Object Type: Folder
In root of archive
Documents relating to the documentary by Dr. Homer Kemp on the violent coal strike at Wilder and Davidson in Fentress County, Tennessee. For the collection inventory, see https://www.tntech.edu/library/pdf/RG41-Wilder-DavidsonCollection.pdf
1903-1987
The collection includes a range of historical materials from Baxter Seminary, spanning early 20th‑century catalogues and announcements detailing tuition, course offerings, faculty, expenses, and school traditions, as well as promotional items like the 1927 Community Fair booklet. Numerous yearbooks from 1941 through 1960 document student life and institutional history across two decades. Also included are personal reflections, obituaries of school deans, articles from the Herald Citizen, and a fully digitized edition of A Light on the Cumberland Plateau: The Story of Baxter Seminary, featuring additional editorials and author information not found in the original print version.
1909
The Algood Family collection primarily contains materials related to Henry Algood's pharmacy work, Fannie Algood's millinery work, and the Algood family's financial records. These materials would prove useful for research involving Putnam County, the town of Algood, and pharmaceutical practices in the late 1800s and early 1900s. One volume containing Fannie Algood's records of payments for hats and hat materials (1889-1895), one volume containing records of pharmacy payments (1905), one volume containing a photographic film order log (unknown date), one volume containing Henry Algood's financial records with receipts and other items tipped in (1859-1861), one volume containing records of pharmacy purchases (1902-1907), one volume containing Henry Algood's financial records (unknown date), one volume containing records of pharmacy purchases (1900-1903), one volume containing records of pharmacy purchases and payments with other items tipped in (1923-1928).
The materials collectively document a comprehensive history of the Book Lovers Club from its founding in the early 1920s through 2022. They include bound yearbooks listing members, meetings, and bylaws; extensive handwritten and typed meeting minutes detailing discussions, book presentations, attendance, budgets, and special anniversaries; and multiple scrapbooks with newspaper clippings, photographs, drawings, and club memorabilia. Additional items include club reports, correspondence, certificates, and photo albums related to the Putnam County Library. Together, these records provide a rich and continuous archival record of the club’s activities, membership, and community involvement over an entire century.
1922-1928
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 the academic, personal, and professional lives of Myrtis Orlena Leonard Conry and Joseph (Joe) E. Conry, featuring numerous photographs, postcards, diplomas, and correspondence from the 1910s–1940s. Items include Myrtis’s graduation portraits and notes identifying her as a Tennessee Polytechnic Institute alumna (Class of 1929), early postcards addressed to her, and images from her student years, and a Ledger and Diary that gives a brief look at the daily life of Myrtis and Joe Conry and their two young children in the late 1920's and 1930's Cookeville Tennessee. Joe Conry is represented through football photographs from 1916 and the early 1920s, formal studio portraits, records of his roles in vocational education, and letters advocating his candidacy for the Tennessee Polytechnic Institute presidency. Additional documents include a George Peabody College commencement program, diplomas for both Myrtis and Joe, a 1948 Methodist Church service certificate awarded to Myrtis, and group images such as the 1920 TPI football team and 1937 agricultural majors graduating class. Collectively, the materials trace their education, careers, and shared life in Tennessee.
Papers of Alvin C. York's secretary Arthur Story Bushing. For the finding aid, see https://archives.tntech.edu/repositories/3/resources/57 The documents consist of correspondence, deeds, reports, and speeches related to Alvin C. York’s speaking tours, personal property, and the development of the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute and York Bible School. Many letters were sent from cities across the United States during his tours and discuss school fundraising, construction plans, legal and financial matters, book sales, itineraries, and reactions to events at home. Additional items include deeds for property in Tennessee and New York, requests for eyewitness testimony about York’s actions in France, contracts and resolutions concerning the school’s funding and governance, and papers from York’s secretary Arthur Story Bushing. These materials collectively reflect York’s public engagements, administrative responsibilities, and efforts to support educational institutions tied to his legacy.
1919-2009
Artifacts and records of Roberts and Mooneyham Medical. Digitized materials include three posters of Adrien Barrère prints. For the full collection inventory, see https://www.tntech.edu/library/pdf/RG60-Roberts-MooneyhamUCMSMedicalCollection.pdf
circa 1903
