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The Education and University Faculty Papers Collection includes collections from former UC and UTC faculty and students. There are also collections dealing with University history, as well as educational issues of Chattanooga. To find out more about the collections listed below, click on the link. (Pictures, left to right: Mr. George Connor, Guerry Professor of English, University of Chattanooga and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1959-1985; Dr. David Lockmiller, President of the University of Chattanooga, 1942-1959; Dr. Frank Prescott, Adolph Ochs Professor of Government, and Political Science Professor, University of Chattanooga, 1928-1967.) Collections: The Alpha Delta Kappa Scrapbooks The George C. Connor Collection The Orrelle Cornelius Collection The Gilbert and Christine Govan Letters The David Lockmiller Collection The McElwraith-Plettner Collection The William H . Masterson Collection The Ruth Clark Perry Class Notes The University History Donations
The Alpha Delta Kappa Scrapbooks The Alfred C. Burrill Collection MS 071 1 linear foot Date Range: c1920-1957 Scope and Content: Papers and documents of Alfred C. Burrill, former instructor at the University of Chattanooga Evening College and authority on conservation and natural resources. Includes personal photographs of Mr. Burrill and family, Grant University material and photos, certificates, newspaper clippings, and other university-related items. MS 006 1 linear foot Date Range: 1930-1970
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Newspaper clippings about Harold Cadek and J. Oscar Miller; photographs of Cadek and others; and musical programs (1930's - 1970's) from the Cadek Conservatory of Music.
MS 012 1 linear foot Date Range: 1952-1985
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George Connor (1920-2002) was the Executive Director of the Chattanooga Adult Education Council (1952- 1958) and a Guerry Professor of English, UC and UTC (1959-1985), including time spent as Department of English head. Letters from prominent authors regarding lectures in Chattanooga. Correspondents include C.S. Lewis, Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, Mark Van Doren, Arnold J. Toynbee and others. Photocopies of correspondence (1955-1964) between Connor and literary critic, Elizabeth Drew, mostly regarding development of a poetry study program for adult education. Photocopy of notes for October 9, 1950, Time magazine article about Robert Frost.
MS 013 .5 linear foot Date Range: 1928-1942
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UC Theater Professor, 1928-1942. Playbills and photos of the University Players (theater group from the University of Chattanooga), 1930's. Playbills, newspaper clippings of the Little Theater of Chattanooga, 1920's. Includes The Whipporwill play typescript and other plays by Cornelius as well as related newspaper clippings.
The Gilbert E. Govan Papers MS 069 4 linear feet Date Range: 1930-1949 Scope and Content: Historian, library director, University of Chattanooga (1934-1962); book review editor of the Chattanooga Times; co-author with Dr. James W. Livingood, of Chattanooga and area histories, the University of Chattanooga, and the Civil War. Notes on Chattanooga history from Chattanooga newspapers; early photographs of Chattanooga; speeches; correspondence, including letters from Donald Davidson; audio tapes and manuscripts relating to Chattanooga and the Civil War; and papers relating to the University of Chattanooga library. Also material on the 75th anniversary of the University. GIven by Dr. Govan. The GIlbert and Christine Govan Letters MS 053 1 linear foot Date Range: 1930-1970 Scope and Content: Dr. Gilbert Govan was a local historian and director of the library at the University of Chattanooga (1934-1962) and his wife, Christine, wrote childrens' books. There are forty-five letters, mostly to the Govans, from prominent writers of the day, including Wilma Dykeman Stokely, Julia Peterkin, Andrew Lytle, Edna Lytle, Caroline Gordon, George Scarbrough, Jesse Stewart, Richard Chase, Donald Davidson, Stanley Horn, Paul Jordan Smith, Answorth Rutherford, John Bennett, Anderson M. Scruggs, Robert Burch, Robert B. Ferguson, and others. Given by their daughter, Emmy West, in 1992. MS 018 1 linear foot Date Range: 1913-1963
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Professor of English, University of Chattanooga (1922-1963). Photocopies of Griscom's poems collected and published in 1977 by her former students and entitled Isobel Griscom: An Appreciation. Included are scrapbooks of a) personal collection of school years at the University of Chattanooga b) postcards/photos of Europe, 1927 c) personal photos, 1913-1915 and d) personal photos and newspaper clippings. Misc. photographs and manuscripts also included.
MS 019 1 linear foot Date Range: 1929-1969
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Dr. Irvine Grote (1899-1972) was Chairman of the UC/UTC Chemistry Department (1941-1968), Guerry Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, and served as Scientific Consultant to Chattem. Includes photographs, his 1925 Thesis and subsequent publication, 1969 retirement encomiums, honorary degree from the University of Cincinnati, various certificates and a plaque from the Chattanooga Chapter of the American Chemical Society as the 1959 Chemist of the Year.
MS 079 12 linear feet Date Range: 1972-1994
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Dr. Thor Hall was a professor of Religious Studies at UTC from 1972 until his retirement in 1994. His collection includes his class notes, essays, publications, correspondence, books and manuscripts. Dr. Hall is also an ordained United Methodist minister. Prior to his coming to UTC he taught at the Duke University Divinity School.
MS 052 8.5 linear feet Date Range: 1924-1968
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Dr. Edwin Lindsey (1897-1989) was a UC Professor from 1924-1968, and head of the English Department part of that time. He was also a music composer. The collection is composed of musical scores, original musical and literary compositions and musical arrangements, including the Beggar's Opera, King Arthur, Once Upon a Time, William the Norman, Animal Fair, Love in a Village, The Duenna, Shakespeare music, Dido and Aenas, Le bourgeoise Gentilhomme, Incidental music for Shakespeare (As you Like It, Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and Romeo and Juliet), The Dragon, Arnes' Camus, Songs and Dances from Camus, Garden of Eros, Hamlet Opera, as well as some Old English music. Also two original plays, the United Nations pageant, There Shall Be Peace (1952) and the Civil War drama, Beyond the Dark Night (1961). Also, Achievements of the Chattanooga Opera Association, 1943-1978. Dr. Lindsey also donated to the library various rare books.
