Michael "Birdie" Birdwell papers
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1-71
Identifier: 2022-0084
Content Description
Materials include both personal and work-related papers of Dr. Michael "Birdie" Birdwell. The work-related papers include research and numerous Tennessee Tech ephemera. Also included are papers related to Birdwell's work with the Upper Cumberland Institute. Personal materials include travel records, journals, planners, correspondence, and photographs.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
These materials came on multiple occasions. They were delivered by both Dr. Jeffrey Roberts and Tom Fursch. Fursch was in charge of the estate of Birdwell.
Language of Description
English
Script of Description
Latin
Restrictions Apply
Yes
Access Restrictions
The bulk of these papers will not be open for research until the collection is processed and materials are further reviewed. They contain personal information related to many local community members.
Use Restrictions
Some materials are not available for immediate use due to format obsolescence and lack of playback equipment. Materials will need digitization.
Dates
- 1900 - 2022
Extent
32 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Inventory
57 document boxes, 2 bankers boxes, 2 slide containers, 3 mini-document boxes, 5 photograph boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder.
- Alcohol Trafficking Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute
- Appalachian Region Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Architecture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Archivists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Art -- Exhibitions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Award presentations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brochures Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cancer patients' writings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Caricatures and cartoons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- City of Cookeville. Department of Leisure Services. Cookeville Performing Arts Center (Cookeville (Tenn.))
- Clemens, Laura (Historian)
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal miners Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- College Professors -- Tenure Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- College Teachers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- College stories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- College students -- Sexual behavior Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Committees Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Community theater Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Concert programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Conference materials Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cookeville (Tenn.) Subject Source: Naf
- Dating (Social customs) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Degrees, Academic Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dickinson, W. Calvin
- Distilling, Illicit Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Divorce Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education -- Curricula Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gwilt, Steve
- Internship programs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kemp, Homer, Dr.
- Magura, Becky (WCTE-TV Station Manager)
- Oral histories Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Owens, Carl
- Parks -- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Proclamations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Putnam County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schedules Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Schedules Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Souvenir booklets Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Teachers' workshops Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tech Players (Tennessee Technological University)
- Tennessee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee Great War Commission (Nashville (Tenn.))
- Tennessee Preservation Trust (Nashville (Tenn.))
- Tennessee Technological University. Backdoor Playhouse
- Tennessee Technological University. Department of History
- Theater programs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Tourism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tourist guide Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Universities and colleges -- Employees Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Upper Cumberland Region (Tenn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Veterans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- War Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Whiskey Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- agendas (administrative records) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- black-and-white negatives Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- black-and-white photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- calendars (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- examinations (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- grants Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- lecture notes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- local histories Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- negatives (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- notes (documents) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- slides (photographs) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- souvenir programs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Source
- Furtsch, Tom (Person)
