Cookeville (Tenn.)

Allison Rash Ensor Collection, 1920 - 1966, bulk: 1920 - 1921, bulk: 1953 - 1958

Series

Identifier: 2018-008

Scope and Contents Boxes 1 and 2 contain: two TPI bulletins (1915); The Tennessee Tech Journal, vol. 1, no. 1 (1966); two TPI high school graduation photographs of Rose Nell Johnson (1921); TPI high school graduation commencement ceremony invitation, two addressed envelopes, and a card bearing Rose Nell Johnson's name (1921); three of Rose Nell Johnson's TPI report cards (1920-1921); Allison Rash Ensor's report card and accompanying letter to parents with addressed envelope (1954); Allison Rash Ensor's report...

Dates: 1920 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1921; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1958

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections / Allison Rash Ensor collection

Michael "Birdie" Birdwell papers

Collection

Identifier: RG-0000-0183

Dates: 1900 - 2022

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

Brochure, "Tennessee Technological University", a Progress Report, 2003

File — Box 2, Folder: 44

Content Description From the Collection: This collection includes various Tennessee Tech programs, pamphlets, fliers, booklets, guides, brochures, and ephemera created by the University. Archives created the collection to deal with various materials that either had no obvious home in University Archives or materials that had provenance at one point, but it was lost over the years. Rather than move small, one-off items to a larger collection, which requires a large amount of work, the archives created this to collection to deal...

Dates: 2003

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Archives / Programs, Pamphlets, Fliers, and Ephemera

Business and Professional Directory

Unprocessed Material — Folder 1

Identifier: 2021-0011

Dates: 1929-09-15

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

Carothers, Dean (Thomas Dean), 1952-2017

Person

Cookeville Cavalry photograph

Unprocessed Material — Folder 1

Identifier: 2021-0149

Dates: c1915

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

Cookeville Lifestyle, 2022 - 2023

File — Box 18, Folder: 19

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is comprised of various newsletters and publications distributed from Tennessee Technological University as well as other institutions in or relevant to the Upper Cumberland area, which date from 1951 through 2020, with the bulk of the records dating from the 1970s through the 2000s. The records are all text-based, and include department newsletters, faculty and staff memos, student literary journals, library professional development newsletters, student-made publications,...

Dates: 2022 - 2023

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Archives / Newsletters and Publications

Cookeville School of Music Christmas Greeting

Unprocessed Material — Folder 1

Identifier: 2021-0010

Dates: 1915 - 1916

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

Cookeville Theatre Company program, shirt, and poster

Unprocessed Material — Folder 1-2

Identifier: 2023-0006

Dates: 2023-02-12

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

C.P. Snelgrove collection

Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2022-0092

Dates: 1930 - 1965

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

Davis, A. Cecil, Dr. (Alvis Cecil), 1905-1976

Person

Davis, Bobby, 1936-

Person

Davis, Jean

Person

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

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Archives

Dixie College Photographs

Unprocessed Material — Folder 1

Identifier: 2021-0049

Dates: 1914; 1919; c. 1911-1915

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Archives

William A. Hensley family papers

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: RG-0000-0136

Scope and Contents This collection contains documents reflecting the academic, business, political, and personal aspects of William A. Hensley's (1883-1951) life. Documents include teaching contracts, pharmacy permits, newspaper clippings regarding his business and political life and aspirations, a speech on the failure of a Tennessee Senate bill for the funding of a technical school, a commission certificate to serve on the staffs of Tennessee's Governors Peay and Horton, correspondence, travel notes, a...

Dates: 1902-07-01 - 1997-05-25

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

Robert E. Jager papers

Collection

Identifier: RG-0000-0131

Scope and Contents The Robert E. Jager papers date from 1956 to 2018. Robert E. Jager, a composer, arranger, and educator, compiled the collection. The compilation includes sketchbooks, manuscripts, published musical scores, unpublished musical scores, publicity, programs, newspaper clippings, magazines, books, awards, correspondence, nametags, scrapbooks, photographs, publications, lectures, an interview, a speech, a thesis, compact discs, LP records, a DVD, a sound reel, and a VHS tape. The collection...

Dates: 1956 - 2020

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

Jesse H. Pendergrass Missing Poster

Unprocessed Material — Folder 1

Identifier: 2021-0051

Dates: 1938-01-11

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Archives

Joe L. Evins Documentary Records

Unprocessed Material — Box 1

Identifier: 2021-0061

Dates: Majority of material found within 2008 - 2009

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Archives

Michael "Birdie" Birdwell papers

Unprocessed Material — Box 1-71

Identifier: 2022-0084

Dates: 1900 - 2022

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Cookeville-Putnam County Branch letter

Unprocessed Material — Box Small Collections N

Identifier: 2021-0119

Dates: 2021-09-06

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Special Collections

Office of Multicultural Affairs records, 1989 - 2021

Series

Scope and Contents

The records document the founding of the Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center in 1989 and efforts by the university to support the personal, cultural, social, and academic growth and development of students from underrepresented ethnic populations. Materials include administrative files, event planning files, posters, flyers, photographs, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1989 - 2021

Found in: Tennessee Tech University Archives / Student Affairs records