store
Live Poultry Transit Company
People standing in front of container
Children Holding Flags from Cookeville in MayDay Celebration.
MayDay Celebration play - Mid Summer Nights Dream
Raising the American Flag in front of Derryberry Hall.
Outdoor Physical Culture (Cookeville School)
Livingston Academy
Dixie College Students
Crossstitch Class
Photographic Services Collection
Description:About 300,000 plus images taken by TTU Photographer between the years 1962-1992. Includes slides, transparencies, negatives and prints.
University Publications
Description:Most, but by no means all, of the materials printed by the University, including: * The Eagle 1926-1996 (annuals) * The Oracle 1924-present (newspaper) * Bulletins 1916-1992 * Press releases, departmental newsletters, sports brochures, bulletins, and pamphlets are also included.