Leslie Anderson Papers, 1906-1981 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Leslie Anderson Papers, 1906-1981

Primary Creator: Anderson, Leslie (1886-1986)

Extent: 0.4 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 02/27/2002

Subjects: Eastern Kentucky State Normal School (1906-1922), Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae., Education, Rural--Kentucky

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Leslie Anderson kept many documents relating to his time as a student at Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and his early teaching career. He has photographs from these times that cannot be found anywhere else. These, along with his compositions and the scrapbooks he compiled, paint a vivid picture of what it was like to be a student at Eastern and a teacher in Kentucky in the early part of the 20^th century. Later documents shed light on the earliest alumni reunions organized by graduates of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and also offer insight into the later lives of these early graduates.

Collection Historical Note

Leslie Anderson was born in Lincoln County, KY in 1886. According to his autobiography he worked for a local farmer for a year to save money to send himself to the Stanford Graded and High School in 1906. After six months of study he graduated and took the examination for a Teacher's County Certificate. With that certification granted Anderson was able to get his first teaching job at the Round Knob School District in Lincoln County.

In 1907 he was offered an appointment to attend school at Eastern Kentucky State Normal School in Richmond and was the 61^st student to enroll at the new school. Until his graduation in 1909 Anderson attended classes here from January through June and returned to Lincoln County to teach school from July to December. By 1922, Anderson had moved to Texarkana, TX where he started his own insurance company.

Even though he lived in Texas, he was very active in Eastern's alumni organization and attended many reunions. He died in Texarkana in 1986.

Subject/Index Terms

Eastern Kentucky State Normal School (1906-1922)
Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae.
Education, Rural--Kentucky

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Anderson, Leslie

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Box 1

Barcode: 31234017396543

Folder 1: Autobiography of Leslie Anderson (part 1), 1906-1907

Including his bank book from Crab Orchard Banking Co., a high school graduation announcement for Stanford Graded School, 1906, a composition by Anderson titled "Why I Want an Education," a teachers county certificate, a composition by Anderson titled "The First Day of My First School," a resolution from Round Creek School, The Interior Journal dated February 18, 1907, a debate delivered at Eastern, 1907, a poster of Ruric Nevel Roark, a letter to J.W. Thurman, and Anderson's grade sheets from Kentucky State Normal School in the Eastern District - Richmond.

Item 1: School Teachers Conference at Kings Mountain, KY, 1906: (Photograph # 2006a004-01)
Item 30: Fountain Warren Family, 1906: (Photograph # 2006a004-30)

Folder 2: Autobiography of Leslie Anderson (part 2), 1907-1909

Including, a list of incorrect words taken from the pupils of Sugar Grove, 1907, Anderson's grades in the state certificate exam, membership cards, poems by EKSNS faculty and students, Lincoln County ballot for 1909 election, a debate given at Eastern, 1909, letters of reference from various people including Eastern faculty and Mary Roark, graduation banquet invitations and a program for Eastern graduation.

Item 2: Kings Mountain Graded School Group, 1908: (Photograph # 2006a004-02)
Item 3: Sugar Grove School Group, 1907: (Photograph # 2006a004-03)

Folder 3: Class Notebook, 1908

A botany notebook created by Leslie Anderson containing examples of leaves from various plants.

Folder 4: Class Notebooks, 1908-1909

A literature notebook created by Leslie Anderson in 1909 and two analysis by partition notebooks by Alberta Gaines Stephens in 1908.

Folder 5: Correspondence, 1953-1974

To and from Leslie Anderson regarding early reunions, events and hotel reservations for the weekend. The letters contain lists and addresses of the earliest graduates as well as reports on the health of those who have been ill, information about children, and announcements of deaths. Some discussion of the outstanding alumni award is also included.

Folder 6: Newsletters, 1980-1981

Texarkana Chamber of Commerce, The Texarkana Kiwanis Club, and the Central Christian Church of Texarkana.

Folder 7: Scrapbook, 1909

About Eastern

Item 1: Commencement Program, 1909

Item 2: Alumni Banquet Program, 1909

Includes a photograph of the first graduating class. (Photograph # 2006a004-04)

Item 3: Graduation Banquet, 12 Jul 1909

(Photograph # 2006a004-05)

Item 4: Anderson presenting W.F. O'Donnell with his Diploma, 28 May 1949

(Photograph # 2006a004-06)

Item 5: Leslie Anderson and Bobby Coleman, 28 May 1949

Anderson ('09) and Bobby Coleman ('49) comparing diploma styles (Photograph # 2006a004-07)

Item 6: Leslie Anderson, 1909

(Photograph # 2006a004-08)

Item 7: Simon B. Chandler, 1909

(Photograph # 2006a004-09)

Item 8: Poem, undated

"How to Become a Surgeon in One Easy Lesson", by Mrs. Chandler

Item 9: Harry L. Davis, 1909

(Photograph # 2006a004-10)

Creators:: Bailey-Spokane

Item 10: Davis Insurance Family Album

Item 11: Clarence H. Gifford, 1909

(Photograph # 2006a004-11)

Item 12: Clarence Gifford, 1923

(Photograph # 2006a004-12)

Item 13: Clarence Gifford, 1953

(Photograph # 2006a004-13)

