Virtual Library Presentation New Tennessee State Library and Archives

Exterior of the future Tennessee State Library and Archives at night

Chuck Sherrill was named State Librarian and Archivist of Tennessee by Secretary of State Tre Hargett in 2010. This appointment followed ten years of service to the City of Brentwood, where he was the director of one of Tennessee's premier public libraries. Prior to that he was head of the research section of the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Before moving to the Nashville area he was the Director of the Cleveland (Tenn.) Public Library for nine years, and, before that, Head Reference Librarian at the Western Reserve Historical Society.

He is a native of Cleveland Ohio and a summa cum laude graduate of Case Western Reserve Univeristy, with master’s degrees in history and library science. His undergraduate work was done at Ohio University in Athens, where he earned a B.S. in Journalism. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at Jackson State Community College (TN) in the distance learning program.

Chuck is an avid genealogist and author of more than 20 books of Tennessee history and genealogy. Since 2002 he has been the editor of the "Middle Tennessee Journal of History and Genealogy."

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