Albert Gore Research Center, MTSU: 128 Todd Hall

Founded in 1911 to train teachers, MTSU has always been co-educational. The Gore Center has a wealth of materials by and about women who have contributed to the university and the community. Among the highlights are oral interviews with notable women educators and activists Ruth Bowdoin and Mary Scales and the papers of Smyrna writer Adeline King. Collections document women’s athletics at MTSU, the American Association of University Women, the Business and Professional Women’s Club, Charity Circle, the June Anderson Women’s Center, the League of Women Voters, the Tennessee College for Women, the Frances Bohannon Music Club, the Craddock Study Club, and the Dromgoole Literary Society.