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“The Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree and Finding My Calling”
Almost exactly one year ago, I fell victim to the soul-searching state of mind that enraptures every senior as they arrive at their last year. Age-old enigmas, such as how I was going to prove to my parents that an … Continue reading
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Tagged ArchivesInternship, ArlissRoaden, Digitization, JoeLEvins, Smithville, SmithvilleFiddlersJamboree, TechYeah, TTUArchives, UpperCumberlandHistory
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Let’s Get Digital, Part II
In a previous post in May 2021, we discussed the use of vendors for digitization in the archives. This same month, we dropped off six collections, including William Everett Derryberry, William Brinker, Dave Johnson, the Upper Cumberland Institute, Tennessee Tech … Continue reading
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Tagged Carillon, DerryberryHall, Digitization, Film, oralhistory, skydiving, TechYeah, TTUArchives, Video, WilliamEverettDerryberry, WingsUp
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“What Affects One Group Affects All of Us”: Black Student Activism at Tennessee Tech
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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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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Tagged big-nameentertainment, Elvis, HooperEblen, Omeka, TechYeah, TTUArchives, VarsityTheatre
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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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Tagged archives, bemine, charlesfaulknerbryan, love, loveletters, TechYeah, tntech, TTUArchives, ValentinesDay
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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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Tagged Archivestorage, compactshelving, dirtroom, HVAC, lookwhatwearedoing, relativehumidity, TechYeah, temperature, TTUArchives, VolpeLibrary
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Story from Tech’s 1963-64 Associated Student Body President Phil Wheeler
Tech Anecdote from 1963-64 Associated Student Body President Phil Wheeler Note: Occasionally the University Archivist hears a good story from an alumnus that she would like to share. This story is told by Phil Wheeler and re-written by Archives Assistant … Continue reading
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Tagged Alumni, archives, big-nameentertainment, history, oldphoto, TechYeah, tntech, TTUArchives, WingsUp
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A Trip to the Grand Bahama Islands after Alan Shepard’s Space Voyage
Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, 1961. Although Shepard’s mission was a mere 15 minutes, it held tremendous historical significance. Shepard, seated in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, was launched into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida. After … Continue reading
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Tagged AlanShepard, archives, GrandBahamaIslands, NASA, Space, TechYeah, tntech, TTUArchives, WingsUp
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Pangle Family Papers: Civil War Letters and Internship Experiences
by Shannon L. Buford Little did I know when I walked into the archives that I would be transported back to 1863, but that’s what happened when I began my first project as an intern: reading and digitizing (scanning) a … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, ArchivesInternship, camplife, CivilWarletter, history, militaryhistory, oldphoto, PangleFamily, SpecialCollections, TechYeah, TTUArchives
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