VAN/VU/Alum. Vanderbilt Alumni
Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:
L. Scotty Greenwald Collection
The L. Scotty Greenwald Collection consists of Arabic texts which Greenwald collected during his travels in Asia.
George M. Britton Collection
This collection is comprised of documents related to the history of Texas and Tennessee from 1817-1865. It comprises four parts: documents of the Republic of Texas, 1837-1845; the early documents of Tennessee, 1817-1862; Senate and House broadsides from 1835-1848; Scrapbooks relative to the American Civil War, 1860-1865.
Thomas U. Smith Collection
This collection contains a photo album from circa 1876-1880s created by Thomas Uriah Smith who attended Vanderbilt from 1876-1878.
Keller Barron Papers
The Keller Barron Papers, 1949-1987, consist of correspondence and related material from former Vanderbilt undergraduate student Keller Henderson Barron, b. 1932.
Nellie Burns Papers
The collection consists of Nellie Burns' diaries which contain business transactions, social interactions, and her daily activities.
John Manly King Collection
This collection contains three file folders with information relative to John Manly King’s matriculation at the Vanderbilt Dental School.
Newton Ford Raines Collection
The collection contains materials related to Newton Ford Raines' admission to Vanderbilt University.
Wilbur Carson Sensing Collection
Contains an autobiographical booklet by Wilbur Carson Sensing.
Florence Teague Collection
This collection contains materials related to Florence Teague, and her family. It contains the original 1883 handwritten essay by Mary Summers Conwell, her school certificates, and a newspaper clipping regarding her prize. Florence Teague wrote the family biography.
Adam Gillespie Adams Collection
The Adam Gillespie Adams Collection consists of a listing of descendants compiled by Adam G. Adams in 1974 of Nashville businessman Adam Gillespie Adams, 1820-1895.
Mark G. G. Barry Collection
This collection contains photographs and a copy of the event script at the induction of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt into the Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame Banquet in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 5, 1979.
Ernest W. Bailey Collection
The Ernest W. Bailey Collection, 1952, contains various newspaper clippings of the family of Ernest Wesley Bailey, 1887-1968.
William W. Berry, Jr. Photograph Collection
This collection contains 22 items comprised of 11 photograph copy prints and 11 negatives documenting the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Beta Lambda Chapter, at Vanderbilt University. The formal portraits are arranged by year, dating 1895-1928, with only some members identified.
Ruth P. Brown Collection
The contents within this collection are three folders of Vanderbilt brochures, documents and correspondence from Brown’s time as a student.
Jesse L. Cuninggim Collection
Ethel Mary Ervin Collection
This .21 linear foot collection contains one three-ring binder with 27 pieces of original correspondence, with a transcription and photocopies. Also included are notes of recommendation, programs, and student cards. Ethel Mary “Dot” wrote most of the letters with the last letter being written by her younger brother, Albert Goode Ervin, Jr. “Budy” when he was 12 years old. “Lily” is the nickname of her mother, Elizabeth Ervin.
About this Site
This site contains collection guides, or finding aids, to the archival collections held by Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives, the History of Medicine Collection, and the Scarritt Bennett Center. Finding aids describe the context, arrangement, and structure of archival materials, allowing users to identify and request materials relevant to their research.
Requesting Materials
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