Roy Acuff talks about the new Opry house Albert Gore Research Center 2026-09-28 | Roy Acuff talks about the new Opry house
Leonard Fielding Chapman Jr., Recollections Interview Part 1 Albert Gore Research Center 2023-10-30 | Recollections: The Middle Tennessee Voices of Their Time was a television series that aired on Middle Tennessee State University’s television channel beginning in 1983. MTSU Television Services produced the show, which was taped in Studio A of the Learning Resources Center on campus. Dr. Bob Bullen, a professor of education at MTSU, hosted the show and served as the interviewer in most episodes. Bullen also researched interviewees prior to each episode’s taping.This is a two-part interview with retired Marine general Leonard Chapman, Jr.and his wife Emily, who are joined by MTSU professor Bob Womack. The Chapmans talk the history of their families in Tennessee, his long military career and service during WWII, including Pearl Harbor.Part 2: youtu.be/y7TJLcWtfvc
Leonard Fielding Chapman Jr., Recollections Interview Part 2 Albert Gore Research Center 2023-10-27 | Recollections: The Middle Tennessee Voices of Their Time was a television series that aired on Middle Tennessee State University’s television channel beginning in 1983. MTSU Television Services produced the show, which was taped in Studio A of the Learning Resources Center on campus. Dr. Bob Bullen, a professor of education at MTSU, hosted the show and served as the interviewer in most episodes. Bullen also researched interviewees prior to each episode’s taping.This is a two-part interview with retired Marine general Leonard Chapman, Jr.and his wife Emily, who are joined by MTSU professor Bob Womack. The Chapmans talk the history of their families in Tennessee, his long military career and service during WWII, including Pearl Harbor.Part 1: youtu.be/tWPk41cI60U
Willie Brandon on Recollections (Part 2) Albert Gore Research Center 2023-06-15 | MTSU's Bob Bullen interviews Willie Brandon, an 85 year old custodian of the Rutherford CountyCourthouse and an “institution in this county.” Part 2 includes a discussion with Brandon about the jobs he held as a cook at the City Café and Lamb’s, and later when he was self-employed. Brandon tells of his cooking a meal for General McArthur, when he visited Murfreesboro in 1951, and reminisces about the various historical events he lived through, including the landing on the moon and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Brandon concludes his interview with his views on education and the advice he would give to young people.The interview was for the MTSU television show called Recollections: The Middle Tennessee Voices of Their Time. This interview originally aired on March 2nd, 1992. There is no transcript at this time.Part 1: youtu.be/z9YIqlxvs0s
Willie Brandon on Recollections (Part 1) Albert Gore Research Center 2023-06-15 | MTSU's Bob Bullen interviews Willie Brandon, an 85 year old custodian of the Rutherford CountyCourthouse and an “institution in this county.” In Part 1 Brandon, born in 1906, discusses his childhood, his education, a move to Chicago, and his memories of both World Wars. He discusses in length, his grandfather, a former slave, and the role he played in Brandon’s life and in the town of Murfreesboro.The interview was for the MTSU television show called Recollections: The Middle Tennessee Voices of Their Time. This interview originally aired on March 2nd, 1992. There is no transcript at this time.Part 2: youtu.be/sqAyaWq6q2c
Fayne Haynes on Recollections (Part 3) Albert Gore Research Center 2022-05-12 | MTSU's Bob Bullen interviews (Elmer) Fayne Haynes, a business man and WWII US Army veteran who served in the 612th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The interview was for the MTSU television show called Recollections, and took place around October 1991. There is no transcript at this time.Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=9L4LdbOOcRcPart 2: youtube.com/watch?v=MOEgBLJsw_Y&t=3s
Fayne Haynes on Recollections (Part 2) Albert Gore Research Center 2022-05-12 | MTSU's Bob Bullen interviews (Elmer) Fayne Haynes, a business man and WWII US Army veteran who served in the 612th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The interview was for the MTSU television show called Recollections, and took place around October 1991. There is no transcript at this time.Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=9L4LdbOOcRcPart 3: youtu.be/gNbhDiNx47c
Fayne Haynes on Recollections (Part 1) Albert Gore Research Center 2022-05-12 | MTSU's Bob Bullen interviews (Elmer) Fayne Haynes, a business man and WWII US Army veteran who served in the 612th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The interview was for the MTSU television show called Recollections, and took place around October 1991. There is no transcript at this time.Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=MOEgBLJsw_YPart 3: youtube.com/watch?v=gNbhDiNx47c
Remembering the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor Albert Gore Research Center 2021-12-07 | Transcript for video: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/Pearl-Harbor-transcript.pdfThe Albert Gore Research Center remembers the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with three oral history clips from the Middle Tennessee Oral History Project. These clips cover home front activities as well as eyewitness accounts from veterans. #PearlHarbor #WWII #OralHistoryFor more oral histories or to research our collections, visit https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Nashville Pride Parade 1988 Albert Gore Research Center 2021-10-29 | This clip from the WKRN News Archive housed at the Albert Gore Research Center shows the 1988 Pride parade in Nashville that marched from Fannie Mae Dees Park to Centennial Park on June 25. For more LGBTQ archival material, visit https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/digital-collections.php and visit nashvillequeerhistory.com
