East Tennessee State University--Faculty

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The Alumni Affairs Office Records are divided into five series as follows: Series 1, Photographic Prints; Series 2, Photographic Negatives; Series 3, Henrietta Peck Ayre Green Materials; Series 4, Printed and Miscellaneous Materials; and Series 5, Artifacts.

Scope and Contents The Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences Records contain proposal drafts and minutes of the Curriculum and Calendar Conversion Committees; incoming and outgoing correspondence, newsletters, and announcements relating to other campus offices and educational agencies; student requests to drop classes; and degree descriptions for various departments. The records date from 1977-79, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1978-79. The original acquisition contained 1.25 linear feet of faculty...

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The Buccaneer Photographs cover the limited time frame of 1984-86. Topics include, among others, sports, theater productions, graduation, and beauty pageants.

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The Christine Burleson Papers consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs, class assignments and class rolls, student composition papers, notes, essays, university committee records, memoranda, and miscellaneous printed matter documenting the teaching career of Ms. Burleson at ETSU.

Scope and Contents The George N. Dove Papers were accumulated during Dove's tenure as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at ETSU. Included in the papers are correspondence, committee reports, graduate assistantship contracts, memoranda, minutes, newsclippings, and evaluation forms. The papers reflect the interaction between the dean's office and the various departments of the university. Along with the usual administrative duties, the dean often arbitrated differences between school...

Scope and Contents The ETSU Faculty List and Bibliography, 1911-1961, is a card file consisting of two sections arranged alphabetically by faculty member name. The first section contains a list of faculty members who served the institution for three quarters or more (excluding military personnel and those specially hired by the government proceeding and during World War II), while the second section contains a list of part-time and summer term faculty. For each faculty member listed in the first section, an...

Scope and Contents The self-study records for re-accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools consists of steering committee meeting minutes, departmental profiles, department faculty profiles, departmental surveys, SACS standards, the self-study report, and appendix A. The records detail the steering committees' assignments which included: the organization and staffing of the eleven committees with a liaison from the steering committee, the compilation and distribution of comprehensive...

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The records are arranged into four series as follows: Series 1, Administrative Records, 1953-74; Series 2, Minutes and Related Records, 1975-97; Series 3, Subject Files, 1970-79; and Series 4, Recordings, 1977-93. Box numbering begins again with each series.

Scope and Contents The Edwin T. Greninger Collection documents personal and professional interests during his career as a professor of history at East Tennessee State University, including teaching assignments and administrative work within the department, university committees and the Faculty Senate, and in professional organizations such as the American Association of University Professors. Material in the collection includes correspondence, memoranda, course materials, lecture notes, reports, historical...

Scope and Contents The George Bela Kehler Papers consist of the research files Dr. Kehler compiled over the course of many years in the writing of his two-volume study of piano composers, pianists, and piano concerts titled "The Piano in Concert" (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1982). This has become a standard music reference work. The files contain copies of newspaper clippings, concert programs, notes, and other miscellaneous printed ephemera documenting the lives and concert performances of pianists,...

Scope and Contents The Mary D. Manning Interview collection consists of two audiocassette tape recordings of an oral history interview with Manning conducted March 31, 1996 by Marie Graves, a former student. The interview examines Manning's life and teaching career at East Tennessee State University and helps document the history and development of the university and its Department of English during the period from the late 1940s into the 1980s.Tape 1 is recorded on both the A and B side...

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The collection is organized into two series, as follows: Series 1, Academic Files, 1925-2000 and undated, and Series 2, Writings and Miscellaneous Papers, 1938-1999 and undated. Files within each series are arranged in alphabetical order by folder subject heading generally following the arrangement established by Dr. Brown.

Scope and Contents The papers of Burgin E. Dossett reflect the administration of East Tennessee State University during his tenure as university president; his participation in local and state educational organizations; and his interaction with other education professionals and government agencies. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, legal documents, annual reports, committee reports and minutes, newsletters, and bulletins. The records span from 1949 to 1968. Records...

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The papers are arranged into six series, as follows: Series 1, Four Centuries of American Descendent of Richard Rockwood of Dorchester 1633, Braintree 1636, Massachusetts: A Family Genealogy Book Drafts, 1992-2000 and undated; Series 2, Professional Papers, 1920-2000; Series 3, Personal Papers, 1908-1962; Series 4, Memorabilia, 1937-1979 and undated; Series 5, Photographs and Slides, 1925-2000 and undated; and Series 6, Recordings, 1980.

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The Walter C. Wilson Papers contain newsclippings, correspondence, and memorabilia reflecting Wilson's professional career at East Tennessee State College. The bulk of the material centers around the 1937 honors he received for 26 years of service to the college and correspondence reflecting appreciation for his outstanding work from former pupils and associates.

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The Women's Faculty Club records include the constitution and amendments, minutes, yearbooks, membership lists, financial records, publicity, programs, correspondence, invitation list, scrapbooks and programs, plans for socials, and photographs documenting the history and functioning of the organization.