This collection houses photographs, legal documents, correspondence, blueprints, and other materials documenting the history and donation of Hopecote to the University of Tennessee. The photographs include views of the interior and exterior of the house, as well as the surrounding gardens, and the Hopecote Advisory Committee. The legal documents include renovation plans, appraisal information and forms, and donor information. It includes brochures of the history of Hopecote and floor plans of the original house and gardens. The collection contains information from Betsey Creekmore, Associate Vice Chancellor of the University of Tennessee (1979-1989) who oversaw much of the donation and appraisal information, lists of house furnishings, plans for garden restoration, house restoration, brief biographies of owners, description of house and gardens, newspaper articles and correspondence regarding the garden renovations.