General Correspondence-Eagle-Fuson

The Thomas J. Coates collection is composed of six boxes of material relating to Coates' presidency at Eastern Kentucky State Normal School (1916-1928). The material covers only a small part of Coates' term of service, primarily the last two years. Unfortunately, many of the records from this period of the university's history were either destroyed or lost through the years. The majority of the papers cover general correspondence from 1926-1928. Also included are a fragmentary collection of business records that pre-date and follow his presidency and student teacher record cards from 1921-1922. The material is arranged in alphabetical order by subject, then chronologically within each folder, except the general correspondence which is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.