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Mary Helen Clark Papers
This collection contains correspondence from Mary Helen Clark to her family from 1928-1946 when she lived in Brazil. It also contains correspondence from Blanche Henry Clark to her family during her visit to Brazil in 1932 to visit her sister. The letters are arranged chronologically, and give detailed accounts of Mary Helen’s days in Brazil. The letters provide first-hand accounts of Latin-American foods, behaviors, language and customs of the people and the politics of the times.
E. H. Clayton 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.
George Clulow and U.S. Playing Card Company Gaming Collection
This collection contains manuscript material related to the larger George Clulow-United States Playing Card Company Gaming Collection of rare books on gaming, cards, and gaming history. One such manuscript is a collection of sermons dated circa 1450-circa 1500 on the subject of gaming that includes the first written reference to tarot cards.
Isaac Coale, Jr. Manuscripts
This collection contains an 1898 copy of The Sambo Book, a collection of racist dialect manuscripts by Isaac Coale, Jr.
James W. Cocke Collection
This collection contains 33 items in seven file folders, related to the Army ROTC at Vanderbilt University, and includes certificates, correspondence, a faculty appointment list, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a publication.
Christine Sadler Coe Papers
Coelebs Club 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.
Colombian Slave Sale Manuscript
This collection contains a manuscript dated 1680 documenting the sale of slave named "Mauricia", a young girl aged 10 or 11 in Colombia.
Mary Bang Connell Collection
This collection contains two flat boxes of sheet music, mostly from the turn of the twentieth century, collected by Mary Bang Connell of Nashville while she was attending Belmont College.
Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive
The Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive, 1930-1970, consists of photographs of art objects created in Europe during the 13th through 20th centuries. The collection was assembled by Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, 1878-1955, and Gualtiero Volterra, 1901–1967.
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