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Verley Archer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0254
Abstract This collection consists of materials relating to the Vanderbilt Family Reunion held in conjunction with the Centennial Celebration of Vanderbilt University, March 16-17, 1973. Ms. Archer conducted extensive research into the genealogy of the Vanderbilt family and located descendants of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt living in 1973. Included in the Verley Archer Collection are research notes and materials, completed questionnaires from family members, correspondence, publicity materials, and...
Dates: 1960s-1980s
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0593
Abstract

This collection contains 9 items in 9 file folders that reveal the life of Alva Smith Vanderbilt Belmont, snippets regarding the Smith family, and the Vanderbilt family during the later part of the 19th century, and the first part of the 20th century.

Dates: 1965 - 1998
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Jules dePolignac Letter

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS.0765
Dates: undated
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

D.E. Heydrich Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0778
Dates: circa 1880
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Dorothy K. MacDowell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0269
Abstract

The Dorothy K. MacDowell Collection, 1934-1988, consists of Vanderbilt family research materials collected by genealogist Dorothy K. MacDowell Wood, 1917-2013.

Dates: 1934 - 1988
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

John James Tigert IV Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0455
Abstract

The John J. Tigert IV Collection consists of the papers of college administrator John James Tigert IV (1882-1965), the papers of philosophy professor and Methodist Bishop John James Tigert III (1856-1906), and the papers of Vanderbilt University co-founder and Methodist Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1824-1889).

Dates: 1824 - 1964
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Cornelius Vanderbilt Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS.0472
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Cornelius Vanderbilt, IV Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0467
Abstract

The Cornelius Vanderbilt IV Papers, 1897-1974, include correspondence, manuscripts of writings, lecture materials, reviews of his books and film, personal papers, legal and business documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks of his various writing and lecture projects. The forty-five boxes of the collection cover approximately 26.03 linear feet.

Dates: 1897 - 1974
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0468
Scope and Contents The Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Collection consists of materials transferred to Vanderbilt University from the Manalapan, Florida estate “Eastover” after the death of Vanderbilt’s widow Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt. Spanning the years from approximately 1900 to 1978, it contains linear feet of materials. Much of the collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, photo albums, snapshots and other photographs, and artifacts pertaining to Vanderbilt’s involvement in yacht racing, bridge...
Dates: circa 1910-1978
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

William H. Vanderbilt, III Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0469
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

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