Fisk University

Books and Articles

Bragg, Emma White, ed. Golden Anniversary Class Reunion: A Book Written by the Surviving Classmates of the 1932 Class of Fisk University. Nashville, Tenn.: The University, 1982.

Mitchell, Reavis. The Loyal Children Make Their Way: Fisk University Since 1866. Nashville: Fisk University Press, 1995.

Richardson, Joe M. A History of Fisk University, 1865- 1946. University, Ala.: The University of Alabama Press, 1980.

Tipton, C. Robert. "The Fisk Jubilee Singers." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 29 (1970): 42-48.

Manuscript Collections

Adams, Inez. Papers, 1914-68. Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans.
Adams, an anthropologist, civil rights activist, teacher and poet, taught at Fisk from 1949 to 1963.

Chamberlin, Mary E. Papers, 1886-1908. Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans.
Chamberlin taught music at Fisk.

Fisher, Constance. Papers. Special Collections, Fisk University Library, Nashville.
Fisher was a 1924 graduate of Fisk.

Jefferson, Cecile Barefield. Papers, 1928-70. Special Collections, Fisk University Library, Nashville.
Jefferson (1883-1971) was the director of the Fisk University dining hall.

Robinson, America. Papers. Special Collections, Fisk University Library, Nashville.

Simms, Margaret. Papers, 1952-70. Special Collections, Fisk University Library, Nashville.

Spence, Mary. Papers. Nd. Special Collections, Fisk University Library, Nashville. Spence was a white student and professor at Fisk. This collection includes correspondence with her father, Adam K. Spence (1870-1902), who was a principal of Fisk Normal School.

Vorhees, Lillian. Papers, 1927-60. Special Collections, Fisk University Library, Nashville.
Voorhees taught speech and drama at Fisk.