PEARL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
1898-1983
Source 1:
Lists of 1898-1946 graduates were copied from Nashville Tennessean newspaper articles, located in the Nashville Public Library, by Rodney Donaldson, a graduate of Pearl-Cohn High School and Tennessee State University. Rodney Donaldson gave the 1898-1946 graduates list to Henry Irvin, PHS Class of 1962, current chairman of the Pearl High School Heritage Classes Foundation, Inc., and creator of the PHS Archives website, pearlhighalumnitn.com. Henry Irvin posted the first list on the PHS Archives website, but there was no search capability.
Source 2:
Commencement Programs from 1949-1983 were supplied by Melvin Black, former Metro Councilman, retired PHS teacher and coach and current chairman of the Pearl High School Association, Inc. (aka the Archives group).
Combining The Two Sources:
Both sources were manually keyed into a combined list by Brenda Howard Irvin, PHS Class of 1963. Then, the list was uploaded to the Archives website, where it is available for download to your device on demand.
Originally, there were no commencement programs for the 1947 and 1948 graduates. However, during 2024 William Frey (Class of 1964) located the class pictures in the PHS Archives and photographed the two classes. These photographs were sent to Shelia Smith (Class of 1968), who typed the names listed on the photographs and emailed the list for updates to the graduates list.
How To Search The List
On the line below, click the blue highlighted word, "here", to download the file of PHS Graduates to your computer or device: ▶▶▶▶▶▶ here
1898-1983
Source 1:
Lists of 1898-1946 graduates were copied from Nashville Tennessean newspaper articles, located in the Nashville Public Library, by Rodney Donaldson, a graduate of Pearl-Cohn High School and Tennessee State University. Rodney Donaldson gave the 1898-1946 graduates list to Henry Irvin, PHS Class of 1962, current chairman of the Pearl High School Heritage Classes Foundation, Inc., and creator of the PHS Archives website, pearlhighalumnitn.com. Henry Irvin posted the first list on the PHS Archives website, but there was no search capability.
Source 2:
Commencement Programs from 1949-1983 were supplied by Melvin Black, former Metro Councilman, retired PHS teacher and coach and current chairman of the Pearl High School Association, Inc. (aka the Archives group).
Combining The Two Sources:
Both sources were manually keyed into a combined list by Brenda Howard Irvin, PHS Class of 1963. Then, the list was uploaded to the Archives website, where it is available for download to your device on demand.
Originally, there were no commencement programs for the 1947 and 1948 graduates. However, during 2024 William Frey (Class of 1964) located the class pictures in the PHS Archives and photographed the two classes. These photographs were sent to Shelia Smith (Class of 1968), who typed the names listed on the photographs and emailed the list for updates to the graduates list.
How To Search The List
- The graduates list is a PDF file that will open in a new window with your device's default PDF Reader.
- Press CTRL+F (Windows) or CMD+F (Mac) to display the search box.
- In the search box, at the bottom or top of the page, type the text you are searching for (i.e., first name, or middle name, or last name, or commencement year).
- The first match will be highlighted.
- Press “Enter” or right pointing arrow or down pointing arrow to navigate to the next results.
- Alternatively, press the left pointing arrow or up pointing arrow to go back.
On the line below, click the blue highlighted word, "here", to download the file of PHS Graduates to your computer or device: ▶▶▶▶▶▶ here