Morristown

Dublin Core

Title

Morristown

Subject

African American universities and colleges; Local History

Description

Articles, photographs, and artifacts from Morristown, Tennessee. Collection features material on Morristown College, which opened in 1881 and closed in 1994; 1876-2007

Publisher

Black in Appalachia

Date

1876-2007

Contributor

Alpha Vernell Alexander; Bo Simpson; Brenda Goodson; Sandra Peters; Charles Davis Jackson; Jovita Wells

Rights

Items can be used for private reflection and research, and not for commercial purposes.

Coverage

United States--Tennessee-Hamblen County

Collection Items

West High School Yearbook: 1966 Hamblen County, Tennessee
Yearbook from Morristown, Tennessee's West High School, 1966. The school served Black students in Hamblen County's segregated school system from 1958 until 1968.

Golden Tones Band
In the 1960's the Golden Tones band performed in churches all over the 5 Rivers region of East Tennessee. Front, L to R: Joseph Senter, Lawrence Caldwell, John Davis. Back, L to R: Nip Brooks, William G. Blevins, Theodore Weston Sr., Robert William.

Morristown College/High School: Book 4
Book 4 of 4 compiled by late-Morristown College librarian Samuel Richardson. Book contains graduating class portraits from 1945 - 1951.
An index accompanies this item.

Morristown College/High School: Book 3
Book 3 of 4 compiled by late-Morristown College librarian Samuel Richardson. Book contains graduating class portraits from 1932 - 1944. Missing years include 1937 & 1942
An index accompanies this item.

Morristown College/High School: Book 2
Book 2 of 4 compiled by late-Morristown College librarian Samuel Richardson. Book contains group class and club photos from 1881 - 1914.
An index accompanies this item.

Morristown College/High School: Book 1
Book 1 of 4 compiled by late-Morristown College librarian Samuel Richardson. Book contains graduating class portraits from 1890 - 1931. Missing years include 1892-1901, 1903, 1906-1907, 1912, 1925-1926.
An index accompanies this item.

Photograph: Reunion of the Ages
Group photograph from participants in the Reunion of the Ages, a non-profit focused on preserving and honoring former black educational institutions in the Morristown and Hamblen County areas.

Pineville School Yearbook: 1953
The 1953 yearbook for Pineville Consolidated School that once operated in Hamblen County, Tennessee.

The school was consolidated from the one room schools of Golda, Lowland and Pineville in 1939. In 1946, students from Russellville school were…

We Shall Overcome Fund
A letter from Kay Senter, City Councilman of Morristown, expressing support to secure funding for the Morristown African-American Museum project from the We Shall Overcome Fund.

Student with Microscope
A photo of a young woman using a microscope in a science classroom.
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