Swift Memorial Institute: Interview Transcriptions
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation
Transcribed interviews with Swift Memorial Institute Alumni & Scholars on the founding & development of Black higher education in Rogersville, Tennessee and across the state of Tennessee.
Interviewees include:
Betty Watterson-Fugate, Dr. Bobby Lovett, Carolyn Trammell-Cox, Catherine Snapp-Howard, Charles W Hargrave, Dessa Edyth Parkey-Blair, Imogene Trammel-Fugate, Josephine Snapp-Francisco-Wills, Lester Lamon, Lois Goins, Lollie Mae McKinney-Surratt, Margaret Clark-Delaney, Norma Jean Cope, Pat Snapp-Charles, Robert J Booker, Ruth Sharp-Ben, Sandy Durham, Stella Gudger, Wayne Fain, William Bogart, William Dennis
Black in Appalachia
Black in Appalachia
2012 to 2014
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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United States--Tennessee--Hawkins County--Rogersville
Swift College Catalogue, 1900-1901
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--College Catalogues; Southern States--Tennessee--Hawkins County--Rogersville
College Catalogue from late Historically Black College, Swift Memorial Institute once located in Rogersville, Tennessee and operated by the Presbyterian Church from 1883 to 1954.
Names included in this document:
---FACULTY---
William H. Franklin, Principal
Jonathan R. Baker, Normal Department
Annie L. Enos, Grammar Department
Delia G. Holmes, Intermediate Department
Emily P. Jones, Primary Department
Laura C. Franklin, Assistant Principal
Henrietta V. Mabry, Music Teacher
Lottie M. Enos, Sewing Department and Sub Primary
---STUDENTS---
--Sub-Primary--
Armstong, Florence
Armstrong, Harrington
Brown, Willie
Bradley, Willie
Bradley, Hector
Carmichael, Fred
Carmack, Herbert
Chestnut, Willie
Chambers, Elizah
Charles, Gracie
Chestnut, Lemmie
Chambers, Margaret
Carr, Alice
Fain, Jennie
Fain, Clifton
Francisco, Johnnie
Fulkerson, Tommie
Green, Roy
Green, Taylor
Green, Edward
Gaines, Arthur
Gaines, R. Annie
Gray, Lillie
Green, Nollie
Horton, Katie
Horton, Annie
Howard, Brooks
Hale, Johnnie
Jones, L. Annie
Kinchelor, Emma
Kyle, Lennie
Kyle, Carrie
Kyle, Willie
Kelly, Cassie
Kinchelor, Chestnut
Lyons, Hugh
Lyons, Robert
Lee, Roy
Lee, Elise
Lyons, Rosie
McKinney, M. Francis
Mitchel, Gale
Pearson, Gale
Pearson, John
Pearson, Robert
Richard, Henry
Ross, Edward
Rogers, Maggie
Sensibaugh, Annie
Sensibaugh, Horace
Shypes, Sallie
Sypes, Ella
Scott, B. Lue
Starnes, Mary
Willis, B. Mary
Watterson, Francis
Wolfe, Jimmie
Williams, Eldridge
Watterson, Ancrom
Watterson, Roy
--First Grade--
Alexander, Luther
Alexander, Edward
Bradley, Harry
Bradley, Ancrom
Cain, Ethel
Charles, Rosa
Carmichael, Kate L.
Cope, Matilda
Carmack, Willie
Carmack, James
Fleming Cora (Knoxville)
Green, John
Gaines, Mollie
Heiskell, Willie
Irving, Hattie
Irving, Georgie
Kyle, John
Lyons, James
McKinney, Grace
Starnes, Fred
Spears, George
Sensibaugh, James
Spears, Allie
Spears, Mollie
Talmage, Watterson
Williams, Emma
Wells, Annie
Wolfe, Sadie (Mossy Creek)
--Second Grade--
Archie, Minnie
Barnes, John
Bradley, George
Brice, Conelius
Cain, Diana
Charles, Robert
Cope, Andrew
Caldwell, Clinton
Delaney, Solomon
Fuget, James
Fain, Charles
Fain, Hugh
Green, Minnie
Hamblen, Joseph
Horton, Willie
Johnson, Frank
Fleming, Nellie (Knoxville)
Kyle, Adelaide
Kyle, Irwin
Lea, Willie
Lyons, Noricy
Lyons, Walter
Lyons, Willis
Lyons, Berdie
Lyons, Elsie
Lyons, Katie
Morton, Juan Nita
Miller, Luther
McKinney, Willie
Payne, Eldridge
Russell, Charles
Watterson, Sadie
Wolfe, Lloyd
--Third Grade--
Anderson, Florence
Bradley, Rosa
Brice, Nora
Brice, Earnest
Brice, Fred
Bradley, Jennie
Cain, Maggie
Fain, Eddie
Fugate, Tennie
Fulkerson, Samuel
Fulkerson, Abitha
Green, Etta
Gunn, Martha
Howard, Josie
Hale, Annie
Jones, Anna M.
Kyle, Sue Mabel
Kyle, Annie
Kyle, Fannie B.
Kyle, Hugh W.
