Charles Golden photographs and papers

Collection

Identifier: RG-0000-0050

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Golden collection contains mostly Color photographs. The majority of the photographs of from the 1980s. The photographs generally pictures educational conferences on campus and many kinds of seminars such as legal and discipline. This collection also contains many of Golden’s publications, resume, and professional papers. The publications contain papers such as the “TN Appalachia Educational Cooperative” as well as “The Community Around Us”. The professional papers of note are the ESEA Speech, Tennessee Valley Bicentennial South, and Division of Extended Services. The records provide information about Golden’s time at Tennessee tech as well as a few years before.

Dates

Creation: 1960 - 1992

Biographical / Historical

Charles Golden was an educator for 45 years and worked at Tennessee Tech University for 22 years. Golden joined the Tech administration in 1969 and was an advocate for education. His career started in White County as a supervisor, administrator and principal for nine years in and superintendent for eleven years in Sparta City schools. His love for education lead to his coordination of several education programs. He served for Tennessee Tech’s Extended Services program acting as both interim dean and dean emeritus. After his many years of devotion to the education system and Tech he retired in 1992. During his career, he co-authored three books and published more than twenty-five articles.

Extent

5 Cubic Feet (10 legal size boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Charles Golden was an educator for 45 years and worked at Tennessee Tech University for 22 years. Golden joined the Tech administration in 1969 and was an advocate for education. His career started in White County as a supervisor, administrator and principal for nine years in and superintendent for eleven years in Sparta City schools. His love for education lead to his coordination of several education programs. After his many years of devotion to the education system and Tech he retired in 1992. During his career, he co-authored three books and published more than twenty-five articles. The records date from 1960 to 1992 and include photos of several Tech events, educational conferences, classes and schools as well as papers that Golden wrote.

Physical Location

Boxes 1-8: Volpe Library, 1st Floor, 179, Stacks [Range: 8, Section: D, Shelf: 6] Boxes 9-10: Volpe Library, 1st Floor, 179, Stacks [Range: 8, Section: E, Shelf: 1]