Sam Langham, Jr. - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2021-08-25 | Sam Langham, Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30, 1923 to the late Sam B. Langham Sr. and Louise Sims Langham. Sam Enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 in WWII. He served in the 634th Quartermaster Battalion, 3rd Army until 1945. In this interview, he also discusses his time running a laundry business, working as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service, and driving limousines for music stars like Billy Ray Cyrus.A draft of the transcript is available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/Sam-Langham-Transcript.pdfContact us at the Albert Gore Research Center for more information on our oral history and archival collections. https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/#OralHistory #TennesseeHistory #AmericanEducation #MTSU
Sarah McKelley King - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2021-04-08 | This interview is # 191 of the Middle Tennessee Oral History Project. Sarah M. King discusses her childhood in Middle Tennessee (including Murfreesboro and Nashville), her parents, her husband Walter Huey King; working at a U.S. Naval hospital in California; her involvement in the Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities, the Sam Davis Home Association, and the Daughters of the American Revolution; experiences with politicians like Al Gore, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. Transcript available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/MT191King.pdfThe Sarah M. King Papers are also housed at the Albert Gore Research Center. Contact us at mtsu.edu/gorecenter to research her papers or to find out more about our other oral histories.#OralHistory #TennesseeHistory #PoliticalHistory #AmericanHistory #WomensHistory
Ruth Bowdoin - Oral History #2 Albert Gore Research Center 2021-04-06 | In this interview for the Q.M. Smith Oral History Project, Ruth Bowdoin discusses some early parts of her life, her cancer diagnosis, her time teaching public school, former MTSU President Q.M. Smith, and her husband Wilmoth Bowen Bowdoin, who was the first Dean for the School of Education at MTSU.Transcript for this interview here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/QM117_Bowdoin.pdfLink to Ruth Bowdoin's other oral history: youtu.be/SGuDOp1VzJ0Contact us at the Albert Gore Research Center for more information on our oral history and archival collections. https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/#OralHistory #TennesseeHistory #AmericanEducation #MTSU
Ruth Bowdoin - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2021-04-06 | In this oral history interview, Ruth Bowdoin discusses her time as an innovative educator and her creation of the Classroom on Wheels program. She also discusses the “Bowdoin Method." This interview is #5 in the Middle Tennessee Oral History Project. Transcript for this interview available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/MT005Bowdoin.pdfBowdoin was also interviewed as part of the Q.M. Smith Oral History Project: youtu.be/OQHpSXTSrnQContact us at the Albert Gore Research Center for more information on our oral history and archival collections. https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/#OralHistory #TennesseeHistory #AmericanEducation
Olivia Woods - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2021-03-08 | In this interview from the Middle Tennessee Oral History Project, Olivia Murray Woods discusses her childhood in Rutherford County, integrating MTSU, Murfreesboro's Black businesses, her family and other experiences she had in her life.Olivia M. Woods is most known for being the first Black student at MTSU, integrating the university in 1962.Transcription available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/MT46Woods.pdf#OralHistory #BlackHistory #TennesseeHistory
Michael McDonald - Oral History Part 1 Albert Gore Research Center 2021-03-08 | In part 1 of the oral history with Michael McDonald, he discusses his childhood and his time at MTSU, including becoming the school's first Black student body president.A transcription is forthcoming. We apologize for the inaccessibility.#OralHistory #BlackHistory #TennesseeHistory
Mary Beanie Secrest - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2021-01-06 | Mary "Beanie" Secrest was interviewed by James Havron on October 7, 2013 in Franklin, Tennessee. In this interview, Secrest discusses segregated schools, integration, childhood activities, her time at MTSU, being the first Black woman to play basketball at MTSU, her time teaching and other events after MTSU. There is no transcript at this time for this interview, but there is a log, which you can access here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/MT518SecrestLOG.pdfContact us at the Albert Gore Research Center for more information on our oral history and archival collections. https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter#MTSU #OralHistory #BlackHistory
