Middle Tennessee State University and the Tennessee Center for Labor-Management Relations have joined forces to produce a history of Tennessee that focuses on the lives and experiences of working people from the 1850s to the present.

This history will track changes in economic growth and employment in the state and how those changes affected lives, institutions, and communities. "A Working History of Tennessee" will discuss these changes and experiences in the context of the music, art, and other social and cultural influences of the times.

"A Working History of Tennessee" will be the basis for educational materials designed to be used in secondary schools and colleges throughout the state. These will be presented in video and CD-ROM formats to attract student interest. The educators working on this project are anxious to receive information--photographs, newspaper articles, art, music, company or union histories, and any other materials that will help make this history meaningful to those studying Tennessee's past and present. If you would like to provide materials for possible inclusion in this project or support it in any way, please contact Dr. Barbara Haskew at 615-898-5578 or bhaskew@mtsu.edu.