State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 GOVERNOR BUFORD ELLINGTON (Second Term) PAPERS 1967-1971 GP 50 Processed by: Archival Technical Services INTRODUCTION This finding aid covers the gubernatorial papers of the second term of Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington, who served from 1967-1971 (first term, 1959-1963). It consists of 163 boxes of materials that consist of correspondence, subject files, proclamations, invitations, fiscal records, extraditions, renditions, photographs, audits, and requisitions. There are no restrictions on the use of the materials and researchers may make copies of individual items for individual or scholarly use. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Governor Buford Ellington Born in Mississippi in 1907, Ellington became a farmer and merchant, also serving as agriculture commissioner for six years under Frank Clement, and as a member of the legislature before he was elected governor in 1958. he and Clement led the Democratic party and alternated the executive chair for eighteen years. Initially a segregationist, Ellington later reversed his position. Peaceful, successful nonviolent sit-ins in Nashville were among the earliest and best organized in the nation. His terms saw constitutional changes, reorganization and reduction of state government, liberalization of liquor laws and repeal of the anti-evolution law. He died in 1972. Source: Tennessee Blue Book, 1999-2000, page 484. September, 1967 GOVERNOR’S STAFF William L. Barry Executive Assistant State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee S.H. (Bo) Roberts Administrative Assistant State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee H.T. Lockard Administrative Assistant State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee Hudley Crockett News Secretary and Special Assist. State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee James H. Alexander, Director Division of Industrial Development 240 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner W.F. Moss Department of Agriculture Ellington Agriculture Center Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner E. Boyd Garrett Department of Conservation 2611 West End Ave Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner Harry S. Avery Department of Correction 244 Doctor’s Building Nashville, Tennessee Claude Armour Special Assistant on Law and Order State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee Dr. R.H. Hutcheson, Commissioner Department of Public Health 344 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner Herman Yeatman Department of Public Welfare 410 State Office Building Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner Thomas D. Benson Department of Revenue War Memorial Building Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner Greg O’Rear Department of Safety 301 C-3 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner Hilry H. Shaffer Department of Standards and Purchases 200 C-2 Central Services Building Nashville, Tennessee Joe F. Hudgens, Director Division of Veterans Affairs 323 Seventh Ave., North Nashville, Tennessee Joe C. Carr Secretary of State State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee William R. Snodgrass Comptroller State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee Charlie Worley Treasurer State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner J. Howard Warf Department of Education 100-B Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee Mrs. Leo R. Burson, Commissioner Department of Employment Security 536 Cordell Hull Building Commissioner Harlan Mathews Dept. of Finance and Administration State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner Charles W. Speight Department of Highways 817 Highway Building Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner David M. Pack Department of Insurance and Banking 114 State Office Building Nashville, Tennessee Commissioner Leonard O. Evans Department of Labor 130 C-1 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee Dr. Nat T. Winston, Jr., Commissioner Department of Mental Health 300 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee General Robert W. Akin Adjutant General Military Department Sidco Drive Nashville, Tennessee Mrs. Ramon Davis, Commissioner Department of Personnel 100 C-1 Cordell Hull Building Nashville, Tennessee CONTAINER LIST Box 1 Departmental Correspondence 1 Advisory Committee-Automobile Insurance and Compensation study 1969-1970 2 Aeronautics Commission 1967-1970 3 Aging, Commission on 1967-1970 4 Agricultural and Industrialization Fair 1969 5 Agricultural stabilization and Conservation Service 6 Agriculture, Department of 1968-1970 7 Agriculture, State Board of (school lunch program) 8 Agriculture Association 1967 9 Agriculture, State Board of 1959-1967 10 Air Pollution Control Board 1967-1970 11 Alcoholic Beverage Commission 1966-1970 12 Architectural and Engraving Examiners, Board of 1969-1970 13 Arnold Engineering Center 1967 14 Athletic Commission 1967-1969 15 Attorney General 1967 16 Attorney General, District 1967 Box 2 Departmental Correspondence 1 Boards and Commissions 1967-1971 2 Board of Boiler Rules 1967-1970 3 Boating Safety Advisory Board 1967-1970 4 Bonds, Taxable Date Unknown 5 Building Commission 1967-1969 6 Building Commission Agenda, State Building Commission 1969 7 Citizens Commission on Compensation 1969 8 Citizens Commission on Compensation 1969-1970 9 Citizens Committee on Compensation (Minutes) 1969 Box 3 Departmental Correspondence 1 Citizen’s Commission on Compensation (Misc.) 1968-1970 2 Civil Service Commission 1967-1968 3 Commerce, Department of 1968-1970 4 Comptroller of the Treasury 1967 5 Comptroller of the Treasury 1968-1970 6 Congratulations, Letters of 1967-1970 Box 4 Departmental Correspondence 1 Conservation, Department of 1967-1968 2 Conservation, Department of 1969-1970 3 Building Commission Agenda 1969 4 Consumer Protection Commission 1969 5 Water Quality Control Board 1967-1970 6 Water Resources 1967-1970 7 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 1968 8 Wildfire Control 1968 9 Correction, Department of 1967-1970 10 Organization, Study in 1969-1970 11 Probation and Paroles 1967-1970 12 Riverside Jaycees 1967 Box 5 Departmental Correspondence 1 Correspondence, General 1967-1970 2 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1966-1967 3 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1968 Box 6 Departmental Correspondence 1 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1969 2 Correspondence, Miscellaneous 1970 3 Criminal Court of Appeals 1967-1969 Box 7 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of 1 Board of Education 1967-1970 2 Board of Education (Minutes, Agenda) 1967-1970 3 General Files 1967-1968 4 General Files 1969-1970 Box 8 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of 1 Building Commission Agenda 1967-1969 2 Bussing 1970 3 Campus unrest 1969 4 Commission of the States 1969 5 Commission of the States 1970 6 Community College Statement 1968-1970 7 Elementary Schools-Funding 1968 8 Elementary and Secondary 1969 9 Higher Education, General 1967-1971 Box 9 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of 1 National Association of State Board of Education 1969 2 Neighborhood Centers of Education 1969 3 Physicians Fees 1969 4 Public School Education Commission 1969 5 Re-Education Committee 1969-1970 6 Re-Education Project 1969-1970 7 Scholarships 1968 8 Southern Regional Education Board 1967-1968 Box 10 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of 1 Southern Regional Education Board 1969-1970 2 Southern Regional Education Board 1970 3 Statistics-Higher Education 1966-1968 4 Student Loans 1969 Box 11 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of 1 A&I Alumni 1969 2 A&I Audit 1967-1970 3 A&I University 1969 4 Aquinas College 1968 5 Austin Peay State University 1968 6 Austin Peay State University Dedication 1968 7 Brooking’s Institute 1969 8 Carson-Newman College 1970 9 Chattanooga State Technical Institute 1968 10 College of Medicine 1968 11 East-Tennessee State University 1968-1969 12 Jackson State Community College 1968 13 Lane College 1968-1969 14 Martin College 1969-1970 15 Maryville College 1968-1969 16 Meharry Medical College 1967 17 Memphis State University 1967-1970 18 Middle Tennessee State University 1967-1970 19 Millsaps College-Alumni Day 1968 Box 12 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of 1 Motlow College 1967 2 George Peabody College 1967-1971 3 Private Business Schools State Board 1970 4 Rust College 1968 5 Tusculum College 1968 University of Tennessee 6 Chattanooga, Tennessee 1966-1968 7 Chattanooga 1968-1970 Box 13 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of University of Tennessee 1 Knoxville, Tennessee 1969 2 Knoxville, Tennessee 1970 3 Knoxville, Tennessee (Board of Trustees) 4 Martin, Tennessee 1967-1968 5 Martin, Tennessee (Board of Trustees) 1959-1970 6 Memphis, Tennessee 1968 7 Memphis, Tennessee (Board of Trustees) 1959-1970 8 Building Committee 1967-1968 9 Government-Industry-Law Center 1968 Box 14 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of University of Tennessee 1 List of students names RE; Funds for schools 1969 2 Nashville Extension 1969 3 Newsletter 1966-1967 4 Proposed for Social Welfare Research Institute 1968 5 State Technical Services 1967-1968 6 State Technical Services 1969-1970 7 Teachers-Funding 1967-1968 8 Training an Career Development, Center for 1969 Box 15 Departmental Correspondence Education, Department of University of Tennessee 1 Vocational-Education Board and Advisory Council 1968-1970 2 Vocational-Education-Correspondence and Data 1968-1969 3 Vocational-Education-Schools and Statistics 1968 4 Vocational Rehabilitation 1968 5 Vocational Rehabilitation, Division of 1968-1970 6 Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Job Placement Laboratory 1967 7 Workshop, Aerospace 1967 Box 16 Departmental Correspondence Election Commissions 1 Chancellors 1966-1970