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This is a list of resources on the history of Peabody College of Education and Human Development that are located at Peabody Library. Other resources are located in Special Collections and University Archives. Please ask library staff if you need assistance.
Books
Academic Profiles in Higher Education. Edited by James J. Van Patten. E. Mellen Press, 1992.
LA 227.4 .A32 1992
Includes a chapter about George Peabody.
Chapple, William Dismore. George Peabody. Peabody Museum, 1933.
HV 28 .P4 C5
Conkin, Paul Keith. Gone with the Ivy : A Biography of Vanderbilt University. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1985.
LD 5588 .C66 1985
Conkin, Paul Keith. Peabody College: From a Frontier Academy to the Frontiers of Teaching and Learning. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2002.
LB 2193 .N297 C66 2002
Crabb, Alfred L. Genealogy of George Peabody College for Teachers Covering
a Period of One Hundred and Fifty Years.1935.
LB 1960 .N42 C7
Dillingham, George A. The Foundation of the Peabody Tradition. University Press of America, 1989.
LB 1960 .N42 D55 1989
Dorn, Sherman. A brief history of Peabody College. Nashville, TN: Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 1996.
LB 1960 .N42 D676 1996
Force, William W. Payne of Peabody: An Apostle of Education: A Portrait of Bruce Ryburn Payne, President of George Peabody College for Teachers, 1911-1937. W. W. Force, 1985.
LA 2317 .P39 F672 1985
George Peabody College for Teachers: Its Evolution and Present Status, September, 1912. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1912.
378.768 PE2
Hanaford, Phebe. The Life of George Peabody; Containing a Record of Those Princely Acts of Benevolence Which Entitle Him to the Esteem and Gratitude of All Friends of Education and the Destitute, Both in America, the Land of His Birth, and in England, the Place of his Death. B. B. Russell, 1870.
HV 28 .P4 H2 1870 vault
Hidy, Muriel. George Peabody, Merchant and Financier: 1829-1854. Arno Press, 1979.
HF 3032 .P38 H52 1979
Kramer, Rita. Ed School Follies: The Miseducation of America's Teachers. The Free Press, 1991.
LB 1715 .K64 1991
Includes a chapter devoted to Peabody and a mention of Willis Hawley's contribution to teacher education (p.7).
McCann, Bess. The Faculty of George Peabody College for Teachers, 1914-1936. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1936.
LB 17 .V35232 C266 1936
Miller, Jack. Independent Study and Doctoral Projects at George Peabody College for Teachers: 1965-1976. The College, 1976. LB 1960 .N26 A62
Parker, Franklin. George Peabody, 1795-1869: Founder of Modern Philanthropy. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1955.
HV 28 .P4 P3
Parker, Franklin. George Peabody: A Biography. Rev. ed. Vanderbilt University Press, 1995.
HV 28 .P4 P29 1995
The Past is prologue: Peabody Demonstration School, 1915-1970. The 1969-70 American Problems Class, Philip Mintz [and others]. Nashville, TN: Peabody Demonstration School, 1970.
LD 7501.N22 P3
Ransom, Nancy A. A Comparative History of Faculty Women at George Peabody College for Teachers and Vanderbilt University, 1875 to 1970. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1988.
LB 5 .G42 no. 691
Wills, Lynette A. H. Peabody Women Doctorates: 1961-1975. Peabody College for Teachers, 1978.
LB 5 .G4 no. 125
Windrow, John E. Peabody and Alfred Leland Crabb: The Story of Peabody as Reflected in Selected Writings of Alfred Leland Crabb. Williams Press, 1977.
LB 1960 .N42 C72
Alumni Directory of Peabody College, 1877-1909. Alumni Association of Peabody College, 1909.
LB 1960 .N25 P3 1909
Alumni Directory. College and University Press, 1982.
LB 1960 .N26 G467 1982
Directory. George Peabody College for Teachers.
LB 1960 .N26 A348 1955, 1961, 1975/76 vault
Handbook for Staff Personnel of George Peabody College for Teachers. The College, 1977.
LB 1960 .N26 A5 1977
Official Directory Faculty and Staff. George Peabody College for Teachers.
378.768 PFo
Official Directory. Faculty and Staff. George Peabody College for Teachers.
378.768 PFo
Official Directory. George Peabody College for Teachers.
LB 1960 .N26 A38 1956, 1958-1960
Peabody College Faculty Handbook. The College, 1969.
LB 1960 .N26 A565 1969
Peabody Directory. Computer Composition, Inc.
LB 1960 .N26 A348 1971/72
Student, Faculty, Staff Directory. Scholarship Committee of the Student Council, 1962.
LB 1960 .N26 A348 1962/63, 1963/64-1970/71, 1974/75-1979
Undergraduate Handbook. George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University.
LB 1960 .N26 A5378 1981
Bulletins, Catalogs, Yearbooks
(Bulletins and General Catalogs are arranged chronologically; other entries are alphabetical.)
Bulletin of Vanderbilt University: Peabody College. Vanderbilt University.
