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W. M. Creamer Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2136
Abstract

This collection consists of a letter, dated February 24, 1863 from Camp Cripplecrick, Tenn., from W. M. Creamer of the 90th Ohio Infantry to his cousin, M. C. Creamer. He discusses his religious beliefs as well as Captain Robert O. Caddy's treatment of sick young boys in Nashville.

Dates: 1863 February 24

W. Neil Franklin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1285
Abstract

This collection consists of a manuscript for a book titled The Indian Trade in Colonial Virginia by W. Neil Franklin. Also included are photostats of documents and correspondence belonging to Franklin.

Dates: 1923-1974

W. Neil Franklin Lecture Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1655
Abstract

This collection consists of two notebooks of lecture notes written by W. Neil Franklin during his tenure at the University of Tennessee. The notebooks are dated between 1922 and 1924 and feature notes about economics, government, European history, and United States history.

Dates: 1922 October 4-1924

W. Neil Franklin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1163
Abstract

The papers of W. Neil Franklin include extensive correspondence, several book reviews by Franklin, and a variety of miscellaneous items.

Dates: 1932-1982

W. P. D. C. Bryan Commission

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0757
Abstract

This collection includes a commission for W. P. D. C. Bryan as the Justice of the Peace for Cheatham County, Tenn. The commission is dated April 21, 1860 and from Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. It is signed by the Governor of Tennessee, Isham G. Harris, and by the Tennessee Secretary of State, J. E. R. Ray.

Dates: 1860 April 21

W. R. Boggs Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0879
Abstract In this typescript (written at his daughter's often repeated request to know something of my war history) W. R. Boggs recounts his service as a Confederate officer during the Civil War. He begins his narrative with his departure from the U. S. Army at the start of the conflict and continues on to describe his service as head of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau, as Colonel and Chief Engineer of the Georgia State Forces, as a staff officer for General E. Kirby Smith (during which time he...
Dates: 1891 January 16, circa 1911

W. R. Cobb Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0858
Abstract In this letter to Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont, W. R. Cobb asks if President Grant intends to retain William Spence as the Martial of Cobb's district in Tennessee. Cobb encloses a clipping from the Nashville American (which he feels is hostile to him and friendly to Spence) stating that Grant has dismissed all of the charges that Cobb had brought against Spence and gone so far as to say that he knew no such man as W. R. Cobb. Should Spence not be removed, Cobb believes that he will...
Dates: 1875 September 28

W. Ralph Lufkin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSWS-0104
Abstract

This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and other documents on Wendell Ralph Lufkin's World War II experience in the European theatre.

Dates: 1941-1942, 1945, 1949, 1987, undated

W. S. Austin Ledger and Index

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3508
Abstract

Dr. W. S. Austin used this ledger to document his work as a physician in Knoxville, Tennessee between 1905 and 1918, including some transactions made through the Tennessee Medical College and records of his salary. Also included is an index to the ledger organized by patient surname.

Dates: 1905-1918

W. S. Coile Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1101
Abstract

Three account books documenting William S. Coile's market from 1841 to 1884 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1841-1884

W. S. Nash Medical School Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3457
Abstract These two notebooks belonged to Walter Starnes Nash, who used them to take notes in his medical courses at the University of Michigan in 1888 and 1889. During these years, he took Physical Diagnosis, Theory and Practice, Physiology, Nervous Diseases, Genealogy, Surgery, Pathology, Physiology, Sanitary Science, Physiological Chemistry, Urinary Analysis, Bright’s Disease, Neurology, Obstetrics, Surgery, and Pathology. Nash’s professors for these courses included Dr. Henry Francis Lyster, Dr....
Dates: 1888-1889

W. Stuart Evans Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2062
Abstract

The W. Stuart Evans Collection spans from 1972 through 1986 and consists of Correspondence, Proposals, and Publications. The bulk of the material involves the design and administration of the Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE), also known as the 1982 World's Fair.

Dates: 1972-1986

W. Stuart Evans Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0451
Abstract

The W. Stuart Evans Collection consists of one box of subject files and correspondence. The bulk of the materials include correspondence between Evans and such prominent University of Tennessee personalities as Edward J. Boling and Andy Holt.

Dates: 1967-1979

W. T. Kennerly Memorandum Regarding the Death of General John H. Morgan

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0442
Abstract

W. T. Kennerly wrote this memorandum in 1936 to record a conversation he had with John Bell Brownlow in approximately 1912 regarding Brownlow's memories of General John H. Morgan's death. Brownlow witnessed Morgan's death while commanding the 9th Tennessee Cavalry (USA) near Greeneville, Tennessee in 1864. Two versions of the memorandum are present. One is a typewritten final copy and the other a photocopy of a draft bearing Kennerly's handwritten annotations.

