Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this diary, Pinckney Latham describes his service with Company A of the 4th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), nicknamed the Shelby Grays. Early entries mention troop movements, Latham's capture on February 12, 1865 near Memphis, Tennessee, and his parole at Vicksburg the following month. The diary goes on to describe his assignment to Meridian, Mississippi, including his journey to Meridian, the people he meets, the girls he sees, his activities when off duty, the weather, the progress of the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this diary, Pinckney Latham describes his service with Company A of the 4th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), nicknamed the Shelby Grays. Early entries mention troop movements, Latham's capture on February 12, 1865 near Memphis, Tennessee, and his parole at Vicksburg the following month. The diary goes on to describe his assignment to Meridian, Mississippi, including his journey to Meridian, the people he meets, the girls he sees, his activities when off duty, the weather, the progress of the...

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Reverend John E. Alexander presented this sketch to the Presbyterian Historical Society of Philadelphia on July 2, 1876. In it, he details the history of the Presbyterian Church of Greeneville, Tennessee (previously known as Harmony and Mt. Bethel), including a list of the members of the church's session since its early years.

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James McClure Clarke presented this paper discussing the history of Sherrill's Inn in Asheville, North Carolina before a meeting of the Pen and Plate Club (a men's literary group) in August 1962.

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In this letter to LaReine Clayton, Milburn Divine provides Clayton with information about an inn that her aunt and uncle, Robert and Elizabeth Evans, once operated and discusses another inn in Rheatown, Tennessee. Divine includes photocopies of several chapters of a book by Esther Moreland Leithold entitled And This Is Our Heritage (1944) regarding the Evans' inn.

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In this autobiographical sketch, William Jay Smith describes his military career and ends with his election to the Tennessee Senate in 1867.

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In this paper, entitled "Hollywood Yin: Clarence Brown's Feminine Universe," Dr. Ski Hilenski discusses Clarence Brown's use of the camera to express the femininity of the main female characters in his films.

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This script, written by Robert E. Temple, details the last weeks of Jesus Christ's life. It may be related to Temple's Smoky Mountains Passion Play and includes strikeouts and notes documenting changes to the text.

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This register documents 89 land grants issued by the state of North Carolina between 1792 and 1794. Most of the land transferred was located in Green and Hawkins Counties, but Jefferson County and the Eastern District are also represented.