This collection contains a report from the Tennessee Valley Authority concerning the Bean Station Restoration Project. The report contains articles, photographs, and maps displaying the progress of the restoration project. The report also contains substantial documentation on the preservation and restoration of the Bean Station Tavern.

This collection consists of selected papers from the Admiral Franklin Buchanan Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy presented throughout 1956. Essays explore several topics such as "The Battle of Nashville" by Mrs. Hagan Reynolds and "General Wade Hampton, as Soldier and Statesman" by Mrs. Stella Eglesia.

This collection consists of a transcribed, three-page letter addressed to a professor Garth regarding the history of education of girls in the Knoxville region. The letter specifically addresses Deaderick's recollections of her elementary school education, both during and after the Civil War, at several institutions including a local Baptist church.

This collection consists of a three-page typescript from Alice Deadrick Grainger about her experience in Knoxville schools. In addition to personal recollections about individual teachers, she also addresses her father's attempts to promote high school education in the area.

This collection consists of a memo from the Navy Department asking citizens to donate binoculars, telescopes and spy-glasses for the war effort, a part of the "Eyes for the Navy" campaign. Also included is a check made out to Eleanor F. Buffat and a signed letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt, then the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, thanking her for her war-time contribution.