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This collection contains eight love letters, dated 1912-1914, to the Reverend A. E. Clement -- commissioner of Galloway Memorial Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. -- from his wife, Alice.

This collection consists of fourteen love letters written by Alice Clement to her husband Reverend Andrew E. Clement of Nashville, Tennessee.

This collection consists of a three-page typescript from Alice Deadrick Grainger about her experience in Knoxville schools.

This collection contains approximately 500 photos and clippings pertaining to silent film star Alice Joyce.

This minute book documents the activities of the University of Tennessee's All Students' Club from 1947 to 1954. Among the topics discussed are Carnicus (a carnival held on campus to raise money for University of Tennessee fraternities and sororities), plans for a Student Union Building, accusations of Communist activity leveled against UT faculty, and potential campus improvements.

This collection consists of a single screenplay for the 1974 television film All the Kind Strangers. The screenplay is dated May 1969 and is a first draft of the script.

This collection consists of an original copy of the script of the 1962 film All the Way Home, based on Tad Mosel's stage play of the same name and James Agee's novel A Death in the Family. The screenplay was written by Philip Reisman, Jr., and the film was produced by Paramount Pictures. This copy is dated September 5, 1962 and contains handwritten annotations, possibly by a member of the production crew.

In these four letters, Allen Hall's correspondents discuss such political matters as appointments to the Post Office, removals of political officeholders, and the political situation in Knoxville and East Tennessee.

In this letter to his mother (written near Knoxville, Tennessee), Allen Clifton reports on his unit's position and supplies, describes the weather, mentions that he is in good health, inquires about the health and doings of family members and friends, and asks for some postage stamps. He also asks about the returned veterans and solicits his mother's opinion of his decision not to re-enlist.

Materials from Allen Coggins' research in writing his book Place Names of the Smokies as well as from his time as a tour guide in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Also included are his personal library and photograph collection related to the GSMNP.

This assortment of primarily business-related papers centers on the Thompson family of Davidson County, Tennessee, and, to a lesser degree, on the Sullivan family of Sangamon County, Illinois. While Allen Thompson is the central figure in the papers of this collection dated in the first half of the nineteenth century, his son, Wilson N. Thompson, becomes the central figure after Allen's death in 1852.

This collection contains a handwritten ledger listing French noble marriages that took place from approximately the 1840s to the 1860s. The list, written entirely in French, was gathered from the publication Annuaire de la Noblesse de France, which also appeared under several other titles.

This collection includes a pamphlet entitled "Prospectus of Oil Well Property in Overton County, Tennessee" describes the location and production of the wells on the property as well as the difficulties faced and recent improvements in transportation of the oil. The pamphlet is attached to an 1895 contract to sell this property between Almon C. Brown and Robert B. Thompson.

This collection includes five issues of The Excrowderlite News, a publication for service members who were stationed at Camp Crowder, Missouri during World War II. These issues date from 1983 to 1985. The newsletters include member updates and addresses as well as photographs and recollections written by members about their time at Camp Crowder.

In twenty letters between 1863 and 1864, Alonzo Frink, a Union soldier with the 32nd Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company B, describes camp life and news of military successes in the Civil War to his wife Emily in Mason City, Iowa. The letters from early 1863 are written from Fort Pillow in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, while the later letters are written from Columbus, Kentucky.

A single document from Headquarters Department of Tennessee, dated August 13, 1865, appointing Major Alpheus M. Beebe (spelled Beebee on the document) an administering officer for the amnesty oath in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

This program documents the opening of the University of Tennessee's Alumni Academic Hall of Fame. It includes a brief description of the Hall of Fame and a short biography of each initial inductee.

This collection contains invitations, stage directions, drafts of prepared remarks, and programs documenting events and dedications on the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus. These occasions include President’s Dinners, building dedications, retirement honors, and other events. All of this material was generated by the Special Events Division of the Alumni Affairs Office.