Office of the University Historian Collection
This collection houses papers, press clippings, ephemera, photographs, and slides documenting the University of Tennessee System, including campuses at Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Martin, and Chattanooga. Although the earliest images date from the 1820s, the bulk of the material shows the University from the 1870s onward.
Dates
- 1819-1996 (bulk 1870s-1980s)
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Conditions Governing Use
The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
80 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses papers, press clippings, ephemera, photographs, and slides documenting the University of Tennessee System, including campuses at Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Martin, and Chattanooga. Although the earliest images date from the 1820s, the bulk of the material shows the University from the 1870s onward.
Biographical/Historical Note
Milton Martin Klein was born on August 15, 1917, in New York City. He earned his BS (1937) and MS (1939) at the City College in New York and his PhD (1954) at Columbia University in New York. Before coming to the University of Tennessee, Klein was a lecturer in history at Columbia University (1954-1957), chair of the Department of History at Long Island University (1958-1962), dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Long Island University (1962-1966), and dean of Graduate Studies and Research at the State University of New York College at Fredonia (1966-1969). Klein joined the University of Tennessee faculty as a history professor in 1969. He was honored as the Alumni Distinguished Service Professor (1977-1985) and as the Lindsay Young Professor of History (1980-1985). After Klein's official retirement in 1985, he served as the University Historian (1988-1997). Milton Klein died on June 10, 2004, in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Klein wrote a number of books during his career, including Social Studies for the Academically Talented Student (1960), The Politics of Diversity: Essays in the History of Colonial New York (1974), The American Whig: William Livingston of New York (1990), and Volunteer Moments: Vignettes of the History of the University of Tennessee, 1794-1994 (1994).
Arrangement
This collection consists of 91 boxes divided into 28 series:
Series XXVI
- Series I: Departments and Special Programs
- Series II: Buildings
- Series III: Indices, Directories, and General Publications
- Series IV: Student Life
- Series V: Race Relations
- Series VI: Student Unrest
- Series VII: Symbols
- Series VIII: UT History
- Series IX: Deeds to the University
- Series X: Women's Issues
- Series XI: UT Athletics
- Series XII: Chancellor's and President's Reports
- Series XIII: Commencement Material
- Series XIV: Administration and Presidents' Terms
- Series XV: Faculty/Staff Relations
- Series XVI: Statistics
- Series XVII: Faculty/Staff Biographies
- Series XVIII: Interviews
- Series XIX: Alumni
- Series XX: Board of Trustees
- Series XXI: Tennessee Personalities
- Series XXII: Other UT Campuses
- Series XXIII: UT and the Outside World
- Series XXIV: Photos
- Series XXV: Slides
- Series XXVI: Promotional Publications
- Series XXVII: Negatives
- Series XXVIII: Oversize
Acquisition Note
The Office of the University Historian transferred these papers to the University of Tennessee's Archives in 1997.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository