University Archives & Special Collections

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.
Finding Aid:  RG 123 Algood Family Collection

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. Records date from 1973 to 2015, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1996-1998.
Finding Aid:  RG 104 Alpha Lambda Delta

Documentation of Civil Engineering projects in the Upper Cumberland, consultancies, class notes and tests, articles, photographs and correspondence of A.A. Cannella's career as teacher, engineer and community activist. Collection contains 18 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 78 A.A. Cannella Papers

Documents relating to the history and accomplishments of the Tennessee Tech chapter of the American Association of University Professors 1968-1978. Contains five boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 51 American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Papers

Two boxes of materials related to Tennessee politics and national politics in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
Finding Aid:  RG 62 Alfred H. Gill Papers

The papers of the wife of Congressman Evins, related to her civic and business interests. Contains three boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 17 Ann Evins Collection

Papers related to the Presidency of Dr. Roaden at Tennessee Tech. Contains 14 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 26 Arliss Roaden Papers

Arthur Story Bushing (March 24, 1922 – October 29, 2008) spent much of his childhood in Jamestown, Tennessee, was a Maryville College alumnus, and a World War II Army veteran.  He returned from the service to the employ of his alma mater as an Assistant Professor, eventually serving as chair of the English Department and taking the role of Dean of Men.  Retiring in 1996, he remained active in the life of the college and pursued research interests.  Chief among those interests was the history surrounding his father, Arthur Samuel Bushing, who had served as Sergeant Alvin C. York’s personal secretary upon York’s return from Europe after World War I.  This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and photos passed down to him from his father, as well as the documentation of his own research and presentations of its findings in articles and speeches.
Finding Aid:  RG 125 Arthur Story Bushing Papers

Documents relating to the history of the Associated Student Body at Tennessee Tech. Contains one box.
Finding Aid:  RG 47 Associated Student Body (ASB) Collection

Legal papers related to the purchase of land for Center Hill Lake, Dale Hollow Lake, and Old Hickory Lake. Contains 94 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 16 Bullington Collection

Papers regarding the removal of the graves in Burnstand Cemetery, once located on the Tennessee Tech Campus. Contains three boxes, maps, photographs, and death certificates.
Finding Aid:  RG 5 Burnstand Cemetery Records

Papers related to the operation of the Tennessee Tech Business Office. Contains four boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 24 Business Office Papers

Papers donated by the retired librarian relating to events at Tennessee Tech. Contains three boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 32 C.P. Snelgrove Collection

Plans, blueprints, and construction details for various buildings on Tennessee Tech's campus. Contains 14 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 36 Campus Buildings Specifications

Personal and business papers, music scores, librettos, and recordings of Tennessee Tech's most famous composer. Contains eight file drawers, tapes, record volumes, and photographs.
Finding Aid:  RG 42 Charles Faulkner Bryan Papers

Personal, business, and professional papers of a distinguished educator. Contains nine boxes and photographs.
Finding Aid:  RG 50 Charles Golden Papers

These are materials acquired initially by Christine Jones during her course of work as a genealogist in Tennessee Tech archives. They include copies and originals of materials dealing with counties, notable families, and a variety of historical topics dealing with the Upper Cumberland. Subject files continue to be added from ongoing acquisitions. This collection also includes numerous scrapbooks from Thomas Jefferson Barnes relating to his family genealogy and dating from 1883-1986.
Finding Aid:  RG 116 Christine Spivey Jones

Annual reports, self-studies, newsletter, website, and opening speech typescript of the Tennessee Tech University College of Arts and Sciences.
Finding Aid:  RG 164 College of Arts & Sciences Records

The College of Education offers nationally accredited and recognized degrees, including undergraduate, master's, education specialist, and doctoral programs. The professionals emerging from these in-depth degree experiences are leaders in education, administration, research, psychology, and allied health services. The College has these departments: Counseling and Psychology, Exercise Science, Curriculum and Instruction, Student Success Center, Office of Teacher Education, Jeffers Learning Resources Center, Vision Lab, Millard Oakley Stem Center, and the Child Development Lab.
Finding Aid:  RG 170 College of Education Records

Papers of a distinguished veteran and lobbyist. Contains 30 boxes, scrapbooks, volumes, photographs, and memorabilia.
Finding Aid:  RG 28 Colonel Herbert Houston Papers

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. The records date from 1987 - 2006.
Finding Aid:  RG 109 Commission on the Status of Women

Information Services records including files, press releases and photographs from the Press Services.
Finding Aid:  RG 52 Office of Communications & Marketing Records

Documents relating to the history, accomplishments, and operation of the Cookeville Arts Council, a clearinghouse for various artistic concerns in the area.
Finding Aid:  RG 57 Cookeville Arts Council Papers

Papers relating to the history of the Cookeville branch of the Production Credit Association. Contains one box and framed memorabilia.
Finding Aid:  RG 48 Cookeville PCA Records

Bulletins, minutes, scrapbooks, histories, publications, reports and correspondence of the local Rotary Club 1955-2002. Collection contains 24 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 73 Cookeville Rotary Club Records

Material related to the environmental and beautification efforts of this local group.
Finding Aid:  RG 67 Cookeville Tree Board Records

Dero Armistead Darwin was a descendent of pioneer settlers in Jackson County, born in 1900. He attended New Bethel School there, and later, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TPI), graduating in 1922. He married fellow TPI student Clemma Masters from Cookeville in 1923, and settled near Gainesboro.  He became a partner in Johnson and Darwin Dry Good Store in Livingston in 1927. This collection consists of family personal and business records stemming back to 1829, including letters, histories (Cumberland Presbyterian Church in particular), and contents of a scrapbook mostly highlighting his alma maters including: programs, newspaper clippings, and photos. Included also in this collection are his grandfather’s, George Cowan Darwin, Jr.’s (1812-1876), business ledgers.
Finding Aid:  RG 139 Darwin Family Papers

Tennessee Tech University Department of Foreign Languages annual reports, brochures, newsletters, scrapbooks, self-studies, syllabi, website, and foreign language student organization flyers, 1947-2021.
Finding Aid:  RG 163 Department of Foreign Languages Records

Personal and business papers of Tennessee Tech's most distinguished president. Contains 113 boxes, tapes, and photographs.
Finding Aid:  RG 27 William Everett Derryberry Papers

Records relating to the establishment of Dixie College including publications, minutes, receipts, histories, contracts, catalogs, donations, lawsuits, by laws, committees, and the charter.
Finding Aid:  RG 173 Dixie College Collection

Monographs, field notes, and studies by teacher, administrator, and scientist Dr. Donald Caplenor. Contains four boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 44 Donald Caplenor Papers

Four boxes of oral histories and DVDs concerning the presidency of Dr. Angelo Volpe.
Finding Aid:  RG 72 Dr. Angelo Volpe Collection

Dr. Dora Lee Wilder Smith (1877-1963), was the first woman to graduate from the University of Tennessee Medical Department, and the first woman to receive a medical license from the State of Tennessee (1906).  She was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and wife of Union Civil War General J. T. Wilder.  Aside from practicing medicine, and being a strong advocate for tuberculosis care and prevention, she ran the Imperial Hotel with her husband in Monterey, Tennessee.  After his passing, she married railroad developer Percy B. Smith, with whom she continued to manage the hotel.  Materials in this collection consist of correspondence, associations, writings, legal papers, medical school records, family histories, photographs, newspaper articles, and various small personal effects.
Finding Aid:  RG 87 Dr. Dora Lee Wilder Smith Collection

Materials related to Dr. Fernandez's career at Tennessee Tech. Contains minutes and papers related to his long service on the Art Committee. Collection contains five boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 79 Dr. Gil Fernandez Papers

Dr. Homer Kemp was a professor within the Department of English at Tennessee Technological University. His interest and research included Upper Cumberland folklore and the Wilder-Davidson strike. He also served as director of the Upper Cumberland Institute for many years. Dating from 1935 to 2000, the collection is comprised of textual records, photographs, slides, microfilm, and cassette audio recordings, and videos.
Finding Aid:  RG 107 Dr. Homer Kemp Records

Biological research, papers related to Dr. Pennybaker's work with the National Science Foundation. The NSF Summer Institutes for Teachers, and the Tennessee Academy of Science, class notes and papers related to his duties as chair of the Biology Department at Tennessee Tech. Collection contains 15 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 77 Dr. Gordon Pennybaker Papers

Dr. William Schrader began teaching at Tennessee Tech in the history department as an assistant professor in 1966, became a full professor in 1978, retired in 2002, and remains as Professor Emeritus.  He served as president of the faculty senate from 1992-1994.  This collection consists of 24 boxes of documents,  containing some of his teaching material, and reflecting both his committee and association involvements, as well as his wider contributions as an historian beyond Tech.
Finding Aid:  RG 70 Dr. William Schrader Papers

The Driver Family Collection consists of various materials gathered by James Gray "Bobo" Driver (1916-1992) and Ruby Nell Haas Driver (1920-2012). The materials in the collection range from 1968 to 2001. Multiple items are ephemeral, and some are handmade. Differing forms of recorded music are also present amongst the materials. The collection's primary subjects revolve around events and people of Smithville, Tennessee, including the Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree, the Smithville-DeKalb Founders Day Celebration in 1968, and Joe L. Evins' political career and tribute at Tennessee Tech University in 1976.
Finding Aid:  RG 177 James G. "Bobo" Driver Family Smithville Collection

J. F. and Lex Dyer were physicians in Cookeville, TN. The collection contains mainly J. F. Dyer’s appointment books, along with minutes for the Board of Putnam County Medical Society from 1903 to 1917; and some of Lex Dyer’s appointment books.
Finding Aid:  RG 102 Dyer Family Business Records

Ora Wilbert Eads Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on April 22, 1945. He attained his B.A., M.A. from Appalachian State University and his PHD from the University of Georgia. He was a Booker and Appraiser of Eads Investments Properties Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee. He was also a 32nd Degree Mason. Ora and his wife were members of the Optimist Club International, McWhitersville Lodge #375 in Donelson, Orchid Society of Nashville, Nashville Philatelic Club, the Arts League of Nashville, and Historical Society of Carthage, Tennessee. He was married to Eleanor Eads for 39 years. Ora and Eleanor opened the Eads Museum in Carthage together. Ora died on January 10, 2018 and was buried at the Historic Mount Olivet Cemetery. The Eads building is a renovated Tobacco factory. Each room in the museum was dedicated to a different exhibit such as books, tin pots, tobacco memorabilia, and rocks. The majority of the collection is made up of documents and letters.
Finding Aid:  RG 132 - Eads Collection

Early documentation of the business office activities at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute 1915-1951. Collection contains 14 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 84 Early TPI Records

This collection consists of documents created by the Faculty Senate including: Agendas and Minutes, Committee Policies and Correspondence, Faculty Handbooks, and various other Handbooks and Manuals. The records range from 1982 to 2019 and consist of 14 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 30 Faculty Senate Records

Ada (Ida) Frances (Francis) Byrne was born July 29, 1913 in Granville, Tennessee. She dies in Cookeville, Tennessee in her home on Cherry Street at 21 years in September of 1934. She married Joel C. Hensley on January 16, 1933. She is buried in City Cemetery. She played women's basketball for Baxter Seminary and attended the school. She was a member of the Polyhymnian Literary Society, Debate Club, and the Home-Ec Club. 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.
Finding Aid:  RG 172 Frances Byrne Scrapbook & School Papers

Tapes and videos related to one of the greatest of the "Old Time Fiddlers". Contains one box, tapes, videos, and photographs.
Finding Aid:  RG 22 Frazier Moss Collection

The General Faculty Meeting usually occurred three to five times a year and was generally presided over by the university president. Reports would be presented from the University Assembly, the Academic Council, the Administrative Council, the Faculty Senate, along with comments from the president. It was customary for new faculty to be welcomed. Faculty earning service pins, or other awards and retiring faculty would be acknowledged. This collection consists of agendas and minutes of these meetings dating from 1980 through 2007.
Finding Aid:  RG 148 General Faculty Meeting Records

Records and materials related to a family photograph studio operated in Cookeville from about 1911-1974. Contains about 500,000 images. Glass plate negatives, acetate negatives, and prints. 17 antique cameras and assorted photo equipment are included. All examples are from glass plate negatives are dated before 1930.

