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.
title:
Letter from Everett Derryberry to B. O. Duggan and copy of deed
creator:
Derryberry, William Everett, 1906-1991
creator:
Cookeville (Tenn.)
creator:
Tennessee Technological University
subject:
Tennessee Technological University
subject:
Deeds
subject:
Housing discrimination
subject:
Real covenants
subject:
Cookeville (Tenn.)
subject:
World War, 1939-1945
description:
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.
publisher:
Tennessee Technological University. Archives and Special Collections
date:
1943-01-28
type:
Text
format:
pdf
source:
Records of the President
language:
eng
temporal:
1940s
spatial:
Cookeville (Tenn.)
rights:
In Copyright
rights Holder:
Tennessee Technological University
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