Whitson, Jere (Jeremiah), 1853-1928
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Myrtis Leonard Conry ledger and diary
Collection
Identifier: RG-0000-0075
Content Description
The diary and accounts ledger gives a brief look at the daily life of Myrtis and Joseph (Joe) Conry and their two young children in the late 1920's and 1930's Cookeville Tennessee. Written by Myrtis, the diary begins in March of 1928 and shares stories about what is happening in the Cookeville area and at T.P.I (Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, now Tennessee Technological University) and in the world. In her writings she mentions the cost of the T.P.I. President's house, the Presidential...
Dates:
1921 - 1954
Dixie College collection
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-10
Identifier: RG-0000-0173
Scope and Contents
Many of the records relate to the establishment of the college including publications, minutes, receipts, histories, contracts, catalogs, donations, lawsuits, by laws, committees, and the charter. The college was supposed to have a School of the Bible, which never came to fruition. Lawsuits against Jere Whitson’s estate regarding donations for the proposed bible school building are included in the collection. Petitioners complained that Whitson schemed their money and then sold the proposed...
Dates:
1909 - 1930
W. L. Stewart Papers
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-0083
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1893 - 1945; 1957 - 1961
Found in:
Tennessee Tech University Archives
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- Unprocessed Material 3
- Collection 2
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- Putnam County (Tenn.) 3
- Account books 2
- Cookeville (Tenn.) 2
- Cost of sales 2
- Diaries 2
- receipts (financial records) 2
- Banks and banking 1
- Baseball 1
- Baxter (Tenn.) 1
- Bricklayers, Masons, and Plasterers International Union of America 1
- Cattle 1
- Checks 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Consumer Credit 1
- Correspondence 1
- Dedications 1
- Deeds 1
- Football 1
- General Stores 1
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows 1 + ∧ less
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