Two boxes of materials related to the development of the South Cumberland State Park and Savage Gulf Wilderness area in Tracy City, Tennessee.
Finding Aid:  RG 66 Hermon Baggenstoss South Cumberland State Park Records

Photographs and papers related to the long career of Journalism professor Hix Stubblefield. Collection contains eight boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 82 Hix Stubblefield Photographs

Correspondence related to Putnam County in the early 20th century that includes information on the selection of the first president of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, Thomas Alva Early.
Finding Aid:  RG 69 J.M. Hatfield Papers

Papers related to projects on the history, conservation and preservation of the Duck River Watershed. Collection contains three boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 80 Joe Brooks Papers

Personal and political papers relating to the career of local politician and businessman, Joe F. Hudgens. Contains two boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 37 Joe Frank Hudgens Papers

The family, business and congressional papers of one of the Upper Cumberland's most distinguished citizens.  Covers Evins personal and political life, which included 30 years as a Member of Congress, representing the 4th District of Tennessee from 1946 to 1976. Contains 893 boxes, volumes, scrapbooks, audio and video tapes, photographs and memorabilia.
Finding Aid:  RG 1 Joe L. Evins Papers

Court cases, legal documents, business papers and correspondence of John Holliday, lawyer, judge and business person 1906-1966. Collection contains ten boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 83 The John Holliday Papers

Materials related to the history and contributions of women at Tennessee Tech. Contains one box.
Finding Aid:  RG 40 June P. Shelton Papers

Social fraternity, Kappa Phi Delta, began in 1964 by eight Tennessee Tech men. At the time, social fraternities were prohibited on Tech's campus, although there were a number of them that were operating and the University, especially President Derryberry, was aware of the operation of these illegal social fraternities. By winter 1966, the administration began to come to terms with the students body's desire for social fraternities and fully recognized the number of fraternities operating illegally on campus. It launched a study, "The Fraternity Situation," which ended in the recognition of fraternities meeting set qualifications. Kappa Phi Delta was the only fraternity that met these qualifications and became the first social fraternity on campus on February 23, 1967. The collection includes records of the original fraternity before its merger with Kappa Sigma in 1969. Records include original minutes, rosters, and 2014 history of the first approved fraternity at Tennessee Tech prior to its approval. The collection includes records of the original fraternity before its merger with Kappa Sigma in 1969. Records include original minutes, rosters, and 2014 history of the first approved fraternity at Tennessee Tech prior to its approval.
Finding Aid: RG 140 Kappa Sigma Records

Collection of sources acquired by historian for publication.
Finding Aid:  RG 13 Ken Porter Labor Collection

This library was named for the Tech President and his wife who were in office when the library was built and opened, The Angelo and Jennette Volpe Library. The library has had three homes on Tech's campus. First it was housed in the Administration Building, now Derryberry Hall.  A new library was built on the quad and opened in 1949, later named Jere Whitson Library. In 1989, a new three story, 122,000 square foot library opened. Library records date from 1918 to 2015, with the bulk of the records dating from 1950 to 2010. These records were acquisitioned and accessioned several times over those years.
Finding Aid:  RG 29 Library Records

Lottie Farr (1907-1994) was an English professor at Tennessee Tech University and worked with the College of Education. She was involved with the Putnam County Library and was treasurer for the Board of Trustees. Through the Department of English, she edited and copyrighted a collection of poetry by Clara Cox Epperson. The materials primarily date from 1970 to 1986, with the bulk of materials dating from 1970 to 1983. The materials consist of Putnam County Library records, book layouts and information, Clara Cox Epperson’s writings, negatives of the book, correspondences, and obituaries.
Finding Aid:  RG 58 Lottie Farr Papers

Robert W. Lowe and his wife, Mary Alice Whitson Lowe, were residents of Cookeville. Robert W. Lowe ran for U.S. Senator in 1938 as Executive Committeeman. He was a member of the Upper Cumberland Chapter Sons of the American Revolution, and his wife was a member of the Old Walton Road Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.). This collection contains family letters, including some from World War I, D. A. R. correspondence, bulletins, and 1938 campaign advertisements, dating from 1873 to 1946.
Finding Aid:  RG 103 Lowe Family Papers

Robert A. Mann is an aviation historian and author of numerous reference books regarding B-29s and World War II. Mann was a crew member that maintained B-29s and flew with “typhoon chasers,” or pilots who measure storms. This collection contains Mann’s research.
Finding Aid:  RG 86 Robert A. Mann WWII Military Aviation Collection

Marie White (1890 – 1984) served as the State Chairman of the Home Economics Department at Tennessee Tech University from 1949 until 1961. The collection includes her degrees, commemorative plaques, and a letter book from the Home Economics staff, presented to White when she retired.
Finding Aid:  RG 02 Marie White Papers

