Collier, Jessie Mae

Class photograph of the students of Clarksville High School (Clarksville, Tenn.) in front of the school building. The caption on the back states "Freshman '25" and "Jessie Mae Collier." The photograph is ripped on the left-hand side.

This small collection consists of assorted papers from the Collier family. Included in the collection are commencement programs for Austin Peay State College and the University of Tennessee, telephone directories, and a few personal papers. The personal papers include a a check from 1916, a high school report cards from 1925-26, and a letter tp Elby from Jessie Mae from April 10, 1935.

The Purple and Gold Collection contains approximately 550 items, consisting of monthly editions of The Purple and Gold literary magazine, ranging from 1914 to 2007, with gaps in the collection. The magazine was in print on a monthly basis during the school year from the early 1910s through the mid-1960s. Special class reunion editions were published later, with the most recent one in the collection published in 2007.