Box Small Collections 5

 Container

Contains 172 Results:

Diary of Nettie Hale Rand in Europe (bound typescript), 1934

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0355 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0355-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Nettie Hale Rand Collection includes bindings by George Bayntun, Robert Rivière, and Francis Sangorski and printings by private presses of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Kelmscott, Doves, Chiswick, and Gregynog. This collection also includes a typed diary of Nettie Hale Rand's travels in Europe in 1934.

Dates: 1934

Correspondence - Ransom to Mitchner, January 17, 1950

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0388 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0388-g0001-i0001
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This collection contains four typed and signed letters from John Crowe Ransom to Ann Mitchner, a friend and novice writer. The collection was purchased in early 2006. The four letters are dated January 17, February 2, March 15, and March 26, 1950, and include handwritten corrections and some tape repairs. This small correspondence collection records Ransom’s editorial and critical advice over the period of three months to aspiring writer Ann Mitchner.

Dates: January 17, 1950

Correspondence - Ransom to Mitchner, February 2, 1950

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0388 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0388-g0001-i0002
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This collection contains four typed and signed letters from John Crowe Ransom to Ann Mitchner, a friend and novice writer. The collection was purchased in early 2006. The four letters are dated January 17, February 2, March 15, and March 26, 1950, and include handwritten corrections and some tape repairs. This small correspondence collection records Ransom’s editorial and critical advice over the period of three months to aspiring writer Ann Mitchner.

Dates: February 2, 1950

Correspondence - Ransom to Mitchner, March 15, 1950

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0388 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0388-g0001-i0003
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This collection contains four typed and signed letters from John Crowe Ransom to Ann Mitchner, a friend and novice writer. The collection was purchased in early 2006. The four letters are dated January 17, February 2, March 15, and March 26, 1950, and include handwritten corrections and some tape repairs. This small correspondence collection records Ransom’s editorial and critical advice over the period of three months to aspiring writer Ann Mitchner.

Dates: March 15, 1950

Correspondence - Ransom to Mitchner, March 26, 1950

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0388 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0388-g0001-i0004
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

This collection contains four typed and signed letters from John Crowe Ransom to Ann Mitchner, a friend and novice writer. The collection was purchased in early 2006. The four letters are dated January 17, February 2, March 15, and March 26, 1950, and include handwritten corrections and some tape repairs. This small correspondence collection records Ransom’s editorial and critical advice over the period of three months to aspiring writer Ann Mitchner.

Dates: March 26, 1950

"Virginia and the English Commercial System, 1730-1733" reprinted from the Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1906

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0394 - 5
Identifier: spc-mss0394-i0005
Abstract

Contains a research journal discussing the relationship between Virginia's government and the British Parliament from 1730-1733.

Dates: Publication: 1906

"Age of Mississippian 'Ridgetop Shale' of Central Tennessee" reprinted from American Association of Petroleum Geologist, June 1936

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0408 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0408-i0001
Abstract

Contains a journal article the shows the "Ridgetop Shale" of Middle Tennessee to be a phase of New Providence shale, instead of the previously-thought Kinderhook.

Dates: June 1936

"Upper Paleozoic Development of Nashville Dome, Tennessee" reprinted from American Association of Petroleum Geologist, August 1936

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0408 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0408-i0002
Abstract

Contains a research journal that discusses the stratigraphy and history of the Nashville Dome.

Dates: August 1936

"Matthew Prior’s Attitude Toward Natural Science" reprinted from Modern Language Association of America, June 1948

 File — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0409 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0409-g0001
Abstract

Contains a journal article detailing how Matthew Prior felt towards the natural sciences.

Dates: June 1948

"Matthew Prior’s Religion" reprinted from Philological Quarterly, April 1948

 File — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0409 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0409-g0002
Abstract

Contains a journal article discussing the religion of Matthew Prior.

Dates: April 1948

"The Meaning of Matthew Prior’s 'Alma'" reprinted from Journal of English Literary History, December 1946

 File — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0409 - 3
Identifier: spc-mss0409-g0003
Abstract

Contains a journal article discussing the meaning of Matthew Prior's work, "Alma".

Dates: December 1946

"Some Ethical Aspects of Matthew Prior’s Poetry" reprinted from Studies in Philology, 4 October, 1948

 File — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0409 - 4
Identifier: spc-mss0409-g0004
Abstract

Contains a journal article concerning the ethics of the poetry of Matthew Prior.

Dates: 4 October, 1948

Law School Tuition Receipt, 1882

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0369 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0369-i0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains one receipt, housed in one file folder, for tuition in the Law School at Vanderbilt University in 1882.

Dates: 1882

Correspondence, 1979 August 13

 File — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0391 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0391-g0001
Abstract

Contains a correspondence from John A. Mullican to Edwin Shelton describing different bank releases and a brief history of a tract of land.

Dates: 1979 August 13

Original deed of Michael and Louisa Bouvier, 1865 January 1

 File — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0391 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0391-g0002
Abstract

Contains a deed for land to Michael and Louisa Bouvier.

Dates: 1865 January 1

History of Lasher Tract in McDowell and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia, 1922 August 23

 File — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0391 - 3
Identifier: spc-mss0391-g0003
Abstract

Contains the history of the tract of land mentioned in John A. Mullican's correspondence to Edwin Shelton.

Dates: 1922 August 23

"Andrew Johnson and the Early Phases of the Homestead Bill" reprinted from the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 1918 December

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0394 - 1
Identifier: spc-mss0394-i0001
Abstract

Contains an article from the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol V, No. 3 detailing the beginnings of the Homestead Bill and Andrew Johnson's involvement in it.

Dates: 1918 December

"The Journal of Daniel Smith" reprinted from the Tennessee Historical Magazine, 1915 March

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0394 - 2
Identifier: spc-mss0394-i0002
Abstract

Contains a journal article from the "Tennessee Historical Magazine" about Daniel Smith, "One of the Commissioners to Extend the Boundary Line between the Commonwealths of Virginia and North Carolina".

Dates: 1915 March

"Some Phases of Tennessee Politics in the Jackson Period" reprinted from the American Historical Review, 1908 October

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0394 - 3
Identifier: spc-mss0394-i0003
Abstract

Contains a journal article from "The American Historical Review, Vol. XIV, No. I". It discusses how Andrew Jackson dealt with the disposal of public land and the extension of credit through banking during his time in Tennessee.

Dates: 1908 October

"Tennessee and the Removal of the Cherokees" reprinted from The Sewanee Review, 1908 July

 Item — Box: Small Collections 5, Folder: MSS.0394 - 4
Identifier: spc-mss0394-i0004
Abstract

Contains a research journal from "The Sewanee Review" about the removal of Cherokee Native Americans from Tennessee.

Dates: 1908 July

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