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Cookeville Mall Revisited

Posted on September 24, 2021 by University Archives

Tech Archives worked with vendors to perform our digitization on negatives, reel film and sound, and cassette tapes. Almost 10,000 negatives featuring the Upper Cumberland from the 1930s to the 1970s are currently being described and will be available online … Continue reading →

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The Eagle Online!!!

Posted on July 21, 2021 by University Archives

This summer, Tech Archives had yearbooks dating from 1926 to 2003 digitized and made text searchable. As mentioned in previous articles, scanning is time consuming and tedious. As a result, we used a vendor for the physical scanning while cataloging … Continue reading →

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New Exhibit Explores the History of Black Students and Employees at Tennessee Tech

Posted on April 21, 2021 by University Archives

By Hannah O’Daniel McCallon The Tennessee Tech University Archives’ newest digital exhibit is now live! “Imagine Going Half a Day and Not Seeing Anybody That Looks Like You”: A History of Black Students & Employees at Tennessee Tech provides a … Continue reading →

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“What Affects One Group Affects All of Us”: Black Student Activism at Tennessee Tech

Posted on February 10, 2021 by University Archives

by Hannah O’Daniel McCallon The Archives’s newest exhibit is now open in the Multicultural Affairs’s case on the top floor of the University Center! “What Affects One Group Affects All of Us”: Black Student Activism at Tennessee Tech highlights the … Continue reading →

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Letter from the University Archivist

Posted on November 17, 2020 by University Archives

This “Archives with Atkinson” article is released after our traditional Homecoming here at Tennessee Tech. It is also the 90th homecoming at Tech and may be the most unique one we had to date. No live concerts, no in-person Golden … Continue reading →

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History of the Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center Exhibit

Posted on November 12, 2020 by University Archives

by Hannah O’Daniel McCallon Caption: Photograph of students posing as a group in the Black Cultural Center on October 14, 1999. Source: Office of Multicultural Affairs records The Archives is creating three digital exhibits to celebrate the 30-year Anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Big Name Entertainment Update

Posted on October 19, 2020 by University Archives

Archives and Special Collections extends its gratitude to those who responded to the Big Name Entertainment exhibit. We appreciate the stories alumni shared, photographs, and some of you even donated materials! We appreciate that since there are more ways to … Continue reading →

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Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center Events Digital Exhibit

Posted on September 11, 2020 by University Archives

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

Posted on August 20, 2020 by University Archives

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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Volpe Library Exhibit and History

Posted on June 23, 2020 by University Archives

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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