DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDENT REPORTS
March 1985

East Tennessee State University
University Archives
P. O. Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338

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INTRODUCTION

Title: Department of Communication Student Reports
Collection Number: Accession No. 246
Physical Description: 1 folder
Creator: Jerry Hilliard
Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Department of Communication Student Reports were given to the University Archives by Jerry Hilliard on May 15, 1985. The material was opened for research in September 1986.

Access: The collection is open for research.

Processing Information: J.Shelton completed processing the collection in 1986.

BACKGROUND NOTE

The Department of Journalism began during the academic year 1967-1968. At that time the program largely concentrated on the print media, including news reporting, magazine and newspaper publication, advertising and public relations. With the increasing inclusion of courses involving radio and television broadcasting, in 1979 the department changed its name to the Department of Mass Communications. In 1982, the name was changed to the Department of Communication when the speech and theatre programs were added.

In March 1985, journalism instructor Dr. Jerry Hilliard assigned reports on persons for whom some of the East Tennessee State University buildings were named. Thirteen undergraduate students completed the assignment.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

Thirteen essays are contained in the Department of Communication Student Reports. Each report is a short biographical sketch of persons for whom campus buildings were named. Persons included in the reports are: Nell Jennings Dossett, Margaret Hayes Powell, Mayetta Carter, Earnest C. Ball, C. Hodges Mathes, William Flinn Rogers, David Sinclair Burleson, Ida Frances Stone, Ina Yoakley, Thomas Coleman Carson, John A. Clack, Jim Nance McCord and Alfred A. Taylor. The papers relate the reasons why each was chosen and contain anecdotes about each person. The reports are arranged alphabetically by subject within a single folder.

Important subjects covered in the collection includes:

Ball, Ernest C., 1895-
Burleson, David Sinclair, 1871-1953
Carson, T. C. (Thomas Coleman), 1891-1964
Carter, Mayetta Wilkinson, 1871-1957
Clack, John A. (John Alexander), 1907-1973
College students' writings
Dossett, Nell Jennings, 1903-1973
East Tennessee State University--Buildings
Mathes, Charles Hodge, 1879-1951
McCord, Jim Nance, 1879-1968
Powell, Margaret Hayes, 1889-1970
Rogers, William Flinn, 1898-1985
Stone, Ida Vance, 1883-1946
Taylor, Alfred Alexander, 1848-1931
Yoakley, Ina