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Football

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Addendum, 1966 - 1975, bulk: 1972 - 1975

 Series
Content Description From the Collection: During Sidney McGee's tenure at Tennessee Tech University, he made a number of trips to Europe, from which he collected extensive tourist memorabilia and unused postcards, and kept hundreds of photos, which also grace this collection. McGee was a sports enthusiast and columnist who, as Tech’s unofficial director of sports information for many years, wrote press releases for the Tennessee Tech basketball team, and kept journals, notes and statistics—these along with newspaper clippings of his...
Dates: 1966 - 1975; Majority of material found within 1972 - 1975

Allison Rash Ensor collection, 1920 - 1964, bulk: 1953 - 1957

 Series
Identifier: 2017-044
Scope and Contents

Boxes 1 and 2 contain concert programs (1954-1957), a basketball program (1956), student fee invoices (1953-1954), a freshmen initiation program (1953), an admission application (circa 1954), drama club programs (1956 and circa 1954), and The Tech Dynamo student-published journal (1920).

Dates: 1920 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1957

Allison Rash Ensor collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2017-044
Dates: 1920 - 1964

Athletics - Football - 1923 Team and Homecoming, 1960

 File — Box 62, Folder: 9
Description From the Series: The Administrative Files series documents Derryberry’s work during his term as President of Tennessee Tech University. Materials include meeting minutes, subject files, clippings, correspondence, financial records, reports, annotated publications on education topics, and records of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) accreditation visits and self-study preparation. The SACS records are useful for compilations of university wide statistics and reports on academic programs,...
Dates: 1960

Athletics - Tangerine Bowl, 1953

 File — Box 49, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Photographs series contains prints and negatives depicting campus buildings, students, athletic teams, Derryberry and his family, and events. Also included are printing mats and blocks of formal Derryberry portraits. Some of the campus prints are photographs of graphite drawings of buildings and maps. Many of the negatives from 1942-1943 appear to have been printed in the Class of 1942 and 1943 yearbooks. The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically by date...
Dates: 1953

Vivian Barnes collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG-0000-0003
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1935 - 1980

Black Cultural Center oral histories

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2021-0130
Dates: 2020 - 2021

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

Football, 1935-1993, 2003, 2009-2021

 Series
Content Description From the Record Group:

Paper and born-digital publications and records of the Tennessee Tech University Office of Sports Information. Includes record books, scorebooks, media guides, programs for home games, results, podcasts, and quick facts. Materials are organized by sport, then chronologically by date.

The born-digital publications can be accessed at: https://tntech.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/SO_75e12052-4b69-4c89-a3a6-5dcb4f25903f/

Dates: 1935-1993, 2003, 2009-2021

Frances Byrne scrapbook and school papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RG-0000-0172
Scope and Contents Papers include candy wrappers, school papers, debates, newspaper clippings, visiting cards, a ring size chart, papers relating to high school basketball, and programs for events at Tennessee Tech, Baxter Seminary, the Strand Theatre, and other Upper Cumberland Schools. Papers also include numerous letters regarding high school gossip and romance. There are classmate photographs. The scrapbook uses paper from a yearbook from Manhattan, Kansas. There is a story regarding mumps and body. Many...
Dates: 1922 - 1933

Frances Byrne scrapbook and school papers

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: 2021-0033
Dates: 1922; 1931

Alfred H. Gill papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG-0000-0062
Scope and Contents

The Alfred H. Gill papers include numerous team photographs of the TPI football team and reunion photographs. There are four yearbooks, of which there is a letter from "Mary" and the others have a few messages from classmates. There is a photograph from his time at Camp Forrest, Tennessee during World War II and three postmaster declarations signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dates: 1925 - 1944

Malcolm Quillen, Jr. Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall Scrapbook

 Unprocessed Material — Volume 1
Identifier: 2022-0089
Dates: 1929 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1937

OVC Statistics Notes, 1951-1966, 1966

 File — Box 30, Folder: 2
Content Description From the Collection: During Sidney McGee's tenure at Tennessee Tech University, he made a number of trips to Europe, from which he collected extensive tourist memorabilia and unused postcards, and kept hundreds of photos, which also grace this collection. McGee was a sports enthusiast and columnist who, as Tech’s unofficial director of sports information for many years, wrote press releases for the Tennessee Tech basketball team, and kept journals, notes and statistics—these along with newspaper clippings of his...
Dates: 1966

Photographs, 1912–1977

 Series
Scope and Contents The Photographs series contains prints and negatives depicting campus buildings, students, athletic teams, Derryberry and his family, and events. Also included are printing mats and blocks of formal Derryberry portraits. Some of the campus prints are photographs of graphite drawings of buildings and maps. Many of the negatives from 1942-1943 appear to have been printed in the Class of 1942 and 1943 yearbooks. The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically by date...
Dates: 1912–1977

Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall scrapbooks

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1987-0006
Dates: 1923 - 1975

Preston Vaughn "Putty" Overall scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-0000-0007
Scope and Contents

This collection consists mainly of newspaper clippings from 1939-1975 and photographs from 1921-1968 highlighting sports events during his acclaimed TPI football coaching career, sourced mostly in/from scrapbooks. Also included are personal correspondence, photographs from his work and personal life, a short biography, and a small amount of TPI memorabilia.

Dates: 1923 - 1975

Sidney L. McGee's Ohio Valley Conference football schedule with handwritten notes, 1969

 File — Box 1, Folder: 13
Content Description From the Collection: Tennessee Tech University Department of Foreign Languages annual report, brochures, correspondence, newsletters, photographs scrapbook, reading files, self-studies, syllabi, website, and foreign language student organization flyers. The reading files were organized by Phillip J. Campana while he was chair of the department and were intended to contain a copy of everything created by his office as chair. The reading files are incomplete.Digital materials can be accessed online at:...
Dates: 1969

Tennessee Polytechnic Institute 1950s photographs

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2021-0062
Dates: 1949 - 1959; Digitized: 2009-03-06

Tennessee Tech Football Statistics, Notebook and Reports, 1972

 File — Box 30, Folder: 3
Content Description From the Collection: During Sidney McGee's tenure at Tennessee Tech University, he made a number of trips to Europe, from which he collected extensive tourist memorabilia and unused postcards, and kept hundreds of photos, which also grace this collection. McGee was a sports enthusiast and columnist who, as Tech’s unofficial director of sports information for many years, wrote press releases for the Tennessee Tech basketball team, and kept journals, notes and statistics—these along with newspaper clippings of his...
Dates: 1972

Tennessee Tech versus University of Tennessee football game memorabilia

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-0088
Dates: Event: 2019-11-05

Vivian Barnes collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 1987-0003
Dates: 1935 - 1980