LIT/NF. Non-Fiction

The Hal Hardaway Book Collection consists of books about American presidents, ranging in publication dates from the 1790s to the 1990s.

The Dorothy K. MacDowell Collection, 1934-1988, consists of Vanderbilt family research materials collected by genealogist Dorothy K. MacDowell Wood, 1917-2013.

This collection contains correspondence from Robert Manson Myers to Robert Rea.

The Papers of James Harold Flye (1884-1985) date from 1904 to 1983, with the bulk of the collections dating from the 1950s to the 1970s. The collection includes Flye’s correspondence with over two hundred individuals (primarily letters received), journals kept in scattered years during the 1920s and 1930s and almost daily journals kept from 1957 to 1981, Flye’s own writings, and information regarding James Agee.

The Jon Krampner Papers, 1992-2023, are comprised of research materials pertaining to the published works of author Jon Krampner, b. 1952.

The Frank Lawrence Owsley Papers, 1913-1959, consist of correspondence, writings, personal and biographical materials, Agrarians, publication material, academic career, professional activities, and research materials of historian, author, and teacher Frank Lawrence Owsley, 1890-1956.

The Roy Blount Jr. Papers (1941-2024) consist of correspondence, writings, research files, and other material generated by writer, journalist, and humorist Roy Blount, Jr., b. 1941.

This small collection contains the original manuscript of I’ll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition that belonged to Donald Davidson, one of the authors. There are eleven chapters, each by a different Agrarian.

The Agrarian Reunion Collection, 1968, contains audio tapes and transcripts of the proceedings of the Agrarian Reunion at the Southern Literary Festival. Participants included Andrew Lytle, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren.