Vanderbilt University--History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

John Poindexter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0789

Ada Raines Collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 30081048299279]
Identifier: MSS.0353
Abstract

Contains newspaper clippings, commencement programs, a graduate reunion invitation, a play program, a German script, a program for the centennial of Vanderbilt University, and more.

Dates: multiple

Newton Ford Raines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0354
Abstract

The collection contains materials related to Newton Ford Raines' admission to Vanderbilt University.

Dates: 1875 - 1876

Thomas Irby Rogers Collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 30081048300721]
Identifier: MSS.0369
Abstract

This collection contains one receipt, housed in one file folder, for tuition in the Law School at Vanderbilt University in 1882.

Dates: 1882

Charles E. Roos Papers

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 30081048300713]
Identifier: MSS.0371
Abstract

This collection contains a single 6 page manuscript titled "Forty-Eight Hours at Vanderbilt" written by Charles Roos in 1985. The essay documents Roos's involvement in the 1960 James Lawson case at Vanderbilt. The '48 hours' document June 7-8, 1960.

Dates: 1985 October 22

ROTC-Navy Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0297
Abstract

This collection contains a deconstructed scrapbook of photographs of ROTC-Navy at Vanderbilt Univerity from the years 1966-1970.

Dates: 1966 - 1970

Round Table Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0374

John Dale Russell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0377

Christophe Schmidt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0645

James G. Stahlman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0413
Abstract This collection contains the papers of James G. Stahlman, publisher of the Nashville Banner from 1930 to 1972 and member of the Board of Trust for Vanderbilt from 1927 until his death in 1976. As publisher, Stahlman and the conservative Banner carried on storied battles with the more liberal Tennessean until the Banner's sale to the Gannett Corporation in...
Dates: 1915 - 1976

Eldon Stevenson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0419

Jane Sutherland Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0427

Theory and Practice of Inter-American Literature Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0445
Abstract

This collection contains six essays that represent the final research projects from six undergraduate students enrolled in Honors 181: "The Theory and Practice of Inter-American Literature", Spring 2002.

Dates: 2002

Vanderbilt Aid Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0471
Abstract

The Vanderbilt Aid Society Records, 1894-1950, consist of correspondence, financial reports, and meeting minutes of the Ladies Aid Society for the Students of Vanderbilt University, later renamed the Vanderbilt Aid Society, 1894-.

Dates: 1894 - 1950

Vanderbilt Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0473
Scope and Content Note

This collection of 2.5 linear feet comprising six boxes contains all materials and records that have been generated and kept by the Vanderbilt Garden Club and includes history essays, minutes, photographs, audio tapes of meetings, programs, a scrapbook, and other items.

Dates: multiple

Vanderbilt Girls' Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0687
Abstract

This collection contains two items related to the Vanderbilt Girls' Club, dated 1909-1913.

Dates: 1909 - 1913

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0468
Scope and Contents The Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Collection consists of materials transferred to Vanderbilt University from the Manalapan, Florida estate “Eastover” after the death of Vanderbilt’s widow Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt. Spanning the years from approximately 1900 to 1978, it contains linear feet of materials. Much of the collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, photo albums, snapshots and other photographs, and artifacts pertaining to Vanderbilt’s involvement in yacht racing, bridge...
Dates: circa 1910-1978

 

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