Papers, 1840-1965.

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Papers, 1840-1965.

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Series P8 contains the personal correspondence, memorabilia, writings, and scrapbooks of John James Tigert, third president of the University of Florida. Also included in the series are documents related to the Tigert and McTyeire families. Of particular note are records related to Tigert's father, Bishop John James Tigert (1856-1906), his mother, Amelia McTyeire Tigert, and Tigert's maternal grandfather, Bishop Holland Nimmons Mctyeire. The series documents the childhood and early education of President Tigert, his college education at Vanderbilt University, and his Rhodes scholarship at Oxford. His careers at the University of Kentucky and as U.S. Commissioner of Education are extensively recorded. The series also chronicles Tigert's career after his retirement as president of the University of Florida. Finally, the series contains President Tigert's speeches, diaries, lecture notes and other writings.

8.3 linear ft. (18 boxes, 8 vols.)

University of Florida

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Tigert, John James, 1882-1965

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John James Tigert was born February 11, 1882, the third child of John James Tigert III (1857?-1906) and Amelia McTyeire Tigert. Amelia Tigert was the daughter of Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire, first president of the Board of Trust of Vanderbilt University. Her mother, Amelia Townsend McTyeire, was a cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt. John James Tigert III was a member of Vanderbilt's faculty and a bishop in the Methodist Church. John J. Tigert received his secondary educa...

United States. Office of Education

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The Engineering, Science, and Management War Training (ESMWT) program trained students to participate in defense activities, in order to meet the shortage of engineers, chemists, physicists, and production supervisors during World War II. The Duke University ESMWT was administered by A.S. Brower, and was overseen by the United States Department of Education. From the description of Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Program records, 1940-1945. (Duke University Library)...

Tigert, Jno. J. (John James), 1856-1906

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McTyeire, Holland Nimmons, 1824-1889

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