Office of the Vice President for Development Records and Office of the President Reading Files
This collection houses records created and maintained by the Office of the Vice President for Development during Joseph E. Johnson's tenure (1973-1991). Johnson may have created some of these records in his capacity as Chancellor of the University of Tennessee's Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis. An additional three boxes of reading files created during Johnson's tenure as President were added to these records at a later date.
Dates
- 1961-1995
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
15 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses records created and maintained by the Office of the Vice President for Development during Joseph E. Johnson's tenure (1973-1991). Johnson may have created some of these records in his capacity as Chancellor of the University of Tennessee's Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis. An additional three boxes of reading files created during Johnson's tenure as President were added to these records at a later date.
Biographical/Historical Note
Joseph Edwin Johnson was born in Vernon, Alabama, on July 9, 1933. He graduated from Hueytown High School in Hueytown, Alabama in 1951. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science in 1955 from Birmingham-Southern College and a certificate in Public Administration in 1956 from the Southern Regional Training Program. He received a Master of Arts degree in Political Science in 1960 and a Doctorate in Education in 1968 with a major in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Tennessee. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key Honor Society, and Omicron Delta Kappa. From 1956-1958 he served as a Sergeant in the United States Army.
Johnson worked as a research assistant for the University of Tennessee's Bureau of Public Administration from 1958 to 1960, during which time he published studies on property tax assessment and property tax collection in Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee. He also began working at the University of Tennessee as an instructor and research associate in 1958. Since then, he has worked as Senior Budget Analyst and Executive Assistant to Governor Buford Ellington (1960-1963), Executive Assistant to the President of the University of Tennessee to President Andrew Holt (1963-1969), Chancellor of the University of Tennessee's Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis (1970-1973), and Vice President for Development at UT (1970, 1973-1991). Johnson served as the 19th President of the University of Tennessee from 1991 until his retirement in 1999. In 2003-2004 he returned for a brief period as interim president.
Arrangement
This collection consists of fifteen boxes divided into twelve series:
Missing Title
- Series I: General Files, 1974-1995
- Series II: U. T. Knoxville, 1974-1994
- Series III: U. T. Memphis, 1973-1990
- Series IV: University: System-Wide, 1983-1993
- Series V: Administration, 1975-1990
- Series VI: Alumni, 1974-1990
- Series VII: Centers of Excellence, 1982-1990
- Series VIII: Chairs of Excellence, 1985-1990
- Sub-Series A: Alphabetical by Donor, 1985-1990
- Sub-Series B: By Subject, 1985-1990
- Sub-Series C: By Institution, 1985-1990
- Series IX: Development, 1973-1992
- Series X: Speech Materials, 1969-1989
- Series XI: Board of Trustees, 1974-1990
- Series XII: Johnson’s Reading Files, 1990 June 20-1991 October 31
Acquisition Note
These records are property of the University of Tennessee's Archives.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository