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University of Chattanooga

 Organization

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

John Longwith research notes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-105
Scope and Contents

This collection contains research files and a draft of Longwith's book, Light Upon a Hill: The University at Chattanooga, 1886-1996 published in 2000.

Dates: 2000
Found in: Manuscripts

William H. Masterson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-031
Scope and Contents

The collection includes letters and certificates of congratulations on inauguration as University of Chattanooga President. Also included are notes from speeches given by Masterson for various university and community events as well as some university-related correspondence. Notecards of research material for his book, William Blount, are also included. Materials in the collection range from 1966 to 1979.

Dates: 1966-1979
Found in: Manuscripts

Isa McIlwraith and Arthur Plettner papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-072
Scope and Contents

This collection includes personal papers, journals, photographs, music, music programs, recordings, and related documents from Isa McIlwraith and Arthur Plettner, professors of music at the University of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Material covers the date range of 1924 to 1989.

Dates: 1950-1980
Found in: Manuscripts

Charles Newcomb photographs, clippings, and papers

 Collection — Box MS-062 001: [Barcode: 11988006880648]
Identifier: MS-062
Scope and Contents This collection consist of various newspaper clippings, personal items, and programs that relate to Charles Newcomb and his career at the University of Chattanooga as a professor of oratory and theatre, ranging from 1907 to 1915. The newspaper clippings refer to the plays, both school and local ones, that Newcomb directed or performed in. There are several programs from the plays and oratorical contests, as well as photographs of the play rehearsals. There is a copy of his...
Dates: 1907-1915
Found in: Manuscripts

Archie M. Palmer papers

 Collection — Box UA-04-01-08 001: [Barcode: 11988006628252]
Identifier: UA-04-01-08
Scope and Contents

This series contains a program from Archie M. Palmer's induction ceremony at the University of Chattanooga and two pieces of correspondence addressed to Palmer.

Dates: 1938-1942

Ruth Clark Perry lecture notes

 Collection — Box MS-032 001: [Barcode: 11988006880283]
Identifier: MS-033
Scope and Contents

This collection contains extensive handwritten notes of calculus textbooks she created as Head of the Math Department at the University of Chattanooga from 1922 to 1955, which may have been subsequently used as an outline for courses in calculus.

Dates: 1922-1955
Found in: Manuscripts

Frank Prescott papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-034
Scope and Contents This collection includes much of Prescott's teaching and research material, including government documents from 1928 to 1967. There is a strong collection of material relating to local and national political campaigns, TVA, civil rights, communism, labor, military and World War II (including Nazi newspapers, and correspondence from students serving in World War II) and political figures. There is some correspondence between himself and Dr. Joseph Zimmerman with whom he co-authored the...
Dates: 1953-1971
Found in: Manuscripts

University of Chattanooga Board of Trustees minutes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA-02-01-01
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the minutes of Board of Trustees for the University of Chattanooga and its predecessor, Grant University. Comprised of 19 volumes spanning 80 years, these minutes document the growth and development of the University of Chattanooga from a small Methodist academy into a respected private metropolitan university capable of merging with the University of Tennessee land-grant institution. With the exception of a gap during 1890-1896 (the minutes and other...
Dates: 1889-1969

University of Chattanooga Echo songbook

 Collection — Box MS-058 001: [Barcode: 11988006911872]
Identifier: MS-058
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a single songbook dated 1909 October 15.

Dates: 1909 October 15
Found in: Manuscripts

University of Chattanooga photographs

 Collection — Box MS-066 001: [Barcode: 11988006880739]
Identifier: MS-066
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs of the University of Chattanooga.

Dates: undated
Found in: Manuscripts