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State of Tennessee

Department of State

Tennessee State Library and Archives

403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312

GOVERNOR BUFORD ELLINGTON

(Second Term)

PAPERS 1967-1971

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INTRODUCTION

This finding aid covers the gubernatorial papers of the second term of Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington, who served from 1967-1971 (first term, 1959-1963). It consists of 163 boxes of materials that consist of correspondence, subject files, proclamations, invitations, fiscal records, extraditions, renditions, photographs, audits, and requisitions.

There are no restrictions on the use of the materials and researchers may make copies of individual items for individual or scholarly use.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Governor Buford Ellington

Born in Mississippi in 1907, Ellington became a farmer and merchant, also serving as agriculture commissioner for six years under Frank Clement, and as a member of the legislature before he was elected governor in 1958. he and Clement led the Democratic party and alternated the executive chair for eighteen years. Initially a segregationist, Ellington later reversed his position. Peaceful, successful nonviolent sit-ins in Nashville were among the earliest and best organized in the nation. His terms saw constitutional changes, reorganization and reduction of state government, liberalization of liquor laws and repeal of the anti-evolution law. He died in 1972.

Source: Tennessee Blue Book, 1999-2000, page 484.

GOVERNOR'S STAFF

William L. Barry Executive Assistant State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

S.H. (Bo) Roberts Administrative Assistant State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

H.T. Lockard Administrative Assistant State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

Hudley Crockett News Secretary and Special Assist. State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

James H. Alexander, Director Division of Industrial Development 240 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner W.F. Moss Department of Agriculture Ellington Agriculture Center Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner E. Boyd Garrett Department of Conservation 2611 West End Ave Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner Harry S. Avery Department of Correction 244 Doctor's Building Nashville, Tennessee

September, 1967

Claude Armour Special Assistant on Law and Order State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. R.H. Hutcheson, Commissioner Department of Public Health 344 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner Herman Yeatman Department of Public Welfare 410 State Office Building Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner Thomas D. Benson Department of Revenue War Memorial Building Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner Greg O'Rear Department of Safety 301 C-3 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner Hilry H. Shaffer Department of Standards and Purchases 200 C-2 Central Services Building Nashville, Tennessee

Joe F. Hudgens, Director Division of Veterans Affairs 323 Seventh Ave., North Nashville, Tennessee

Joe C. Carr Secretary of State State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

William R. Snodgrass Comptroller State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

Charlie Worley Treasurer State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner J. Howard Warf Department of Education 100-B Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee

Mrs. Leo R. Burson, Commissioner Department of Employment Security 536 Cordell Hull Building

Commissioner Harlan Mathews Dept. of Finance and Administration State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner Charles W. Speight Department of Highways 817 Highway Building Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner David M. Pack Department of Insurance and Banking 114 State Office Building Nashville, Tennessee

Commissioner Leonard O. Evans Department of Labor 130 C-1 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee

Dr. Nat T. Winston, Jr., Commissioner Department of Mental Health 300 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee

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