GRETCHEN HYDER COLLECTION
Papers, 1939-1953

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

E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 430-4338

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INTRODUCTION

Title: Gretchen Hyder Collection
Collection Number: Accession 53 and L. C. No. MS-82-577
Physical Description: 1.5 linear feet
Creator: Gretchen Hyder
Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Gretchen Hyder Collection were donated to East Tennessee State University after the death of Miss Hyder in August 1962 and were stored in the Sherrod Library (ETSU). The collection was transferred to University Archives on May 2, 1979.

Access: The collection was opened for research in January 1981.

Processing Information: The Archives Staff completed processing the collection in 1981.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Gretchen Hyder was born in Carter County, Tennessee, October 18, 1896, the daughter of Dr. Nat E. and Eliza Treadway Hyder. She graduated from Milligan College in 1922, received her Master's degree from Peabody College in 1929, and did graduate work at Columbia University.

For several years Miss Hyder was supervisor of the schools of Carter County, and in 1938 she joined the faculty of East Tennessee State College as a supervisor of the elementary grades for East Tennessee. In the spring of 1961, Miss Hyder retired from the College and passed away the following year, on August 26, 1962. Miss Hyder had memberships in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Delta Kappa Gamma, American Association of University Women, East Tennessee Education Association, Tennessee Education Association and National Education Association.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The papers of Gretchen Hyder include correspondence between Miss Hyder and educational officials, teachers, speakers for workshops, lists of members, reports, plans, programs and bulletins of conferences. The arrangement of the collection is alphabetical as there are no series.

Important subjects covered in the collection are:

Curriculum planning
Education--Congresses
Elementary school teachers--In-service training
Elementary schools--Curricula--Congresses
Hyder, Gretchen
School supervision, Elementary--Congresses
School supervisors--In-service training
Teachers--In-service training

BOX AND FOLDER LIST

Box 1

1. Campus Workshop-Summer, 1948.
2. Curriculum Conference-Credit, 1945.
3. Curriculum Conference-List of Curriculum Conference members, 1940-43.
4. Curriculum Conference-Mimeographed materials, 1940-43.
5. Curriculum Conferences-Programs, 1940.
6. Curriculum Laboratory-Activities, 1939.
7. Elementary School Curriculum Conference-Summer, 1940.
8. Elementary School Curriculum Conference-Summer, 1941.
9. Elementary School Curriculum Conference-Summer, 1941.
10. Elementary School Curriculum Conference-Summer, 1942.
11. Elementary School Curriculum Conference-Summer, 1943.

Box 2

1. Elementary School Curriculum Conference-Summer, 1944.
2. Elementary School Curriculum Conference-Form letters.
3. In-service Training of Teachers, 1949-50.
4. In-service Training of Teachers, 1949-50.
5. In-service Training of Teachers, 1949-50.
6. Leadership Work Conference, 1951.
7. Preschool Conference, 1944-50.
8. Reading Clinic, 1952-53.
9. Seminar in supervision-Summer, 1941.
10. Seminar in supervision-Summer, 1942.
11. Small School Workshop-Bulletin, 1945-46.
12. Summer workshops-Summer, 1943.

Box 3

1. Summer workshops-Principles and Practice in Supervision, 1943.
2. Summer workshops-Principles and Practice in Supervision, 1944.
3. Summer workshops-Principles and Practice in Supervision, 1945.
4. Summer workshops-Principles and Practice in Supervision, 1946.
5. Summer workshop-Permit teachers, 1948.
6. Summer workshop-In-service education, 1949.
7. Workshop-Carter County, 1947.
8. Workshop-Hawkins County, 1947.
9. Workshop-Sullivan County, 1945-47.
10. Workshop Using Community Resources, 1947.
11. Workshops, 1944-45.

 

INDEX TO GRETCHEN HYDER COLLECTION*
*Notation following index term indicates box and folder location of indexed materials.

Carter County Workshop: 3-7.
Curriculum Conferences: 1-2 thru 1-5.
Curriculum Laboratory: 1-6.
Elementary School Curriculum Conferences: 1-7 thru 1-11, 2-1 thru 2-2.
Hawkins County Workshop: 3-8.

In-service training teachers: 2-3 thru 2-5.
Leadership Work Conference: 2-6.
Preschool Conference: 2-7.
Reading Clinic: 2-8.
Seminar in Supervision: 2-9 thru 2-10.

Small School Workshop: 2-11.
Sullivan County Workshop: 3-9.
Summer workshops: 2-12, 3-1 thru 3-6.
Workshop Using Community Resources: 3-10.