brian cassidy bookselle

37.
[Education]
[Personal Documents and Promotional Materials
From George Peabody College for Teachers]
Nashville, TN, (early 1920s to late 1930s)
Collection of 100+ items/3” linear approx. belonging to student of
Peabody College for Teachers, comprised primarily of personal papers
relating to the student’s course materials, schedules, receipts,
graduation forms and invitations, a photograph of classmates, social
club rosters, directories, correspondence, and promotional material
issued by the college including brochures, newsletters, bulletins,
solicitations, alumni association and other assorted materials. Some
toning, wear. Generally very good.
Archive a student who received his BS, MA and PhD at Peabody, as well
as that of his wife, who also graduated from Peabody with a BS. The
couple were both heavily involved in the school, members of numerous
social organizations, and active in student government (he was
president of the senior class of '26). The promotional material in the
collection shows that the college, which had reorganized and opened
a new campus directly across from Vanderbilt University in 1914, was
in the midst of major construction and expansion projects during this
time; many pieces show photographs and renderings of new or planned
buildings. The college,
at that time
the largest teachers'
college in the
South, was incorporated
into Vanderbilt
in 1979.
A varied education
archive, particularly
rich with detail
of curricula
and student life.
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