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Centennial History
The Centennial History record group contains materials for writing a university history. It includes administrative paperwork from the Centennial History book project that began in 1970 and collected research clippings and interviews.
Spanish Tax Distribution Decree
The Spanish Tax Distribution Decree, 1831, is a decree issued by the Royal Board of Trade in Seville, Spain, concerning tax distribution.
Colombian Paper Production Records
Andrew and Mattie Haun Papers
This small collection of two Hollinger boxes (.84 linear feet) contains correspondence and personal and biographical materials relating to Andrew Jacob Haun and Mattie Francis Oliver Haun, aunt and uncle of the southern writer Mildred E. Haun, whose papers are also held by Special Collections in the Vanderbilt University Library
Bernardino Rivadavia Letters
This collection contains two autographed letters, signed and dated, addressed to Don Geronimo Torres Tenorio, Vice-President of the Colombian Senate, for whom the writer is contracting the latest minting machinery in France for export to Colombia.
Historic Periodicals
Alice Cobb Papers
The collection contains documents, correspondence, book and magazine collections, manuscripts, stories, alumnae/ni documents, Evangelism course materials, proposals, photographs and albums, journals, Organization notes, diplomas, a plaque, a tapestry, awards, a handwritten will, newspaper articles and clippings, memorabilia, and ephemera.
Howell Tatum Davis Family Papers
Presbyterian Church Collection
The Presbyterian Church Collection (1835-1917) contains items related to the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
James L. Britton III Collection
This collection contains 13 rare 19th Century imprints relating to the State of Tennessee.
William Harold Payne Biographical File
Includes photographs, short biography.
James Irving Jamaican Plantation Manuscript
This collection contains an extensive legal document dated August 1, 1837 transferring ownership rights for a 1/3 share of three plantations in Jamaica belonging to James Irving. Also included is a manuscript noting the names, ages, occupations, and conditions for 91 enslaved men and women working on the plantations.
Tennessee Lunatic Asylum Collection
Noel Wisdom Collection
John W. Simpson Biographical File
Biographical file includes correspondence, postcard, engraved admission cards, and a medical class ticket.
P. G. Wodehouse Collection
George Canning Backhouse Collection
Albert Henry Redford Sermons
The Albert Henry Redford Sermons, 1840-1884, consist of sermons by minister, Albert Henry Redford, 1818-1884.
Clara C. Plimpton McGavock Biographical File
File Contains a 31 page undated publication entitled "Dr Clara C. Plimpton McGavock: An Unlikely Mistress of Two Rivers," researched and prepared by Barbara Franklin and Carolyn Sullivan, and published by Friends of Two Rivers Mansion, Nashville TN.
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.
About this Site
This site contains collection guides, or finding aids, to the archival collections held by Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives, the History of Medicine Collection, and the Scarritt Bennett Center. Finding aids describe the context, arrangement, and structure of archival materials, allowing users to identify and request materials relevant to their research.
Requesting Materials
Each finding aid contains a link to request materials from the collections. Collections can also be requested by emailing the repository directly through the library website. Each repository has its own location, hours, and contact information. Please consult the repository with questions about using the materials. Collections are non-circulating and must be used in the repository’s reading room. In many cases, the collections are stored off-site and require advance notice for retrieval.