Kyle, Willie
Lyons, Irene
Lyons, Mary A.
Lyons, Walter
Lyons, Elsie
Miller, Mollie
McKinney, May
Netherland, Jennie
Netherland, Nelson
Neal, Georgia
Ross, Robert
Ross, Richard
Richmond, Willie
Spears, Lawrence
Simpson, Fannie
Weems, Hattie
Watterson, Mollie
Wolfe, John
Wadkins, Ida (St. Clair)
Wadkins, Alfred (St. Clair)
--Fourth Grade--
Armstrong, Anna M. (Rogersville)
Bradley, Nannie (Rogersville)
Bradley, Maxie (Solitude)
Carmichael, Laura (Rogersville)
Carr, George (Rogersville)
Cochraham, Samuel (St.Clair)
Edwards, Magnolia (Chattanooga)
Francisco, Jessica (Rogersville)
Fugate, Tennie (Rogersville)
Johnson, Minnie (Rogersville)
Kyle, Belle (Rogersville)
Keys, Mary E. (Bristol)
Leiper, Addie (Morristown)
Russell, Efiie (Atlanta, GA)
Richie, Maud (Jonesville, VA)
Rogers, Emma (Rogersville)
Sevier, Bonnie (Greeneville)
Thompson, Mary (Knoxville)
Turk, Della (Mossy Creek)
Williams, Frank (Mossy Creek)
Wolfe, Estella (Rogersville)
Wilson, Emma (Maryville)
Wolfe, Ella (Rogersville)
Wolfe, Bertha (Rogersville)
--Grammar Department--
--First Year--
Brice, Lemah (Rogersville)
Bradford, Nellie (Dandridge)
Bradford, Georgianna (Dandridge)
Chestnut, Annis (Rogersville)
Duff, Lucy (Stickleysville, VA)
Dougans, Grant (Jacksonville, FL)
Endarley, Jordan (Dandridge)
Fenderson, Edward (Rogersville)
Fulkerson, Frank (Rogersville)
Fain, Nollie (Dandridge)
Inman, Shade (Dandridge)
Kite, Gertrude (Rogersville)
Kyle, Mollie (Rogersville)
Lea, Mary (Rogersville)
Lea, Annis (Rogersville)
Miller, Julia (Rogersville)
Miller, James (Knoxville)
McKinney, Alfred (Rogersville)
Netherland, Nelson (Dandridge)
Rice, Richard (Russellville)
Redman, Flora (Dandridge)
Smith, Lucy (Knoxville)
Watterson, Samuel (Rogersville)
Watterson, Edward (Rogersville)
Wadkins, Minerva (St. Clair)
--Second Year--
Cooper, Fannie (Stony Point)
Cochraham, Mary (St. Clair)
Kite, Ollie (Rogersville)
Lyons, Sarah (Rogersville)
Leeper, Della (Morristown)
Lathrum, William (Hendersonville, NC)
McGee, Hazel (Greeneville)
Netherland, Bessie (Rogersville)
Hodge, Willie (Mossy Creek)
Ross, Katie (Rogersville)
Ross, Laura (Rogersville)
Scott, Amy (Knoxville)
Snapp, William (Dandridge)
Sullivan, William (Hendersonville, NC)
Watterson, Bessie (Rogersville)
--Normal Department--
--First Year--
Bradley, Rosa C. (Rogersville)
Bradley, H.G. (Upper Clinch)
Cleckley, Bertha O. (Orangeburg, SC)
Cochraham, Lady Kate (St. Clair)
Floyd, Myrtle H. (Rogersville)
Green, India A. (Dalton, GA)
Gammons, Walter L. (Dandridge)
Hannum, Bertha L. (Maryville)
McGhee, Adrian E. (Greeneville)
Netherland, Anthony H. (Rogersville)
Twitty, Pearl E. (Greeneville)
Vance, Harriet J. (Strawberry Plains)
Wolfe, George B. (Rogersville)
--Second Year--
Cochraham, Alfred F. (Rogersville Junction)
Martin, James L. (Jonesville, VA)
Laffell, George A. (Sevierville)
Warren, Rosa (Louisville)
--High School--
--First Year--
Pennington, J.W. (Greeneville)
--Second Year--
Williams, Ella (Knoxville)
Watterson, Mary C. (Rogersville)
--Teachers’ Course--
--First Year--
Cochraham, Cornelia G. (Bulls Gap)
Johnson, Melissa (Rogersville)
Forgie, Sadie (Rogersville)
Brice, Paralee (Rogersville)
--Normal Graduates--
--1895--
Armstrong, Nannie (Rogersville)
Chance, Isaac (New Market)
Cochraham, Paralee (St. Clair)
--1896--
Flack, P.M. (Alexander, NC)
Hall, Maggie (Maryville)
Hurse, Robert (Maryville)
Lawrence, Leonora (Columbia)
--1897--
Brice, J. Houston (Rogersville)
Brice, James (Rogersville)
Brice, Paralee (Rogersville)
Cochraham, Lizzie (St. Clair)
Kennedy, Mattie (Maryville)
Snapp, R.A. (Dandridge)
--1898--
Bradley, James (Rogersville)
Eaton, Ada (Bean Station)
Fain, Lida (Rogersville)
Johnson, Melissa (Rogersville)
Miller, Robert C. (Washington DC)
Netherland, Maggie (Rogersville)
Netherland, Lillie (Rogersville)
Sevier, Lectia (Greeneville)
Watterson, Rachel (Stony Point)
Watterson, Mary (Rogersville)
--1899--
Bradley, Estella (New Market)
Forgie, Sadie (Rogersville)
Woodward, Lucy (Maryville)
Warren, Octavia (Louisville)
--1900--
Bradley, W.O. (Rogersville)
Ross, John (Rogersville)
Pennington, J.W. (Greeneville)
--1901--
Martin, James (Jonesville, VA)
Warren, Rosa (Lousiville)
Swift Memorial Institute
University of Tennessee: Annual Catalogue of the Swift Memorial Junior College of Tennessee ... with Announcements for ... Rogersville, Tenn: The College, 1919. Print.
