Creator	Pierce, Truman, 1906-1986
Title	Truman Pierce Papers
Description	Truman Mitchell Pierce was born in Coosa County, Alabama in 1906. The eldest of eight children born to Willie Mitchell and Martha Temperance Pierce, he was raised in Equality, Alabama and completed his high school education at the Thorsby Institute in Thorsby, Alabama. Pierce graduated from Piedmont College in Georgia in 1925 and, in 1926, became a social science teacher at the Martha Berry Schools (now Berry College) in Rome, Georgia. He was a principal in Autaugaville, Alabama from 1927-1930. He taught science and math in DeKalb County, Alabama from 1930-1932 and was a principal at Cedar Bluff, Alabama from 1932-1938. In 1938, he, his wife Lucille, and their newborn daughter Jean moved to Tallassee, Alabama where Pierce was principal from 1938 until 1944. In 1944, he became a research assistant and instructor at Columbia University where he earned his Ph. D. in 1946. After completing his doctoral work, Pierce returned to Alabama as the Dean of the College of Education at Troy State Teachers College. From 1947-1950, he served as Associate Professor and Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee. From 1950-1955, Pierce served as Director of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation funded SSCPEA (Southern States Cooperative Program in Educational Administration) at Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1955, Pierce became Dean of the School of Education at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Pierce remained at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, later renamed Auburn University, until his retirement in 1975. The Truman Pierce Institute for the Advancement of Teacher Education was founded in 1982 to continue the work Pierce began as Dean. Contains the project and office files of Truman Pierce during his tenure as a professor in, and later Dean of, the College of Education at Auburn University. Includes notes of his work as an advisor to school districts throughout the state of Alabama including Mobile and DeKalb County. The minutes and publications of several state and national committees and many of Pierce's own publications, speeches and talks are also included. Large portions of Pierce's papers are devoted to establishing teacher education and certification standards for the state of Alabama. Also included are Pierce's Ph. D. work from Columbia University as well as extensive correspondence and student records from the 1950's through the 1980's.
Date	1950-1985
Time Period	1950-1985
LC Subject Headings	Pierce, Truman, 1906-1986 Auburn University--Faculty Auburn University. School of Education--History School districts--Alabama--Evaluation Education--Research--Alabama Educational reports--Alabama Education--Study and teaching--Alabama Teacher educators--Alabama Education--Alabama--Societies, etc.
EOA Categories	Education -- K-12 Education -- Higher Education History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 0674
File Name	0674-01-0025mc.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2048897
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge