Roy Lee Collins, Jr. Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of music programs collected by Collins during his lifetime. These programs include Collins’ performances and those that he attended at Tift College and other institutions (mainly churches). The programs are in chronological order. The collection also contains Collins’ college degrees, plaques, a scrapbook, and a framed item from Tift College.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-2010 (Bulk 1950-1982)
Creator
- Collins, Roy Lee, Jr., 1917-2018 (Person)
Rights Statement
To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.
Biographical / Historical
Roy Lee “Lee” Collins was a white vocal professor at Tift College. He was born on November 30, 1917, in Detroit, Michigan and died on March 23, 2018, in Forsyth, Georgia. Collins spent his childhood in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, before joining the National Guard in 1940. He enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1942, where he served until 1945. Following Collins’s discharge from the Coast Guard, he earned both a Bachelors and Masters of Arts degree from Columbia University in New York City. While in New York, Collins met his future wife, Cordelia.
Following Collins’s graduation from Columbia’s Teacher’s College in 1955, he joined the faculty of Bessie Tift College in Forsyth, Georgia, where he taught for 28 years. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Forsyth.
Extent
3.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Bessie Tift College (Forsyth, Ga.) (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- Roy Lee Collins, Jr. Collection
- Author
- Gabrielle Hale
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Mercer University Archives and Digital Initiatives Repository