MS 024 1 linear foot Date Range: 1937-1975
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Dr. James Livingood (1910- 2005) was an historian and history professor and administrator, University of Chattanooga (1937-1969) and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1969-1975). Co-author of histories of Chattanooga, the University of Chattanooga, Sequatchie Valley, and aspects of the Civil War. Author of books about Chattanooga and Hamilton County history. Speeches, notes, and newspaper articles on the history of UC; notes of speeches at occasions honoring UC faculty; history of and documents relating to the UC-UTC merger as well as galley proofs of his book Sequatchie: A Story of the Southern Cumberlands. Also his compilation UC Chronology, 1962-1967 and a 1963 news clippings scrapbook about UC.
MS 026 3 linear feet Date Range: 1942-1980
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Dr. David A. Lockmiller (1906-2005) was the president of the University of Chattanooga, 1942-1959. The collection includes photos, correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Lockmiller's career, mainly with the University.
MS 072 4 linear feet Date Range: 1950-1980
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Personal papers, photos, music, and related documents from Mr. and Mrs. (Isa McIlwraith) Arthur Plettner, professors of music at the University of Chattanooga and UTC. Includes concert programs, sheet music, photographs, taped recordings and class notes.
MS 031 3.5 linear feet Date Range: 1966-1979
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Dr. William H. Masterson (1914-1983) was the president of the University of Chattanooga (1966-1969), and Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (1969-1973) following the merger into the UT System. He was also a history professor at UTC, from 1973-1979. The collection includes letters and certificates of congratulations on inauguration as UC President; and notes for his book, William Blount.
MS 062 .5 linear foot Date Range: 1907-1915
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Rev. G. T. and Charles M. Newcomb, faculty members, University of Chattanooga, early 1900's. Miscellaneous papers relating to UC. Photos of University play rehearsals, play programs, and local newspaper clippings. Volume 1, 1907, of the locally produced humor magazine, The Wrinkle. Photocopy of Charles Newcomb's 1915 Master of Arts diploma. Mounted photo of P.M. Pearson, father of Drew Pearson, and friend of Charles Newcomb.
MS 032 .5 linear foot Date Range: 1917-1918
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Professor of Education and Dean, University of Chattanooga (1925-1965). Memoir of experiences while working for the YMCA at U.S. Army posts during World War I.
The Ruth Clark Perry Class Notes
MS 034 75 linear feet Date Range: 1922-1980
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Dr. Frank Prescott (1896-1981) was Political Science professor, University of Chattanooga (1928-1967); delegate to four Tennessee Constitutional Conventions. Materials cover state constitutional revisions, executive veto (esp. New York), civil rights, communism and the red scare (including McCarthyism), campaign memorabilia and ephemera, government organization, municipal government, Tennessee state and local politics, and World War II letters and Nazi newspapers from former students in military service.
MS 037 8.5 linear feet Date Range: 1932-1979
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Dr. Culver Smith (1896-1979) was a Guerry Professor of History, University of Chattanooga (1932-1966). Pamphlets, clippings, programs, class notes, correspondence, audio tapes, and microfilm relating to the Chattanooga Symphony, Chattanooga Opera Association, music in Chattanooga, and early 19th century journalism; notes and drafts of his book, The Press, Politics and Patronage: the American Government's Use of Newspapers, 1789-1875. 1930's to late 1970's.
MS 060 .5 linear foot Date Range: 1886-1890
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Thomas B. Stapp enrolled as a student at Chattanooga University in September 1886. Includes a $5.00 receipt dated September 21 1886 from Chattanooga University to T. B. Stapp for partial payment of the fall tuition. Other University receipts for tuition (1886-1890), Demonthenean Literary Society, Latin recitations and other receipts relating to Chattanooga businesses. Includes a student card from Grant University signed by Dean E.S. Lewis for the 1889/1890 academic year.
MS 064 .5 linear feet Date Range: 1901-1919
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Photographs of 1901 Medical College class, Old Main, life on campus, and football. Donated by Rebecca Eaves, March 1996. Photographs of campus taken by Viola Burdick, 1919 graduate of UC, photocopy of 1919 commencement exercise, photocopy of program for Patten chapel dedication. Contains portion of autobiography of Jerome Hixson dealing with Chattanooga and UC as well as material dealing with Dr. Fred Hixson's inauguration as UC President. Tobacco premium ribbon from about 1910 with the UC logo. Echo Song Book, 15 October 1909.
MS 044 5 linear feet Date Range: 1938-1975
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Dorothy Hackett Ward (1905-2001) was a Guerry Professor of Theater and Speech, UC and UTC (1938-1975). Material (late 1940's to early 1950's) including photos, set designs, and annotated copies of plays directed by her.
MS 083 15 linear feet Date Range: 1960-1986
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These papers and documents were the collection of noted Chattanooga attorney, Raymond B. Witt (1915-2000). Mr. Witt was a member of the Chattanooga School Board and, as a lawyer, represented the Board during the twenty-six year segregation case, Mapp v. The Board of Education (1960-1986). Chattanooga was one of the first Southern cities to announce it would comply with the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, mandating integration in the public schools. The collection includes court briefs, transcriptions, newspaper clippings and other documents reflecting community resistance, unrest in the schools, and other problems implementing integration.
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