The Mastersingers was a choral group that was formed in 1977 by Mr. and Mrs. David Urness and Alice Derryberry in Cookeville, Tennessee. David Urness served as the Mastersingers first choral director. Although based at Tennessee Technological University, members are not required to be students. Many members come from Cookeville and surrounding areas. The records date from 1978 to 2014 and include ephemera, memorabilia, and the official records of the Mastersingers such as information on membership and singers, board member meetings, constitutions, budgets, and financial statements.
Finding Aid:  RG 101 Mastersingers Records

Papers of R. Winston Morris including the Tuba Museum, Symphonia, his personal performances, and Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble records.
Finding Aid:   RG 135 R. Winston Morris Papers

The Mortar Board Honor Society started at Tennessee Tech University in 1968, being officially recognized as the Gold Circle chapter on April 12, 1975. As a National College Senior Honor Society, they honor those who exemplify scholarship, leadership, and service. This collection contains photographs and textual records relating to activities and volunteer work of the chapter throughout Putnam County. The records date from 1968 to 2008.
Finding Aid:  RG 105 Mortar Board Honor Society

Diaries of a local homemaker and civic leader 1921 - 1954. Collection contains one box.
Finding Aid:  RG 75 Myrtis Leonard Conry Diaries

Photographs, programs, clippings and awards of the Rugby team 1973-1995. Collection contains one box.
Finding Aid:  RG 76 David Narrie Rugby Team 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, calendars, and athletics newsletters. The records show a wide variety of happenings at Tennessee Tech University and around the Upper Cumberland.  They reflect how the university has changed over time and what students were focused on in different eras.
Finding Aid:  RG 143 Newsletters and Publications

Documents relating to local business person, O.K. Holladay, and the bankruptcy of the Baxter Mercantile Co. in 1929. Contains three boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 49 O.K. Holladay Papers

Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, founded its Tennessee Tech University chapter in 1975. Comprised of textual records and photographs, the collection contains materials from the both the president and treasurers’ folders, along with various awards and recognitions of the Tennessee Tech chapter. The records date from 1991 - 2005.
Finding Aid:  RG 106 Omicron Delta Kappa

A large collection of taped interviews covering a wide range of subjects. Contains 19 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 21 Oral History Collection

Personal papers and scrapbooks of "Putty" Overall, long-time football coach at Tennessee Tech. Contains two boxes, scrapbooks, clippings, and photographs.

Deeds and other legal documents, letters, photographs, tintypes, other textual records, and weaving patterns belonging to the Pangle family of Overton County, Tennessee.
Finding Aid:  RG 119 Pangle Family Papers

About 300,000 plus images taken by Tennessee Tech Photographers between the years 1962-1992. Includes slides, transparencies, negatives and prints.  The collection is not completely cataloged, so this record is incomplete.  Archives staff can provide additional information.
Finding Aid:  RG 112 Photo Services

Records relating to the history, growth and development of the Business Education Honor Society.
Finding Aid:  RG 63 Pi Omega Pi Records

This collection consists of postcards from the Upper Cumberland region dating mostly from the 1920s to the 1970s.  The cards highlight state parks, lakes and waterfalls, hotels and restaurants, schools and students, and street scenes.
Finding Aid:  RG 130 Postcard Collection

Fifty boxes of materials related to the organization and administration of the university.
Finding Aid:  RG 68 Presidents General Office Files

Files from the office of the University President, 1915-1980. Contains 404 boxes, photographs, bulletins, reports, scrapbooks, tapes, and films.
Finding Aid:  RG 9 Presidents Papers

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 collection to deal with the current and future problems regarding materials of this nature.
Finding Aid:  RG 144 Programs, Pamphlets, Fliers, & Ephemera

Documentation relating to the career of local teacher and artist, Reba Bacon, and her role in founding the Cumberland Arts Society and establishing the Ben-Lee Art Show. Contains six boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 55 Reba Bacon Collection

Ric Finch was a geology faculty member at Tennessee Technological University. He began in 1975. Ric Finch's papers include numerous slides from his thesis, a geology field trip he took with University of Texas, field trips taken with Tennessee Tech, and the Geology Club. This record group also contains records from Ric Finch regarding the building of PSR-451 Corridor J, including records regarding community action against it and records relating to its construction.
Finding Aid:  RG 124 Ric Finch Papers

