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Black Foxe Military Institute Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0044
Abstract

This collection is composed of one 1/2 Hollinger box containing six folders. Within the collection is Black-Foxe's yearbook, The Adjutant, from 1936 and 1937, the school's newspaper, Kaydet, volumes 15, 16, and 18, and a brochure detailing the school. Additionally, there are some promotional items relating to Vanderbilt University.

Dates: circa 1930s

Samuel Pope Black Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: EBL-1226
Abstract

Collection consists of a student class notebook prepared by Samuel P. Black while a medical student at the Medical Department of the Univesity of Nashville during the 1856-1857 session. The notebook of 121 pages contains notes from lectures delivered by the faculty in November of 1856. The notes of faculty members include: Dr. Paul F. Eve, John Berrien Lindsley, Dr.Thomas R. Jennings, Dr. John M. Watson, Dr. William K. Bowling, Dr. A. H. Buchanan, and Dr. C. K. Winston.

Dates: 1856

Richard Blackett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0663
Dates: multiple

Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) biographical file

 Collection — Container: A Blalock Biographical File Box 1
Identifier: EBL-0990
Abstract

Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, reprints, articles, biographical data, CVs, obituaries.

Dates: 1934 - 2004

Dallas Blanchard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0680

Smiley Blanton (1882-1966) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0278
Abstract

Biographical file includes photographs, family correspondence, an obituary, a scholarly article by Blanton, a Blanton manuscripts collection guide (collection is housed by the University of Tennessee), and other biographical data.

Dates: 1940 - 1972

Martin Jack Blaser (b.1948) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0280
Abstract

Biographical file includes a wealth of newspaper clippings and academic articles addressing Dr. Blaser's research, a curriculum vitae, a Vanderbilt press release, a number of Blaser's own articles, some television news transcripts, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: 1988 - 2000

Dr. Ingram Bloch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0045
Abstract

The Ingram Bloch Collection contains theatre playbills and programs spanning from 1929 to 1953 arranged chronologically. The collection primarily features theater programs, along with some opera programs.

Dates: 1929 - 1953

Frank Raymond Blood (1910-1971) biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0279
Abstract

Biographical file includes a curriculum vitae, a photograph, an obituary, two newspaper clippings, and other biographical data.

Dates: 1960 - 1971

Roy Blount Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0046
Abstract

This collection consists of .63 linear feet of newspaper clippings Blount kept while doing research on Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Dates: 1954 - 1955

Simón Bolívar Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS.1060
Abstract

These papers relate to Benjamin Clement's offer to help Simón Bolívar seek exile in Jamaica, to the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830, and to Bolívar's sword and cloak, which ended up in Clement's possession.

Dates: 1830 - 1861

Simón Bolívar Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0835
Abstract

This collection contains a commission naming Jose Duran as Captain of the Escuadron on July 22, 1824. The commission is signed by Simón Bolívar.

Dates: 1824 July 22

Napoléon Bonaparte Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1027
Abstract

This collection contains one letter sent by Napoleon Bonaparte regarding a military matter dated May 4, 1796. There is also a single woodcut print of Napoleon.

Dates: 1796 May 4

Howard Boorman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0047
Dates: 1908 - 2000

John E. Boos Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0048
Abstract The John E. Boos Collection is a collection of books of that contain letters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other ephemera pertaining to the Civil War, more specifically Abraham Lincoln and the legacy he has left. The letters are of special interest to historians, as they come from people who lived during the Civil War and may have encountered Lincoln. Over the span of several decades, John E. Boos contacted thousands of people who lived during the Civil War, asking for their written...
Dates: 1917 - 1968

Carl Booth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.1014
Abstract

This collection contains 97 letters written by Carl Booth to his wife of 18 years, Betty, while serving in the Vietnam War from 1967-1968. The letters discuss Carl's work, Vietnam as a country, problems with the army, and missing his family back home.

Dates: 1967 - 1968

Bertlyn Bosley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0008
Abstract Personal papers of Bertlyn Bosley, dietitian and nutritionist active in the United States Public Health Service, especially with respect to Native Americans. Materials include: correspondence, biographical material, diaries, photographs, slides, manuscripts, reprints, and dissertations. Major topics include: Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition of American Indians, Pan American Health Organization, North Carolina Board of Health, and Division of Indian Health. Correspondents include: George...
Dates: 1922 - 1988

George Boswell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0049
Abstract

George Boswell was a Vanderbilt graduate, author, professor, and folklorist. The heart of the George Boswell collection consists of transcriptions of 1200 folk songs and ballads collected throughout Middle Tennessee between 1948 and 1952. Personal papers, commercial sheet music, choral arrangements, and student research papers round out the rest of the collection.

Dates: circa 1800s-1990s; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1953

Robert J. Boucek biographical file

 Collection
Identifier: EBL-0307
Abstract

Biographical file includes curriculum vitae, news clippings, academic article and correspondence.

Dates: 1979 - 1991

Margaret Bourke-White Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0939
Dates: multiple

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