Newton Napoleon Polk Letter and Land Survey
This collection consists of photostats of a letter and land calculations for the East Tennessee College campus. The correspondence is from Newton Napoleon Polk to his brother John dated March 16, 1878. In the letter, Polk recalls his memories from East Tennessee College.
Dates
- 1873, undated
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists of photostats of a letter and land calculations for the East Tennessee College campus. The correspondence is from Newton Napoleon Polk to his brother John, dated March 16, 1878.
Biographical/Historical Note
Newton Napoleon Polk was born on November 18, 1854. He is the son of Horace and Ophelia Polk. Newton married Mary Ellen "Minnie" Turrentine and the couple had two children. Newton Polk died on September 12, 1903.
After Blount College closed in 1809, the college developed a temporary partnership with Knoxville's Hampden-Sydney Academy and it re-opened as East Tennessee College in 1820. Due to inflation of the faculty and students, the name was then changed to East Tennessee University in 1840. The schools reached its current name the University of Tennessee, in 1879.
Previous Citation
This collection was previously listed as MS.0213.
Acquisition Note
This collection was donated to Special Collections in 1960, by Stanley Folsmbee.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository