This collection contains one letter written by Samuel Tate to an associate by the last name Gill about the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

The collection contains the estate settlement of Joseph A. Mabry, Jr.

This collection contains a photocopy of William J. McCoy Jr.'s article "Recollections of an Early Fish Trap on the Holston River," which provides an account of a family vacation in 1915 to lower Holston River in Knox County, Tennessee, particularly detailing a fish trap located on the river at that time. McCoy was encouraged to write down his experience, doing so circa 1979. This collection also includes seventeen photos of family members and friends from the vacation.

This collection contains a photocopy of William J. McCoy Jr.'s article "Recollections of an Early Fish Trap on the Holston River," which provides an account of a family vacation in 1915 to lower Holston River in Knox County, Tennessee, particularly detailing a fish trap located on the river at that time. McCoy was encouraged to write down his experience, doing so circa 1979. This collection also includes seventeen photos of family members and friends from the vacation.

This collection contains articles, research, and correspondence on the Melungeon people. It contains articles such as “Melungeons: The Vanishing Colony of Newman’s Ridge” by Henry R. Price and “A Theory Concerning the Melungeons” by Rollin W. Gillespie. It also includes letters to and from Rollin Gillespie about research on Melungeons dated between 1973 to 1976, newspaper articles on the Melungeons, and a copy of the 1971 “Walk toward the Sunset Souvenir Program.”

This collection contains letters to and from James D. Hoskins about the purchase, preservation, and renovation of Ramsey House, copies of memoirs from Knoxville newspapers announcing the death of J. G. M. Ramsey and recounting his life, and biographical information on Ramsey and Ramsey House.

This collection contains various letters to and from Dr. Farrington Daniels, Jr., all pertaining to fundraising for the Fifth International Congress of Photobiology. A majority of the letters are multiples of the same one being set to numerous companies asking for financial assistance for the Congress set to happen in August of 1968.