Education

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The George Marion O'Donnell Papers, 1870-1983, consist of the writings, correspondence, and other materials of writer George Marion O'Donnell, 1914-1962.

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The Bruce R. Payne Papers are comprised of nine boxes (3.78 linear feet) of correspondence and subject files related to Payne's tenure as President of Peabody College. The bulk of the papers consist of correspondence.

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This collection contains class registers, notebooks, correspondence, writings on education, lectures, speeches, subject files, clippings, bills, Peabody financial documents, programs, travel documents (New York, London, Paris, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Rome), and photographs related to the career of William H. Payne.

Abstract The Peabody Education Fund Collection includes correspondence (1881-1918), subject files pertaining to the establishment and growth of the fund, pamphlets on education, and the proceedings of the trustees (1870-1907). The collection is 5 linear feet, and about half of the collection is correspondence. Major topics of interest include the establishment of the Peabody Education Fund, the early years of the Peabody Normal College/George Peabody College, education, and rural elementary...

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Contains a correspondence written to the S.S. at Chicago about the Nashville Institute.

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The Thomas Irby Rogers Collection contains one receipt, housed in one file folder, for tuition in the Law School at Vanderbilt University in 1882.

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This collection contains one manuscript, "Salary Arbitration in Professional Sports" by Robert Bruce Snow, HOD 2980.03 Readings & Research, Professor Sharon Shields.

Scope and Content Note The Will Ella Tatom Johnson Smith and James Mapheus Smith Papers consist of approximately seven cubic feet of material. The bulk of the papers consist of subject files, writings by Will Ella and James Mapheus, and writings by their associates. The Will Ella Tatom Johnson Smith Papers are comprised of five series and represent almost half of the total collection. The series for Will Ella Tatom Johnson Smith are: 1....

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The Southern Education Reporting Service Papers, 1955-1957, consists of drafts, clippings, reports, and other organizational materials of school desegregation organization, Southern Education Reporting Service, 1954-1972.

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This collection contains the professional correspondence relating to the career of Charles H. Stone, an educator in the field of librarianship. The majority of the correspondence relates to Stone’s tenure at George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The George John ten Hoor Collection contains a volume of lectures on Kant and Hegel by Dr. R.M. Wenlry, Professor of Philosophy at Glasgow University and University of Michigan, and a 1952 copy of the journal Monatshefte containing an article by Dr. ten Hoor.

Scope and Contents The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL) Records consist of materials collected by TISL alumni from its earliest inception in 1966 through the present. The collection is divided into three series; Series I. TISL Publications & Related Organizations; Series II. General Assemblies; and Series III. Oversize Materials. Series I. TISL Publications & Related Organizations is comprised of newsletters published by TISL, the...

Scope and Contents The Richard M. Weaver Papers include original manuscript materials, correspondence and printed materials deposited by three donors. Mrs. Polly Weaver Beaton, sister of Richard M. Weaver, deposited the greater part of the original manuscript material as well as such items as course notes and some undergraduate materials. Mr. Louis H.T. Dehmlow deposited his personal indexed collection of articles, speeches, drafts, and letters, while the third deposit, containing both printed material and...

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The Martha Jane Whiteside Collection, 1906-1907, consists of three issues of the Purple and White Newspaper donated by librarian Martha Jane Whiteside, 1922-2011.

Scope and Content Note The Frederick Taylor Wolf Papers include correspondence, botanic publications, writings, and research materials, conference and travel materials, teaching and lecture materials, and notes from when Professor Wolf was a student at Harvard University. The 12 cubic foot collection contains materials ranging from 1911 through 1994, with two major periods of collection in the 1930’s and 1960’s. Major topics of interest include career correspondence from 1935-1992, reprints of over 135...