John James Tigert Papers.
 Personal correspondence, 1898-1965.
 3.5 lin. ft. (9 boxes)

Forms part of Series P8, John James Tigert Papers, 1840-1965.

 Subseries P8a contains Tigert's personal correspondence from 1898 to 1965.  The subseries begins with Tigert's secondary education at Webb's School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, and continues with his college days at Vanderbilt University, his stay at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, his academic career at Central College, Kentucky, and Kentucky Wesleyan College, his tenure as U.S. Commissioner of Education, and the periods during and after his presidency at the University of Florida.  Also included in this subseries are photocopies of Tigert correspondence, some with his mother, but most are letters exchanged between Tigert and his wife while he served overseas during World War I.  The photocopies were donated by Tigert's biographer, George Coleman Osborn.

Box Nos.    Contents
 
   1              1898-1928
   2              1928-1934
   3              1935-1939
   4              1940-1944
   5              1945-1947
   6              1947-1965
   7              Photocopies of letters, various dates
   8              Photocopies of letters, various dates
   9              Photocopies of letters, various dates