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I Was a Share-cropper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0007

  • Staff Only

This collection houses a galley proof of Harry Harrison Kroll's autobiography, entitled I Was a Share-cropper.

Dates

  • 1937

Conditions Governing Access

Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Conditions Governing Use

The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Abstract

This collection houses a galley proof of Harry Harrison Kroll's autobiography, entitled I Was a Share-cropper.

Biographical/Historical Note

Harry Harrison Kroll was born to Darius Wesley and Caroline (Cripe) Kroll near Hartford City, Indiana on February 18, 1888. He married Nettie Heard on May 12, 1911 and the couple had three children: Harry Harrison Jr., Robert Torrey, and Danny Wesley. Kroll worked as a rural school teacher and high school principal in Alabama before earning his BS (1923) and MA (1925) from George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. He went on to work as a Professor of English and Head of the English Department at Lincoln Memorial University (1925-1927), as a Professor of Journalism at Iowa Wesleyan College (1928-1929), and as an Associate Professor and Head of the English Department at the University of Tennessee Junior College at Martin. Kroll was also a prolific writer and produced a number of books, including The Cabin in The Cotton (1931), Three Brothers and Seven Daddies (1932), The Ghosts of Slave Driver's Bend (1937), The Keepers of the House (1940), Rogues' Company (1943), Lost Homecoming (1950), The Long Quest (1953), Barbara's Farm (1955), The Medicine Man (1955), Summer Gold (1955), and Smoldering Fire (1955). Harry Kroll retired in 1958 and died on June 11, 1967.

Arrangement

This collection consists of a single folder.

Acquisition Note

Harry Harrison Kroll donated this typescript to Special Collections in 1947.

Existence and Location of Copies note

A published copy of I Was a Share-cropper can be found in the Rare Books collection (PS3521.R566 Z5 1937).

Related Archival Materials

For more information about Harry Harrison Kroll's life and work, interested researchers may wish to consult MS.3684.

  1. MS.0006: Darker Grows the Valley, circa 1947
  2. MS.0008: Their Ancient Grudge, 1946
  3. MS.1799: Photograph of Harry Harrison Kroll, 1950 April 13

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

Contact:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville TN 37996 USA
865-974-4480