UTC Library’s Special Collections has been awarded a $3,679 Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board programming regrant through funding made available by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The grant funds will support an essential project to digitize, describe and publish online the records of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Chattanooga.
UTC mascot history exhibition gets Scrappy flyby
During “I Love UTC Week” from April 1-5, campus icon Scrappy flew by Special Collections and the display cases in the UTC Library’s Roth Grand Reading Room that Special Collections curates. The current exhibition, titled “‘Crowd-Energizing Mission’: A UTC Mascot Retrospective,” includes details and trivia sure to interest any Moc, and Scrappy was no exception. University Archivist Noah Lasley documented the event.
UTC Special Collections wins federal grant to process Dr. Tommie Brown’s personal papers
A $144,049 grant has been awarded to University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) to process the papers of Dr. Tommie Brown, a former UTC professor, department head and state legislator.
UTC Library Special Collections adds Lookout Mountain conservation photographs
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga recently debuted the Lookout Mountain Civilian Conservation Corps photographs collection as a part of its Chattanooga History Collections archive. It includes 25 photographs of the environment and workers spanning between 1933 and 1939.
UTC recognizes faculty with professorships, grants and professional leave
At the start of the fall semester, UTC celebrates not just the return of students to our classrooms but also the accomplishments and milestones of returning colleagues across campus. UTC makes good on its promise as an academic institution when we foster the intellectual growth of students and faculty members.
Chattanooga’s labor history added to UTC Library Digital Collections
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library’s Special Collections department has announced the publishing of two digital collections of photographs and documents detailing the labor and manufacturing history of Chattanooga.
Special Collections, AVA collaborate to showcase works of Chattanooga artist Barry Moser
A University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library Special Collections exhibit is going on the road for the first time. Special Collections and the Association for Visual Arts (AVA) have organized an exhibition of art pieces and fine bindings created by Barry Moser, a native of Chattanooga and a 1962 graduate of the University of Chattanooga. The presentation, titled “Transformation: Exploring the Art of Bookmaking with Barry Moser,” will take place from April 14 to May 26 at AVA, located at 30 Frazier Ave. on Chattanooga’s North Shore.
Dr. Tommie Brown, former UTC professor, department head and state legislator, donates her personal papers to the University
Dr. Tommie Brown, a former state legislator and professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has donated her personal papers to the UTC Library Special Collections.
UTC Library Special Collections receives grant to document Chattanooga’s labor history
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library’s Special Collections department has secured a grant to digitize documents and photographs detailing the history of labor and industry in Chattanooga.
Students document the lives of African-American women in Chattanooga with Mayor Council’s initiative to tell herstories
A collaboration of UTC’s Special Collections and Department of History, with the City of Chattanooga Mayor’s Council on Women, Southern Adventist University and Covenant College, captures the testimonies of local women to diversify the historical narrative of Chattanooga and add their unique perspectives.