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Department of State

Tennessee State Library and Archives

403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312

TENNESSEE DEPT. OF EDUCATION COMMISSIONER'S RECORDS

1913-1970 RECORD GROUP 92

Processed by: Mancil Johnson Archival Technical Services Date Completed: July 13, 1984 MICROFILM ONLY EXCEPT LAST TWO SERIES PLUS ADDITION

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The chief state school officer is the Commissioner of Education. These records include correspondence, audits, budgets, bulletins, reports, school census, applications, bonds, inspection reports, maps, blueprints, recordings, posters, publications, photographs and pamphlets.

Traditionally, the Commissioner of Education has been an educator. The Commissioner is appointed by the Governor, is a member of the Governor's Cabinet, Chairman of the State Board of Education as well as Executive Officer of the State Department of Education.

Of special interest are letters of complaint directed to the Commissioner by the Governor and various department heads. Other items of interest include memorabilia of the home front effort during World War II, information on integration of schools and development of various programs, building programs, and political publications. For further information see Record Group #91.

All contents of this Record Group have been microfilmed and destroyed with the exception of the contents of the Photographs Series and the Recordings Series. In addition, a large folder of blueprints of the Tennessee School for the Deaf, Knoxville, Tenn. has been added to these records, located in map case #5, 8th Stack. These are not on microfilm.

Commissioners of Education

1923-1832 P.L. Harned

1932- 1936 Walter D. Cocking

1937-1938 J.M. Smith

1939-1943 B.O. Duggan

1943-1948 Burgin E. Dossett

1949-1950 J.M. Smith

1951-1952 James A. Barksdale

1953-1959 Quill E. Cope

1959-1963 Joe Morgan

1963-1970 J.H. Warf

1971-1972 Dr. E.C. Stimbert

1972-1974 Dr. Benjamin E. Carmichael

1975-1978 Dr. Sam H. Ingram

1978-1980 Edward A. Cox

1980-

Robert L. McElrath

INDEX

Series_____________Series Title

1

General Correspondence

2

Special Correspondence

3

General Records

4

Miscellaneous Files

5

Special Files

6

Publications

7

Posters, maps and blueprints

8

Photographs

9

Recording

Box Number 1-102 103-137 138-162 163-199 199-378 379-432 432-433 Vault 1-2 Vault 1

General Correspondence Series Number: 1

Microfilm Roll # 1 Box 1 1 Alamo-Atwood 2 Baxter-Byrdstown 3 Camber-Clinton 4 Collinwood-Cunningham 5 Dandridge-Dyersburg 6 Eagleville-Ethridge

Box 2 1 LaFayette-Lynnville 2 McKenzie-Murfreesboro 3 Nashville-New Tazewell 4 Old Fort-Puryear 5 Raleigh-Rutledge 6 Saltillo-Stewart 7 Tazewell-Viola 8 Wartburg-Winchester

Box 3 1 Auburn Alabama-Norfolk Virginia 2 Adams-Athens 3 Baileytown-Byrdstown 4 Camden-Church Hill 5 Clarkrange-Coxburg 6 Creek-Curve

Microfilm Roll # 2 Box 4 1 Dandridge-Dyersburg 2 Eagleville-Etowah 3 Farmers Exchange-Fruitvale 4 Gadsden-Greeneville 5 Haley-Huntsville 6 Jacksboro-Jasper 7 Jearoldstown-Jonesboro

1919 1913-19 1916-19 1914-19 1919 1918-19

1914-19 1914-19 1917-19 1914-19 1917-19 1918-19 1919 1918-19

1916-19 1921 1921 1920-21 1921 1921

1921 1921 1921 1921 1920-21 1921 1921

Box 5 1 Kansas-Kylesford 2 Lafayette-Lyles 3 McDonald-Maynardsville 4 Memphis

Box 6 1 Middleton-Murfreesboro 2 Napier-Nunnely 3 Obion-Pulaski 4 Ravenscroft-Rutledge 5 Sadlersville-Shouns 6 Silverpoint-Sycamore Lodge

Microfilm Roll # 3 Box 7 1 Talbott-Vonore 2 Walling-Yorkville 3 Acton Alabama-Frinta, Colorado 4 Center Hill, Florida-Wickliff, Kentucky 5 Baton Rouge, Louisiana-Sedalia, Missouri 6 Beatrice, Nebraska-Waukeska, Wisconsin

