Gilbreath, Sidney G. (Sidney Gordon), 1869-1961

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1869 - 1961

Biography

Sidney Gordon Gilbreath, first president of East Tennessee State Normal School (ETSNS), was born on April 13, 1869 at Hiwassee College, Madisonville, Monroe County, Tennessee. He was the son of James Asbury and Elizabeth Brunner Gilbreath. After attending area public schools, Gilbreath began his career in education even before graduating from college. In either 1886 or 1888, he taught at New Hope public school. Subsequently, he taught at Gaines School, again at New Hope, and then assumed the position of co-principal at Morgantown Academy.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Frank B. Williams, Jr. Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: UnivRec-0345

Arrangement

The collection is divided into the following series: Series 1, Graduate School Coursework, 1939-49; Series 2, Office Files, 1949-79; Series 3, Teaching, 1949-88; Series 4, Research, 1949-89; Series 5, A University's Story, 1911-1980; Series 6, Professional Service, 1949-88; and Series 7, Other Materials, 1941-92.

Dates: 1941-1942

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Frank B. Williams, Jr. Papers

Bethany Mackey Scrapbook

Collection — Box 1

Identifier: AppMs-0865

Scope and Contents The Bethany Mackey Scrapbook documents some of the on- and off-campus activities of Bethany Mackey of Cleveland, Tennessee, a 1921 East Tennessee State Normal School (ETSNS) graduate. The scrapbook includes photographs of friends, family, teachers, travels, and campus buildings. Many of the photographs are identified, including a photograph of an African-American woman labeled "Aunt Lizzie, the maid 1918-1920." There are several images of an outing to Cranberry, North Carolina. ETSNS...

Dates: 1919-1921, undated

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Bethany Mackey Scrapbook

Office of the President Records: Sidney G. Gilbreath

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: UnivRec-0017

Arrangement

The papers consists of 4 series: Series 1, Correspondence, 1909-1927; Series 2, Applications for Teaching Positions at East Tennessee State Normal School, 1911-1925; Series 3, Minutes of Faculty Meetings, 1911-1916; Series 4, Gilbreath's Writings, undated.

Dates: 1909-1938; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1925

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Office of the President Records: Sidney G. Gilbreath

Lillian Poe Interview

Collection — Other 1 audiotape

Identifier: UnivRec-0118

Scope and Contents The interview concentrates on Ms. Poe's remembrances of former East Tennessee State presidents Sidney G. Gilbreath (1911-25) and Charles C. Sherrod (1925-49), and of relations between the training school and the college. The tape is approximately 40 minutes in length (30 minutes, side 1; 10 minutes, side 2). Side 1 begins abruptly, with no introduction, and ends with the voices muffled and unclear. Side 2 ends abruptly, cutting off the interviewer in mid-sentence. The tape is stored in the...

Dates: 1981

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / Lillian Poe Interview

University Photograph Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: UnivRec-0066

Arrangement The collection is divided into three subgroups: Subgroup 1, University Affairs Archives (UAA), 1965-1986; Subgroup 2, University Photographic Archives (UPA), 1911-88; and Subgroup 3, The Buccaneer Photographs, 1987-90. UAA is subdivided into three series according to material type: Series 1, Negatives, 1965-86 and undated; Series 2, Contacts, 1965-86; and Series 3, Miscellaneous Materials, 1968 and undated. UPA is divided into four series according to type of...

Dates: 1911 - 1999

Found in: Archives of Appalachia / University Photograph Collection

Gilbreath, Sidney G. (Sidney Gordon), 1869-1961

Dates

Biography

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Frank B. Williams, Jr. Papers

Bethany Mackey Scrapbook

Office of the President Records: Sidney G. Gilbreath

Lillian Poe Interview

University Photograph Collection

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