Tennessee--History

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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 available for research use. Please contact Special Collections with access inquiries related to Senate materials.

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The Joe R. Anderson Collection, 1866, contains a typescript of the origin of Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia, written by its founder, Joseph Rhea Anderson, 1819-1888.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of CDs containing image scans of the following: Fitzgerald & Clarke University of Middle Tennessee, Duncan Baseball Team, McFerrin school building, Marvin Duncan, Massey Military baseball team, Cumberland Mountain postcard, Massey Military dorm building, Massey Military administrative building and football team, Pleasant Hill grounds and students, Columbia Military Academy students and ground, Morgan footabll team, Cumberland City Academy, Branham and Hughes...

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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.

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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.

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This collection contains 13 rare 19th Century imprints relating to the State of Tennessee.

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The collection consists of Nellie Burns' diaries which contain business transactions, social interactions, and her daily activities.

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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.

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The Jack Corn Collection, 1968-2000, contains photographs, writings, research, and notes of photojournalist and professor Jack Corn, 1929-2025.

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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.

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The Donald Davidson Papers, 1906-1968, consist of the correspondence, research files, and writings of poet Donald Davidson, 1893-1968.

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This collection provides information on the life and career of an early settler in Nashville, John Elisha Davis. Much of this collection consists of land documents and early survey records. Researchers interested in the Davis family history will also find rich material in a short family booklet.

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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.

Abstract These papers are made up primarily of materials relating to Sam Fleming and Vanderbilt and include items from his time as an undergraduate (1924-1928), his tenure on the Board of Trust (1952-1981), the Athletic program, and building of the new stadium, speeches and remarks by Fleming and others, and the Merger of Vanderbilt with Peabody College in 1979, when Fleming was chairman of the Board of Trust. This collection also includes nine items, historic documents or concerning historic...

Scope and Contents This .42 linear feet collection is divided into three series: Series I includes original, handwritten general correspondence sent to William Giles Harding primarily from Matthew Fontaine Maury, 1827-1872. The letters discuss Agricultural and Meterological Societies, importation of Llamas and Alpacas from South America to Tennessee, the Civil War, and politics. It also includes an address by Matthew Fontaine Maury before the...

Scope and Content of Collection: The A.W. Harris Papers are contained within one Hollinger box of 25 folders. The collection is primarily composed of the financial transactions, various correspondences, newsletters and horse pedigree papers from the Trotting Horse Breeders Association. The collection holds eight folders of receipts from the years 1861-1874, those of his wife Fannie A. Wilson, his in-law relatives Thomas B. Wilson, and W.L. Wilson; showcasing the sale of domestic goods, real estate, labor and livestock. Some...

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The Coleman A. Harwell Papers, 1953-1958, contain photographs, correspondence, and notes of journalist and editor Coleman A. Harwell, 1905-1987.