This collection consists primarily of a typed manuscript copy of Robert H. White's Tennessee: Its Growth and Progress. This work was intended as a textbook for young students documenting Tennessee's history from prehistory to the early 20th century. This manuscript begins with a memorandum dated April 16, 1936, from White to the Tennessee Textbook Commission explaining the three items he is sending to be reviewed: the manuscript text, the bound file of illustrations, and the blank dummy book. The collection also contains a pamphlet of the Tennessee State Constitution. The finished work was intended to be published by White himself and printed by the Kingsport Press in Kingsport, Tennessee.