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A. Huddleston and Co.	Title: A. Huddleston and Co. Ledger, MS-3094 Abstract: This collection consists of a ledger for the A. Huddleston and Co. hardware store in Fulton, Kentucky, covering the years 1895 to 1900. It contains records of purchases from suppliers and sales to customers.
A. Huddleston and Co.	Title: A. Huddleston and Co. Ledger, MS-3095 Abstract: This collection consists of a ledger for the A. Huddleston and Co. hardware store in Fulton, Kentucky, covering the years 1946-1951. It contains records of purchases from suppliers and sales to customers.
A. Huddleston and Co.	Title: A. Huddleston and Co. Ledger, MS-3096 Abstract: This collection consists of a ledger for the A. Huddleston and Co. hardware store in Fulton, Kentucky, covering the years 1958-1959. It contains records of purchases from suppliers and sales to customers.
A. Huddleston and Co.	Title: A. Huddleston and Co. Ledger, MS-3097 Abstract: This collection consists of a ledger for the A. Huddleston and Co. hardware store in Fulton, Kentucky, covering the years 1961-1962. It contains records of purchases from suppliers and sales to customers.
A. Huddleston and Co.	Title: A. Huddleston and Co. Ledger, MS-3098 Abstract: This collection consists of a ledger for the A. Huddleston and Co. hardware store in Fulton, Kentucky, covering the years 1963-1964. It contains records of purchases from suppliers and sales to customers.
A. Huddleston and Co.	Title: A. Huddleston and Co. Ledger, MS-3099 Abstract: This collection consists of a ledger for the A. Huddleston and Co. hardware store in Fulton, Kentucky, covering May through December 1964. It contains records of purchases from suppliers and sales to customers.
A. Huddleston and Co.	Title: A. Huddleston and Co. Ledger, MS-3100 Abstract: This collection consists of a ledger for the A. Huddleston and Co. hardware store in Fulton, Kentucky, covering January through December 1954. It contains records of purchases from suppliers and sales to customers.
A. Huddleston and Co.	Title: A. Huddleston and Co. Ledger, MS-3101 Abstract: This collection consists of a ledger for the A. Huddleston and Co. hardware store in Fulton, Kentucky, covering the years 1960-1961. It contains records of purchases from suppliers and sales to customers.
Ackermann, Heinrich	Title: Heini Ackermann Letter, MS-2302 Abstract: Written from a WWII Prisoner of War Camp in Tennessee in 1943, this collection consists of a single letter from Obergefrieter Heini Ackermann to his wife, back in Germany.
Acme Chair Manufacturing Co.	Title: Acme Chair Manufacturing Co. Letter, MS-3003 Abstract: This collection consists of a letter from the Acme Chair Manufacturing Co. in Knoxville, Tennessee, dated January 23, 1917 to Anson G. Betts and Co. in Ashville, North Carolina, discussing a delay in the foreclosure sale of the chair plant.
Acuff, Herbert	Title: Dr. Herbert Acuff Scrapbook, MS-2430 Abstract: The Dr. Herbert Acuff Scrapbook, 1948-1955 (bulk 1948), consists primarily of congratulatory letters sent to Acuff upon his election as president of the International College of Surgeons in 1948. Also included are loose items, including letters, academic articles, and clippings, that were found inserted in the front of the book.
Adams, Paul Jay	Title: Paul J. Adams Papers, MS-2306 Abstract: This collection, the Paul J. Adams Papers, 1968-1975, is composed of correspondence from Paul J. Adams to Mrs. Arnold C. Moore (Theodosia Sister Moore). The eight documents, including copies of Adams' book Mt. LeConte, relate to Adams and his 50th Anniversary hike up Mt. LeConte in July 1975.
Adamson, June Neilson	Title: June N. Adamson Papers, MS-2739 Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, research and teaching files, student work, articles, newspaper clippings, notes, and manuscripts documenting June N. Adamson's life and work as a newspaper reporter, student, and University of Tennessee Professor of Journalism. Included is research related to Adamson's book The Lit Stick of Dynamite, which documents the desegregation of Clinton (Tennessee) High School in 1956 and it's bombing in 1958.
