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Finding Aid for the Neil Franklin Collection, 1775-1956 (Bulk 1863-1936)


MS-0015

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 7, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Neil Franklin Collection

Date/Date Range :   1775-1956 (Bulk 1863-1936)

Extent: 0.8 linear feet

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.

Call number: MS-0015

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Mr. Franklin of Alexandria, Virginia donated these papers to the Special Collections Library on March 3, 1956.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Neil Franklin Collection, MS-0015. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of eight boxes.


Biography / History

W. Neil Franklin was born in 1902. At various times during his career as an historian, Dr. Franklin worked for Maryville College as a professor of history, for the University of Tennessee as a lecturer in history, and for the National Archives and Records Administration. He died in approximately 1982.


Collection Scope and Content Note

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.

Interested researchers may also wish to consult MS 1163: The W. Neil Franklin Papers.

Subject Terms

  • Doak, Samuel, 1749-1830.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • United States. Federal Civil Works Administration.
  • Tennessee -- History.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Chapman, Berlin B. "The Claim of Texas to Greer County," undated
Box   1     Folder   2    
Chandler, Walter "The Beginnings of the Judicial System of Tennessee and Now," undated
Box   1     Folder   3    
Cole, W.E. "How Tennessee Babies are Born," 1934
Box   1     Folder   4    
Pearce, Elizabeth "The Early History of Cocke County, Tennessee," 1924 April 14
Box   1     Folder   5    
Transcripts: "Bloody Scenes" typed from The Southern Drummer Knoxville, Tenn., v. I, no. 2, 1887 February 16
Box   1     Folder   6    
Civil War Papers, 1863-1864

Scope Note:
  1. July 15, 1863 to Wm. Amsburry from Camp Nelson, Ky.
  2. July 16, 1863 to Wm. Amsburry from Camp Nelson, Ky.
  3. November 30, 1864 to Wm. Amsburry from Nashville Tn.
  4. November 31, 1864 to Wm. Amsburry from Nashville Tn.
  5. August 12, 1864 John Kerr Amnesty Oath
Box   1     Folder   7    
Samuel Doak Transcripts: Letters of correspondence concerning S. Doak's diary, 1775-1956 (Bulk 1936)

Scope Note:
  1. February 29, 1936 W. Neil Franklin to Librarian at Tusculum College
  2. March 4, 1936 Edith McCullum, Tusculum to Franklin
  3. March 11, 1936 Franklin to McCullum
  4. February 27, 1956 Franklin to Librarian at Princeton
  5. Poem written by Samuel Doak while a student at Princeton College in 1775
  6. Article from "The Greeneville Democrat" by S. Doak
Box   1     Folder   8    
Papers relating to a group of social science research projects carried on at the University of Tennessee and paid for by funds of the Federal Civil Works Administration, 1933-1934