A. Randolph Shields Collection
This collection documents the life and work of Arthur Randolph Shields. It contains slide photography of the Great Smoky Mountains region and the Arizona desert, professional association membership information, professional research, writing and publications proofs, Shields family genealogical information, and personal correspondence.
Dates
- 1930s-1990s
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
8.75 Linear Feet (8 boxes [6 record, 1 half, 1 oversize])
Abstract
This collection documents the life and work of Arthur Randolph Shields. It contains slide photography of the Great Smoky Mountains region and the Arizona desert, professional association membership information, professional research, writing and publications proofs, Shields family genealogical information, and personal correspondence.
Biographical/Historical Note
Born in Cades Cove in 1913, Arthur Randolph Shields was committed to the landscape of the mountains he grew up in. He attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as an undergraduate student studying the biological sciences. Ultimately, he received his PhD and taught and mentored at several universities, including Emory and Henry and Maryville College, the latter being where he spent the vast portion of his career and from which he received emeritus status in 1984. As a professor of biology at Maryville College, he worked diligently with the Mid-Appalachian College Council Incorporated (MACCI) and was influential in the planning and construction of the Biological Field Station that MACCI built in the mid-1960s. Shields served as an appointed member of the Tennessee Historical Commission and the Southern Regional Education Board in the mid-1980s. An avid writer and photographer, he published The Cades Cove Story (1977), considered one of the authoritative texts on the area; The Families of Cades Cove, 1821-1936 (1981); and a compilation of his photographs in Cades Cove Photos: A Pictorial Record of the Place and the People (2001). Shields passed away in April 1996
Arrangement
This collection consists of eight boxes divided into eight series. The original organizational patterns have been maintained wherever possible, including titles of folders and notebooks and the alphabetical categorization of the slides.
- Series I: Slides
- Series II: Personal Papers (Tennessee Historical Commission)
- Series III: Professional Materials
- Series IV: Correspondence/Personal Materials
- Series V: Academic Materials
- Series VI: Oversize Pictures and Ledgers
- Series VII: Mid-Appalachian College Council Incorporated (MACCI) Materials
- Series VIII: Oversize Ledgers and MACCI Facility Blueprints
Acquisition Note
This collection was donated by the Shields Family in 2002.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository