College presidents
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Conry family papers
Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2022-0007
William Everett Derryberry papers
Collection
Identifier: RG-0000-0027
Abstract
The collection documents William Everett Derryberry’s term as President of Tennessee Tech University (1940-1974) and his personal and professional life outside of the university. He managed the university through disruption during World War II, growth in enrollment after the war, physical expansion of the campus, integration and student movements during the 1960s and 1970s, and the university’s name change from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in 1965.
Dates:
1912 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1974
Events - Twenty-fifth Anniversary and Installation of President, 1941
File — Box 67, Folder: 12
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:
1941
First Tennessee Bank and local business owners photographs
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022-0012
Dates:
Majority of material found within Circa 1970s.
Melissa Moriss' Essay on William Everett Derryberry
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2020-0012
Dates:
2004
Scrapbook of photographs from Derryberry's Oxford University years to circa 1970s, undated
File — Box 36, 3: 3
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:
undated
Successor - President Arliss L. Roaden, 1974
File — Box 62, Folder: 6
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:
1974
Tennessee Technological University Presidents composite picture
Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: 2021-0098
Dates:
2012
Found in:
Tennessee Tech University Archives
Tennessee Technological University Presidents composite picture
Digital Work
Identifier: c5e4a53b-ff36-496e-be46-c81f7f76dbf5
Dates:
2012
Found in:
Tennessee Tech University Archives
Thomas Alva Early portrait
Unprocessed Material — Frame 1
Identifier: 2021-0097
Dates:
1960
Found in:
Tennessee Tech University Archives
- Tennessee Tech University
- 1100 N. Peachtree Avenue, Cookeville TN 38505
- Cookeville, TN 38505
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