Item 14: Cam S. Holbrook, 1909

(Photograph # 2006a004-14)

Item 15: Dudley H. Starnes, 1909

(Photograph # 2006a004-15)

Item 16: First 'Pioneer' Reunion, 23 May 1953

(Photograph # 2006a004-17)

Item 17: Edgar Richardson at the First Pioneer Reunion, 23 May 1953

Introducing Clarence Gifford at the 1953 Alumni Dinner. (Photograph # 2006a004-18)

Item 18: William F. O'Donnell Speaking at the First Pioneer Reunion, 23 May 1953

With Edward Gabbard seated beside him. (Photograph # 2006a004-19)

Item 19: Stan Stanfield at the First Pioneer Reunion, 23 May 1953

(photograph # 2006a004-20)

Item 20: Reunion Lists

List of early graduating classes and reunion activities.

Item 21: News Clippings about Alumni Events

Item 22: Eastern Pioneer Reunion Group, May 1956

Pictured are First Row l-r: Jennie Jeffers Ashby, S.B. Chandler, Flora Sullivan, W.J. Grinstead, E.C. McDougle, Elizabeth Scoville, Mabel Mason, C.S. Dale; Second Row l-r: Alma Rice Bascom, Ila Pettus, Mrs. S.B. Chandler, Mrs. Burdeaux Ferguson Cotton, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Davis; Third Row l-r: Mr. G.D. Hamilton, Mr. Cam S. Holbrook, Mr. Dudley Starns, Mr. Leslie Anderson, Mr. C.H. Gifford, Mr. O.L. Mullikin, Mr. J.B. Campbell. (Photograph # 2006a004-21)

Item 23: Members of the Class of 1907 at the 1957 Reunion, 25 May 1957

Pictured are Mabel Mason, Alma Rice Bascom, Jennie Jeffers Ashby. (Photograph # 2006a004-22)

Item 24: Eastern Pioneer Reunion Group, 25 May 1957

Pictured are First Row l-r: Wren Jones Grinstead, Alma Rice Bascom, E.C. McDougle, Mary Francis Richards, Jennie Jeffers Ashby, George D. Hamilton; Second Row l-r: Mr. & Mrs. C. Sherman Dale, Mrs. Thomas N. Cotton, Otis L. Mullikin, Elizabeth Scoville, Mrs. E.C. McDougal, Cam S. Holbrook. (Photograph # 2006a004-23)

Item 25: Members of the Class of 1908 at the 1958 Reunion, 31 May 1958

Pictured are C. Sherman Dale, Flora J. Sullivan. (Photograph # 2006a004-24)

Item 26: Eastern Pioneer Reunion Group, 31 May 1957

Pictured are First Row l-r: Ila Pettus, Mrs. C.S. Dale, Jennie Jeffers Ashby, Alma Rice Bascom, Flora J. Sullivan, C. Sherman Dale; Second Row l-r: Mr. & Mrs. Dudley H. Starns, W.F. O'Donnell, Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Anderson; Third Row l-r: George D. Hamilton, Burdeaux Ferguson Cotton, Cam S. Holbrook, Mary F. Richards. (Photograph # 2006a004-25)

Item 27: Eastern Pioneer Reunion Group, 28 May 1960

Pictured are First Row l-r: Cam S. Holbrook, Burdeaux Ferguson Cotton, Anna Lee Gregory Qualls, Bessie Hughes Cornelison, J.B. Campbell, Mary Lee Colyer, Magnolia Scoville, Mabel Mason; Second Row l-r: Mr. & Mrs. D.H. Starns, Angela Day Warusch, D.W. Qualls, George D. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. O.L. Mullikin, Flora Sullivan, Jennie Jeffers Ashby, Alma Rice Bascom; Third Row l-r: Robert R. Martin, Anne Hoge Martin, William F. O'Donnell, Lula Riley O'Donnell, C.H. Gifford, Sherman Dale. (2 copies, picture # 2006a004-27)

Item 28: Eastern Pioneer Reunion Group, 1959 Jun

Pictured are C.S. Dale, C.H. Gifford, Leslie Anderson, Dudley H. Starns, Cam S. Holbrook.Pictured are C.S. Dale, C.H. Gifford, Leslie Anderson, Dudley H. Starns, Cam S. Holbrook. (Picture # 2006a004-28)

Item 29: Three Decades of Progress Banquet Program, 1936

Item 30: Alumni Banquet Program, 1940

Folder 1: Oversized storage

Barcode: 31234013796550

Item 1: Students who boarded with W.B. Elder and family, ca. 1907: Probably taken at the 1907 graduation. (Photograph # 2006a004-29)
Item 2: Eastern KY State Normal Delegates, Y.M.C.A. Convention, 1908: (Photograph # 2006a004-31)
Item 3: Diploma, 1909: Leslie Anderson's Diploma
Item 4: Teacher's Certificate, 1908: Kentucky Teacher's State Certificate - Leslie Anderson
Item 5: Commission, 1978: Arkansas Traveler Commission - Leslie Anderson
Item 6: Scrapbook: Scrapbook with news clippings of articles about Eastern Kentucky State Normal School, events in Anderson's life, education issues, historical topics relating to Lincoln County, several obituaries, and poetry.

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