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Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center Events Digital Exhibit
By Hannah O’Daniel McCallon The Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year! Tennessee Tech University students, faculty, and staff founded the Black Cultural Center in 1989 to provide Black students a space to socialize, … Continue reading
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Big Name Entertainment: The Exhibit, 1960s-1980s
Alumni and community regularly contact archives regarding the many big-name groups that performed at Tech in the past. Some inquire for nostalgia purposes but others inquire because of a concert’s historical significance. We assisted patrons as far as England and … Continue reading
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Professor Emeritus Robert E. Jager Donates Original Scores and Manuscripts to Tennessee Tech Archives
By Jennifer Huffman and Megan Atkinson Three-time winner of the American Bandmasters Association Ostwald Composition Award and Tennessee Tech Professor Emeritus Robert Edward Jager donated his personal archives to the Tennessee Tech Archives & Special Collections. Dating from 1956 to … Continue reading
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Volpe Library Exhibit and History
Did you know Angelo and Jennette Volpe Library turned 30 in 2019? This was not Tech’s first library though. Tennessee Tech University’s first building dedicated solely to being a library was Jere Whitson Memorial Library. Prior to the Jere Whitson … Continue reading
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Archive Update! Quarantine Projects in the Works.
by Megan M. Atkinson At the end of March, employees, students, and volunteers at Tennessee Tech University Archives and Special Collections began working from home, with the exception of myself. I am working both on campus and off campus, managing … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19, Quarantine, SocialDistancing
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Tornado Recovery with Tech Archives
A critical moment in Putnam County history occurred on March 3rd when an EF-4 tornado shocked the region. The tornado killed 19 people, destroyed 100 homes, and damaged countless others in the county. As Middle Tennessee residents inspected their homes … Continue reading
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Meet the Assistant Archivist!
The Tennessee Tech University Archives and Special Collections has a new face around! Hannah O’Daniel McCallon started the Assistant Archivist position in February 2020. Her work will include assisting researchers with locating and using what they need in the archives, … Continue reading
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Charles Faulkner Bryan and Edith Bryan Love Letters
by Megan M. Atkinson One of my favorite formats in the archives are love letters. It is a little voyeuristic and the content was obviously personal to the authors, but these letters can often offer insights into past relationships, customs, … Continue reading
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Building Archive Storage from the Dirt Up
by Megan Atkinson Tennessee Tech University Archives and Special Collections would like to showcase its new storage facility located on the first floor of the Angelo and Jennette Volpe Library. The facility’s construction was funded by the Tennessee Tech Foundation, … Continue reading
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Preserving Holiday Memories from Camera Phones
We are officially in the holiday season, which means dessert, decoration, family, friends, and of course…memories! But are you taking care of yours properly so you can revisit Christmases past in the future? In the past, families stored photographs in … Continue reading
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