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The College of Agriculture and Human Ecology houses 19 programs of study ranging from agribusiness management to housing and design, pre-veterinary science to food, nutrition and dietetics.

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Documentation of Civil Engineering projects in the Upper Cumberland, consultancies, class notes and tests, articles, photographs and correspondence of Albert A. Cannella's career as teacher, engineer and community activist.

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Henry Brooks Algood (1860-1934), a druggist who owned Algood Pharmacy in Cookeville, was the son of Joel Algood, for whom the town of Algood was named. His wife, Frances "Fannie" Crutcher Algood (1862-1936) traveled across the United States purchasing ladies' hats and accessories to sell to the women of Putnam County. This collection contains ledgers, financial records, receipts, and other materials that belonged to Henry and Fannie.

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Alpha Lambda Delta, the National Academic Honor Society for Freshmen, founded its Tennessee Technological University chapter November 15, 1973. Comprised of textual records, the collection contains materials from various officer notebooks, past issues of the newsletter, The Flame, and a scrapbook made by members.

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The American Association of University Professors: Tennessee Tech Chapter Papers contain materials relating to the local chapter at Tennessee Tech including meeting minutes, chapter newsletters, Tennessee Tech faculty handbooks, the chapter Constitution and By-Laws, faculty rosters, resolutions and both committee and general reports. Additionally, it includes several documents relating to AAUP Tennessee Conferences.

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Newsletters, pamphlets, website, student housing handbook, and social media of the Tennessee Tech University Appalachian Center for Craft. The website was originally published at https://www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/craftcenter/ The digital materials can be accessed at: https://tntech.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_edfdb36a-b14e-49ce-8381-2ffe0dc4774e/

Scope and Contents Annual reports, self studies, newsletter, website, and opening speech typescript of the Tennessee Tech University College of Arts and Sciences. Annual reports describe changes in academic programs and curriculum, movement of departments into new facilities, enrollment numbers by department, major events, department news, and the Dean's recommendations. The annual reports also provides information on faculty by department, including lists of new hires, retirements, publications,...

Content Description The Herman E. Baggenstoss Collection details the creation of the South Cumberland Recreation Area from its inception as the Grundy State Forest on April 10, 1935 after its purchase from the Tennessee Land Company. It also details the effort of the Grundy County Conservation Board to make the county more sustainable in ways such as lobbying for landfills and appropriate solid waste removal. Included in this collection are maps of the South Cumberland Recreation Area, photographs of the areas...

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Vivian Barnes attended Tennessee Tech and graduated in 1949 with a degree in accounting. She married H.S. Barnes, who attended Tech from 1936 to 1939. The materials include clippings from the Oracle, Tech’s student newspaper, and programs from different events, such as operas, plays, choral events, and symphony performances from 1935 to 1980, with most of the material dating from 1938 to 1966.

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Born-digital minutes, agendas, meeting materials, presentations, video, and website of the Tennessee Tech University Board of Trustees and its committees. The Board uses the word "materials" to describe documents presented to support the discussion of agenda items.

Materials can be accessed online at: https://tntech.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/so_4181de8a-fb7f-478e-bb5d-8b1b56aa71e2/

Abstract The collection primarily documents William John "Bill" Brinker's interviews with Cookeville veterans who served either in the Vietnam War or the 109th Cavalry as well as interviews with their families and his research on such topics. Brinker (1935-2021) was a history professor at Tennessee Tech University and eventually the chairman of the History Department. Having served in the military himself, he was an avid researcher of war studies, specifically of the Vietnam War. Using the research...

Abstract The papers and tapes of Charles Faulkner Bryan. Bryan was born on July 26, 1911, near McMinnville, Tennessee. His music education began at the age of ten when he started studying piano. In 1934 he graduated from the Nashville Conservatory School of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree. In 1935 Bryan was appointed director of the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute's Music Department in Cookeville, Tennessee. While in Cookeville, Bryan began an extensive study of folk music with his wife, Edith...

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Programs, calendars of events and other ephemera from the Bryan Symphony Orchestra. These are not records of the Orchestra, just records from the Orchestra maintained/collected by the Archives.

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Legal papers related to land puchases and transfers possibly for property affiliated with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction of Center Hill Lake.

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Papers of politician Fred Thomas "Tommy" Burks.

Scope and Contents The Burnstand Cemetery Collection includes maps, photographs, business correspondence, and legal correspondence regarding the relocation of Burntstand Cemetery. The photographs illustrate the former location of Burntstand Cemetery which was behind the east side of the stadium. The maps show the plots that were on Tennessee Tech property and the intended relocation plots at Shipley Cemetery where approximately 170 bodies were moved. The business correspondence necessary for relocating the...

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Collection includes monographs, field notes from from various plant surveys in Tennessee, and studeies.

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Records relating to the creation and operation of the College of Graduate Studies. The records include minutes, publications, and photographs.

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In 1987, Tennessee Technological University formed the Commission on the Status of Women to promote and provide for women on Tennessee Technological University’s campus in terms of safety, hiring and promotion, and educational offerings. Records include the founding documents and meeting minutes.

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Information Services records including files, press releases and photographs from the Press Services.

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Records of the Department of Computer Science at Tennessee Tech University. Includes ephemera, accreditation self-studies, academic program proposals and curriculum, correspondence, university-wide policies, Mary Patterson Scholarship administration files, and new faculty orientation materials.

See also: College of Arts and Sciences records

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...

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Contains papers and framed memorabilia of the operation and history of the Cookeville branch of the Production Credit Association which served several counties in the Upper Cumberland Region.

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Records include correspondence, grant applications, ordinances, inventories, educational materials, minutes, pamphlets, brochures, and a history.