Monuments, Memory, White Supremacy Book Talk Albert Gore Research Center 2020-12-21 | Annotated transcript of this talk can be found at : https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/BookTalkAnnotatedTranscript.pdfContact us at the Albert Gore Research Center for more information on our oral history and archival collections. https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/A Zoom recording. Author Connor Towne O'Neill will discuss his new book, Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy (Algonquin, 2020). Through the lens of conflicts over Nathan Bedford Forrest monuments at Middle Tennessee State University, and in Selma, Nashville, and Memphis, O'Neill examines the legacy of white supremacy in America. Mr. O'Neill's writing has appeared in New York magazine, Vulture, Slate, RBMA, and the Village Voice. He teaches at Auburn University. Joining Mr. O'Neill in discussion will be Joshua Crutchfield, who participated in the Forrest Hall protests recounted in Mr. O'Neill's book when he was earning his MA in History at MTSU, and Sarah Calise, Albert Gore Research Center archivist, who has published on the protests and with, University Archivist Donna Baker, developed the Forrest Hall Protest Collection, an extensive archive of primary sources documenting the use of Confederate symbols on the MTSU campus, and the history of protest against those symbols.
Richard Palmer - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2020-08-07 | This interview is part of the Middle Tennessee Oral History Project. Betty Rowland interviewed Richard Palmer on July 3, 2003 at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In this interview, Palmer recalls his time in the Navy during World War II. Other topics he discusses include the Great Depression, the Tennessee Maneuvers, the Murfreesboro Public Square, Palmer Produce,the Lion's Club, and rural farm life.Transcript of this interview available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/MT176Palmer.pdfContact us at the Albert Gore Research Center for more information on our oral history and archival collections. https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
John Henry Tucker - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2020-06-25 | This interview is part of the Middle Tennessee Oral History Project. Betty Rowland interviewed John Henry Tucker on April 4, 2003 at his home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He served in the U.S. Army in L Company, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. Subjects covered in his interview include: childhood in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Maneuvers, WWII home front, basic training, Korean War, Vietnam War, segregation, and the GI Bill.Transcript of this interview available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/MT168-Tucker-Transcript.pdfContact us at the Albert Gore Research Center for more information on our oral history and archival collections. https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Recollections Clyde Rees Part Two Albert Gore Research Center 2020-06-15 | MTSU's Dr. Bob Bullen interviews World War II veteran Clyde Rees for Recollections: The Middle Tennessee Voices of Their Times. In the one part interview, Rees discusses his service in the 20th Air Force and 3rd Photo Squadron during World War II. Rees talks about his involvement in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his training, and B-29s.Interview date 24 May 1988Please contact the Albert Gore Research Center for the video log. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Recollections Clyde Rees Part One Albert Gore Research Center 2020-06-15 | MTSU's Dr. Bob Bullen interviews World War II veteran Clyde Rees for Recollections: The Middle Tennessee Voices of Their Times. In the one part interview, Rees discusses his service in the 20th Air Force and 3rd Photo Squadron during World War II. Rees talks about his involvement in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his training, and B-29s.Interview date 24 May 1988Please contact the Albert Gore Research Center for the video log. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Holocaust Remembrance Day - Liberation of Concentration Camps Oral History Clips Albert Gore Research Center 2020-04-20 | A transcript for this video is available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/Holocaust-Remembrance-Day-Transcript.pdfThis video features oral history clips from four different World War II veterans who liberated concentration camps in Germany and Poland. The interviewees are Paris Brewer, Charles Neal, Robert Hughes, and Harry Snodgrass. We share these stories in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah. Their complete oral histories are housed in the Albert Gore Research Center's collections.Image citations:Image 1: Birkenau Concentration Camp, Poland. URL: utah-primoprod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=digcoll_ore_47lowenstam%2Fdf6976980&context=L&vid=MWDLImage 2: Mass grave, Nordhausen Concentration Camp. URL: https://dp.la/item/b420ce6548ab414a41c1371b18b6cc9a?q=nordhausen%20concentration%20campImage 3: Crematorium at Buchenwald. URL: frankfallaarchive.org/prisons/buchenwald-concentration-campImage 4: Child Prisoners Being Led out of Buchenwald. URL: frankfallaarchive.org/prisons/buchenwald-concentration-camp