Dates: 1936 December 9

W. T. Presley Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2135
Abstract W. T. Presley wrote this letter to his wife, Henrietta (Ward) Presley, while he was serving with Company D of the 1st Alabama Cavalry. In it, he discusses a pony that he had purchased to send home to his sons (Gus and Fate), describes selling his old horse (named Stonewall) and purchasing a new one that can better tolerate military life, recounts his unit's retreat from Tennessee after the fall of Vicksburg, sends news of family and friends serving in the Confederate military, and expresses...
Dates: 1863 July 14

W. V. Giles Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3490
Abstract

In this letter, W. V. Giles of Sumner County, Tennessee tells Edwin Giles about a blood shower that took place recently in Lebanon, Tennessee. He also discusses a political demonstration in Gallatin, Tennessee in response to President Tyler's recent veto of a bill to establish a National Bank.

Dates: 1841 September 5

W. W. Woodruff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0234
Abstract

This collection contains two ledgers of purchased items from John Cruze in 1868 and 1869, from Woodruff’s hardware store. Also contained is a receipt of payment from John Cruze, signed by Woodruff, a certificate for one share of stock in the Eastern Division Fair Association, and a Certificate of Distinction from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, giving W. W. Woodruff a note of distinction in Latin, dated June 5, 1888.

Dates: 1868 June-1888 June 5

Wade Keyes Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3103
Abstract

This collection consists of a brief letter from Wade Keyes dated Richmond, August 14, 1861, to J. L. Ramsey in Knoxville. Keyes confirms Ramsey's appointment as attorney for the District of Tennessee.

Dates: 1861 August 14

Wallace McClure Collection on Gone With the Wind

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0919
Abstract

This collection houses a variety of materials that Wallace McClure collected regarding the book, movie, and stage versions of Gone With the Wind. Among these items are a transcribed telegram from Margaret Mitchell Marsh, a State Department report, reminiscences from Anne McClure and Josephine Powell Beaty, a book review, two magazines, a 20-page program from the movie, and many newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1939 November 19-1974 November

Wallace McClure Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1720
Abstract

This collection consists of a single draft letter written by Wallace McClure. The letter was written to a former professor and concerns McClure's future. In the letter, he discusses his career goals and future education, noting that he "did not intend to make the law my life work; to do so has never in fact been my intention."

Dates: undated

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States. 308
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 114
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe. 75
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Tennessee. 72
United States. Navy. 60
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. 58
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence. 55
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. 54
Correspondence. 51
Radiation -- Research. 51
Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 49
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- Faculty. 49
Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. 48
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. 47
Authors, American -- Tennessee. 45
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.). 40
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Nashville (Tenn.) -- History. 39
World War, 1939-1945 -- Correspondence. 36
Slavery -- Tennessee 35
United States. Army Air Forces. 34
Soldiers -- Tennessee -- Correspondence. 33
Account books -- Tennessee. 32
Tennessee -- Commerce. 32
Tennessee -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. 30
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe. 30
Authors, American -- 20th century. 29
Davidson County (Tenn.) -- History. 29
Tennessee -- Politics and government. 29
Motion pictures -- United States. 27
United States. Air Force. 27
Photographs. 26
County courts -- Tennessee. 24
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Pictorial works. 24
Tennessee -- Genealogy. 24
Tennessee -- Politics and government -- To 1865. 24
Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 24
Tennessee -- Religion. 23
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- Administration. 23
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -- Alumni and alumnae. 23
Knox County (Tenn.) -- History. 22
Memphis (Tenn.) -- History. 22
United States. Marine Corps. 22
Account books. 21
Knoxville (Tenn.) 21
Land tenure -- Tennessee. 21
Lawyers -- Tennessee. 21
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.). 20
Legal documents -- United States. 20
Tennessee Volunteers (Football team). 20
Broadsides 19
Education -- Tennessee. 19
Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Commerce. 19
Legal documents -- Tennessee. 19
Land grants -- Tennessee. 18
World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. 18
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- History. 17
Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Pictorial works. 17
Tennessee Valley Authority -- History. 17
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States. 17
World War, 1914-1918. 17
Authors, American -- Southern States. 16
Railroads -- Tennessee. 16
Screenplays 16
Tennessee -- Pictorial works. 16
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. 16
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States. 16
Court records -- Tennessee -- Knox County. 15
Governors -- Tennessee. 15
Radiobiology. 15
Sheet music. 15
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. 15
United States. Army. Air Corps. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy. 15
World War, 1939-1945 -- Periodicals. 15
American literature -- 20th century. 14
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 14
Medicine -- Tennessee. 14
Nashville (Tenn.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 14
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Tennessee. 14
Tennessee, East -- History. 14
United States -- Description and travel. 14
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North. 14
World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography. 14
World War, 1939-1945 -- Tennessee. 14
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