Black in Appalachia
1900 - 1901
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United States--Tennessee--Hawkins County--Rogersville
Dessa Edyth Parkey-Blair: Interview #2
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; Tennessee--Hancock County--Sulphur Hollow; Tennessee--Claiborne County--Hoop Creek; Kentucky--Bell County--Middlesborough; HBCU--Morristown College; HBCU--Knoxville College; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute
Interview with Hancock County native, Dessa Edyth Parkey-Blair about her experiences growing up on the border of Hancock & Claiborne Counties. She details the life and work of her father, Lawrence Parkey, in the community and the development of educational facilities in Sulphur Hollow. Interview was conducted at the "Great Golden Gathering" reunion in Sevierville, Tennessee. The Great Golden Gathering is a reunion of Black schools that were once in Northeast Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia during segregation.
Black in Appalachia
Dessa Edyth Parkey-Blair
Black in Appalachia
2012
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Bobby Lovett
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute
Interview with Bobby Lovett about the comprehensive history of Black education in Tennessee and the US South. From the Civil War through Reconstruction, Jim Crow to today, Dr. Lovett covers the politics and social movements that led to the development of Rogersville, Tennessee's Swift Memorial Institute and other HBCU's (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). Interview was recorded at the Downtown Branch, Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee.
Black in Appalachia
Bobby Lovett
Black in Appalachia
2014
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Lester Lamon
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute
Lester Lamon discusses the history of Black education in East Tennessee and the development of Swift Memorial Institute, then late HBCU (Historically Black College and University) that once operated in Rogersville, Tennessee.
Black in Appalachia
Lester Lamon
Black in Appalachia
2013
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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William Dennis
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute
Interview withWilliam Dennis about his experiences with the May Day Celebrations and associated stories of the late HBCU (Historically Black College & University) once located in Rogersville, Tennessee, Swift Memorial Institute. Interview was recorded at Rogersville City Park during the May Day Celebration.
Black in Appalachia
William Dennis
Black in Appalachia
2012
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Sandy Durham
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute
Interview with Rogersville Resident, Sandy Durham about her recollections of living in the same neighborhood as Swift Memorial Institute, the late HBCU (Historically Black College & University) once located in Rogersville, Tennessee. Interview was recorded at the Swift Museum in Rogersville, Tennessee.
Black in Appalachia
Sandy Durham
Black in Appalachia
2012
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Lollie Mae McKinney-Surratt: Interview #2
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute
Interview with Lollie Mae McKinney-Surratt about her experiences attending the late HBCU (Historically Black College & University) once located in Rogersville, Tennessee, Swift Memorial Institute. Interview was recorded at the Swift Museum in Rogersville, Tennessee.
Black in Appalachia
Lollie Mae McKinney-Surratt
Black in Appalachia
2013
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Lollie Mae McKinney-Surratt: Interview #1
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; Tennessee--Hancock County--Sulphur Hollow; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute
Interview with Lollie Mae McKinney-Surratt about her experiences attending Swift Memorial Institute and Langston High School school in Johnson City, Tennessee. Interview was conducted at the "Great Golden Gathering" reunion in Sevierville, Tennessee. The Great Golden Gathering is a reunion of Black schools that were once in Northeast Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia during segregation.
Black in Appalachia
Lollie Mae McKinney-Surratt
Black in Appalachia
2012
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Imogene Trammel-Fugate
Tennessee; African Americans--Appalachian Region; African Americans--Southern States; African American heritage; African American Education--Hawkins County--Rogersville; Education--Historically Black Colleges and Universities; African American--Oral Histories--Segregation; Tennessee--Hancock County--Sulphur Hollow; HBCU--Swift Memorial Institute
Interview with Imogene Trammel-Fugate about her experiences attending Swift Memorial Institute in Rogersville, Tennessee. Interview was conducted at the "Great Golden Gathering" reunion in Sevierville, Tennessee. The Great Golden Gathering is a reunion of Black schools that were once in Northeast Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia during segregation.
Black in Appalachia
Imogene Trammel-Fugate
Black in Appalachia
2012
William Isom II, Amira Sakalla & Wilson Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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