James Willet Horn Papers
This collection consists of items compiled by James Millet Horn, a former student of Hawkins School in Gallatin, Tennessee, and his wife, Roberta Adams Horn. This collection includes a scrapbook with photographs, event programs, newspaper clippings, and various memorabilia compiled by Horn from his time at Hawkins School, photographs from a scrapbook compiled by Roberta Adams Horn, a pamphlet from the La Panthéon de la Guerre in Paris, a print of St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, England, and a portrait of James Willet Horn. Dates range from 1886 to 1965, though most items are undated.
Dates
- 1913-1965
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Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (2 oversize boxes)
Abstract
This collection consists of items compiled by James Millet Horn, a former student of Hawkins School in Gallatin, Tennessee, and his wife, Roberta Adams Horn. This collection includes a scrapbook with photographs, event programs, newspaper clippings, and various memorabilia compiled by Horn from his time at Hawkins School, photographs from a scrapbook compiled by Roberta Adams Horn, a pamphlet from the La Panthéon de la Guerre in Paris, a print of St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, England, and a portrait of James Willet Horn. Dates range from 1886 to 1965, though most items are undated.
Biographical/Historical Note
James Millet Horn attended Hawkins School in Gallatin, Tennessee from 1913 to 1917. Horn was an athlete and singer during his time there. Horn also served in World War I.
Hawkins School, a prepatory school for boys, was founded by Vanderbilt graduate Charles Hawkins in 1904 in Gallatin, Tennessee. The school was renamed the Williams School for Boys in 1918, and later the Gallatin Private Institute in 1922. The opening of Central High School in Gallatin drew most of its students away, forcing the school to close its doors in 1926.
Arrangement
This collection consists of two oversize boxes.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository