Digital Collections

Johnny Hayes Political Memorabilia Collection

We have digitized a portion of the Johnny Hayes Politcal Memorabilia Collection. This rich collection contains artifacts from United States political campaigns and events ranging from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. It documents both national and Tennessee politics. More items will be added to public access over time.

Albert Gore, Sr. WSM Radio Broadcasts

Albert Gore, Sr. gave a weekly radio broadcast on the WSM station out of Nashville, covering a wide variety of topics such as labor, World War II, the Tennessee Valley Authority, military aid to Europe, NATO, and the Korean War. We are currently digitizing the transcripts of these broadcasts.

Historical LGBTQ+ Periodicals and Documents

The following LGBTQ+ historical documents have been digitized and made accessible for educational purposes.

Forrest Hall Protest Collection

The Forrest Hall Protest Collection exists in order to collect, preserve, and provide access to the documents, accounts, and history of the individuals and organizations involved in the debate over the name of Forrest Hall and other Confederate symbols on MTSU’s campus.

Tennesseans and World War II

This digital collection contains a curated set of documents, photographs, ephemera and objects related to the Tennessee maneuvers, home front, and wartime activity overseas. The collection is in its early phases, so more items will be added in the coming months.

Wearing Gay History

The Gore Center is one of 19 archives in the world that contributed to Wearing Gay History, a digital archive of historical LGBT t-shirts.

Bradley Academy Historical Association

This Omeka site hosts the Bradley Academy Historical Association’s Digital Collection, which has been digitized and held by the Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center. MTSU students in the class HIST 6450 (Digital Tools for Historians) created this site. There are over 200 images that range from photographs to newspaper clippings to graduation commencement programs.

Black Craftspeople Digital Archive

Founded in 2019, the BCDA brings together scholars, students, museums and archives professionals and the public to collaborate and spread the story of black craftspeople. BCDA seeks to enhance what we know about black craftspeople by telling both a spatial story and a historically informed story that highlights the lives of black craftspeople and the objects they produced.