Inauguration of Dr. Owens, Knoxville College President, March 16, 1968
Scope and Contents
Inauguration of Dr. Robert Leon Owens III as Knoxville College President.
Moldy tape was baked but much video interference and artifacts remain, resulting in faulty audio and video.
Introductory speech by Knoxville College Chairman, Dr. Owens speech begins at 9:00.
Tape cuts at 34:10 to choir singing "Climb Every Mountain."
At 38:50, singing of college hymn
At 40:30 Dr. James Foster Reece delivers benediction - after a few seconds, tape rewinds and restarts several times
At 47:00 faculty and assembled guests exit
At 51:00 Dr. Owens delivers speech. From this point until the end of the tape, there is no audio.
Dates
- March 16, 1968
Creator
- From the Collection: Knoxville College (Organization)
Extent
1 open reel videotape : 1-inch black and white monaural Sony EV-11-60 2460 ft
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
TAMIS B1 cold storage vault
Existence and Location of Copies
An mp4 file of a digital tranfser is on TAMIS's server.
Black in Appalachia has original .mov file digital transfers.
Processing Information
Digitized by Paul B Adams of Mass Productions, Tewksbury, Massachusets in 2021. Transfer services funded by Black in Appalachia.
- African American history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- African American schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville College (Knoxville, Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Owens, Robert Leon III, 1923-2021 Subject Source: Local sources
Repository Details
Part of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound Repository