LB 1960 .N26 A34 (1980/81-1987/88)
General Catalog. George Peabody College for Teachers.
LB 1960 .N26 A34
Bulletin. George Peabody College for Teachers.
378.768 PHI 1912-1950 (v. 1 - v. 8), 1951-1965 (v.1 - v. 15, Series 3)
Bulletin. Peabody College for Teachers.
378.768 PH 1902-1910/11 (v. 1- v. 11)
George Peabody College for Teachers. Program and Services.
LB 1960 .N26 A665
Pillar.
LB 1960 .N26 P5
The Pillar succeeds the Garnet and Blue as the yearbook for Peabody. There were no yearbooks between the last Garnet and Blue (in 1908) and the first Pillar (in 1949).
Garnet and Blue.
Early Peabody yearbooks from the first decade of the 20th century, when Peabody Normal School was on the old University of Nashville campus. The most recent year held is 1908.
Schedule of Classes. George Peabody College for Teachers.
LB 1960 .N26 A34 1966/67-1977/78
Schedule of Courses. George Peabody College for Teachers.
LB 1960 .N26 A345 1975/76-1979, 1982-current
School of Library Science. Bulletin. George Peabody College for Teachers.
LB 1960 .N26 A345 1970/72-1977/78, 1979
Summer at Peabody. George Peabody College.
LB 1960 .N26 A342 1967-1979
Vanderbilt in Summer. Vanderbilt University.
LB 1960 .N26 A4 1982, 1983
Commencement Programs
Commencement Programs, Invitations, Etc., 1877-1929. George Peabody College for Teachers.
378.768 PKco vault
George Peabody College for Teachers Commencement Programs. George Peabody College for Teachers.
LB 1960 .N26 A48
Overseas Commencement. George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University.
LB 1960 .N26 A482 1976-1979, 1981
Vanderbilt University. Commencement/Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt University.
Reference LD 5593. V35 1980-1987, 1989-current
Speeches
Commemoration Day: Friday, May 12, 1899. Peabody Normal College, 1899.
LB 1960 .N26 A5373
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of George Peabody College for Teachers, February 18-20, 1925. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1925.
378.768 PE
(collection of newspaper clippings - in poor condition)
Payne, William Harold. Chancellor's Address at the Opening of the Fifteenth Session of the Peabody Normal College: October 2, 1889.
378.768 NK3c
Proceedings on the Presentation of Three Portraits to the Peabody Normal College. University of Nashville, October 3, 1888.
LB 1960 .N25 P349
Winthrop, Robert C. Eulogy Pronounced at the Funeral of George Peabody at Peabody, Massachusetts, 8 February, 1870. Press of John Wilson and Sons, 1870.
HV 28 .P4 W5
Audio
Historic Moments in Peabody's History, July 26, 1967. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1967.
Cassette 63
Reports
Annual Report to the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association.
LB 1960 .N26 A618 1981/82-1983/84
Design for the Future: A Report From the Select Committee on Peabody's Second Century to President John Dinsworth and the Board of Trustees. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1974.
378.76855 .G293d
First Follow-Up Report for the Institutional Self-Study Program. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1976.
LB 1960 .N26 A613
Peabody College Looks Ahead: Report of the Committee of Eleven. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1946.
378.768 Pm1
Report of the President of Peabody College.
LB 1960 .N26 A3 vault 1902-1903, 1928, 1929, 1936/37-1937/38, 1941/42-1948/49, 1952-1975/76
Progress Report of the Committee of Eleven. April 19, 1946. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1946.
378.768 Pm
Report to the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
LB 1960 .N26 A683
Responses to Report of Visiting Committee: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1975.
LB 1960 .N26 A685
Self Study. The College, 1975.
LB 1960 .N26 A6 1974, 1980
Semi-Centennial of George Peabody College for Teachers 1875-1925. George Peabody College for Teachers, 1925.
378.768 PEI
Vanderbilt and Peabody Program as Developed by the Faculties and Approved by the Administrators.
378.768 V283
Periodicals
Peabody Journal of Education. v. 1-11, 13-31, 33- and online (search ACORN by periodical title)
Peabody Post. v. 1 (1947/48), v. 6 (1952)- v. 32 (1978/79)
Peabody Record. v. 1 (1892/93)-v. 10 (1901/02), v. 12 (1903/04)- v. 18 (1909/10)
Peabody Reflector. Summer Supplement. v. 1 (1950)- v. 15 (1964)
Peabody Reflector. v. 1 (1927/28)-v. 59(1985/87)
Peabody Views the Current Scene. v. 1 no. 1 (1963) - v. 5, no. 2 (1973) (Shelved with the Peabody Reflector)
Internet Resources
George Peabody College Finding Aids. Vanderbilt University Special Collections
and University Archives.
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/subjectguide.shtml#G
George Peabody College Historical Information. Virtual Reading Room, Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives.
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/vrr/peabody.shtml
History of the Peabody College Library. The Peabody Library.
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/peabody/about/history.html
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