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Interview of World War II Veterans performed by HIST 341 students. Army Air Corps, Attached to 8th Air Force. At 33:00 part of Derryberry Interview, as part of research for Tennessee Technological University history book "The Search for Identity: A History of Tennessee Technological University: 1915-1985."
1987-11-23
Letter from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute President Everett Derryberry to the Chairman of the Tennessee State Board of Education regarding candidates for graduation, an Army-Navy Special Training Program, and a land purchase for Tennessee Tech. Enclosed with the letter is an official copy of the deed of gift of the land from the City of Cookeville to the State of Tennessee. The deed includes a restrictive racial covenant against people of African descent owning, renting, or leasing the land for 99 years. Names of the candidates for graduation are redacted to comply with student records privacy policies.
1943-01-28
Minutes of the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute faculty meeting held on March 19, 1956.
1956-03-19
Various attendees of the Joe L. Evins Day celebration, including Joe L. Evins, Ann Evins, Al Gore Jr., Arliss Roaden, Ray Blanton, Richard H. Fulton, Jim Sasser, and Harold "Mose" Sims.
1976
The Campus and Buildings series contains records and correspondence to and from President Derryberry about the planning, financing, construction, remodeling, and maintenance of buildings on campus. Buildings documented include student housing, athletic facilities, academic buildings, support buildings, and the President’s residence. Materials include architectural drawings, bids, blueprints, change orders, contracts, dedication programs, deeds, financial assistance program applications, inspection reports, invoices, newspaper clippings, plans, progress reports, proposals, specifications, and copies of Tennessee State Board of Education resolutions and minutes.
1962
The collection documents William Everett Derryberry’s term as President of Tennessee Technology 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. For the finding aid, see https://archives.tntech.edu/repositories/2/resources/47
1962-1966
Photographs of Tennessee Technological University and the Derryberry family collected by university president Everett Derryberry.
circa 1942-1970s
Interview with Tennessee Tech University president. Interview part of research for Tennessee Technological University history book "The Search for Identity: A History of Tennessee Technological University: 1915-1985." Enrollment, admissions standards, Library building, University center, Governor Dunn, Hooper Eblen Center, Creation of Board of Regents, Retirement of Derryberry.
1983-09-14
Interview with Tennessee Tech University president. Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - 1940s. Interview part of research for Tennessee Technological University history book "The Search for Identity: A History of Tennessee Technological University: 1915-1985."
1983-05-04
Interview with Tennessee Tech University president. Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - c. 1950 Curriculum Buildings. Interview part of research for Tennessee Technological University history book "The Search for Identity: A History of Tennessee Technological University: 1915-1985."
1983-06-30
Interview with Tennessee Tech University president. Tennessee Polytechnic Institute - c. 1950 Buildings Faculty. Interview part of research for Tennessee Technological University history book "The Search for Identity: A History of Tennessee Technological University: 1915-1985."
1983-07-06
Interview with Tennessee Tech University president. Interview part of research for Tennessee Technological University history book "The Search for Identity: A History of Tennessee Technological University: 1915-1985."
1983-07-13
Interview with Tennessee Tech University president. Tennessee Technological University - c. 1960s.
1983-07-27; 1983-08-13
