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By Tammy Jo Amsdam, Kevin Keefe
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains materials related to teacher education and public K-12 education, in particular rural education, in the state of Kentucky.
Collection Historical Note
Richard Elmer Jaggers was born on February 6, 1891, in Hart County, Kentucky, to Sarah Waddle and Nimrod Jaggers. One of four children, Jaggers had two sisters, Roberta and May, and one half-brother, William Brown.
After receiving his diploma from Western Kentucky State Teacher's College, Jaggers obtained his post-secondary schooling at two universities. He received an A.B. degree in 1925 and a M.A. in 1926 from the University of Kentucky. Later, he attended Cornell University, where he earned his Ph.D in 1932. The main emphasis of Jaggers's studies were placed on rural education and school administration.
Dr. Jaggers's professional experience began in 1910 when he taught in a one-room schoolhouse for Hart County and the city of Marion, Kentucky. In 1932, Jaggers became the state's director of Teacher Education and Certification. By the time he retired from the State Department of Education in 1946 he had attained the office of chief of the Bureau of Instruction.
Jagger joined the staff of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School and Teacher's College (now Eastern Kentucky University) in 1926 as principal of the normal school; he also served as an instructor. Jaggers later served as chairperson of the Department of Education and Psychology at the State Teachers College in Florence, Alabama, before returning to Eastern in 1952 as a professor of elementary education.
Dr. Jaggers was recognized as an expert in his field and as the originator of important studies on rural education and teacher training, graduate programs at Eastern, and of the program of pre-service training of teachers, which has been adopted in nearly every state in the country. He was constantly in demand as a speaker throughout his career, teaching as a guest professor at six universities and addressing educational concerns to groups in thirty-six states.
R.E. Jaggers was an active participant in many education-related organizations. He was a member of the National Education Association (NEA) board of directors and repeatedly gave addresses at the group's conventions. In the organizations Jaggers belonged to, he played a leadership role more often than just being a conventional member. These positions included his role as secretary of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, president of the NEA Department of Rural Education, president of the Ohio River Valley Conference on Teacher Education, chairperson of the Southern Conference on Teacher Education, chairperson of the NEA Committee on Supply Preparation and Certification of Teachers, and chairperson of the Kentucky Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards. He also served as chairperson of the Kentucky council on Public Higher Education Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and as the council's first secretary. Jaggers was also acting secretary of the Central Kentucky Education Association (CKEA) for many years.
Dr. Jaggers's activities extended to the community as well. He served as president of the Richmond Rotary Club and was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Jaggers published several books, produced because of his research in education. His most prominent works Kentucky Courses of Study (1931), Administering the County School System (1934), and State Department of Education-- A Forward Look (1955), the latter of which he co-wrote with four other authors.
Dr. Jaggers retired from service at Eastern Kentucky University to the position of emeritus professor in 1962.
Richard Jaggers married his wife Emma Geralds in 1912 in Hart County. They had one daughter, Frances, who married Bruce T. Dorsey, and two sons, Gerald, KEA director of publications, and retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Richard E. Jaggers Jr., who became director of the Division for Management Systems in the Kentucky Department for Human Resources. Dr. Richard Jaggers Sr. died in Richmond in 1975 and is buried in Elizaville, Kentucky.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Jaggers, Richard E.
Acquisition Method:
gift
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Professional Activities, 1933-1966],
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Series 2: Miscellaneous, 1910-1965],
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- Series 1: Professional Activities, 1933-1966
- Working papers, conference and workshop reports, and official minutes relating to various councils or committees.
- Box 1
- Barcode: 31234013797558
- Folder 1: Alabama State Teacher's Conference, 1950-1952
- Folder 2: Conference on Professional Education of Teachers, 1950
- Folder 3: Professional Education in the Teacher Education Program, 1951
- Folder 4: Tentative Guide to the Teacher Education Program, 1952
- Folder 5: Associated Programs in Educational Administration (APEA)
- Folder 6: KY Associated Programs in Educational Administration Second State Conference, 1956
- Folder 7: Associated Programs in Educational Administration, 1955-1959
- Folder 8: The Community School -- nos. 1-39, 1943-1946
- Folder 9: Council on Public Higher Education (CPHE) -- Minutes, May 6, 1935 - Dec. 7, 1939
- Folder 10: Council on Public Higher Education (CPHE) -- Minutes, June 3, 1940 - April 10, 1965
- Folder 11: Council on Public Higher Education. (CPHE) -- Minutes of Advisory Committee, April 24-25, 1959 - January 9-10, 1961
- Box 2
- Barcode: 31234013797566
- Folder 1: Council on Public Higher Education. (CPHE) -- Minutes of Advisory Committee, March 19, 1962 - January 25, 1965
- Folder 2: Jefferson County Schools -- pages 1-101, 1953-1954
- Folder 3: Jefferson County Schools -- pages 102-215
- Folder 4: Kentucky Education Association, 1931-1959
- Folder 5: Miscellaneous, 1946-1963
- Box 3
- Barcode: 31234013797574
- Folder 1: Teacher Education Circular (TEC) - 1-35, Aug 12, 1933 - June 17, 1941
- Folder 2: TEC - nos. 36-64, August 28, 1941 - May 31, 1946
- Folder 3: TEC - nos. 66-80, September 25, 1946 - February 15, 1950
- Folder 4: TEC - nos. 81-90, January 8, 1951 - April 7, 1953
- Box 4
- Barcode: 31234013797582
- Folder 1: TEC - nos. 91-100, June 1, 1953 - October 10, 1955
- Folder 2: TEC - nos. 101-110, April 6, 1956 - November 20, 1957
- Folder 3: TEC - nos. 111-120, February 4, 1958 - March 5, 1959
- Folder 4: TEC - nos. 121-130, March 26, 1959 - June 23, 1959
- Folder 5: TEC - nos. 131-140, June 24, 1959 - April 11, 1960
- Folder 6: TEC - nos. 141-150, April 12, 1960 - October 26, 1960
- Box 5
- Barcode: 31234013797590
- Folder 1: TEC - nos. 151-160, October 19, 1960 - April 17, 1961
- Folder 2: TEC - nos. 161-170, May 5, 1961 - May 4, 1962
- Folder 3: TEC - nos. 171-179, May 21, 1962 - January 21, 1963
- Folder 4: TEC - nos. 180-190, January 11, 1963 - August 1963
- Folder 5: TEC - nos. 191-200, October 17, 1963 - May 1, 1964
- Folder 6: TEC - nos. 201-210, May 7, 1964 - June 14, 1965
- Folder 7: TEC - nos. 211-224, August 13, 1964 - March 22, 1966
- Box 6
- Barcode: 31234013797608
- Folder 1: Tentative Course of Study for Lincoln Co School Grades 1-12 - pages 1-136, 1949
- Folder 2: Tentative Course of Study for Lincoln Co School Grades 1-12 - pages 137-282, 1949
- Folder 3: TEPS: Columbus Conference - Studies of Changes in Teacher Education - section 1-16, 1963
- Folder 4: TEPS: Columbus Conference - Studies of Changes in Teacher Education - section 17-32, 1963
- Folder 5: TEPS: Columbus Conference - Studies of Changes in Teacher Education - Miscellaneous, 1963
- Folder 6: Workshop for Healthful Living in School and Community, 1947
- Box 7: Publications, 1928-1965
- Including Jaggers's collection of materials published and/or compiled by various authors and organizations. All materials are arranged within the folders alphabetically by topic and author, or by title in the event that no author was given.
- Barcode: 31234013797616
- Folder 1: Administration of Kentucky Schools, 1928-1960
- Folder 2: Crawford, A.B. et al. "County School Administration in Kentucky", 1928-1929
- Folder 3: Department of Education, Bureau of Administration and Finance. "Public School Salaries", 1960
- Folder 4: Lexington Public Schools. "Rules Governing the Board of Education of Lexington, Kentucky", 1960
- Folder 5: Educational Bulletin (E.B.), 1935-1962
- Folder 6: Educational Bulletin: Problems in the Organization and Supervision of Instruction, Jun-35
- Folder 7: Educational Bulletin: Getting the Schools Under the Way, Jun 1936
- Folder 8: Educational Bulletin: Procuring Teachers for 1946-1947, 1946
- Folder 9: Educational Bulletin: Evaluating the Community School, Feb 1947
- Folder 10: Educational Bulletin: Planning for School Plant Insurance Maintenance and Operation, Mar 1958
- Folder 11: Education Bulletin: Accrediting Standards and Courses of Study for Kentucky Elementary and Secondary Schools, Aug 1959
- Folder 12: Educational Bulletin: Summary Report Holding Power and Graduates Kentucky High Schools 1956-1961, Mar 1962
- Folder 13: Elementary Schools, 1944-1962
- Folder 14: Brewton, John E. et al. "Pre-Service Education of Elementary Teachers", 1944
- Folder 15: Castine, W.J. et al. "Living and Learning Experiences in the Elementary Schools of South Carolina", 1948
- Folder 16: Goodlad, John I. "Some Propositions in Search of Schools.", 1962
- Folder 17: The Nation Elementary Principal.
- Folder 18: Those First School Years., Sep 1960
- vol. XL, no. 1
- Folder 19: Evaluations of School Systems, 1962-1964
- Folder 20: Bureau of School Service, University of Kentucky. "Measure of a Good School.", 1964
- Folder 21: Kreitlow, B.W. "Long-Term Study of Educational Effectiveness of Newly Formed Centralized School Districts in Rural Areas.", 1964
- Folder 22: Allen, Wendell C. et al. "The Assignment and Misassignment of American Teachers.", 1965
- Folder 23: Barnes, Roberta S. "Better Principals for Our Schools.", 1961
- Folder 24: Smith, Kerry G. "Current Issues in Higher Education.", 1964
- Folder 25: Bale, Don C. "Professional Organizations Related to Academic Subject Areas.", 1962
- Folder 26: National Congress of Parents and Teachers. "Study-Discussed Group Techniques for Parent Education Leaders.", 1950
- Folder 27: National Education Association of the United States. "Teacher Supply and Demand in Public Schools, 1958.", 1958
- Folder 28: Office of Armed Forces Information and Education. "Teaching: A Second Career.", 1961
- Box 8
- Barcode: 31234013797624
- Folder 1: Using Resources, 1946-1952
- Folder 2: Ferrell, D.T. et al. "Resources-Use Education: Report of Education 37.", 1946
- Folder 3: Full Time Workshop Staff, Alabama State Teachers College. "Using Health Resources in Our School Program.", Aug 1950
- Folder 4: Full Time Workshop Staff, Alabama State Teachers College. "Using Natural Resources in the School Program.", Jan 1952
- Folder 5: Full Time Workshop Staff, Alabama State Teachers College. "Using Resources in Our School Program.", 1949
- Series 2: Miscellaneous, 1910-1965
- Personal letters from the Jaggers Family, as well as letters of business correspondence, newspaper articles concerning Jaggers's contributions to education, photographs of various county schools, and various writings on topics concerning education composed by authors other than Jaggers himself.
- Box 8
- Folder 2: Correspondence - Business, 1932-1964
- Folder 3: Correspondence - Personal, 1932
- Folder 4: Miscellaneous, undated
- Folder 5: Newspaper Articles, ca. 1931-1933
- Concerning Jaggers's contributions to education.
- Folder 6: Writing Sequence, 1948-1965
- Topics concerning education composed by authors other than Jaggers himself.
- Box 9
- Barcode: 31234013797632
- Folder 1: Photographs, 1910-1921
- Photographs of various county schools.
- Item 1: Logsdon Valley School group picture, 1910
- Item 2: Boys doing arithmetic on the board at the Roseburg School, 1911
- Item 3: Members of the brass band in Munfordville, 1917
- Item 4: Hart County Delegation at Western KY State College while Richard E. Jaggers was superintendent of the schools, 1917
- Item 5: Summer school at Marion, KY, includes Richard E. Jaggers and Judge Hayes, 1921
- Item 6: Students and buses in front of the Hardyville School
- Item 7: Students in buses from Memorial Consolidated School
- Item 8: Unidentified students in front of a school
- Series 3: Writings, 1927-1964
- Essays, reports, and papers on topics primarily related to education. The writings cover such topics as assessments of school programs, influences of various factors upon education, and suggested methods to improve the field of education.
- Box 9
- Folder 2: Administering the County School System: Part One, undated
- Folder 3: Administering the County School System: Part Two, undated
- Folder 4: Administering the County School System: Part Three, undated
- Box 10
- Barcode: 31234013797640
- Folder 1: Advancing Education in Kentucky: Parts One and Two, 1956
- Folder 2: Advancing Education in Kentucky: Part Three, 1956
- Folder 3: Aim and Purpose of Using Resources in School System: Introduction and Chapters One and Two, undated
- Folder 4: Aim and Purpose of Using Resources in School System: Chapters Three, Four, and Appendix, undated
- Folder 5: An-C, 1931-1958
- Essays mostly on education in Kentucky
- Item 1: An Analysis of Experiments and Studies of Methods of Cooperative Procedures in the Education of Teachers, undated
- Item 2: Analyzing the Job, 1945
- Item 3: Applicable Philosophy Underlying Educational Advancement, undated
- Item 4: An Appreciation of William Cecelius Bell, 1931
- Item 5: Areas of Increased Emphasis, 1947
- Item 6: Beliefs Basic to Democratic Education, 1940
- Item 7: The Blessing of Liberty, 1934
- Item 8: Brief Summary of Discussion Held on Nov. 28, 1958, undated
- Item 9: Building the Country Road, undated
- Item 10: The Bureau of Instruction and Its Work, 1947
- Item 11: Business Education and Reciprocal Relations, 1940
- Item 12: Certification as Related to Teacher Preparation and Supply, 1946
- Item 13: Colleges in a World at War: Suggested Action Program, 1946
- Item 14: Community Schools Share in Planning, 1944
- Item 15: A Continuing Study of Teacher Education in Kentucky, 1943
- Item 16: Cooperation in the Study of Teacher Education, 1946
- Item 17: Cooperative Study of Uniformity and Reciprocity, 1940
- Item 18: Coordinating Rural Education Programs, 1935
- Item 19: Curriculum, 1931
- Folder 6: D-E, 1932-1952
- Essays mostly on education in Kentucky
- Folder 7: F-G, 1939-1964
- Essays on education in Kentucky.
- Folder 8: How Americans Have Learned to Carry People and Goods
- Folder 9: How-L, 1931-1960
- Item 1: How Firm the Foundation, 1953
- Item 2: Images of a Teacher, 1960
- Item 3: Improvement of Learning Conditions in Rural Elementary Schools, 1944
- Item 4: In-School Children and Out-of-School Youth, 1935
- Item 5: Interpreting the Spirit of Democracy Through the Schools, 1944
- Item 6: I See the White Cliffs, 1942
- Item 7: Is it Patriotic to be a Teacher? Yes! 1943
- Item 8: Kentucky Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1944
- Item 9: Kentucky Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards, undated
- Item 10: Kentucky Public School Organization, 1945
- Item 11: Kentucky Schools in War Time, 1942
- Item 12: Kentucky's Educational Needs, 1945
- Item 13: Kentucky's School Program, 1944
- Item 14: The King's Highway, undated
- Item 15: The Land is Our Bounty, 1951
- Item 16: A Legislator Looks at the School Program, 1945
- Item 17: A Long Look Ahead, undated
- Item 18: A Look at Teacher Supply, 1945
- Item 19: Looking Ahead in Kentucky, 1946
- Item 20: Looking Ahead with the Teacher, 1933
- Item 21: Lost Generation, undated
- Box 11
- Barcode: 31234013797657
- Folder 1: M-Pri, 1931-1952
- Item 1: Making Learning Make Sense, 1952
- Item 2: Meeting the Needs of All of Kentucky's Children, 1945
- Item 3: Meeting the Needs of Teachers in Service, 1945
- Item 4: My Selves, undated
- Item 5: National Trends in Teacher Education, 1940
- Item 6: Needed Research Facilities for Education, 1945
- Item 7: Newer Trends in Rural School Organization with newspaper article: "Rural School to be Radio Talk Subject", 1931
- Item 8: Old Wine in New Bottles, undated
- Item 9: On Human Relations, Undated
- Item 10: On-the-Job Training, 1946
- Item 11: Organization and the Work of the Division of Teacher Training and Certification since February 1, 1933, 1933
- Item 12: Organization of Elementary Guides in Twelve-Grade Schools, undated
- Item 13: Personnel of Teaching Staff of Secondary School of Tomorrow, 1934
- Item 14: Philosophy of Educational Leadership, undated
- Item 15: The Place of Parent-Teacher Association Movement in Education, 1933
- Item 16: Practice Teaching Programs, 1950
- Item 17: Principles of Secondary Education, undated
- Folder 2: Pro-Rep, 1929-1960
- Item 1: Problems in Improving Learning Conditions in Rural Elementary Schools in KY, 1929
- Item 2: Elementary Schools in Kentucky, 1929
- Item 3: The Problems of Certification as they are Related to Teacher Preparation and Supply, 1946
- Item 4: Professional Education and the Twelve Grade School, undated
- Item 5: Professional Growth Through In-Service Education, 1950
- Item 6: Program Atlanta, GA, Meeting, 1946, School Administrators, NEA: Comprehending the Community, 1946
- Item 7: A Program of Rural Education in the United States, 1934
- Item 8: Programs of In-Service Teacher Education Improves Instruction, undated
- Item 9: Process of the Cooperative Study, 1945
- Item 10: Public Works and Postwar Education in Kentucky, 1943
- Item 11: Putting the Idea to Work for Children, 1950
- Item 12: Quality Education Through Quality Teacher Education, 1960
- Item 13: Raising KY's Educational Standard Through More Functional Educational Leadership Training, 1945
- Item 14: Redirecting Rural Education, 1934
- Item 15: Regional Standards for Teacher Education, 1940
- Item 16: Relationships in School Organization (chart), 1952
- Item 17: Report of Committee on Teacher Education, 1946
- Item 18: Report of KY Educational Commission, 1933
- Item 19: Report of Scores Given to the County Superintendent in Franklin Co, KY, by Teachers and Principals, undated
- Item 20: Report on Materials: Production Projects in Cooperative Study of Teacher Education to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1947
- Item 21: Report on Problems in Administration of County School Systems, 1929
- Folder 3: Rural Education in Christian County, [Kentucky]: A Survey, 1930
- By R.E. Jaggers and O.J. Jones for the Department of Education in Frankfort, KY.
- Folder 4: Res-Sta, 1928-1959
- Item 1: Resource Use Education, 1948
- Item 2: Rural Education in Madison County: A Survey, undated
- Item 3: Rural Education Leadership, 1928
- Item 4: Rural Education on the Move, 1945
- Item 5: Rural Teacher Shortage--Remedies, 1942
- Item 6: The Rural School of Tomorrow, 1931
- Item 7: S. 1313 and the Nation's War Report, 1942
- Item 8: Scholarship in Action, 1940
- Item 9: School Problems and School Support, 1943
- Item 10: The Schools and the War Effort, 1942
- Item 11: The Selection of the Teachers of Tomorrow, undated
- Item 12: Ships of Discovery, 1932
- Item 13: Significant Learning: In Therapy and in Education, 1959
- Item 14: Social Adjustment and Parental Attitude, 1931
- Item 15: The Social South in Teacher Education, 1941
- Item 16: Some Characteristics of a Good Teacher, 1951
- Item 17: Some Evidences of Improvement in School Programs in KY, 1945
- Item 18: Some Problems to be Faced in Developing a Program as a Basis for Issuing the Standard Elementary and the Standard Secondary Certificate Based on the Master's Degree, undated
- Item 19: State and Institutional Cooperation in Preparation of Business Teachers, 1941
- Item 20: State Department of Education, 1944
- Item 21: The State Department of Education and its Function, 1945
- Item 22: State Supervision of Instruction, undated
- Item 23: State Supervision of Rural Schools, 1932
- Folder 5: Str-Teacher Cert, 1927-1957
- Item 1: Straight Ahead--The Goal (Teachers Look at the Future), 1957
- Item 2: Suggested Adjustments in the Faculty Load, 1953
- Item 3: Suggested Competencies in Teacher-Education. Curriculums in KY, 1953
- Item 4: Suggested Competencies Which Have Major Emphasis in Teacher Education Curriculum at the Fifth Year Level, 1953
- Item 5: Summary of Conference of Classroom Teachers of Southeastern States Held in Lexington, Kentucky, March 28, 1942, 1942
- Item 6: The Supervision of "Feeder Schools" by Central School, 1935
- Item 7: Survey of Office Space, Office Equipment, Office Personnel, & Office Procedure in 108 Counties in Kentucky, 1927
- Item 8: The Teacher and the Report of the Community, undated
- Item 9: Teacher Certification and In-Service Education, 1940
- Item 10: Teacher Certification and Professionalization of Teaching, 1953
- Folder 6: Teacher Cert-Tw, 1932-1962
- Item 1: Teacher Certification by the State, 1940
- Item 2: Teacher Education and Certification in Kentucky, 1940
- Item 3: Teacher Education--"Cradle to Grave Process,", 1946
- Item 4: A Teacher for the Atomic Age, 1946
- Item 5: Teaching Load, undated
- Item 6: The Teacher in Our Midst, 1938
- Item 7: The Teacher in the New School, undated
- Item 8: Teacher Leadership in Pupil Progress, 1935
- Item 9: Teacher Preparation Moves Forward, 1935
- Item 10: Teachers and National Offense, 1944
- Item 11: Teacher Supply & Demand: Program of Action-- with Forward by R.E. Jaggers, 1941
- Item 12: Teacher-Training from the Standpoint of the State, 1936
- Item 13: These are Our Institutions, 1948
- Item 14: These are Our People, 1948
- Item 15: This is Your World, undated
- Item 16: To the Council on Public Higher Education, 1947
- Item 17: Total Faculty Plans Teacher Education Program Training for Emergency Teachers, 1947
- Item 18: Training for Guidance, 1962
- Item 19: Trends in Teacher Retirement, 1937
- Item 20: The Twelve Grade Principalship, 1932
- Folder 7: U-W, 1930-1948
- Item 1: Unification of Public School Program Through Improvement of Instruction in Elementary School on Basis of Scientific Analysis, 1930
- Item 2: Unification Program, undated
- Item 3: Unified Program of Teacher Education and Certification in Southern States, 1941
- Item 4: Uniformity and Reciprocity in Certification, 1934
- Item 5: Unifying Higher Education in KY Through Cooperation and Coordination, 1946
- Item 6: Untitled Works, 1937-1947
- Folder 8: Untitled Works, 1935-1947
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