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| MS-0001 |
Title: Campbell Wallace Papers
Abstract: The Campbell Wallace Papers, 1840-1946, consist of the personal and professional correspondence relating to insurance and property, requests of financial aid, references, verification of character and backing, railroads, private business concerns, and stock companies.
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| MS-0002 |
Title: Rhea Papers
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, land grants, clippings, speeches, sermons, receipts, ledgers, genealogical notes, invoices, and account books pertaining to the Rhea family of Tennessee. Most of these materials pertain to Samuel L. Rhea, William L. Rhea, and John L. Rhea.
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| MS-0003 |
Title: Roswell Kingsley Papers
Abstract: Consists primarily of letters from Kingsley to his wife, the former Nannie Worley, in Greeneville, TN. Kingsley's travels along the Mississippi River are discussed in a number of letters from 1857 and 1858. A number of Civil War-era letters can also be found in the collection. Also included are some letters from the Worley family.
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| MS-0004 |
Title: Frank G. Clement Addresses
Abstract: This collection houses typscripts of 22 speeches given by Tennessee governor Frank G. Clement between 1954 and 1958.
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| MS-0005 |
Title: Greeneville, TN, Daybook
Abstract: Daybook listing names, purchases, and prices for Greeneville, TN, store. Items purchased include cloth, tobacco, coffee, turpentine, and other goods.
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| MS-0014 |
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| MS-0015 |
Title: Neil Franklin Collection
Abstract: This collection is a group of pamphlets and transcripts of papers documenting such topics as Samuel Doak, Civil War correspondence and postwar amnesty oaths, and Tennessee history.
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| MS-0016 |
Title: Lenoir Family Papers
Abstract: The documents within this collection range from 1783 until 1917. A majority of these documents deal with the Lenoir's financial matters. Most of the documents housed in this collection are from the period from 1830 through 1890.
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| MS-0017 |
Title: Swiss Colonies in Tennessee and Kentucky Collection
Abstract: This collection contains research, transcriptions of interviews, correspondence, licenses, land grants, wills, deeds, blueprints, and maps documenting Swiss settlement in Tennessee and Kentucky during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| MS-0018 |
Title: John H. Eaton Jr. Papers
Abstract: This collection houses the papers of Tennessee educator, journalist, and politician John H. Eaton Jr. Some of the topics documented include the U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, the U.S. Bureau of Education, Eaton's newspaper (the Memphis Evening Post), and personal matters.
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| MS-0019 |
Title: Barnes Collection of Rhea County
Abstract: This collection contains marriage bonds, legal documents, and signatures of prominent Tennesseans and North Carolinians documenting the history of Rhea County from 1785 to 1891.
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| MS-0020 |
Title: Stephen and John Stone Papers
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, receipts, newspaper clippings, account books, daybooks, diaries, pamphlets, and photographs documenting Stephen and John Stone's activities in Arizona Territory between 1873 and 1909.
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| MS-0021 |
Title: O. P. Temple Papers
Abstract: The O.P. Temple Papers consist of correspondence, legal and financial files, writings, newspaper clippings, awards, gifts, and photographs documenting the life and work of Knoxville businessman and politician Oliver P. Temple.
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| MS-0022 |
Title: Mary Boyce Temple Correspondence
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence and letters relating to the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1876-1920. Also in this collection are letters of James W. Harle to Mrs. Sam McKinney, letters to O.P. Temple from his wife, and the correspondences of Mary B. Temple. The ephemera file contains an old Bible, a book of Psalms, and the writings of Mary B. Temple.
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| MS-0024 |
Title: John Jones Papers
Abstract: This collection contains the 1864-1865 quartermaster material of Lt. John Jones of the 83rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
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| MS-0025 |
Title: John W. Green Papers
Abstract: This collection contains legal and financial papers documenting the lives of John W. Green and his wife, Ellen McClung Green.
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| MS-0026 |
Title: L.B. Wulff Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of letters, broadsides, tickets, currency, legal papers, and financial papers documenting early American history. The collection focuses on the Southeastern United States, and specifically on the State of Tennessee. Many of the items in the collection are signed by prominent American and European people.
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| MS-0037 |
Title: Austin Peay Appointment
Abstract: In this 1926 document, Tennessee governor Austin Peay appoints Miss Mary E. Baker as a delegate to the 50th Anniversary Conference of the American Library Association. This conference was held October 4-9, 1926, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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| MS-0039 |
Title: J.P. Rhodes Letter
Abstract: In this 1874 letter, East Tennessee University student J.P. Rhodes petitions the University's faculty to grant him a temporary honorable dismissal from the school due to his lack of financial means.
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| MS-0056 |
Title: Hannah W. Swan Grant of Pardon and Amnesty
Abstract: In this document, President Andrew Johnson pardons Hannah W. Swan of Knox County for her rebellion against the United States of America on the conditions that she take the oath given in the May 29, 1865 Proclamation of the President, never owns slaves nor uses slave labor, pays all costs from any previous legal proceedings, doesn't attempt to recover any property seized by the government during the Civil War, and notifies the Secretary of State in writing that she has received and accepted the pardon.
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| MS-0058 |
Title: Talbot Greene Memoir
Abstract: This collection consists of a typescript copy of a 22-page memoir entitled The Bivouac: or, Life in the General Army of the Kentucky by Talbot Greene (sometimes spelled Talbert Green). This manuscript lists the officers and men of the 26th Tennessee Infantry (also called the 3rd East Tennessee Volunteers), documents life in the unit's camp, describes the places that the unit visited, provides reconstructions of the conversations of some of the soldiers, and prints transcriptions of various patriotic songs.
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| MS-0086 |
Title: History of the Cherokee Indians Manuscript
Abstract: This collection consists of a manuscript for a book entitled History of the Cherokee Indians, written in 1935 by Penelope Johnson Allen. It documents the history of the Cherokee Indians in the Southeastern United States and their dealings with white settlers from the 1770s until their removal to Indian Territory in the late 1830s.
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| MS-0091 |
Title: Ossoli Circle Minute Books
Abstract: This collection houses two notebooks containing newspaper articles and handwritten meeting minutes documenting the activities of the Ossoli Circle between 1903 and 1908.
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| MS-0092 |
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| MS-0093 |
Title: William Gibbs McAdoo Diary
Abstract: This collection consists of a printed manuscript of William Gibbs McAdoo Sr.'s diaries dating from 18 October 1846 to 11 May 1847. These writings document his service in the Mexican War, including his company's invasion of Mexico's east coast. Additionally, McAdoo describes the Mexican landscape, his encounters with locals, troop movements, and the Battle of Vera Cruz (March 1847).
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| MS-0094 |
Title: William Gibbs McAdoo Diary
Abstract: This collection consists of photocopies of William Gibbs McAdoo's diary dating from 1879 to 1886. McAdoo discusses primarily family life and teaching at the University of Tennessee.
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| MS-0124 |
Title: T.J. Walker Reminiscences
Abstract: T.J. Walker's handwritten, 98-page manuscript chronicles the time he spent with the 9th Tennessee Infantry between approximately 1861 and 1865. During his service, Walker was wounded five times and contracted dysentery and typhoid at Corinth, Mississippi
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| MS-0133 |
Title: Hugh Lawson McClung Letters
Abstract: This collection consists of letters from Hugh Lawson McClung to his children and wife, spanning from 1840-1858.
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| MS-0134 |
Title: John L. Roberson Letters
Abstract: This collection consists of two letters dated 1846 and 1847. The first letter is from John L. Roberson to Thomas W. Hale. This letter is written from camp in the Mexican War and dated August 1846. The second letter, dated April 18, 1847, is from Rufus B. Roberson to his father informing him of the death of John L. Roberson during the Mexican War.
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| MS-0135 |
Title: Kate Hill Turner Letters
Abstract: This collection consists of letters spanning from 1840-1848. Several are love letters from Charlie to Katie. Charlie writes from Amherst College in Maine. Also in the collection is a letter of recommendation for James W. Hill from Asa Clark.
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| MS-0139 |
Title: Annie G. McDowell Postcards
Abstract: This collection houses postcards printed in 1906 and sent to Annie G. McDowell of Asheville, North Carolina in 1908 and 1909. All of the cards show scenes of Knoxville and Tennessee.
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