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Finding Aid for the Fay Warrington Brabson Papers, 1836-1969


MS-829

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Finding Aid written by: Emily Bush, July 11, 2006
Encoded by: Emily Bush, July 11, 2006

Summary Information
Title: Fay Warrington Brabson Papers

Date/Date Range :   1836-1969

Extent: 2.0 linear feet

Abstract:
Research material relating to Brabson's biography of Andrew Jackson published in 1972. Includes manuscript, Andrew Johnson, A Life in Pursuit of the Right Course, 1808-1875; correspondence, photographs, research notes, and clippings about Johnson, the Civil War, Greenville, Tenn., and related subjects, as well as original letters to and from Johnson, W.G. Brownlow, Thaddeus Stevens, members of the Johnson family and others.

Call number: MS-829

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

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection is property of Special Collections.
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], Fay Warrington Brabson Papers, MS-829. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two boxes.


Biography / History

Born December 29, 1808, Andrew Johnson began his political career in Greenville, TN. After serving as alderman and mayor, Johnson successfully ran for a seat in the lower house of the state legislature in 1835. After serving three terms in the state Senate, Johnson moved to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served for ten years, 1843-1853. He also served as Governor of Tennessee from 1853-1857. In the fall of 1857, he was chosen as a U.S. Senator. In 1861, Johnson returned to East Tennessee to fight the surging secessionist movement, joining people such as William G. Brownlow and Horace Maynard in his support of the Union. After a June referendum in which Tennesseeans voted for secession, Johnson made his way back to Washington. After the Federal capture of Forts Henry and Donelson and the occupation of Nashville in February 1862, however, President Lincoln sent Johnson back to Tennessee to serve as military governor, a position in which he was charged to restore civil government and bring the state back to the Union. Lincoln also placed Johnson on the ticket in the 1864 election as his vice-presidential nominee. After Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, Johnson was sworn in as the seventeenth president.


Collection Scope and Content Note

Research material relating to Brabson's biography of Andrew Jackson published in 1972. Includes manuscript, Andrew Johnson, A Life in Pursuit of the Right Course, 1808-1875; correspondence, photographs, research notes, and clippings about Johnson, the Civil War, Greenville, Tenn., and related subjects, as well as original letters to and from Johnson, W.G. Brownlow, Thaddeus Stevens, members of the Johnson family and others.

Subject Terms

  • Greenville, Tenn. -- History.
  • Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.
  • Brabson, Fay Warrington, 1880-1970.
Contents List
Box   1     Folder   1    
Correspondence to or from Colonel Brabson, 1912-1951
Box   1     Folder   2    
Correspondence to and from Brabson, 1952-1965
Box   1     Folder   3    
Copies of Letters written to and from Andrew Johnson, 1836-1872
Box   1     Folder   4    
Colonel Brabson's Research Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   5    
Colonel Brabson's Research Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   6    
Statements and Interviews of People Vouching for Johnson's Character, undated
Box   1     Folder   7    
Various Papers Written About Johnson During Civil War, undated
Box   1     Folder   8    
Copies of a Speech Made by Andrew Johnson and by Judge Dickinson, undated
Box   1     Folder   9    
Johnson Civil War Newspaper Clippings, 1923-1968
Box   1     Folder   10    
Johnson Civil War Newspaper Clippings, undated
Box   1     Folder   11    
Magazines & Articles on Johnson & Other Civil War Figures, 1869-1877
Box   1     Folder   12    
Other Magazines and Articles, 1891-1927
Box   1     Folder   13    
Other Magazines and Articles, 1906-1957
Box   1     Folder   14    
Other Magazines and Articles, undated
Box   2     Folder   1    
Guidebooks from the Andrew Johnson Memorial in Greenville, TN, undated
Box   2     Folder   2    
Photographs and Sketches, undated
Box   2     Folder   3    
Book Concerning United States' Senators, undated
Box   2     Folder   4    
Genealogy of the Johnson Family, undated
Box   2     Folder   5    
Manuscript of Colonel Brabson's Book: Andrew Johnson: A Life in Pursuit of the Right Course, undated
Box   2     Folder   6    
Manuscript of Colonel Brabson's Book, undated
Box   2     Folder   7    
Manuscript of Colonel Brabson's Book, undated
Box   2     Folder   8    
Manuscript of Colonel Brabson's Book, undated
Box   2     Folder   9    
Manuscript of Colonel Brabson's Book, undated
Box   2     Folder   10    
Manuscript of Colonel Brabson's Book, undated
Box   2     Folder   11    
Miscellaneous, undated
Box   2     Folder   12    
Original Letters, circa 1812-1897