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Finding Aid for the Dr. James R. Montgomery Papers, 1887-1990


MS-1880

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 26, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Dr. James R. Montgomery Papers

Date/Date Range :   1887-1990

Extent: 5.0 linear feet

Abstract:
The Dr. James R. Montgomery Papers span the years 1887 to 1990 with the bulk of the interviews and correspondence dated during the 1960s and 1970s. The collection consists primarily of personal interviews and research concerning the University of Tennessee between 1887 and 1945. Also included are business correspondence and files.

Call number: MS-1880

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

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
James R. and Mary B. Montgomery donated these papers to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library in 1990.
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], Dr. James R. Montgomery Papers, MS-1880. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of five boxes divided into eight series: Business Correspondence and Files, Publications and Notes, Institutional Research Office Reports, University of Tennessee Reports - Bound Volumes, Alumni Material, Research Studies, University of Tennessee Histories, and Research Interviews.


Biography / History

The Dr. James R. Montgomery Papers span the years 1887 to 1990 with the bulk of the interviews and correspondence dated during the 1960s and 1970s. The collection consists primarily of personal interviews and research concerning the University of Tennessee between 1887 and 1945. Also included are business correspondence and files. The personal interviews are extensive and include prominent administrators and faculty, as well as many lesser known alumni. This collection covers many aspects of this University's history and demonstrates Dr. Montgomery's exhaustive efforts in researching the topic.


Collection Scope and Content Note

Dr. James R. Montgomery served the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and the University of Tennessee as Director of the Office of Institutional Research. He is the author of several histories of the university at various periods. These - along with the volumes of university history written by Stanly Folmsbee - were edited and expanded in time to create the single volume titled To Foster Knowledge by Lee Greene.

Subject Terms

  • University of Tennessee (System).
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  • Brehm, Cloide Everette, 1889-1971.
  • Holt, Andrew David, 1904-1987.
  • Hoskins, James Dickason, 1870-1960.
Contents List
   

Series I: Business Correspondence and Files, undated
   

Sub-Series A: Alphabetical by Name, undated
Box   1     Folder   1    
Baugh, John, undated
Box   1     Folder   2    
Barkley, Jeanne, undated
Box   1     Folder   3    
Browning, Gordon, undated
Box   1     Folder   4    
Carlton, Harry, undated
Box   1     Folder   5    
Carnes, William, undated
Box   1     Folder   6    
Claxton, Porter, undated
Box   1     Folder   7    
Combs, William, undated
Box   1     Folder   8    
Curry, Kenneth, undated
Box   1     Folder   9    
Dabney, Charles, undated
Box   1     Folder   10    
Folmsbee, Stanley, undated
Box   1     Folder   11    
Gaither, Gerald, undated
Box   1     Folder   12    
Hamer, Philip, undated
Box   1     Folder   13    
Johnson, Stanley, undated
Box   1     Folder   14    
Kerr, Shirley, undated
Box   1     Folder   15    
Kolwyck, Clarence, undated
Box   1     Folder   16    
Kruesi, Paul, undated
Box   1     Folder   17    
Lincoln, W.B., undated
Box   1     Folder   18    
McAdoo, William, undated
Box   1     Folder   19    
Montgomery, F.J., undated
Box   1     Folder   20    
Thornburgh, John, undated
Box   1     Folder   21    
Weiner, Charles, undated
Box   1     Folder   22    
White, Benton, undated
Box   1     Folder   23    
Work, Herman, undated
Box   1     Folder   24    
Yanley, Marguerite, undated
   

Sub-Series B: Alphabetical by Topic, undated
Box   1     Folder   25    
Athletics, undated
Box   1     Folder   26    
Ayers, Brown--Bio. Information, undated
Box   1     Folder   27    
Butler, Marion--Papers, undated
Box   1     Folder   28    
Civil Rights, undated
Box   1     Folder   29    
International Students, undated
Box   1     Folder   30    
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, undated
Box   1     Folder   31    
Peay, Austin--Bio. Information, undated
Box   1     Folder   32    
Peay, John--Bio. Information, undated
Box   1     Folder   33    
Scopes Trial, undated
Box   1     Folder   34    
Sigma Chi, undated
Box   1     Folder   35    
Student Fees, undated
Box   1     Folder   36    
UT/India Project, undated
Box   1     Folder   37    
UT/Martin, undated
Box   1     Folder   38    
UT/Nashville, undated
Box   1     Folder   39    
UT/Proposed Construction, undated
Box   1     Folder   40    
UT/Senate Papers, undated
   

Series II: Publications and Notes, undated
   

Sub-Series A: Newspaper Clippings, undated
Box   1     Folder   41    
Newspaper Clippings--Independent Truth, undated
Box   1     Folder   42    
Newspaper Clippings--Liberalism, undated
Box   1     Folder   43    
Newspaper Clippings--Women, undated
Box   1     Folder   44    
Newspaper Clippings--Misc., undated
   

Sub-Series B: Published and Unpublished Materials, undated
Box   1     Folder   45    
Misc. Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   46    
Misc. Periodicals, undated
   

