Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of a series of letters written between Colonel George McClellan Derby and his mother, Mary (Coons) Derby. At the time, Mary Derby was living in Chattanooga, Tennessee and George Derby was serving with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in such places as New Orleans, Louisiana; Smithville, Kentucky; and Louisville, Kentucky. Some letters are written on stationary from the Lookout Inn (a lodge on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga) and from the Cranberry Inn in Cranberry,...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The diary housed in this collection constitutes John M. Hollis's personal account of the Civil War and documents his service with the 38th Illinois Infantry Regiment in Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Much of the diary is devoted to descriptions of the unit's surroundings and the day's march, but Hollis also provides descriptions of two major battles. The first of these battles began at Perryville, Kentucky on 1862 October 8 and was the largest battle...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The diary housed in this collection constitutes John M. Hollis's personal account of the Civil War and documents his service with the 38th Illinois Infantry Regiment in Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Much of the diary is devoted to descriptions of the unit's surroundings and the day's march, but Hollis also provides descriptions of two major battles. The first of these battles began at Perryville, Kentucky on 1862 October 8 and was the largest battle...

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This letter from Daniel Graham to John Ryland discusses the collection of money from a Mr. Willett. Daniel Graham had collected two bills of cash from Willet, and the letter discusses both Willet and the collection and use of these bills.

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This collection consists of an invitation addressed to Harriett C. Roulstone to the wedding of Governor Sam Houston and Eliza Allen, who were married on January 15, 1829. Their courtship and marriage were both scandalously short, as Eliza left him a mere eighty days after their marriage.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The first document housed in this collection is copy of a legal agreement dated April 1840 between William Donelson, Stockley Donelson and Andrew Jackson detailing the construction of a route from Jones Bend to the Nashville & Lebanon Turnpike through Jackson's land with Jackson's comments, dated October 7, 1844, written on the back. In these comments, Jackson declares the copy a false coloring of the original record and demands that the originals be produced. The second document is a...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The first document housed in this collection is copy of a legal agreement dated April 1840 between William Donelson, Stockley Donelson and Andrew Jackson detailing the construction of a route from Jones Bend to the Nashville & Lebanon Turnpike through Jackson's land with Jackson's comments, dated October 7, 1844, written on the back. In these comments, Jackson declares the copy a false coloring of the original record and demands that the originals be produced. The second document is a...

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Discusses the difficulties of publishing and the selection of a title for Agee's book.

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Requests an urgently needed advance and clarifies the credits for photographs and illustrations.

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Requests an urgently needed advance and clarifies credits for a photographic collaboration.

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Discusses Rodman's use of Agee's article entitled Dedication Day.

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This collection consists of two undated cartes de visite bearing portraits of William G. Brownlow, one carte de visite depicting Parson Brownlow's Daughter, and two undated envelopes printed with William G. Brownlow's portrait and pro-Union quotes.

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This collection consists of two undated cartes de visite bearing portraits of William G. Brownlow, one carte de visite depicting Parson Brownlow's Daughter, and two undated envelopes printed with William G. Brownlow's portrait and pro-Union quotes.

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This collection consists of two undated cartes de visite bearing portraits of William G. Brownlow, one carte de visite depicting Parson Brownlow's Daughter, and two undated envelopes printed with William G. Brownlow's portrait and pro-Union quotes.

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This collection consists of two undated cartes de visite bearing portraits of William G. Brownlow, one carte de visite depicting Parson Brownlow's Daughter, and two undated envelopes printed with William G. Brownlow's portrait and pro-Union quotes.

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This collection consists of two undated cartes de visite bearing portraits of William G. Brownlow, one carte de visite depicting Parson Brownlow's Daughter, and two undated envelopes printed with William G. Brownlow's portrait and pro-Union quotes.

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This collection houses a single handwritten letter from John Sevier to an Honorable [M] Smith in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1792 regarding the region's escalating hostilities with the Creek and Cherokee nations. According to Sevier, "war is unavoidable but may be contained if addressed swiftly."

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of correspondence from Levi Dysinger, a Union soldier, to his wife Harriet in Paulding County, Ohio. The letters were written from Huntsville, Alabama, and date from March to May of 1865. They recount how Dysinger's brothers, Henry and Isaac, contracted (and eventually died from) measles while soldiers. Dysinger also describes a trip he made to Aikens Landing, Virginia, where Civil War prisoners were exchanged. In addition, he mentions Grant's taking Richmond and...