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Charles Watts wrote this letter to his sister, Helen M. Watts, from Nashville, Tennessee on October 11, 1813. In it, he describes his journey from Lexington to Nashville (including a saltpeter cave he visited and his meeting with Lorenzo Dow), responds to news that Helen Watts sent in her last letter, and asks after his family and friends.

The papers of Charles W. Dabney, noted entomologist, were extracted from the James D. Hoskins Collection. The material consists of several folders concerning the Association of Urban Universities, addresses at UT and Cincinnati, commencement speeches, and his Brotherhood Principles.

The Charles Wright Manuscripts contain seven proof copies for a 1984 Random House vintage print of Wright's book of poetry entitled The Other Side of the River.

This collection consists of a proof of a thesis entitled, "The Establishment of Permanent Photo Points in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for the Monitoring of Red Spruce Crown Condition," written by Charlotte Pyle.

This collection contains one letter from Charlotte M. Yonge to an unidentified Madam in 1878. It requests that the recipient send an advertisement and stamps to the publisher.

This manifest lists the cargo aboard the sloop Charming Sally on its run from Murfreesborough, North Carolina to New York City under master Alexander Mather. This cargo included pease, tobacco, tar, potatoes, and other items. The manifest was signed by Col. H. Murfree.

These records include lists of the members of the Charter Day Committee and the Founder's Day Committee in charge of selecting medal recipients, correspondence, brochures, photographs, invitations, pamphlets describing distinguished faculty, and transcripts of speeches. All of the material dates from between 1992 and 2000.

This collection consists of two photographs relating to the Chattanooga Lookouts baseball team. One of them portrays a Lookouts player standing with four other men in baseball attire, and the other depicts a crowd, presumably watching a baseball game, in Chattanooga's Engel Stadium.

The collection consists of papers from the Chattanooga (Tennessee) Police Department during 1909. There is correspondence to the department, reward fliers, fugitive fliers, and more.

This collection features a single photo-postcard of a Cherokee woman and child on the porch of a house in 1931.

This collection contains copies of five photographs from the Cherokee Indian Fair of 1930, including four images of the ball players and their ball game and one image of a blow gun practice.

This collection is comprised of photographs of the 73rd Bomb Wing, stationed in Saipan during World War II. The photos include images of B-29 bombers as they were sent on raids to Japan, as well as official Air Force photographs, aerial shots, and photographs of the members of the 878th Bomb Squadron. The collection also contains Chester Marshall's personal military documents including orders and memorandums. Two book jackets are also included from his published works.

This collection contains a bound series of newsletters published monthly in the 1880s by the Chi Delta Literary Society at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Each issue has editorials, essays, poetry, news, event announcements, and local advertisements.

This collection houses a Chi Delta Phi (University of Tennessee Chapter) magazine entitled The Litterateur dating from March of 1940 and a membership pin. The magazine includes literary pieces written by Chi Delta Phi members and the membership pin is engraved with the name Betty Greer and date Feb. 15, 1940.

This appeal bond on behalf of Cherokee Chief Nunna Hi-Diha Pathkiller was signed by Return J Meigs III, Pathkiller’s acting attorney. The material included in the collection is an appeal bond to the Supreme Court at Knoxville. The case was a contest over the title to lands settled by the Blair Family in what is now Loudon, Tennessee. Ultimately, the courts sided with the Blair Family.

Childersburg Project Records, 1955, contain letters between the group entitled Bullard, Caldwell, Scott, and Associates and military personnel for the military construction project contract at several ordnance works, including Childersburg, Ala..

The China-Burma-India Hump Pilots Association newsletter housed in this collection is dated 1991 October 30 and contains letters from the President and Chairman of the Board to the membership, notes from the last convention, and lists of new members, life members, and deceased members. The roster provides a list of the Association's members (including address, spouse's name, phone number, role in the operation, and wartime base).

This collection contains the minutes taken from the meetings of the Christian Endeavor Union from 1926-1932.