Series III: Institutional Research Office Reports, 1960-1972
   

Sub-Series A: University of Tennessee, 1960-1968
Box   2     Folder   1    
Vol. I, 1960-1961
Box   2     Folder   2    
Vol. II, 1961-1962
Box   2     Folder   3    
Vol. III, 1962-1963
Box   2     Folder   4    
Vol. IV, 1963-1964
Box   2     Folder   5    
Vol. V, 1964-1965
Box   2     Folder   6    
Vol. VI, 1965-1966
Box   2     Folder   7    
Vol. VII-1, 1966-1967
Box   2     Folder   8    
Vol. VII-2, 1966-1967
Box   2     Folder   9    
Vol. VIII, 1967-1968
   

Sub-Series B: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1969-1972
Box   2     Folder   10    
Vol. X, 1969-1970
Box   2     Folder   11    
Vol. XII, 1971-1972
   

Series IV: University of Tennessee Reports (Bound Volumes), 1941-1970
Box   3     Folder   1    
AEDC-University Affiliation Study Final Report, 1952
Box   3     Folder   2    
Report of the Committee on the Academic Atmosphere, 1962
Box   3     Folder   3    
General Report by the Committee on Qualifications, 1962
Box   3     Folder   4    
Status of U.T. College of Medicine, 1964
Box   3     Folder   5    
Departmental Report, 1964
Box   3     Folder   6    
Report on the Dental Education Program, 1964
Box   3     Folder   7    
Issues Facing U.T. College of Medicine, 1967
Box   3     Folder   8    
University of Tennessee Self-Study--Living Conditions, 1941
Box   3     Folder   9    
University of Tennessee Self-Study--Central Report, 1962
Box   3     Folder   10    
University of Tennessee Self-Study--SACSS, 1962
Box   3     Folder   11    
University of Tennessee Self-Study--Dept. of Athletics, 1963
Box   3     Folder   12    
University of Tennessee Self-Study--Central Report, 1970
   

Series V: Alumni Material, 1887-1945
Box   4     Folder   1    
Alumni Recollections, undated
Box   4     Folder   2    
Alumni Questionnaire, 1887-1919
Box   4     Folder   3    
Alumni Questionnaire, 1919-1945
   

Series VI: Research Studies, 1945-1967
Box   4     Folder   4    
Brown, Dorothy A Brief History of the U.T.Memorial Research Center and Hospital School of Nursing, 1967
Box   4     Folder   5    
Glass, Sharen Carousel Theatre, 1965
Box   4     Folder   6    
Montgomery, James John Harcourt Morgan, 1945
Box   4     Folder   7    
Montgomery, James John R. Neal, 1955
Box   4     Folder   8    
Montgomery, James Trends and Movements in Higher Education, 1880-1917, 1959
   

Series VII: University of Tennessee Histories, 1941-1990
Box   4     Folder   9    
Montgomery, James The University of Tennessee in the 1960's Copy 1, 1990
Box   4     Folder   10    
Montgomery, James The University of Tennessee in the 1960's Copy 2, 1990
Box   4     Folder   11    
Hoskins, James D. In Service to the State A History of The University of Tennessee 1794-1934, 1941
   

Series VIII: Research Interviews, 1957-1975
Box   5     Folder   1    
Alden, Roland, 1972
Box   5     Folder   2    
Blanton, Harry, 1971
Box   5     Folder   3    
Boling, Ed, 1970
Box   5     Folder   4    
Brehm, Cloide E., 1968
Box   5     Folder   5    
Broome, Harvey, 1968
Box   5     Folder   6    
Bruesch, S.R., 1968
Box   5     Folder   7    
Buehler, Calvin, 1968
Box   5     Folder   8    
Cochran, Bob, 1970
Box   5     Folder   9    
Dougherty, Nathan, 1968
Box   5     Folder   10    
Dunford, Ralph, 1967
Box   5     Folder   11    
Frost, Ralph, 1968
Box   5     Folder   12    
Gilmore, Thomas, 1968
Box   5     Folder   13    
Greene, Lee, 1975
Box   5     Folder   14    
Harriss, Julian, 1968
Box   5     Folder   15    
Hertel, Kenneth, 1968
Box   5     Folder   16    
Hesler, L.R., 1968
Box   5     Folder   17    
Hess, James, 1967
Box   5     Folder   18    
Holt, Andrew, 1970
Box   5     Folder   19    
Hoskins, James, 1957
Box   5     Folder   20    
Hyman, O.W., 1968
Box   5     Folder   21    
Johnson, Joe, 1970
Box   5     Folder   22    
Knickerbocker, Kenneth, 1971
Box   5     Folder   23    
Meek, Paul, 1968
Box   5     Folder   24    
Montgomery, June, 1968
Box   5     Folder   25    
Nash, Thomas, 1968
Box   5     Folder   26    
Neel, L.R., 1968
Box   5     Folder   27    
Parks, Charles, 1968
Box   5     Folder   28    
Randolph, Wassell, 1968
Box   5     Folder   29    
Raulston, Leonard, 1968
Box   5     Folder   30    
Read, Harold, 1970
Box   5     Folder   31    
Simpson, John, 1969
Box   5     Folder   32    
Spivey, Herman, 1970
Box   5     Folder   33    
Templeton, William, 1968
Box   5     Folder   34    
Upshaw, Gene, 1974
Box   5     Folder   35    
Weaver, Charles, 1972
Box   5     Folder   36    
Williams, Foster, 1968