Robert Edward Jager was born on August 25, 1939 in Binghamton, New York. He began school at the University of Michigan but was one-year shy of graduating when his family relocated to Tennessee. Robert enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as Staff Arranger/Composer at the Armed Forces School of Music from 1962 until 1965. After serving in the U.S. Navy for four years, he graduated in 1968 from the University of Michigan with a Master of Music Degree. He was hired as a Lecturer in Composition and Directing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. During his three years at ODU, he composed both the words and music for their Alma Mater. In 1971, Robert Jager relocated to Cookeville, Tennessee to join the faculty at Tennessee Technological University. In 2001, after teaching music theory and composition for 30 years, he retired from Tennessee Tech with the title of professor emeritus. The Tennessee Tech Foundation is currently working to create the Robert Jager Music Education Endowment. Robert Jager has traveled as a conductor and lecturer across the United States of America, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the Republic of China. In addition to being the only three-time winner of the American Bandmaster's Association "Oswald Award", he has earned two fellowships along with several awards that span several decades. Robert holds memberships in several organizations including the American Bandmasters Association, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Phi, and is an honorary member of the Women's Band Directors Association. 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, name tags, 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 provides a complete account of Robert E. Jager's career in the music industry from his childhood through 2018.
Finding Aid:  RG 131 Robert E. Jager Papers

Forty-five boxes including medical equipment, reference books, publications and records relating to the Upper Cumberland Medical Society.
Finding Aid:  RG 60 Roberts-Mooneyham UCMS Medical Collection

The School of Music records date from about 1965 to 2013. Textual records include recruitment booklets, publicity for the grand opening ceremonies of the Bryan Fine Arts Center, and publicity about awards and concerts. There are also (audio reel, DAT tape, CD, and album) recordings of the School of Music’s concerts given at Tennessee Tech and a record press of the following nature: large and faculty ensembles, faculty and alumni recitals, and performances of historical significance. This includes performances by: Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Symphony Band, University Orchestra, Bryan Symphony Orchestra, Concert Choir, Chorale, Mastersingers, Trouveres Jazz Band, Troubadours Jazz Band, Brass (Arts) Quintet, Cumberland Woodwind Quintet, and Faculty Jazz.
Finding Aid:  RG 111 School of Music Records

Documents related to the University's change from the quarter system to semesters. Contains seven boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 34 Semester Transition Committee Records

Personal, professional, and travel papers of retired language faculty, sports commentator, photographer, and civic leader. Contains 27 boxes, volumes, scrapbooks, maps and photographs.
Finding Aid:  RG 8 Sidney McGee Papers

The Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival was established by Berry C. Williams, James G. Driver, and Congressmen Joe L. Evins in Smithville, Tennessee. Commencing on July 1, 1972, the Smithville Jamboree has since become an annual gathering of musicians, dancers, performers, and artists. The dates of the Smithville Jamboree Collection range from 1952 to 2021. There are multiple individual compilers to this collection, such as Berry C. Williams and Roger Estes. The bulk of the collection, however, is composed of materials preserved by the Smithville Jamboree Board. There is also a substantial number of photographs permitted by Neil Dudney to be electronically included with the collection The collection contains event programs, photographs, ephemera, correspondence, and documents pertaining to the Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree and Crafts Festival. The collection provides a general overview of the festival, such as past competitions, contestants, craft booths, and notable events, such as guest speakers and celebrity appearances.
Finding Aid:  RG 161 Smithville Fiddlers' Jamboree Collection

The Staff Advisory Committee to the President met to act in an advisory capacity to the President and/or the President’s staff for the purpose of generating and recommending ideas, philosophies, procedures, and policies on topics deemed to be important to the Tennessee Tech’s staff.  Through this committee, staff could relay matters of university-wide concern to the President, and the President communicated information that would be disseminated to the staff.  The committee also evaluated policies impacting Tech’s staff for the purpose of presenting recommended changes to the President and to the Tennessee Board of Regents.  This collection consists of agendas, minutes and memorandum generated from 1988 to 2003.
Finding Aid:  RG 149 Staff Advisory Committee Records

