Title: Herman E. Spivey Papers

Date/Date Range :   1926-1981

Extent: 6.0 linear feet

Abstract:

Collection contains speeches, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and notes of Herman E. Spivey, educational adminstrator and English professor.

Call number: MS-1332

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

Aquisition Information:

Collection is property of Special Collections.

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], Herman E. Spivey Papers, MS-1332. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of four boxes.

Dr. Spivey taught at the University of Florida until 1948. He took over the deanship of the University of Kentucky Graduate School from 1948 to 1959 and then proceeded onward to the University of Tennessee Vice-Presidency from 1960 to 1969. When he retired from the Vice-Presidency in 1968, he returned to his beginnings, teaching English at the University of Florida.

This collection of Dr. Spivey's files does much to show the achievements which gave Dr. Spivey nation-wide reknown in the educational community. This collection holds his speeches to various groups and clubs, newsclippings of his achievements, letters from friends and colleagues and his personal notes concerning authors and works. This collection is topped off with a picture of Dr. Spivey doing what he enjoyed most -- teaching.

A folder-level list of materials in this collection can be found in the Special Collections reading room.

• Spivey, Herman Everette, 1907- .
• Education.