African American Photographs	Title: African American Photograph Albums, MS-2881 Abstract: A collection of photographs of African Americans in or around Knoxville from 1941-1962. These photographs come from two photo albums and a Historical and Pictoral Review of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. One of the photo albums is from a tour of duty in Germany and Sweden during World War II.
African-American Photography	Title: African-American Photography Collection, MS-2129 Abstract: This collection consists of 63 photographs of African-Americans taken in Knoxville during the early 20th century. Not all of the images have identifying marks, but some do include the names of the individuals shown or of the studios that created the pictures.
Agee, James	Title: James Agee / David McDowell Papers, MS-1500 Abstract: The first portion of this collection is composed of the material gathered by David McDowell for a planned, but never finished, biography of his friend James Agee. The second portion relates to David McDowell's career in the publishing industry.
Agee, James	Title: James Agee Notes, MS-1904 Abstract: This collection consists of two sets of notes written by James Agee. The first set is his notes and observations on classic poetry. The second consists of two pages and includes ideas for articles on film and literature.
Agee, James	Title: James Agee and James Agee Trust Collection, MS-2730 Abstract: The James Agee and James Agee Trust Collection, circa 1920-2003, contains materials belonging to James Agee, his family, and the James Agee Trust, which was established to protect the rights of his widow Mia and their three children. Material related to Agee himself includes an abundance of correspondence (with his wives, his mother Mrs. Erskine (Laura) Wright, and friends and co-workers, such as David McDowell, Charlie and Oona Chaplin, Robert Fitzgerald, Archibald Macleish, Walker Evans, John Huston, David O. Selznick, etc.), financial and legal papers, clippings, articles, pictures, and his writings. The hand- and typewritten works among his papers include published and unpublished pieces, including drafts of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (a.k.a. Cotton Tenants), A Tanglewood Story, multitudinous poems, schoolwork, etc. The materials related to the James Agee Trust are currently closed to researchers, except by permission of the Trust.
Agee, James	Title: James Agee's Mr. Lincoln Videotapes and DVDs, MS-2832 Abstract: This collection contains three dvds and four videocassette tapes of James Agee's Mr. Lincoln episodes for the television show Omnibus in 1952-1953. These digital editions were made by Steve Saudek for the James Agee Celebration held at UT in April 2005.
Agee, James Rufus	Title: James Agee Papers, MS-2474 Abstract: This collection contains eighteen letters (1951-55), photographs (n.d.), and writings (1930-43) from James Agee, Paul Brooks, and W.P. Agee, Jr.
Agee, James Rufus	Title: James Agee Audiotapes, MS-3045 Abstract: This collection contains eight audiotapes related to James Agee and his works. Several recordings are of Agee reading his own work and of Father James H. Flye reading Agee's work and reminiscing about him. Also, two tapes record lectures on Agee, which likely date to a 1972 Conference in Sewanee, TN.
Agee, James Rufus	Title: James Agee's The Quiet One Reel-to-Reel Audiotape, MS-3142 Abstract: This collection houses a reel-to-reel audiotape of James Agee's The Quiet One. The documentary film, for which Agee wrote commentary, was released in 1948.
Agee, James Rufus.	Title: James Agee/Tamara Comstock Letters, MS-2296 Abstract: The Agee-Comstock collection contains ten letters sent from James Agee to Tamara Comstock between August 1954 and March 1955. The letters detail Agee's personal life (recounting events surrounding the birth of his last child and his health problems), his writing (updating her on his current professional projects and struggles with his personal work), and some discussion of Agee and Comstock's relationship.
Agricultural Ledgers and Time Books	Title: Agricultural Ledgers and Time Books, MS-2483 Abstract: This collection consists of four agricultural ledgers and two time books. The six volumes in this collection contain several entries, which extend from the years of 1858 to 1890.
Agricultural Worker	Title: Agricultural Worker Photographs, MS-2520 Abstract: This collection contains two copies of two photographs of an African-American agricultural worker, carrying a cut Cream of Wheat box with nails poked through and filled with cut sunflower heads.
Aiken, James	Title: James Aiken Tobacco Bill of Sale, MS-2345 Abstract: In a bill of sale dated April 16, 1791, John Shaw, on behalf of Stuart J. Barn, notes the sale of tobacco for the account of James Aiken on April 29, 1790. In addition to the amount earned for the sale, the bill also lists other charges, such as freight, storage, and weighing.
Alabama Cavalry Regiment, 1st	Title: 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment Letter, MS-2135 Abstract: Collection consists of a letter dated July 14, 1863, from Trenton, Ga., by Willie of Company D of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment. He explains the difficulties of cavalry life, how he misses the corn, watermelon and peaches of home and the discouragement felt among the troops in the retreat from Tennessee.
Alexander, Cyrus Bauman	Title: C. B. Alexander Receipt Folder, MS-2440 Abstract: The C. B. Alexander Receipt Folder, 1916-1923, contains receipts, checks, letters and envelopes, account books, credit and registration certificates, and membership cards for the Order of the Railroad Telegraphers, as well as a photo negative of a soldier and postcard of the Knoxville Deaf and Dumb School.
Alexander, Richard Thomas	Title: Richard Thomas Alexander Oral History, MS-2613 Abstract: The Richard Thomas Alexander Oral History, 2003, is a typescript from an oral history interview with Richard Alexander by Dr. Kurt Piehler and Jake White of the University of Tennessee for the Veteran's Oral History Project conducted by the Center for the Study of War and Society. The interview focuses primarily on his World War II experiences, but also covers pre-war and post-war periods.
Allen, Penelope Johnson	Title: Penelope Allen Collection,, MS-2033 Abstract: This collection consists of documents collected by Penelope Johnson Allen concerning the Cherokee Nation in southeastern Tennessee and northern Georgia during the 1800s. Included are materials related to the Cherokee Agency, as well as Allen's notes and research material from the 1930s-1970s.
Allen, Penelope Van Dyke Johnson	Title: History of the Cherokee Indians Manuscript, MS-86 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.
Allen, Penelope Van Dyke Johnson	Title: Penelope Johnson Allen Collection, MS-3060 Abstract: This collection contains the papers of historian and genealogist Penelope Johnson Allen, from the 1770s to the 1980s, primarily the twentieth century. The four series here include: I. Personal Papers, with correspondence, certificates, and other material belonging to Mrs. Allen; II. Research Material, with maps, melungeons, and Cherokee information; III. Genealogical Research Material, with correspondence and legal documents from the 1770s and 1880s, as well as several different families' histories; IV. Publications, with newspapers, pages from Allen's book Leaves of the Family Tree, and the 1904 plat book of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Allyn, Arthur	Title: Arthur Allyn Letter and Central Hospital for the Insane Publication, MS-2222 Abstract: This collection contains a November 24, 1862, letter from Arthur Allyn, a Union soldier stationed near Nashville with the 14th Army Corps, to his father, describing the reorganization of the army. Also included is a January 1897 biennial report of the Central Hospital for the Insane near Nashville.
American Medical Association	Title: H. W. Dorman American Medical Association Membership Certificate, MS-2537 Abstract: This collection contains the 1912 American Medical Association membership certificate of H. W. Dorman of St. Petersburg, FL.
American Society for Photobiology	Title: American Society for Photobiology Collection, MS-2831 Abstract: This collection consists of albums, photographic materials, newspapers clippings, VHS and audio cassettes, and additional research material related to the annual meetings for the American Society for Photobiology.
American Society of Photobiology	Title: American Society of Photobiology Records, MS-2935 Abstract: This collection houses financial records, meeting records, and manuscripts documenting the American Society of Photobiology between 1955 and 1993.
Anderson, J. L.	Title: J. L. Anderson Letter, MS-2845 Abstract: This collection consists of a letter sent by J. L. Anderson of the 2nd Regiment of Alabama from Knoxville, TN on October 23, 1862, to his sister Maggie Anderson in Talladega, AL Anderson discusses life in his cavalry unit and the importance of maintaining horses. He details his unit's movements from Knoxville to Kentucky and back and describes the fortifications at the Cumberland Gap.
Anderson, John Fain	Title: J. Fain Anderson Letter, MS-2333 Abstract: The J. Fain Anderson Letter, 1905, was written to author and historian Gentry R. McGee about the schoolbook A History of Tennessee by McGee and about the possibility of developing a history of Sullivan County.
Anderson, Joseph, 1757-1837.	Title: Invoice from Joseph Anderson, MS-2742 Abstract: Collection contains a refund notice from Joseph Anderson, first comptroller of theUnited States Treasury, to Nathaniel Bullock, dated 1830.
Anderson, William Robert	Title: William Robert Anderson Papers, MS-2684 Abstract: This collection consists primarily of the political records of William Robert Anderson, a U.S. Congressman (1964-1972) from the Sixth District of Tennessee. Materials from his unsuccessful bid for re-election in 1972 are included. The collection also contains a considerable amount of material from Anderson's service on the Jimmy Carter Presidential campaign (1976) and various personal records from the 1970s and 1980s.
Ansley, Asbury	Title: Asbury Ansley Letter, MS-3180 Abstract: This collection consists of one letter written by Asbury Ansley from Warren County, GA to James A. Nobles in Stewart County, GA. The letter is dated May 29th 1836. Ansley tells of a raid by the Creek Indians, who are now heading towards Stewart County. He also requests a response from Nobles as soon as possible.
Anthony, Joseph A.	Title: Joseph A. Anthony Letter, MS-2962 Abstract: This collection consists of a letter from Captain Joseph A. Anthony of the 7th Tennessee Infantry to his mother written on June 6, 1861, from camp Trousdale, Tennessee.
Appalachian Fair Association (Newport, Tennessee)	Title: Appalachian Fair Program, MS-3007 Abstract: This collection houses a program for the Appalachian Fair held in Newport, Tennessee in 1906.
Argus Hosiery Mills	Title: Argus Hosiery Mills Records, MS-3139 Abstract: This collection houses receipts recording sales to customers and purchases from suppliers by the Argus Hosiery Mills of Sevierville, Tennessee in 1941. Letters to customers are also included.
Armenta, Joe A.	Title: Joe A. Armenta Memoir, MS-2576 Abstract: This collection consists of one bound memoir, entitled Sooner, documenting life aboard the U.S.S. Mustin (DD413) during its service in the Pacific Theater in the Second World War.
Army Engineers	Title: Army Engineers World War II Art, MS-2120 Abstract: The collection contains drawings of World War II Army Engineer structures and soldiers.
Army of the Cumberland	Title: Army of the Cumberland Quartermaster's Report, MS-2904 Abstract: In a letter dated 1865 May 5 the chief quartermaster of the Army of the Cumberland, E.B. Carling, sends his annual report for the month of March to his superior, A.J. Mackay. The letter was sent internally from the quartermaster's office located in Nashville, Tenn. The letter concerns the movements of the Army of the Cumberland's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Cavalry divisions throughout the state of Mississippi.
Arnell, Samuel Mayes	Title: Samuel M. Arnell Papers, MS-163 Abstract: This collection consists of papers documenting the life and work of Samuel M. Arnell of Johnson City, Tennessee, between 1894 and 1901. Of particular interest are materials showing the Washington County Historical Society and the text of a speech that Arnell made about East Tennessee at the time of American independence.
Arnell, Samuel Mayes	Title: The Fighting Parson: Biography of William Gannaway Brownlow Manuscript, MS-164 Abstract: This collection consists of a manuscript of The Fighting Parson: Biography of William Gannaway Brownlow, written in 1903 by Samuel Mayes Arnell. The work describes Brownlow's life from a pro-Union perspective, with a particular emphasis on the Civil War and Brownlow's governorship during Reconstruction. The manuscript shows extensive editing.
