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Caroline Danske Dandridge Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS.1056
Dates: 1858 - 1914

Clarence E. Carter and James Dilg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0688
Dates: multiple

Thomas Henry Carter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0074
Abstract

The Papers in this collection reflect the various aspects of the brief but vigorous career of Thomas Carter as editor, critic, poet and teacher.

Dates: 1950 - 1962

James B. Cason Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0076
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and other files dated 1942-1945 from Vanderbilt chemistry professor James B. Cason during his time working for the U.S. Government's Office of Scientific Research and Development.

Dates: 1942 - 1945

Nora Chaffin Scrapbook Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0077
Abstract

This small collection of .21 linear feet contains articles, papers, and newspaper photographs of Vanderbilt University in its early days. It also includes maps and articles from the Vanderbilt Alumnus magazine.

Dates: 1905 - 1981

Marshall Chapman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0917
Dates: multiple

Robert Harris Chapman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0248
Abstract

This collection contains seven letters from Robert Penn Warren to Robert Harris Chapman, and one poem by Robert Penn Warren.

Dates: 1958 - 1975

C. Rick Chappell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0701

Gordon T. Chappell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0702
Dates: multiple

Charles Stewart Jazz Portraits Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1073
Abstract

The Charles Stewart Jazz Portraits Collection consists of five photographs of jazz musicians taken in the 1960s by the African-American photographer Charles “Chuck” Stewart (1927-2017) in New York, including photographs of Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, and Roy Eldridge.

Dates: circa 1960s

Jonathan L. Charney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0470
Dates: multiple

John H. Cheek Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0689
Abstract This collection contains notes in the Japanese writing systems of Kana and Kanji, correspondence from John Cheek to H.P. Scott, regarding Cheek’s English ancestors, a copy of Vanderbilt’s 1983 Commencement program, and a copy of Cheek’s Ph.D. thesis from Harvard University, A Distinctive Feature Phonematic Analysis of Lower Sorbian. Also present are Cheek’s notes on the First Summer Institute in Chinese Civilization, geography, and Tai Chi Ch’uan as well as a...
Dates: 1950s-1983

Brainard Bartwell Cheney and Frances Neel Cheney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0004
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Brainard Bartwell Cheney and Frances Neel Cheney. Major topics of interest include multiple versions of Brainard Cheney’s novels, the Pine Barrens and Rivers of Southeastern Georgia, materials relating to the Cheney’s friendships with many of the Fugitive/Agrarian writers, Brainard Cheney’s interest in Catholicism, Tennessee Politics in the late 1940’s and 1950’s, race relations and civil rights, Library Science and reference services.

Dates: 1841 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1940s-1970s

James C. Chowning Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0078
Abstract

This collection contains 21 letters, 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.

Dates: 1861 - 1884

Rose Christensen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0586
Dates: multiple

Bill Christie Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0760
Dates: multiple

Silas Clack Manuscript

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS.0941
Abstract

This collection contains a fictional manuscript narrative from 1885 detailing the history of Silas Clack, a common Federal soldier in the Civil War, written and illustrated by Phillip M. Radford of the 5th Tennessee Cavalry, Co. A, and 1st Alabama Vidette Cavalry, Co. F.

Dates: 1885

Betty E. Clark Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0080
Abstract

This .21 linear feet collection contains 33 items of which 25 are photographs. The materials are related to student life at George Peabody College. The collection is arranged by subject.

Dates: 1948 - 1952

Clark Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0079
Abstract

The Correspondence of various members of the Clark family of Campbell County, Virginia, originally Quakers, but later scattered to other denominations. Members of the family settled in Franklin, KY and Russellville, KY.

Dates: 1816 - 1899

James L. Clark Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0081
Abstract

The James L. Clark Papers are composed of 1.25 linear feet of sermon typescripts, manuscripts, and writing tablets.

Dates: Undated

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