DAVID SINCLAIR BURLESON PAPERS
1896-1954 and undated
East Tennessee State University
University Archives
P. O. Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614-1701
E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338
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INTRODUCTION
Title: David Sinclair Burleson Papers
Collection Number: Accession No. 35; Library of Congress No. MS 82-551
Physical Description: 2 linear feet
Creator: David Sinclair Burleson
Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance: The papers of David Sinclair Burleson were placed in Sherrod Library (date unknown) and transferred to the Archives of Appalachia on February 15, 1979 and opened to researchers on May 18, 1979. Additional papers were found in basement of the Sherrod Library on October 19, 1995 and transferred to the archives. An addition was made to the collection by Harold Burleson and Steve Preston, Milligan College Library, on October 1, 2001.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processing Information: Ned Irwin processed additional materials added to the collection in 1997 and 2001.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
David Sinclair Burleson was born on December 27, 1871, in the Limestone Cove, Carter-Unicoi County, Tennessee, area. He attended local schools and received both the A. B. and M. A. degrees from Milligan College in 1891. He later attended the University of Virginia, Harvard, and the University of Chicago. He taught at Tazewell Virginia College until 1898, when he moved to Florence State Normal School, Florence, Alabama. In 1911, Burleson became one of the first faculty members of East Tennessee Normal School, where he served as instructor and chairman of the mathematics department. Later, he transferred to the English department and became Dean of the Faculty. He retired in 1947 and died July 22, 1953.
Burleson wrote several books on English grammar and the official history of East Tennessee State College. He served as executive secretary of the East Tennessee Teachers Association for more than 25 years and was active in church affairs. He received an honorary L.L.D. degree from Milligan College in 1951.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The David Sinclar Burleson Papers consist of correspondence, course notes, speeches, personal financial records, and miscellaneous printed matter documenting Burleson's personal life and his experience as an educator.
Organization: Material is arranged alphabetically by subject and filed chronologically with undated material following dated material.
Important subjects in the collection include:
Burleson, David Sinclair, 1871-1953
East Tennessee State University
Education
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
Box 1
1. Bible class lecture notebooks, 1913 and 1917
2. Class rolls, 1913-Spring 1915
3. Class rolls, Summer 1915-Winter 1917
4. Class rolls, Spring 1917-Summer 1919
5. Class rolls, Fall 1919-Summer 1922
6. Class rolls, Summer 1922-Summer 1924
7. Class rolls, Fall 1924-Summer 1926
Box 2
1. Committee on the Articulation of Academic Subjects, c. 1912
2. Correspondence, 1913-47 and undated
3. Civilian Pilot Training, 1942
4. Diary, Dec. 27, 1944-July 18, 1945
5. Disbursements/receipts, 1916-1926
6. Educational campaign, undated
7. European history notebook, undated
8. Financial records, 1926-33
9. Financial records. Canceled checks and receipts, 1920-44
10. Financial records. Check stubs, 1929-30
11. Gervin, Spencer, 1936
12. Gilbreath, Sidney G., 1942
13. Grade book, Florence State Normal School, Florence, Alabama, 1907-1910
14. Inaugural Committee, 1926
15. Kellog's Improved Class Register by W. H. Jones and D. S. Burleson, copyright 1926
16. Miscellaneous papers, 1949-54 and undated
17. Miscellaneous publications, 1947-1948Box 3
1. Monday Club speech notes, 1928
2. Newspaper articles submitted by Dean Burleson, 1930-1936 and undated
3. Notebooks. Miscellaneous, 1915 and undated
4. Notebooks. Miscellaneous, 1936 and undated
5. Poem: "But We Must Win!," undated
6. "Purposes of the Normal School," 1911
7. Schedule of Recitations, 1915
8. Speech: "The Destiny of the English-Speaking People," undated [notebook]
Box 4
1. Stationary, undated
2. Students correspondence, 1938-1946
3. Training School commencement, 1951
4. University of Virginia school materials, 1896-1916 and undated
5. Upper East Tennessee High School Tournament, 1926
6. V-5 Pilot Training Program, 1943 and undated