Arnell, Samuel Mayes	Title: Samuel Mayes Arnell Collection, MS-823 Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, diaries, journals, historical manuscripts, accounts of historical events, financial and legal papers, photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and other papers documenting the life and work of Samuel Mayes Arnell.
Arnell, Samuel Mayes	Title: Samuel Mayes Arnell Photograph, MS-2488 Abstract: This collection contains a single copy of a photograph, without a date, of Samuel Mayes Arnell and his wife.
Aronhime, Gordon	Title: Gordon Aronhime Collection, MS-297 Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, musical handbills and programs in American and German and a very quaint European Autograph Album belonging to the Hodgson Family containing famous European composers, politicians and writers.
Arthurs, Edgar H.	Title: Edgar H. Arthurs Letters, MS-2948 Abstract: This collection contains two letters from Edgar Arthurs, one to his sister and one to his brother. The letters were both written from Columbia, Tennessee, while his unit was marching from Nashville, Tennessee to Athens, Alabama.
Asahikawa, Japan	Title: Map of Asahikawa, Japan, MS-2595 Abstract: This collection consists of a map of Asahikawa, Japan. It is labeled Guidance of Asahikawa, and provides English translation of Nipponese. Some of the script is written in Japanese. Among the locations marked on the map are schools, hotels, police stations, brothels, and hospitals.
Association of Confederate Soldiers. Tennessee Division	Title: Minutes of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association of Confederate Soldiers (Tennessee Division), MS-2724 Abstract: This collection consists of a 66-page booklet entitled Minutes of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association of Confederate Soldiers (Tennessee Division). This meeting was held on October 18, 1893 in Jackson, Tennessee.
Atchison, Amy L.	Title: Amy L. Atchison Collection of Civil War Muster Rolls, MS-2939 Abstract: This collection consists of thirteen Muster Rolls from Company G, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, signed between October 1862 and February 1865, and eighteen confederate and Civil War-era state banknotes.
Atkins, Mary A.	Title: Mary A. Atkins Autograph Book, MS-2352 Abstract: The collection contains an autograph book belonging to Mary A. Atkins. Dated entries range from 1861-1872.
Atkinson, Louise	Title: Louise Atkinson Scrapbook, MS-3018 Abstract: This collection houses Louise Atkinson's World War II era scrapbook. Atkinson lived in the port town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and much of the scrapbook documents the military happenings of the time.
Atomic Energy Commission (United States)	Title: Atomic Bomb Damage at Hiroshima and Nagasaki Tapes, MS-836 Abstract: This collection houses 19 reel-to-reel films documenting the atomic bomb damage incurred at Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945.
Attwood, F. G.	Title: F. G. Attwood Ledger Book, MS-2787 Abstract: This collection consists of the 1853-1870 ledger book for F. G. Attwood of the Memphis area. Transactions involve the purchase of lumber, stone cutters, and sales of building lots. Entries include Stone Cutters, Church of the Good Shepherd, Bescher Schultz & Co., Butler of Big Creek, Lots Sold, and accounts with various individuals' names.
Austin Peay University (Clarksville, Tenn.)	Title: Evelyn Scott & Caroline Gordon Symposium Papers, MS-2501 Abstract: This collection of papers, containing three programs, three tour maps, and a poster with a formerly attached sign, is from A Hometown Symposium: Evelyn Scott and Caroline Gordon, hosted by Austin Peay University in Clarksville, TN, on November 7-9, 1985. In addition is a Scott bibliography from 1987.
Ayres, Brown	Title: Brown Ayres Correspondence, MS-284 Abstract: This collection consists of correspondence between Brown Ayres and famous inventors Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell discussing testing and publicity of the light bulb and telephone. A ticket to one of Alexander Graham Bell's exhibitions is also included.
Ayres, Brown	Title: Brown Ayres Papers, MS-326 Abstract: The papers of Dr. Ayres consist of miscellaneous files found in the James D. Hoskins Collection. Two items of interest in the collection are the accusations made against Prof. Schaeffer in 1916 and the Rhodes Scholarship folders from 1906-1912. Dr. Ayres was Chairman of the Committee for Tennessee for Rhodes Scholars.

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