Title: W.W. Woodruff Papers

Date/Date Range :   1868-1888

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses receipts that Knoxville businessman W.W. Woodruff collected between 1868 and 1888.

Call number: MS-0234

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

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Department.

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], W.W. Woodruff Papers, MS-0234. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one folder.

William Wallace Woodruff was born in about 1840 in Kentucky. During the Civil War, he served as an Adjutant and later as a Captain in the 18th Kentucky Infantry. When the war ended, he settled in Knoxville and opened a hardware store, W.W. Woodruff & Company, on Gay Street. In spite of catastrophic fires in 1897 and 1904, Woodruff's business flourished for many years. He died sometime between 1920 and 1930 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

This collection houses receipts that Knoxville businessman W.W. Woodruff collected between 1868 and 1888.

• Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History.
• Retail trade -- Tennessee.