Student Affairs includes the departments of Access and Diversity, Disability Services, the University Service Center, Center for Counseling and Mental Health Wellness, Student Development, Health Services, University Police, the Recreation and Fitness Center, and the Dean of Students. The records include Auxiliary Services, which is no longer a department under Student Affairs.
Finding Aid:  RG 121 Student Affairs Records

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) coordinates the policies and programs of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee System.  Tennessee Tech was a member of the TBR until 2016, when it then established an independent Board of Trustees.  These records, dating from 1937 to 1996, include minutes of meetings, correspondence, publications, and reports.  The material covers a broad range of issues impacting students and faculty, and budgetary matters.
Finding Aid:  RG 71 TBR & THEC Papers

T.J. Farr (1902-1962) was a history professor at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute and a chairperson of the English and Education Departments. He was also involved with the Tennessee Folklore Society and gathered folklore from across the Upper Cumberland region, along with East Tennessee Folklore. The materials date from 1926 to 1961, with the bulk of materials dating from 1935. The materials consist of Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletins, correspondences, and membership materials; along with different folklore and superstitions he collected, and some personal attributes.
Finding Aid:  RG 59 T.J. Farr Papers

19 scrapbooks from the Tech Training School for the years 1942-1966 highlighting the events and the goals of the P.T.A.
Finding Aid:  RG 4 Tech Training School PTA Records

The Tech Training School, also known as the Tech Campus School, was a kindergarten through 6th grade elementary school on Tech campus from 1948 to 1976 that functioned in agreement with the Putnam County School Board. The records date from 1949 to 1976, with the bulk of the records dating from 1965 to 1973, and include official records such as financial records and central files, along with photographs.
Finding Aid:  RG 25 Tech Training School Records

Papers of a professional organization that has since disbanded. Contains three boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 53 Tennessee Conference of Linguistics Records

205 boxes of speeches, correspondence, publications and artifacts related to the career of Tennessee senator Tommy Burks.
Finding Aid:  RG 65 Tommy Burks Records

The University Assembly of Tennessee Tech consists of the Academic Council and the Administrative Council meeting together as one body.  This collection consists of University Assembly, Academic Council, Administrative Council, and finally their combined sub-committee minutes and records from 1972 to 2009.  Contains 44 boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 96 University Assembly Records

Documents related to the operation of the Tennessee Tech Division of University Advancement, which includes the Crawford Alumni Center and University Development. The records date from 1921 to 2021. Materials include meeting records of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, event planning files, photographs, publications, and Tennessee Tech ephemera.
Finding Aid:  RG 31 University Development Records

Most, but by no means all, of the materials printed by the University, including: * The Eagle 1926-1996 (annuals) * The Oracle 1924-present (newspaper) * Bulletins 1916-1992 * Press releases, departmental newsletters, sports brochures, bulletins, and pamphlets are also included.

Documents relating to the Sterns Coal and Lumber Company and its relationship to the Big South Fork Region of the Upper Cumberland. This study was conducted by the Upper Cumberland Institute for the Tennessee State Department of Conservation. Contains four boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 38 Upper Cumberland Institute Sterns Project Research

Papers and Artifacts related to the teaching career and military service of Dr. Gresham. Collection contains three boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 81 Vernon Gresham Papers

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.
Finding Aid:  RG 3 Vivian Barnes Collection

Papers related to the accomplishments of civic leader Ward Draper. Contains one box.
Finding Aid:  RG 43 Ward Draper Collection

Nine boxes of video copies of programs of significance to the university and the Upper Cumberland region.
Finding Aid:  RG 61 WCTE Video Tape Collection

Documents relating to the documentary by Dr. Homer Kemp on the violent coal strike at Wilder and Davidson in Fentress County. Contains 31 boxes, oral histories, videos and photographs.
Finding Aid:  RG 41 Wilder-Davidson Collection

 

Collection examples:  Wilder-Davidson Collection Examples

Interviews and photographs for Dr. Brinker's book on the Vietnam War. The collection contains three boxes.
Finding Aid:  RG 74 The William Brinker Papers

The Tennessee Tech Women's Center was founded in 1993 to empower women in the student body, on the faculty, and on the staff of the University community through the dissemination of information, education and consultation. They collaborated with other areas of the University to provide a range of services and events to enhance the lives of women and men in the University community. An integral part of this group in early years was Dr. Gretta Stranger, who served a s Women's Center Director for many years.
Finding Aid:  RG 166 Women's Center Records