This collection consists primarily of letters documenting William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow's service as Governor of Tennessee and showing the problems that Tennessee faced during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The collection is arranged into three series based on correspondent:

Series I: William G. Brownlow Correspondence (1848 December 18-1878 March 20) consists primarily of letters documenting Brownlow's service as Governor of Tennessee. Among the correspondents represented are John Bell, O. P. Temple, Vice President Schuyler Colfax, Tennessee Secretary of State A. J. Fletcher, General George H. Thomas, Horace Maynard, Ephraim Foster, James O. Shackelford, Clinton B. Fisk, Governor Joseph E. Brown, Alexander H. Stephens, Joseph S. Fowler, D. W. C. Senter, Governor Neill S. Brown, and General Ambrose Burnside.

Series II: John Bell Brownlow Correspondence (1866 March 13-1902 August 5) houses letters to and from Parson Brownlow's son, J. B. Brownlow. Among the correspondents represented are General William H. Carroll, Nathaniel G. Taylor, Joseph H. Blackburn, Green B. Raum, Horace Maynard, John M. Lea, J. M. Thornburgh, William Gibbs McAdoo, Isham Harris, John Morgan Bright, Washington Whitthorne, H. H. Thomas, John Sherman, William Brimage Bate, Daniel T. Boynton, A. H. Pettibone, Samuel Mayes Arnell, and Leonidas C. Houk.

Series III: Correspondence of Others (1861 May 8-1902 May 27) includes letters from other correspondents.

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