Box Small Collections 1

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Contains 74 Results:

John S. Andrews Collection

 Collection — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0025 - 1
Identifier: MSS.0025
Abstract

This collection contains a medical receipt made out to Dr. John S. Andrews in 1857.

Dates: 1857

Correspondence, January 27, 1999

 File — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0034 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0034-g0001
Scope and Contents From the 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.

Dates: January 27, 1999

Transcript - Induction of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt into Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame, April 5, 1979

 File — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0034 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0034-g0002
Scope and Contents From the 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.

Dates: April 5, 1979

Photographs (5)

 File — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0034 - 3
Identifier: spc-mss0034-g0003
Scope and Contents From the 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.

Dates: 1979 - 1999

Newspaper Clippings - Letters related to the Bailey and Stewart Families, in The Lexington Progress, December 26, 1952

 File — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0030 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0030-g0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection of two file folders contains a copy of the Lexington Progress from 1952 that includes reprints from old letters and writings nearly a century old that were discovered at the old Robert Bailey farm house. The excerpts are Antebellum and Civil War Era. Other newspaper clippings are also included regarding the obituaries of Bailey and Stewart Family of Henderson County, Tennessee.

Dates: December 26, 1952

Newspaper Clippings - Obituaries (Parthena D. Bailey, Robert T. Bailey, William Murrell Bailey, and Rebecca Stephens Stewart), undated

 File — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0030 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0030-g0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection of two file folders contains a copy of the Lexington Progress from 1952 that includes reprints from old letters and writings nearly a century old that were discovered at the old Robert Bailey farm house. The excerpts are Antebellum and Civil War Era. Other newspaper clippings are also included regarding the obituaries of Bailey and Stewart Family of Henderson County, Tennessee.

Dates: undated

Letter to William Petrie, circa 1917

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0067 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0067-i0001
Scope and Contents

This item has been digitized. For access, email specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.

Dates: circa 1917

Postcard from William Petrie, November 27, 1917

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0067 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0067-i0002
Scope and Contents

This item has been digitized. For access, email specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.

Dates: November 27, 1917

Correspondence from Rich to Henri (photocopy), June 6, 1868

 File — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0072 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0072-s01-g0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a photocopy of one handwritten letter with typescript, and one poem. The letter describes the long trek from the Southeast to California, by way of New York. The writer relates his experiences as he traveled by land, rail, and sea. He describes life in the country of California, cost of land, employment for teachers and school standards. The poem relates to World War II experiences in Europe.

Dates: June 6, 1868

Poem - "Another Rifle" by Randy Blackburn, undated

 File — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0072 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0072-s01-g0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains a photocopy of one handwritten letter with typescript, and one poem. The letter describes the long trek from the Southeast to California, by way of New York. The writer relates his experiences as he traveled by land, rail, and sea. He describes life in the country of California, cost of land, employment for teachers and school standards. The poem relates to World War II experiences in Europe.

Dates: undated

Invitations

 File — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0085 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0085-g0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains 3 invitations from the Coelebs Club. The invitations list the names of the members. It also includes 1 invitation to a banquet in honor of Joseph Toy Howell.

Dates: 1874 - 1910

Invitations, December 3, 1874 — 2 invitations

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0085 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0085-g0001-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains 3 invitations from the Coelebs Club. The invitations list the names of the members. It also includes 1 invitation to a banquet in honor of Joseph Toy Howell.

Dates: December 3, 1874 — 2 invitations

Invitations, February 4, 1875

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0085 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0085-g0001-i0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains 3 invitations from the Coelebs Club. The invitations list the names of the members. It also includes 1 invitation to a banquet in honor of Joseph Toy Howell.

Dates: February 4, 1875

Invitations, October 4, 1910

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0085 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0085-g0001-i0003
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains 3 invitations from the Coelebs Club. The invitations list the names of the members. It also includes 1 invitation to a banquet in honor of Joseph Toy Howell.

Dates: October 4, 1910

Correspondence, February 10, 1938

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0083 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0083-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains 2 typescript documents, in 2 file folders. The letters describe E. H. Clayton’s missionary work in China, the sufferings of the Chinese people, and the Chinese-Japanese War.

Dates: February 10, 1938

Correspondence, March 18, 1941

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0083 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0083-i0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains 2 typescript documents, in 2 file folders. The letters describe E. H. Clayton’s missionary work in China, the sufferings of the Chinese people, and the Chinese-Japanese War.

Dates: March 18, 1941

Correspondence, May 29, 1861

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0078 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0078-s01-ss01-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 21 letters, arranged in nine folders by year, mostly written by James C. Chowning to his mother and sisters, during the Civil War and afterwards. They describe his training with the Tennessee Volunteers in the Confederate Army, and military operations of those troops. These letters provide a somewhat detailed description of training in the camps, of rumors among the troops, and his opinion of political events. A few letters were written from admirers to his sisters....
Dates: May 29, 1861

Correspondence, June 19, 1861 - [original and typescript]

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0078 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0078-s01-ss01-i0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 21 letters, arranged in nine folders by year, mostly written by James C. Chowning to his mother and sisters, during the Civil War and afterwards. They describe his training with the Tennessee Volunteers in the Confederate Army, and military operations of those troops. These letters provide a somewhat detailed description of training in the camps, of rumors among the troops, and his opinion of political events. A few letters were written from admirers to his sisters....
Dates: June 19, 1861 - [original and typescript]

Correspondence, September 6, 1861

 Item — Box: Small Collections 1, Folder: MSS.0078 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0078-s01-ss01-i0003
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains 21 letters, arranged in nine folders by year, mostly written by James C. Chowning to his mother and sisters, during the Civil War and afterwards. They describe his training with the Tennessee Volunteers in the Confederate Army, and military operations of those troops. These letters provide a somewhat detailed description of training in the camps, of rumors among the troops, and his opinion of political events. A few letters were written from admirers to his sisters....
Dates: September 6, 1861

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