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M86-02 – E.E. CORDREY COLLECTION

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Summary Information

Repository:  University of Central Arkansas, Torreyson Library, Archives and Special Collections

Creator:  Cordrey, Everett Emmanuel

Title:  E.E. Cordrey Collection

ID:  M86-02

Dates Bulk:  1920-1979

Dates Inclusive: 1906-1981

Physical Extent:  17 boxes (10.01 Linear Feet:  10 Full Hollinger, 4 Half Hollinger, 2 14” x 18”, 1 20” x 24” boxes)

Language of the Material:  English

Preferred Citation:  (Bibliographic) E.E. Cordrey collection, M86-02, University of Central Arkansas Archives and Special Collections, Conway, Arkansas. 

(Footnote/Endnote info) Description of item, File or Item number, Box number, Series number, Subseries number, E.E. Cordrey collection, M86-02.

Biographical Note:  Everett E. Cordrey was born in Chamois, Missouri on April 3, 1890.  He graduated from Chamois High School in 1906.  He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Education from State Normal School, Warrensburg, Missouri in 1910 and 1911 respectively.  He obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Chicago in 1913.  He taught three years in rural schools in Missouri and served one year as principal for a village school.  He taught science in Hot Springs High School in the 1912-13 school year.  The next year he taught household and applied chemistry at Little Rock High School.

He became a science instructor at Arkansas State Normal School in Conway in 1914 where he remained until his retirement in 1950.  At that time he was Dean of Instruction, Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Physical Science Department.  He sponsored Phi Sigma Phi, the Science Club, for thirty-four years.

Scope and Contents Note:  This collection documents the life and career of E. E. Cordrey, who taught at Arkansas State Teachers College for 36 years. Materials relevant to his teaching include record books, documents regarding campus organizations, correspondence, and 35mm photographic slides he used while teaching science. Cordrey also was an avid traveler after his retirement, and this collection contains postcards, photographs, and other memorabilia of his travels. 

Arrangement: This collection is arranged into a single record group with no series or subseries.

Administrative Information

Publication Statement:  University of Central Arkansas Archives and Special Collections

UCA Archives
Torreyson Library
201 Donaghey Avenue
Conway, AR 72035
Phone: (501) 450-3418

Access Information:   Please call (501) 450-3418 or email archives@uca.edu prior to your visit to ensure availability of records.

Conditions Governing Use: All student records in this collection are subject to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) restrictions of one hundred years from the date of creation of the record.

Processing Information:  Collection originally processed in 1986. Additional materials acquired and processed in 1991. Materials related to student records were restricted in 2021 by Daniel Klotz. In 2024 the finding aid was updated by Clover Quill with assists from Shelbea Gentry in 2025.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:  McCue, Louise C. (Donor, Person)

Controlled Access Headings: 

Colleges and Universities – Arkansas State Normal School (ASNS)

Colleges and Universities – Arkansas State Teachers College (ASTC)

Colleges and Universities – University of Central Arkansas (UCA)

Education

Travel

Science 

Collection Inventory 

Box 1

  • File 1 – Letters, Papers, Schedules, Commencement Programs, and Arkansas State Teachers Association Membership Cards
  • File 2 – Pamphlet by E.E. Cordrey, “Efforts To Improve Instruction In State Teachers College” and Other Pamphlets
  • File 3 – Ledger With Records and Minutes of Crestomath Literary Society, 1908-1909 and Letter From a Former Member Dated 1912
  • File 4 – Ledger With Records and Minutes of The Science Club of Arkansas State Teachers College, 1925-1929
  • File 5 – Ledger With Science Club Minutes, 1930-1931
  • File 6 – List of Equipment Checked Out to Chemistry Students of E.E. Cordrey, 1930’s
  • File 7 – RESTRICTED – Notebooks With Student Data
  • File 8 – Class Rolls and Lecture Notes of E.E. Cordrey, 1930’s
  • File 9 – RESTRICTED – Class Record Books of E.E. Cordrey, 1915-1919
  • File 10 – Biographical:  Everett E. Cordrey:  A Professor’s Story, by Louise Cordrey McCue
  • File 11 – Materials relating to Clarence K. Streit (Undated)

End of Box 1

 

Box 2

  • File 1 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1920-1923
  • File 2 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1924-1926
  • File 3 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1927-1928
  • File 4 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1929
  • File 5 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1930-1934
  • File 6 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1935-1937
  • File 7 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1937-1939
  • File 8 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1940-1942
  • File 9 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1942-1944

End of Box 2

 

Box 3

  • File 1 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1944-1946
  • File 2 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1946-1947
  • File 3 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1947-1949
  • File 4 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, 1949-1950
  • File 5 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, E.E. Cordrey, Undated
  • File 6 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, Mrs. E.E. Cordrey, John G. Buchholz, H.L. Minton, John Baker Daffin and Terry T. Carter, 1915-1926
  • File 7 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, William A. Cordrey, J.B. Stevenson, Roy Boettler and M.J. McHenry, 1925-1930
  • File 8 – RESTRICTED – Student Record Books, Teacher Not Identified and Undated
  • Item 1 – Photos, Botany and Physics Class. 1917, Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway, Arkansas, student body listening to Coolidge; Inauguration, 1925, Theophania Literary Society, 1919, Assemblies, 1916-1918, Women’s Dorm – Doyne Hall and Residents, c. 1918

End of Box 3

 

Box 4

  • File 1 – E.E. Cordrey Scrapbook No. I concerning the career of E.E. Cordrey, early 1900’s to 1930
  • File 2 – E.E. Cordrey Scrapbook No. II, 1908, 1910, 1917, 1918, 1920’s – 1930’s, 1978
  • File 3 – E.E. Cordrey Scrapbook No. III, 1930’s to 1970’s
  • File 4 – “Talks on Religion” by Everett E. Cordrey, Sunday School Lectures presented to college students in Conway, Arkansas, 3 copies compiled by Louise Cordrey-McCue, 1928-1938
  • File 5 – E.E. Cordrey’s handwritten notes on religion, used by daughter Louise Cordrey to write, “Talks on Religion”, undated
  • File 6 – War Ration Books, qty. 7, 1940s
  • File 7 – Correspondences concerning brother William A. Cordrey, 1945-1948
  • File 8 – The Institute of Radio Engineers, 1957-1959
  • File 9 – Chemical Services Inc., Reynolds Metal Company, Chemical “dip” for coloring aluminum- a process developed by E.E. Cordrey- industrial chemist for an aluminum extrusion plant in Magnolia, Arkansas, 1959-1960s
  • File 10 – Correspondences, E.E. Cordrey – Electronic Service, 1963-1964
  • File 11 – Museum of History and Technology at the U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Annual Report, E.E. Cordrey’s donation listed on page 12, 1965
  • File 12 – Account of trips taken by E.E. Cordrey and 2nd wife Addie Beth, 1959, 1961
  • File 13 – Correspondences with H.L. Minton about UCA History, 1966-1980
  • File 14 – Personal Correspondences, 1943-1970s
  • File 15 – Alphabetical listings of songs and record lists, undated
  • File 16 – The Sea Dream of The Mississippi, a small book about 70 pages by Lily Peter, 1973
  • File 17 – 15 Photographs, E. E. Cordrey’s Farm and Buildings on ASTC Campus
  • File 18 – “My 12 Years at The Training School”, A.S.T.C. grades 1 through 12, Louise Cordrey McCue, October 1979

End of Box 4

 

Box 5

  • File 1 – “Our Trip Out West” by E.E. Cordrey, July 6, 1964 – July 31, 1964
  • Item 1 – Wyoming, E.E. Cordrey Library of Yellowstone National Park vacation, undated
  • Item 2 – Arizona-Nevada, E.E. Cordrey Library of Hoover Dam-Lake Mead in Las Vegas, Petrified Forest, Painted Desert, and the Grand Canyon sites, undated

End of Box 5

 

Box 6

  • File 1 – Itinerary, address list, etc. for AARP / NRTA Travel Service’s European Trip, May 1965 
  • File 2 – “Our Trip to Europe” by E.E. Cordrey, 2 copies, Spring 1965
  • File 3 – Photos of European Tour, March – May 1965
  • File 4 – Miscellaneous post card type pictures of England and Italy Trip, Spring 1965
  • File 5 – Surprising Amsterdam by Arthur Frommer for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, c. 1965
  • File 6 – Holland gateway to Europe by Tourist Associations of the Western Netherlands, undated
  • Item 1 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Britain I, A trip through Great Britain, undated
  • Item 2 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Britain II, A trip inside Westminster and St. Paul’s, undated
  • Item 3 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Germany, slides of Heidelberg a famous castle along the Rhine River / Black Forest, undated
  • Item 4 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to The Louvre, Masterpiece of Paintings and Literature, undated
  • Item 5 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Rome, undated

