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Honey Alexander Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0734.1
Overview This collection contains the papers of Honey Alexander, wife of Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. The finished portion of this collection documents her time serving as First Lady of Tennessee from 1979-1987. Access to this collection is restricted.
Dates: 1960 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1986
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Lamar Alexander Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0734
Overview This collection contains the papers of former Governor of Tennessee, Secretary of Education, and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander. Currently, only the material predating Alexander's tenure as Senator (pre-2002) is processed for research use. Processing of the Senatorial Papers is expected to be completed in Fall 2023. Please contact Special Collections with access inquiries related to Senate materials.
Dates: 1939 - 2020
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

James Erwin Anderson, Jr. biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-1049
Abstract Obituary Notice of Dr. James E. Anderson, Jr.
Dates: 1934 - 2003
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

Joe R. Anderson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0024
Overview This a 6 page carbon copy of the typescript ‘Origin and History of Bristol-Goodson’ dated 1866 written by Joe R. Anderson, the founder of Bristol, Tennessee.
Dates: circa 1866
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Archibald Charles Bailey biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0220
Abstract Two obituary clippings.
Dates: 1867 - 1959
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

Humphrey Howell Bate biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0219
Abstract Biographical file on Dr. Bate, including newspaper clippings, certificates, receipts, correspondence, class tickets and notes from the University of Nashville.
Dates: 1844 - 1911
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

William O. Batts Jr. Feeder School Project

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0686
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Nathaniel Baxter/Robert Jackson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0036
Overview This .42 linear feet collection contains 51 items (of which 20 are photographs) relating to the lives of the Baxter and Jackson families, Nashville, and Vanderbilt University.
Dates: 1875 - 1969
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

George M. Britton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0052
Overview This collection is comprised of documents related to the history of Texas and Tennessee from 1817-1865. It comprises four parts: documents of the Republic of Texas, 1837-1845; the early documents of Tennessee, 1817-1862; Senate and House broadsides from 1835-1848; Scrapbooks relative to the American Civil War, 1860-1865.
Dates: 1817 - 1924
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

James L. Britton III Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0053
Overview This collection contains 13 rare 19th Century imprints relating to the State of Tennessee.
Dates: 1836 - 1875
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Nellie Burns Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0064
Overview The collection consists of Nellie Burns' diaries which contain business transactions, social interactions, and her daily activities.
Dates: 1900 - 1928
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Benjamin Franklin Byrd, Sr. biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-399
Abstract File includes several newspaper clippings and Vanderbilt Directory biographical data.
Dates: 1954 - 1996
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

Benjamin Hubbard Caldwell biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-401
Abstract File contains an article and correspondence relating to the Caldwell collection of medical instruments and artifacts.
Dates: 1997 - 2006
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

Richard Overton Cannon (1918-2006) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-403
Abstract Biographical file includes newspaper clippings, a copy of the Tennessee Hospital Association 50th Anniversary Oral History Collection (which includes Cannon), correspondence, an obituary from VUMC Reporter, and miscellaneous anecdotes.
Dates: 1958 - 2006
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

James C. Chowning Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0078
Overview 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
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Sam Lillard Clark (1898-1960) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-1097
Abstract Biographical file includes articles, several obituaries, many newspaper clippings, numerous photographs, negatives, correspondence, poetry, notes, and other biographical and family information. Correspondence from Vanderbilt Alum. Dr. Robert Gotcher regarding being a student of Dr. Clark's.
Dates: 1990 - 1990
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

Jack Corn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0774
Dates: multiple
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Wilbur F. Creighton, Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0092
Overview This .21 linear feet collection contains 6 items related to the history of Foster & Creighton Company, the story of the Parthenon, and other construction projects in Nashville. There are two photographs: one of the Parthenon, and the other of the Athena Sculpture in the Parthenon.
Dates: 1885 - 1985
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections

Jere L. Crook (1874-1953) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-434
Abstract Biographical file contains an article and an obituary.
Dates: 1949 - 1953
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

Joseph Alexander Crook (1847-1922) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-433
Abstract Biographical file includes an obituary.
Dates: 1922 - 1922
Found in: VUMC Historical Images and Biographies

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