Mission

Pendergrass serves those seeking information in areas important to UTIA and the state of Tennessee. Our users can expect:

• Helpful responses from skilled staff
• Patron privacy
• Polite and timely service
• Informed and unbiased completion of requests
• Proactive and creative solutions to problems and requests
• Respect for all questions and the best answers

Values

• creativity,
• civility,
• expertise,
• and new ideas

Annual Reports:

• 2019-20
• 2018-19
• 2017-18
• 2016-17
• 2015-16

Older annual reports are available on the Historical Annual Reports Page.

A Brief History

• Pendergrass has been supporting UTIA since the late 19th century.
• Originally located in Morrill Hall, Pendergrass moved to Morgan Hall 1921. Its current home is in the Veterinary Medicine Building.

A more complete history can be found online in TRACE:

_{Smith, Horace C. “Chapter III: Buildings, Farms, Library and Other Facilities.” An Honored Calling: A History of the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources. Institute of Agriculture: Knoxville, TN (1999): 31.}