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Finding Aid for the John Jennings Papers, 1939-1950


MS-0559

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, August 10, 2007.

Summary Information
Title: John Jennings Papers

Date/Date Range :   1939-1950

Extent: 6.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses correspondence, radio speeches, speeches, bills, claims, committee papers, notebooks, newsletters, and scrapbooks documenting the political career of Tennessee Representative John Jennings Jr.

Call number: MS-0559

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection was given to Special Collections in August of 1970 by Jennings' three daughters: Miss Helen Jennings, Mrs. Nowland Van Powell, and Mrs. Martin S. Coykendall.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], John Jennings Papers, MS-0559. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of six boxes divided into five series:

  1. Series I: Correspondence
  2. Series II: Radio Speeches
  3. Series III: Speeches
  4. Series IV: Miscellaneous Political Papers
  5. Series V: Miscellaneous Papers

Biography / History

John Jennings Jr. was born to John and Julia Forrester Jennings on June 6, 1880 in Harriman, Tennessee. He studied law at the American Temperance University from 1898 to 1900 and was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1903. In 1906, he earned his B.S. degree from Grant University. After his admission to the Bar, he began practicing law in Jellico, Tennessee. At various times in his professional life, he served as the Campbell County Superintendent of Public Instruction (1903-1904), Campbell County Attorney (1911-1918), Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States (1918-1919), and Judge in Tennessee's second chancery division (1918-1923). Jennings moved to Knoxville in 1923, where he continued to practice law. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1939 to fill the vacancy caused by James Willis Taylor's death on November 14, 1939. Jennings continued to serve until 1950. He died in Knoxville, Tennessee on February 27, 1956.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection houses correspondence, radio speeches, speeches, bills, claims, committee papers, notebooks, newsletters, and scrapbooks documenting the political career of Tennessee Representative John Jennings Jr.

Interested researchers may also wish to consult MS-0824: John Jennings Papers, 1940-1950.

Subject Terms

  • United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
  • United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
  • United States. Congress. House.
Contents List
   

Series I: Correspondence, 1940-1949
Box   1     Folder   1    
Congratulatory Correspondence, 1940
Box   1     Folder   2    
Political Correspondence, 1942
Box   1     Folder   3    
Political Correspondence, 1943
Box   1     Folder   4    
Political Correspondence (Republican Primary), 1944
Box   1     Folder   5    
Political Correspondence (Republican Convention), 1944
Box   1     Folder   6    
Political Correspondence (General), 1944
Box   1     Folder   7    
Congratulatory Correspondence, 1944
Box   1     Folder   8    
Political Correspondence, 1945
Box   1     Folder   9    
Political Correspondence, 1946
Box   2     Folder   1    
Political Correspondence, 1947
Box   2     Folder   2    
Political Correspondence, 1948
Box   2     Folder   3    
Political Correspondence, 1949
Box   2     Folder   4    
Political Correspondence: A-B
Box   2     Folder   5    
Political Correspondence: C-E
Box   2     Folder   6    
Political Correspondence: F-J
Box   2     Folder   7    
Political Correspondence: K-M
Box   2     Folder   8    
Political Correspondence: N-S
Box   2     Folder   9    
Political Correspondence: T-Z
Box   2     Folder   10    
Political Correspondence: Gov. Thomas D. Dewey
Box   2     Folder   11    
Political Correspondence: C.W. Moore Jr.
Box   2     Folder   12    
Political Correspondence: Miscellaneous
   

Series II: Radio Speeches, 1946-1950
Box   3     Folder   1    
Radio Speeches, 1946
Box   3     Folder   2    
Radio Speeches, 1947
Box   3     Folder   3    
Radio Speeches, 1948
Box   3     Folder   4    
Radio Speeches, 1949

Box   3     Folder   5    
Radio Speeches, 1949

Box   3     Folder   6    
Radio Speeches, 1950

Box   3     Folder   7    
Radio Speeches, 1950

   

Series III: Speeches, 1939-1950
Box   4     Folder   1    
Speaking Engagements
Box   4     Folder   2    
Speeches, 1939-1940
Box   4     Folder   3    
Speeches, 1939-1952
Box   4     Folder   4    
Political Speeches, 1950
Box   4     Folder   5    
Miscellaneous Speeches

Box   4     Folder   6    
Miscellaneous Speeches

Box   4     Folder   7    
Miscellaneous Speeches

Box   4     Folder   8    
Miscellaneous Speeches

Box   4     Folder   9    
Miscellaneous Speeches

Box   4     Folder   10    
Miscellaneous Speeches

   

Series IV: Miscellaneous Political Papers, 1942-1950
Box   5     Folder   1    
Miscellaneous Political Material, 1948-1950
Box   5     Folder   2    
Special Bills introduced by Jennings

Box   5     Folder   3    
Special Bills introduced by Jennings

Box   5     Folder   4    
Special Bills introduced by Jennings

Box   5     Folder   5    
Claims of the National Steamship Companies
Box   5     Folder   6    
Claims, graveyard
Box   5     Folder   7    
Certificates of Elections
Box   5     Folder   8    
Election returns, 1948 November
Box   5     Folder   9    
Election Violations, 1942
Box   5     Folder   10    
Election Violations, 1943
Box   5     Folder   11    
November Election, 1944
Box   5     Folder   12    
Election Violations, 1944
Box   5     Folder   13    
Election Violations, 1945
Box   5     Folder   14    
Election Violations, 1946-1948
Box   5     Folder   15    
Republican Primary Boards, 1950
Box   5     Folder   16    
Lincoln Day Dinners, 1940-1950
   

Series V: Miscellaneous Papers, 1948
Box   6     Folder   1    
News clippings
Box   6     Folder   2    
News clippings
Box   6     Folder   3    
Judiciary Committee papers
Box   6     Folder   4    
Republican National Committee Papers
Box   6     Folder   5    
Delegates to the Convention, 1948
Box   6     Folder   6    
Republican Executive Committee, 1948
Box   6     Folder   7    
Rizley Committee Papers
Box   6     Folder   8    
Town Meeting Papers
Box   6     Folder   9    
Gov. McCord & Tennessee Legislature
Box   6     Folder   10    
Newsletters
Box   6     Folder   11    
1 notebook
Box   6     Folder   12    
Notebooks containing pages of Congressional Record which include comments by Rep. Jennings
Box   6     Folder   13    
Copy of Potsdam Treaty
Box   6     Folder   14    
Scrap book of clippings on Naval award given Fulton Sylphon Company