End of Box 6

 

Box 7

  • Item 1 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Florence, Italy, undated
  • Item 2 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Rome-Vol. II, Vatican post card views and Rome post card views and notes, undated
  • Item 3 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Paris and Versailles; slides, guide books, and pictures, undated
  • Item 4 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Milan, Venice, Pisa, Monaco, Genoa, Verona, and Rapallo; slide lists, notes, guide literature, and pictures, undated
  • Item 5 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Switzerland, undated

End of Box 7

 

Box 8

  • File 1 – Postcards, Alabama and Bellingrath home in Mobile, 1974
  • File 2 – Postcards, Arizona
  • File 3 – Postcards, Arkansas
  • File 4 – Postcards and Maps, California
  • File 5 – Postcards and Maps, Canada
  • File 6 – Postcards and Maps, Colorado
  • File 7 – Postcards and Maps, District of Columbia
  • File 8 – Postcards, Florida
  • File 9 – Postcards, Florida 
  • File 10 – Kennedy Space Center in Florida, “Third Century America,” U.S. Bicentennial Exposition on Science and Technology, May – September 1976
  • File 11 – E.E. Cordrey’s Library Guide to Florida Sites

End of Box 8

 

Box 9

  • File 1 – Postcards, Georgia
  • File 2 – Postcards, Chicago, Illinois
  • File 3 – Postcards, Terre Haute, Indiana post card folder, 1935
  • File 4 – Postcards, Kansas, 1932
  • File 5 – Postcards, Kentucky
  • File 6 – Postcards, Louisiana and book, Old New Orleans, Stanley Clisby Arthur
  • File 7 – Postcards, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri
  • File 8 – Postcards, Nebraska, Nevada, Arizona, New England States, New Mexico, New York, and North Carolina
  • File 9 – Postcards, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania
  • File 10 – Postcards, South Carolina and Tennessee
  • File 11 – Postcards and Maps, Texas 
  • File 12 – Postcards, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia
  • File 13 – Postcards, Washington State and Wyoming
  • File 14 – Antique automobiles, buggy, organ, piano and sewing machine scenes on postcards
  • File 15 – Birds of the USA scenes on postcards
  • File 16 – Civil War Battlefield Booklets include; Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Chalmette, Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, Jamestown, and Vicksburg
  • File 17 – Miscellaneous Pamphlets

End of Box 9

 

Box 10

  • File 1 – Index for E.E. Cordrey’s Slide Sets, 3 notebooks
  • File 2 – Pictures for Slide Set 38, 19 & 20 only
  • File 3 – Pictures for Slide Set 39, 16, 18, 19, & 20 only
  • File 4 – Pictures for Slide Set 40, 16, 17, 20-25, 35, & 36 only
  • File 5 – Pictures for Slide Set 41, 1-24, 35, & 37
  • File 6 – Pictures for Slide Set 43, 10-11, 14-19, and four un-numbered pictures
  • File 7 – Pictures for Slide Set 44, 9, 11-13, & 16 only
  • File 8 – Pictures for Slide Set 45, 1-19, and Slide Set 46, 3-17
  • File 9 – Pictures for Slide Set 47, 1-31
  • File 10 – Pictures for Slide Set 50, 18-21 only and Slide Set 52, 7, 17, 19, 21
  • File 11 – Pictures for Slide Set 54, 1, 7, 11-19
  • File 12 – Pictures for Slide Set 55, 2-21
  • File 13 – Pictures for Slide Set 56, 1-20, Slide Set 57, 1-5, 10-11, 13-17, Slide Set 58, 2-11, 18, 20
  • File 14 – Pictures for Slide Set 59, 1-11, 13-23, 28-37
  • File 15 – Pictures for Slide Set 60, 1-8, 10-35
  • File 16 – Pictures for Slide Set 61, 1-21
  • File 17 – Pictures for Slide Set 65, 1-10 and Slide Set 66, photos of 1938-1940 ASTC outing to Prof. Cordrey’s Farm
  • File 18 – Pictures for Slide Set 67, 68, 69
  • File 19 – Pictures for Slide Set 70, 17-35 only
  • File 20 – Pictures for Slide Set 71, 72
  • File 21 – Pictures for Slide Set 74, 75, 76, 77
  • File 22 – Pictures for Slide Set 78 & 79
  • File 23 – Pictures for Slide Set 80
  • File 24 – Miscellaneous and un-numbered pictures

