Photo of thirty-five Cookeville Cavalry men in uniform, mounted on horses.
Yearbooks and photographs of Darwin School, Cookeville, Tennessee, owned by principal Isaac Herbert Bohanon and teacher Amanda Beatrice Bohanon. The public school educated Upper Cumberland Black elementary through high school students. The Tennessee Tech University Archives does not house the original materials, but was given permission by the owners to digitize and publish them online.
1956-1963
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
Program with signatures donated to the Archives by Sandra S. Elliot.
1965
Photographs taken for The Dispatch newspaper published in Cookeville, Tennessee. The newspaper was published under the title Tennessee Pictorial Dispatch from August 1963 to April 1965, and The Dispatch from April 1965 until closing in 1994.
Interviews with alumni created as research for Dixie College Day by Dr. Michael Birdwell.
2009-11-18
Annette Draper (1902-1992), lived in Gainesboro, Tennessee. She graduated from Cookeville City High School and Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. This collection includes a musical diary, the Harmony Book for Beginners, and a memory book that belonged to Annette Draper. For the accession record, see https://archives.tntech.edu/repositories/3/accessions/51
1920-1924
Digitized and born-digital editions of The Eagle, the student-produced yearbook of Tennessee Tech University. Yearbooks include headshots of students, faculty members, administration, and staff; photographs of student organizations and athletic teams formally recognized by the university; photographs of campus and buildings; and photographs of events. Born-digital editions of The Eagle were originally distributed on DVDs. The born-digital editions include the software executable files and the video, image, and text files that make up the yearbooks. Note: The yearbook files are very large and will have difficulty loading on devices with low internet download speed. If you have trouble accessing a file, please contact the Archives and we can provide a different way to access the files.
1926-2009, 2012
Portrait of Tennessee Polytechnic Institute President Thomas Alva Early.
1960
Maps and publications created by the Tennessee Tech University College of Engineering.
Bulletins and schedule of classes of Tennessee Technological University.
1920-2021
Congressional papers and personal papers of Congressman Joe L. Evins. He served as a United States Congressman for the Fourth District of Tennessee from 1947 to 1977. For the collection finding aid, see https://archives.tntech.edu/repositories/3/resources/7
1964
