Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Jackson McWhirter Tubb Papers (Z/1240.001).
Creator/Collector: Jackson McWhirter Tubb.
Date(s): 1943-1974.
Size: Size size cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff.
Provenance: Gift of Donor, of Place, State, on Date; Z/U/XXXX.XXX.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

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Preferred citation: Jackson McWhirter Tubb Papers (Z/1240.001), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

Jackson McWhirter Tubb

Jackson McWhirter Tubb was born on July 9, 1899, at Hatley, Monroe County, Mississippi. He received his B. S. degree from Mississippi Southern College and his M. A. degree from the University of Mississippi. Tubb began his professional career in a one-teacher school in Mt. Carmel, Prentiss County. He then became Superintendent of High Schools in Prentiss, Perry, and Kemper Counties. Tubb also served as President of East Mississippi Junior College at Scooba. He was a member of the House of Representatives (Democrat) from Monroe County from 1928-1932. Tubb was first appointed State Superintendent of Education in July, 1945, by the late Governor Thomas L. Bailey on resignation of the late J. S. Vandiver. He was elected to his own term in 1947 and took office in 1948. Tubb was subsequently reelected until his retirement in 1968.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Scope and Content Note text to come.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Series title. Dates.

Series Description text to come.

Box 1, Folder 1

 

Box List:

Folder 1-8: Private correspondence, June 17, 1943–December 28, 1973.

Folder 9: Correspondence related to the Mississippi Society for the Prevention of Blindness, July 31, 1968–May 10, 1971.

Folder 10: Correspondence related to the Mississippi Kidney Foundation, June 12, 1968–June 18, 1970.

Folder 11: Correspondence and material related to the Council of Chief State School Officers, November 7, 1961–November 14, 1971.

Folders 12-13: Correspondence on Civil Rights and Federal Funds for Education, January 2, 1964–April 8, 1965.

Folder 14: Biographical data concerning Tubb.

Folders 15-16: Speeches by Tubb.

Folder 17: Poems used by Tubb in various speeches.

Folder 18: Synopsis of Chapter I, General Laws of Mississippi 1870, which is the Reconstruction Act setting up the Public School System in the State.

Folder 19: Official vote tabulation of the State of Mississippi General Election, November 5, 1963.

Folder 20: News release, September 27, 1962.

Folder 21: Narrative report on Mississippi's plan of textbooks selection, October, 1959, and the Twenty-ninth Summer Session Commencement of Jones County Junior College, August 21, 1969.

Folder 22: List of the members of the Governor's Viewing Committee at Utica Junior College, March 26, 1969.

Folder 23: Program of the Leadership Workshop, Mississippi Retired Teachers Association, July 11, 1972.

Folder 24: Appraisal concerning the Junior College Movement, November, 1974.

Folder 25: Biennial report and recommendations by the State Superintendent, 1943–1945.

Folder 26: News articles.

Folder 27: Mississippi's Rehab Review, April, 1968, and Mississippi Vocational News, December, 1945.

Folder 28: Issues of the NRTA Journal, January–February, 1970, July–August, 1973, and May–June, 1974.

Boxes: Four campaign scrapbooks.