End of Box 10

 

Box 11

  • Item 1 – Slides, Sets, 1 – 26
  • Item 2 – Slides, Sets, 27 – 49
  • Item 3 – Slides, Sets, 50 – 69
  • Item 4 – Slides, Sets, 70 – 81
  • Item 5 – Miscellaneous Slides, un-numbered

End of Box 11

 

Box 12

  • Item 1 – Slides of the D.C. Area and Virginia Area
  • Item 2 – Slides of the Chicago, Kentucky, Tennessee, Blue Ridge Parkway, and New York Areas
  • Item 3 – Slides of Disney World, Historic Paintings, and miscellaneous
  • Item 4 – Slides of Colorado and other Rocky Mountain States
  • Item 5 – Slides of seven Pacific Coast States and Mexico

End of Box 12

 

Box 13

  • Item 1 – Newspaper Scrapbook, Political News Events, 1974-1975
  • Item 2 – Newspaper Scrapbook, Hurricanes, Summer 1979
  • Item 3 – Newspaper Scrapbook, Miscellaneous News Items, 1977-1979
  • Item 4 – Newspaper Scrapbook, Social Events from personal and professional careers, 1900s
  • Item 5 – Newspaper Scrapbook, News Articles & Correspondence of Retirement Testimonials and Dedication of E.E. Cordrey Science Building, 1950
  • Item 6 – Newspaper Scrapbook, Retirement Years in Florida, 1960s – 1980s

End of Box 13

 

Box 14

  • File 1 – Arkansas State Teachers College – Publication Alumni News Bulletin, The Echo, “Arkansas Retired Teachers Association”, 1935-1982
  • File 2 – Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles, 1957-1979
  • File 3 – Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles, 1980-1982
  • File 4 – Log Cabin Democrat Newspaper Articles “Yesterdays”, August -October 1978
  • File 5 – Bowman’s Cave- Residential Living, c. 1980s- for Addie Beth Cordrey- 2nd wife of E.E. Cordrey
  • Item 1 – Newspaper Scrapbook of Helena and Magnolia, Arkansas Articles, 1970s
  • Item 2 – Newspaper Scrapbook of Feature Stories from Arkansas and Florida, 1978-1981
  • Item 3 – Newspaper Scrapbook of Articles, 1970s – 1980s

End of Box 14

 

Box 15

  • Item 1 – Log Cabin Democrat Newspapers, November 1, 1963 B-Section Devoted to Torreyson Library Dedication and other ASTC Programs (copied)

End of Box 15

 

Box 16

  • Item 1 – Diploma, Chamois, Missouri High School, E.E. Cordrey, May 10, 1906
  • Item 2 – Diploma, Warrensburg, Missouri, State Normal School – E.E. Cordrey, May 25, 1910
  • Item 3 – Diploma, Warrensburg, Missouri, State Normal School, Everett E. Cordrey, July 28, 1911
  • Item 4 – State of Arkansas Certificate to Teach, State Board of Education, E.E. Cordrey, September 4, 1912
  • Item 5 – Diploma, University of Chicago, Bachelor of Science, E.E. Cordrey- 1913
  • Item 6 – Diploma, University of Chicago, Master of Science- E.E. Cordrey- 1925
  • Item 7 – Diploma, Arkansas State Normal School, Certificate to Teach, William A. Cordrey, June 5, 1924
  • Item 8 – Diploma, Arkansas State Normal School, Bachelor of Arts, William A. Cordrey, June 10, 1926
  • Item 9 – Newspaper Scrapbook, 1937-1980
  • Item 10 – Diploma, Institute of Radio Engineers, E.E. Cordrey, July 1, 1954

End of Box 16

 

Box 17

  • Item 1 – Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles, 1973-1980
  • Item 2 – Loose Scrapbook pages and Newspaper Articles, 1981

End of Box 17

End of Collection