Southern States--Culture
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Agrarian Reunion Collection
The Agrarian Reunion Collection, 1968, contains audio tapes and transcripts of the proceedings of the Agrarian Reunion at the Southern Literary Festival. Participants included Andrew Lytle, John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren.
William Campbell Binkley Papers
This collection contains the papers of William Campbell Binkley, chair of the Department of History at Vanderbilt University from 1930-1953. Binkley's research interests involved the history of the American West, especially the early history of Texas.
George M. Britton Collection
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.
James L. Britton III Collection
This collection contains 13 rare 19th Century imprints relating to the State of Tennessee.
Gordon T. Chappell Papers
Clark Family Papers
The Correspondence of various members of the Clark family of Campbell County, Virginia, originally Quakers, but later scattered to other denominations. Members of the family settled in Franklin, KY and Russellville, KY.
Jack Corn Collection
The Jack Corn Collection, 1968-2000, contains photographs, writings, research, and notes of photojournalist and professor Jack Corn, 1929-2025.
Donald Davidson Papers
The Donald Davidson Papers, 1906-1968, consist of the correspondence, research files, and writings of poet Donald Davidson, 1893-1968.
Walter Durham Papers
John Egerton Papers
The John Egerton Papers, 1950-2014, contain correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, research materials, publication materials, reviews, clippings, photographs, and other documents of journalist and writer John Egerton, 1935-2013.
O. B. Emerson Collection (William Faulkner)
The O. B. Emerson Collection, 1922-1990, consists of material that literary scholar O. B. Emerson, 1921-1990, collected about author William Faulkner, 1897-1962.
Mary Margaret Farringer and John L. Farringer, Jr. Collection
Sam Fleming Southern Civilization Books and Serials Collection
The Sam Fleming Southern Civilization Book and Periodicals Collection, 1770s-2020s, consists of rare and contemporary books as well as periodicals from the Southeastern United States. These materials support existing manuscript collections and the research and teaching initiatives of Vanderbilt faculty and students.
Walter Lynwood Fleming Papers
William H. Fleming Collection
This collection contains 2 items by the Honorable William H. Fleming.
Grand Ole Opry Collection
This collection, donated in 1967 by Jesse Wills, is composed of a wide variety of items of historical and musical interest, including songbooks, correspondence, photographs, and other unique items. As president of National Life and Accident Insurance Company, the parent company of WSM, Inc. and the Grand Ole Opry, Wills had access to a wide variety of material associated with country music in general and the Grand Ole Opry in particular.
Dewey W. Grantham Papers
This collection contains the papers of Dewey Grantham, longtime professor of history at Vanderbilt from 1952-1991. Grantham was a preeminent scholar of the twentieth century South. This collection is mostly processed with a small (7 linear feet) unprocessed addition.
Alfred T. Hamilton Papers
This collection contains copies of letters written by Alfred T. Hamilton to his father, 1858 and 1859. He was a doctor in Franklin County, Tennessee, and his letters discuss the medical conditions of this patients as well as living conditions in the South. Copies of 2 letters from James B. Childs to Mrs. Noble in 1961 regarding the location of the town.
William Giles Harding Papers
Mildred Haun Papers
This collection contains the papers of Vanderbilt graduate Mildred Haun, who wrote a number of short stories, songs, articles, and more, including the book The Hawk's Done Gone.
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