FRANK M. HODGSON COLLECTION, 1865 - 2000 Processed by: Jenna D. Stout Montgomery County Department of Preservation of Records Date Completed: March 7, 2017 Location: AR 29/1-1.1 – AR 29/1-2.6; AR 29/1-8.5 Accession Number: 2004.003 Frank M. Hodgson Collection Acc. #: 2004.003 INTRODUCTION The Frank M. Hodgson Collection was donated by Dr. Frank McGuire Hodgson, who amassed a large personal collection of historical documents and papers. The collection consists of approximately 300 items arranged into 13 boxes. Access to this collection may be permitted for the purposes of personal and scholarly research. The Montgomery County Archives requires that the following credit line be used in all publications to identify that the image or document used is from its holdings: Courtesy of the Montgomery County Archives. Specific citation of where the image or document is located (collection, box, folder, etc.) should be made in an acknowledgements section, footnote, or bibliography. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Frank M. Hodgson Collection contains approximately 300 items, consisting of documents related to public education and local history in Montgomery County, Tennessee. It includes nineteenth-century diaries, lists, photographs, reports, genealogical data, pamphlets, histories, and newspaper clippings. In 2004, Dr. Frank McGuire Hodgson donated this collection. Hodgson, a Clarksville native, dedicated his career to education and school administration. His research on early public schools in Montgomery County culminated in a doctoral dissertation, The Growth and Development of the Public School Movement in Montgomery County, Tennessee, 1806-1913, completed in 1984 at Vanderbilt University. Much of the collection contains materials on various school histories from the late 19th-mid-20th centuries in Montgomery County. An assortment of documents also trace the life and work of Samuel Leonard (S.L.) Smith, a renowned leader in school plant design and planning with ties to the former Southwestern Presbyterian University campus in Clarksville. Smith’s work supervising rural schools and designing community school plans with the Julius Rosenwald Fund eventually led to his appointment as the director of the Julius Rosenwald Fund Southern Office in Nashville. Various books, periodicals, and pamphlets cover historic moments in local history, including the Black Patch War and the Bicentennial Celebration. Newspaper clippings from the “Cumberland Lore” section of The Leaf Chronicle span from 1984 to 1993 and include articles on local history topics. Issues of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, spanning from Fall 1975 to Summer 2002, were previously processed and combined into the Tennessee Historical Quarterly Collection. Due to size constraints, a copy of Webster’s Third International New Dictionary (1971) is stored separately at AR 29/1-8.5. All photographs and slides are housed in the Archives Photograph Collection. 2 Frank M. Hodgson Collection Acc. #: 2004.003 Series I: Frank M. Hodgson and Family Materials This section contains 2 boxes filled with materials focused on the work and family of Dr. Frank M. Hodgson. Series II: Rural School Education Materials This section contains 4 boxes filled with materials focused on rural school education, the Julius Rosenwald Fund, and S.L. Smith’s writings. Series III: Montgomery County History Materials This section contains 4 boxes filled with materials focused on the local history in and surrounding Montgomery County, Tennessee. Series IV: Tennessee History Materials This section contains 3 boxes filled with materials focused on the history of Tennessee. 3 Frank M. Hodgson Collection Acc. #: 2004.003 CONTAINER LIST Series I Box 1 1. Diaries--When Duty Calls: The Civil War Diary of Sergeant Robert B. Tarpley, 1861- 1865, Transcribed and Edited by Frank M. Hodgson, 1993 2. Diaries--The Civil War Diary of Robert B. Tarpley, Robert B. Tarpley, 1861-1865 (photocopy) 3. Genealogy--Hodgson Family Trees and Genealogical Data, 1790-1967 4. Papers--John Nick Barker Papers, 1967 . Papers--“John Nick Barker,” A Paper Presented to Dr. Henry, Department of History, Austin Peay State University, In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for History, Frank M. Hodgson, November 1967 . Papers--“Chapter I, Introduction,” pp.1-2 . Papers--“Chapter II, Land Holdings,” pp. 3-5 . Papers--“Chapter III,” pp. 6-8 . Papers--“Chapter IV, The War Years, 1860-1865,” pp. 9-13 . Papers--“Chapter V, Summary” . Bibliography--Bibliography for John Nick Barker Papers . Notes--Legal Pad of Notes on John Nick Barker 5. Dissertations, Academic--The Growth and Development of the Public School Movement in Montgomery County, Tennessee, 1806-1913, Dissertation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1984 (Part 1, Pages 1-123) 6. Dissertations, Academic--The Growth and Development of the Public School Movement in Montgomery County, Tennessee, 1806-1913, Dissertation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1984 (Part 2, Pages 124-256) 7. Bibliography--Dissertation Bibliography & Index Card Notes, Frank M. Hodgson, September 9, 1984 8. Educational reports--Project Set: Professional Development Schools. A Model PDS for Local Systemic Reform Strategies for Educating Teachers, Developed and Written by Dr. Frank M. Hodgson, Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools, 2001 (Binder Contents) 9. Educational reports--Project Set: Professional Development Schools. A Model PDS for Local Systemic Reform Strategies for Educating Teachers, Developed and Written by Dr. Frank M. Hodgson, Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools, 2001 (2 CDS) 4 Frank M. Hodgson Collection Acc. #: 2004.003 Box 2 1. Bibliography--Slavery Bibliography, Montgomery County, Tennessee: 1700 to 1865, Frank M. Hodgson, April 22, 1984-December 11, 1985 . Bibliography--Slavery Bibliography, Montgomery County, Tennessee: 1700 to 1865, Frank M. Hodgson, April 22, 1984 updated version . Bibliography--Slave Bibliography, Montgomery County, Tennessee: 1700 to 1865, Frank M. Hodgson, Last Revision March 15, 1985 . Bibliography--History Reference [Slave Bibliography], Montgomery County, Tennessee: 1700 to 1865, Frank M. Hodgson, Last Revision December 11, 1985 (2 copies) . Bibliography--Slave Bibliography, pp. 1-10 . Notes--Legal Pad Notes about Works on Slavery, n.d. Notes--Legal Pad Notes Listing the Call Numbers for Various Books, n.d. 2. Articles--Education in Montgomery County, Tennessee, Frank M. Hodgson, The Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville, TN . Articles--“Black Education in Montgomery County, 1864-1869,” Frank M. Hodgson, The Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville, TN, February 1984 . Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)--Hodgson, Frank M., “Local Education for Blacks Began During Civil War,” The Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville, TN, Sunday, February 19, 1984 . Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)--Hodgson, Frank M., “Local Education for Blacks Began During Civil War,” The Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville, TN, Sunday, February 19, 1984 (laminated) . Papers--“Clarksville-Montgomery County Historical Society,” Frank M. Hodgson, A Paper Read Before the Historical Society, February 20, 1984 . Articles--Hodgson, Frank M., “Education in Montgomery County, Tennessee: 1784-1915,” The Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville, TN, June 3, 1984 . Newspapers--“Clarksville’s 200th, Education,” The Leaf Chronicle, Sunday, June 3, 1984 3. Speech--“Honor, Hunting, and Slavery: Achieving an Education in the Old Southwest,” Frank M. Hodgson, Daughters of the American Revolution Speech Given November 26, 1985 (5 copies) 4. Papers--Freedmen’s Bureau Documents . Notes--Legal Pad Notes, Freedmen’s Bureau Bibliography from Memphis Public Library Reading Room, n.d. Papers--“Northern Missionary and Societies and the Freedmen’s Bureau in Montgomery County, 1862-1870,” pp. 1-25 (2 copies) 5 Frank M. Hodgson Collection Acc. #: 2004.003 5. Papers--“Saints, Sinners, and Scoundrels: The Work of Northern Missionary Aid Societies and the Freedmen’s Bureau in Montgomery County, Tennessee, 1862-1870,” Frank M. Hodgson, A Paper Submitted for Publication to the West Tennessee Historical Society, Revised Feb. 1-March 25, 1987, Mailed to West Tennessee Historical Society March 25, 1987 6. Speech--“Cultural Elements That Delayed the Growth of Common Schools in the Antebellum South, 1700-1860,” Frank M. Hodgson, Austin Peay State University Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, April 21, 1987 (2 copies) 7. Letters--Note from Ursula Smith Beach to Frank M. Hodgson, April 5, 1984 accompanied by Copy of Miller, Mrs. Harriet Parks, Pioneer Colored Christians, W.P. Titus, Printer and Binder, Clarksville, TN, 1911 8. Papers--Papers from Mrs. Ursula Beach . Letters--Correspondence from M.S. Glenn, September 3, 1861 to January 22, 1862 . Letters--Correspondence of Henry F. Beaumont, Clarksville, TN, to Fort Donelson, November 19, 1861 (Transcription) . Letters--Correspondence of Mrs. D.N. Kennedy to Her Husband, 1862-1865, Courtesy of Mrs. Lucy Bailey Clarke and Miss Mary Burney (Transcriptions) . Letters--Kennedy Letters of Federal Activities, 1862-1865 (Transcriptions) . Diaries--The John Trotwood Moore Confederate Collection of Diaries, Diary of Nannie L. Haskins, Clarksville, TN, February 16, 1863-October 24, 1863 . Diaries--Nannie Haskins’ Diary, 1864 . Letter--Letter, L.W. Tyler, Private Co. B. Second Kentucky Battalion, John B. Dortch, Morgan’s Cavalry, Army of Tennessee, April 12, 1864 . Lists--Confederate Veterans of Clarksville, TN, and Vicinity, n.d. Notes--Notes from the Major John Minor Letters, n.d. Letters--Dr. Mary E. Walker, to George D. Prentice, April 28, 1865 . Papers--Documents