Recollections - Theodore Bigger - World War II and Bataan Death March Albert Gore Research Center 2020-04-10 | MTSU's Bob Bullen interviews Theodore C. Bigger, a retired professor, WWII veteran, and survivor of the Bataan Death March and Japanese POW camps. In this episode of "Recollections: The Middle Tennessee Voices of their Time," Bigger discusses his time in the army and the Philippines prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent attacks in the Pacific by the Japanese forces. The second half of the interview is largely about his time in various prison camps, including Camp O’Donnell and Billabid Prison, and camps located south of Manila and in Davao. He concludes the interview by discussing his rescue and return to the United States. The interview was conducted on September 20, 1983 and it aired on October 2, 1985.A log for this interview is available. Contact the Albert Gore Research Center to obtain a copy: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/contact.php
Joseph T. Smith - Oral History Interview Albert Gore Research Center 2020-02-03 | Middle Tennessee Oral History Project interview #347 for Joseph T. Smith, Middle Tennessee State University alumnus and Director of Bands emeritus. For a transcript of this interview, please contact the Albert Gore Research Center. https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/index.php
Stories United Albert Gore Research Center 2020-01-28 | Professor Debra Boyd and her MTSU Fundamentals of Communication Class present "Stories United." First person narratives captured on 14 September 2018.
Vincent J. DeGeorge - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2020-01-27 | Vincent J. DeGeorge was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 1910. In this interview, he discusses his childhood growing up in Murfreesboro, his parents' businesses, the Tennessee Maneuvers, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and serving in the Army during World War II.This interview is part of the Middle Tennessee Oral History Collection housed at the Albert Gore Research Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Please contact the Gore Center for the transcript file. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Battle of the Bulge 75th Anniversary - Oral History Clips Albert Gore Research Center 2019-12-16 | The Albert Gore Research Center proudly presents this video featuring four oral history clips from our veterans oral history collections. Each clip discusses an experience during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The battle took place from December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945, and it was the last major German offensive on the Western Front of the war. Transcript of this video available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/Battle-of-Bulge-Transcript.pdfThe four clips come from the oral histories with: John Helton, Paris Brewer, Harold Agee, and Richard Robinson. Contact us for more information on our veterans oral histories: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/Image credits below. Please contact the Albert Gore Research Center for the transcript.Thumbnail image: Photograph of Members of the 101st Airborne Division as they Move out of Bastogne, Belgium. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/12010172Image 1: Patrol of American infantrymen taking break in the snow. Pikes Peak Library District. URL: cdm15981.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15981coll21/id/43Image 2: American soldiers in a German prison camp near Limburg, Germany. Oklahoma Historical Society. URL: gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc642013Image 3: Soldiers use blankets to protect themselves from cold on their way to Luxembourg front via convoy during the Battle of the Bulge. Mountain West Digital Library. URL: utah-primoprod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=digcoll_byu_12JMHes%2F2424&context=L&vid=MWDLImage 4: Four jeeps, one with empty stretcher, stopped in deep snow. Pikes Peak Library District. URL: cdm15981.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15981coll21/id/61Image 5: Single file of U.S. infantrymen advancing through the snow. Pikes Peak Library District. URL: cdm15981.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15981coll21/id/72Image 6: Medics attending to wounded soldier. Pikes Peak Library District. URL: cdm15981.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15981coll21/id/37
Jere M. Warner - Oral History Clip on Tennessee Maneuvers Albert Gore Research Center 2019-10-21 | This is a clip from Jere M. Warner's oral history interview with his daughter, Suzanne, from April 1990. In this clip, he describes the World War Two military training exercises in Middle Tennessee called the Tennessee Maneuvers. The full oral history audio and transcript are available at the Albert Gore Research Center, contact us for access: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/contact.php. Jere M. Warner was a graduate of Central High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 1946, after which he volunteered for the United States Army. He was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division to serve in the Army of Occupation in Japan during World War II. He returned to the U.S. and joined the Tennessee National Guard, in which he served for 33 years and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He attended Middle Tennessee State College, earning a bachelor's in chemistry and a master's in administration and supervision. He pursued a career in education and taught chemistry and physics for many years at Central High School and McMinn County High School. He later served as Director of Instruction for the Rutherford County School System.Jere Warner passed away at the age of 92 on October 12, 2019.