Box 8 1 A & I Normal 2 Accountancy Board 3 Advance Apportionment Funds 4 Advertisements 5 Agriculture, Commissioner Hancock 6 Agricultural Extension Service 7 American Association of Collegiate Registrars 8 American Education Week 9 American Legion Essay Winners 10 American Legion Flag Creed Essay 11 American Vocational Association 12 Annual Report Requests 13 Applications for State Board 14 Applications for Teaching Positions 15 Applications for Teaching Positions 16 Appointments 17 Arbor Day 18 Archeologists of the State, P.E. Cox

1921 1921 1921 1921

1921 1921-21 1921 1921 1921 1921

1920-21 1921 1921 1921 1921 1921

1925-27 1926-27 1926-27 1926 1926-27 1926 1926 1925-26 1925-26 1926 1926 1926 1926-27 1927 1925-26 1925-26 1926 1926-27

19 Architectural and Engineering Examiners 20 Archivist of The State 21 Association Meetings

Box 9 1 Better Homes in America 2 Blind Babies 3 Board of Education, P.L. Harned Commissioner 4 Board of Education, C.B. Idoms 5 Board of Education, L.A. Ligon 6 Board of Education, C.L. Marshall 7 Board of Education, W.O. Mims 8 Board of Education, Shelton Phelps 9 Board of Education, Miss Sue Powers 10 Board of Education, Dudley S. Tanner 11 Board of Education, Mrs. Neill Wright 12 Board of Education, J.S. Ziegler 13 Book Keeper, J.H. Robey 14 Book Keeper, D.E. Slagle 15 Bryon Memorial Association 16 Budget 17 Building Fund Request 18 Bureau of Education 19 Certification Division 20 Chief Clerk 21 Child Health 22 Chiropractic Board 23 Circulars 24 Comptroller 25 Constitution Day 26 Contest, Sons of American Revolution 27 Cookeville Water Case 28 County Institutes 29 County Superintendents Examination 30 County Trustees

Box 10 1 DAR Scholarship Loan 2 Daily Balance Replies 3 Dallas Meeting 4 Davis, C.W. Applicant for Supt. Smoky Mtn. Park 5 Decisions, Supreme Court 6 Delegates and Alternates to N.E.A.

1926-27 1927 1925

1926 1926 1925-27 1925-27 1925-27 1925-27 1925-27 1925-27 1926-27 1925-27 1925-27 1926-27 1925 1926-27 1926 1925 1927 1926-27 1925-27 1926 1926-27 1926-27 1925-26 1925-27 1926 1926-27 1927 1926 1925 1925

1926 1926 1926 1926 1926 1926

7 Dental Examiners Board 8 Division Heads 9 East Tenn. Conference of Superintendents 10 East Tenn. Education Association 11 East Tenn. Teachers College

Microfilm Roll # 4 12 Educational Committee 13 Embalmers Board 14 Evolution Bill 15 Federal Board Vocational Education 16 Federated Women's Club 17 Finance and Taxation 18 Flag 19 Forestry

Box 11 1 Form Letters 2 General Education Board (Funds) 3 General Education Board (General) 4 General Education Board (Scholarship) 5 Geology Division 6 Geologist of the State, Hugh Miser 7 Geologist of the State, Applicants 8 Geologist of the State, Applicant John Lansdale 9 Gilbreath Lot at East Tenn. State Teachers College 10 Mrs. L.S. Gillentine 11 Governor Peay 12 Graduates 13 Graders

Box 12 1 Health Department 2 Health Director E.D. Bass, Chattanooga 3 Highway Dept. 4 Highway Safety Essays 5 High School Supervisor 6 High School Teachers Association 7 Homes Economics Supervisor, Miss Marie White 8 Honolulu Trip 9 Humane Education 10 C.M. Hunt and Company 11 Illiteracy Commission

1926 1926-27 1927 1925-27 1925-27

1927 1926 1925 1925-27 1925 1925-27 1926-27 1926-27

1925-27 1925-27 1925-27 1925-27 1926-27 1925-26 1926-27 1926-27 1925-27 1925 1925-27 1926 1926

1925-27 1927 1925-27 1926 1926-27 1925 1926-27 1927 1926-27 1926 1925-27

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