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300th General Hospital Unit Collection
Photographs, scrapbooks, unpublished reports, awards, and reunion material relating to the 300th General Hospital Unit, Vanderbilt's Medical Unit in World War II that served in Italy and North Africa. The collection also includes personal items such as scrapbooks from a few members of the unit. In addition, a few items found in the collection, primarily souvenirs, have no direct relation to the unit, but have some connection to Vanderbilt.
1845 Diary of a Southern Educator
This collection contains a daily, handwritten diary from 1845 of a unidentified Southern educator who taught in Nashville and later, during the inaugural year of the Natchez Institute, the first public school in Mississippi.
1897 Centennial Exposition Collection
This collection contains a promotional pamphlet and 18 photographs from the 1897 Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition that opened May 1, 1897 and closed October 31, 1897 in Nashville, Tennessee.
"A Siqueiros, Al Partir" Poster
This collection contains a poster created to protest the jailing of Painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, who was arrested in 1960 for openly criticizing the President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos. A nine-line poem by Pablo Neruda is printed below the image.
Daniel Abbey Biographical File
One folder of correspondence between Dr. Daniel Abbey's son (Stanton T. Abbey) and Rudolph Kampmeier regarding the donation to the Medical School of Dr. Abbey's University of Nashville diploma (Dr. of Medicine) granted in 1855 and signed by the Medical faculty. A copy of the diploma along with a translation are included in the folder.
Abraham Flexner Lecture Collection
Collection documenting the history of the Abraham Flexner Lecture that was established in 1927 by Bernard Flexner to honor his brother's contribution to the advancement of medical education.
Harry Shore Abram Biographical File
Obituary for Dr. Abram and a brochure for the 1979 "Harry S. Abram Medical Symposium."
Naji N. Abumrad Biographical File
Biographical file contains a photograph and clippings about Dr. Abumrad.
Sidney H. Acker Collection
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, poems, and other items related to WWI and Sidney Acker.
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.
Alf Adams Papers
The Alf Adams Papers, 1915-1967, consist of newspaper clippings related to WWI and the 1915-1919 Vanderbilt football teams, telegrams, and miscellaneous materials of lawyer and judge Alfred “Alf” Thompson Adams, 1898-1982.
Crawford W. Adams Biographical File
Photos, newspaper clippings, published article about medical fore-edge decorations and paintings, CV.
J. Louis Adams Collection
The J. Louis Adams Collection, 1946-1947, consist of 11 bound volumes of notes taken during law classes at Vanderbilt University by James Louis Adams, Jr., 1905-1964.
Benton Adkins Biographical File
Many photographs, newspaper clippings, faculty information form, CV, news releases from Vanderbilt University Office of Public Information, reprints of articles on surgery authored by Dr. Adkins.
Adrian Shanker Interview Collection
The Adrian Shanker Interview Collection, March 2025, consists of an interview Adrian Shanker conducted with politician Lamar Alexander, b. 1940.
"The Advocates" Collection
The Advocates Collection, 1969-1975, consists of program schedules, discussion topics, transcripts, photographs, and other documents related to the Advocates television debate program, 1969-1979.
Agrarian Reunion Collection
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.
Alfredo Lozano Agudelo Collection
This collection contains news articles, manuscripts, and other documents regarding the work of Alfredo Lozano Agudelo, Colombian diplomat, especially centered around his role in the UNCIP.
AIDS Crisis Archive
Grouping of publications documenting how the AIDS crisis was described and addressed shorly after its outbreak in 1981.
Joseph H. Akeroyd Biographical File
One photograph circa 1934, taken when Dr. Akeroyd was at Vanderbilt, and an obituary.
About this Site
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