Albert Gore, Sr., Voting Rights, Civil Rights, and Public Policy Albert Gore Research Center 2019-09-25 | Al Gore, 45th vice President of the United States, joined Prof. Anthony J. Badger, author of "Albert Gore, Sr.: A Political Life" (Univ. of Penn. Press), and MTSU faculty members Mary Evins, Louis M. Kyriakoudes, and Kent Syler, for a discussion of his father's politics and policies and what they mean for us today. The event was held on the Middle Tennessee State University campus September 16, 2019. Read more about the event here: mtsunews.com/al-gore-father-biography-forum
Recollections Baxter Hobgood Part 3 Albert Gore Research Center 2019-09-06 | Host Dr. Bob Bullen, Professor of Educational Leadership at Middle Tennessee State University, talks with Baxter Hobgood, a retired school teacher, superintendent, coach, and alumnus of MTSU, who helped establish the Murfreesboro City School system. Part 1 of the interview covers information about Hobgood’s childhood in North Carolina, his school career, and his time as a student at MTSU in the 1920’s. In Part 2, Hobgood continues the discussion about his time at MTSU, and what made him decide to stay in Murfreesboro and take a job with the City Schools; he discusses his time teaching, coaching and traveling with the teams he coached. Part 2 ends with Hobgood remembering where he was the day Pearl Harbor was attacked and the impact of the war on the schools. Part 3 begins with Hobgood discussing the impact of WWII on the campus of MTSU. The rest of the interview covers the time Hobgood spent as the superintendent of the Murfreesboro City Schools, how he did the job, and what he looked for in the classrooms and the teachers he hired.Please contact the Albert Gore Center for the video log. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Recollections Baxter Hobgood Part 2 Albert Gore Research Center 2019-09-06 | Host Dr. Bob Bullen, Professor of Educational Leadership at Middle Tennessee State University, talks with Baxter Hobgood, a retired school teacher, superintendent, coach, and alumnus of MTSU, who helped establish the Murfreesboro City School system. Part 1 of the interview covers information about Hobgood’s childhood in North Carolina, his school career, and his time as a student at MTSU in the 1920’s. In Part 2, Hobgood continues the discussion about his time at MTSU, and what made him decide to stay in Murfreesboro and take a job with the City Schools; he discusses his time teaching, coaching and traveling with the teams he coached. Part 2 ends with Hobgood remembering where he was the day Pearl Harbor was attacked and the impact of the war on the schools. Part 3 begins with Hobgood discussing the impact of WWII on the campus of MTSU. The rest of the interview covers the time Hobgood spent as the superintendent of the Murfreesboro City Schools, how he did the job, and what he looked for in the classrooms and the teachers he hired.Please contact the Albert Gore Research Center for the video log. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Recollections Baxter Hobgood Part 1 Albert Gore Research Center 2019-09-05 | Host Dr. Bob Bullen, Professor of Educational Leadership at Middle Tennessee State University, talks with Baxter Hobgood, a retired school teacher, superintendent, coach, and alumnus of MTSU, who helped establish the Murfreesboro City School system. Part 1 of the interview covers information about Hobgood’s childhood in North Carolina, his school career, and his time as a student at MTSU in the 1920’s. In Part 2, Hobgood continues the discussion about his time at MTSU, and what made him decide to stay in Murfreesboro and take a job with the City Schools; he discusses his time teaching, coaching and traveling with the teams he coached. Part 2 ends with Hobgood remembering where he was the day Pearl Harbor was attacked and the impact of the war on the schools. Part 3 begins with Hobgood discussing the impact of WWII on the campus of MTSU. The rest of the interview covers the time Hobgood spent as the superintendent of the Murfreesboro City Schools, how he did the job, and what he looked for in the classrooms and the teachers he hired.Please contact the Albert Gore Research Center for the video log. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Kent Syler, December 1987 Albert Gore Research Center 2019-07-18 | A 1987 clip from the WKRN archive (unprocessed), Hank Allison interviews Kent Syler, now MTSU Political Science professor and Albert Gore Research Center Special Projects Coordinator. The focus of this clip is on Syler's work as campaign manager for Bob Clement's House run. His work with Representative Bart Gordon is also mentioned.Running Time: Approximately 2:53 minutes
Murphy Center Concerts Albert Gore Research Center 2019-06-14 | Using oral history interviews from our collections, the Gore Center tells a story about Murphy Center and the acts that have visited Middle Tennessee State University over the years.
Horace B. Reed - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2019-06-13 | Horace B. Reed, Jr. served in the Army during World War Two. He is the son of Horace Beecher Reed and Marcus Carthron Reed of Etowah, Tennessee. In the interview, he recalls his father’s work during the Great Depression, his time at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he studied zoology and was part of the Enlisted Reserve Corps, his training at Fort McClellan and induction into the army at Fort Oglethorpe, his studies at Johns Hopkins University, his 84th Infantry Division assignment at Camp Clayburn in Louisiana, and his transport to and combat stint in Europe as a machine gunner. Reed concludes the interview by discussing his time at Middle Tennessee State University and his memories of running the Country Music Marathon with his wife.This interview is part of the Middle Tennessee Oral History Collection housed at the Albert Gore Research Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Please contact the Gore Center for the transcript file. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
Mary Caruthers Scales - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2019-04-19 | This is one of two oral history interviews Mary Caruthers Scales participated in for the Albert Gore Research Center. Betty Rowland conducted this oral history on August 25, 2000, and it is identified as part of the Middle Tennessee Oral History Project, interview # 19. Transcript available here: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/MT19Scales.pdf
Clyde Phillip Jones - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2019-01-23 | Clyde Phillip Jones served in the Army during World War Two. In the interview, he recalls the Army, the war, and rural farm life.This interview is part of the Middle Tennessee Oral History Collection housed at the Albert Gore Research Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Please contact the Gore Center for the transcript file. Contact information can be found on our website: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/
James Richardson - Oral History Albert Gore Research Center 2019-01-04 | This is an oral history with James Richardson, a Korean War veteran and prisoner of war, acquired by the Albert Gore Research Center. The recording of the interview was informal, and the donor states that the interview went on long after the tape ran out. A transcript is available upon request, please contact the Gore Center: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/contact.php
Readyville Mill Oral History - Bobbie Hayes Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-29 | Transcript of Hayes oral history: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ13_Hayes.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Mable Helton Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-29 | Transcript of Hayes oral history: https://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ17_Helton.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Jane Rust and Thea Prince Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of Hayes oral history: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ16_JaneRustAndTheaPrince.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Jean Gilley Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of oral history: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ15_JeanGilley.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Randle Branch Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of Sharp oral history: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ14_RandleBranch.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978.
Readyville Mill Oral History - Robert W. Peay, Sr. Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of Robert W. Peay Sr.'s oral history: http://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ1_RobertPeay.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Ray and Henrietta Barker Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of Barker oral history: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ2_RayBarker.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - James N. Lassiter, Jr. Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of Lassiter oral history: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ3_JamesLassiter.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Tomm Brady Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript for Brady oral history: https://www.mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ5_TommBrady.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Willie Brandon Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of Brandon oral history: http://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ6_WillieBrandon.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Irving C. Stroop, Jr. Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of Stroop oral history: http://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ7_IrvingStroop.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
Readyville Mill Oral History - Elizabeth M. Barrett Albert Gore Research Center 2018-11-28 | Transcript of Barrett oral history: http://mtsu.edu/gorecenter/docs/PARQ8_ElizabethBarrett.pdfDescription of this oral history project:The Tennessee organization called Preserving the Area's Rural Qualities (PARQ) conducted oral histories of residents who recalled the days of Readyville Mill's operation. The mill began operating as a grist mill on the Stones River around 1812. The original structure burned in the 1860s and was rebuilt in the 1870s. Over the years, the mill was used for grinding grain, lumber operation, producing ice, and generating electricity. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The mill finally closed in 1978. PARQ website: http://www.parq.org
