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Portrait of Jesse Clifton Burt, 1969
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Title
Portrait
of
Jesse
Clifton
Burt
,
1969
Personal name
Burt
,
Jesse
Clifton
,
1921-
--Portraits
Corporate name
Vanderbilt University--Alumni and alumnae--Portraits
Topical entry
Popular Culture
Education
Portraits, American--20th century
Portraits--Tennessee--Nashville
Authors--Tennessee--Nashville
Educators--Tennessee--Nashville
Historians--Tennessee--Nashville
Authors, American--20th century--Portraits
College teachers--Tennessee--Nashville
Radio broadcasters--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
Jesse
Clifton
Burt
,
Jr.
, in
middle
age
,
wearing
a
brown
suit
and
green
tie
, with his
arms
crossed.
His
wedding
band
and
watch
are
visible.
Historian
,
author
, and
free-lance
writer
,
Jesse
Burt
was
born
in
1921
in
Nashville
,
Tennessee
, to
Jesse
Clifton
and
Agnes
Louise
Seals
Burt.
Burt
attended
and
graduated
from
Hume-Fogg
High
School
,
George
Peabody
College
for
Teachers
, and
Vanderbilt
University.
In
1946
, he
married
Eleanor
Bales
Jones.
Burt
taught
history
at
Presbyterian
College
in
Clinton
,
South
Carolina
,
Florence
State
College
in
Florence
,
Alabama
, and
Vanderbilt
University
in
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
before
serving
as
Dean
at
Lambuth
College
in
Jackson
,
Tennessee.
In
1956
, he
began
serving
as an
extension
division
instructor
in
history
at the
University
of
Tennessee
,
Nashville
Center
, and in
1962
became
a
radio
broadcaster.
Burt
died
on
20
November
1976
, in
Nashville
,
Tennessee
, and
is
interred
in
Mt.
Olivet
Cemetery.
Pastel
(chalk).
Donated
to the
library
by
Cholette
(aka
Susan
Loudermilk)
in
1983.
The
portrait
is
not
framed
and
is
currently
not on
display.
The
library's
portraits
were
photographed
as
part
of the
National
Society
of The
Colonial
Dames
of
America
in
Tennessee's
Tennessee
Portrait
Project
(
http://www.tnportraits.org/index.htm).
Creator
Cholette
(Artist)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
National
Society
of The
Colonial
Dames
of
America
in
Tennessee
Date
1969
Type
Still
Image
;
Portraits
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Jesse-burt-lg
Relation
Nashville
Room
Oversize
Collection
Coverage
1960-1969
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
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