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Memphis, Tenn., Construction Company Ledger

Collection

Identifier: MS-3087

Abstract

This collection contains the ledger book for a Memphis, Tenn., construction company (possibly G. W. Lewis Construction Company) from 1926 to 1934. Projects include the Lamar Theatre in Memphis, Tenn., Vanderbilt University additions, Dr. Wallace's Sanitarium, and the John Gaston Hospital.

Dates: 1926-1934

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Memphis World Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MS-3181

Abstract This collection consists of 59 black and white photographs from the 1950s and 1960s. 22 photographs are dated. Almost all of the photographs were taken in Memphis, but one is from Virginia. The photographs were probably collected by the Memphis World. A significant number of the photographs show university professors, men in uniform, and religious leaders. The photographs include images of Dr. Deborah Cannon Partridge, Horace Mann Bond, Fred Valentine, Reverend Varnado of Memphis inspecting...

Dates: 1952-1964

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Nursing Photograph Album

Collection

Identifier: MS-3289

Abstract

This collection consists of 252 photographs, primarily of women in nursing uniforms, taken in Memphis, Tennessee in about 1923.

Dates: circa 1923

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Wilbur P. Buck Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS-3271

Abstract

Wilbur P. Buck wrote these three letters, dated between October 9, 1862 and June 23, 1863, to his sweetheart, Charlotte Lottie Smith. The first letter was sent from Camp Fuller and the others were written at the Officer's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. They discuss Buck and Smith's relationship, Buck's homesickness, and the wounded and dead soldiers that Buck sees in the field hospital where he works.

Dates: 1862 October 9-1863 June 23

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Wildermuth Family Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS-3360

Abstract

This collection houses 22 letters written between various members of the Wildermuth family during the Civil War. Brothers John, Henry, and Eli Wildermuth wrote much of this correspondence while serving in the Union Army and discuss such topics as life in the South, the battles they have experienced, their living conditions, and their desire to return home to Wisconsin.

Dates: 1862 September 17-1865 May 20

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

William Styer Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MS-3198

Abstract

This collection consists of ten letters and five envelopes from Union soldier William Styer to his wife Susannah (Defenbaugh) Styer dating from 1862 November 12 to 1863 September 5. One letter was written in Camp Morton, Indiana; one was written on board the Ohio Belle; and the rest were written from Fort Pickering, Tennessee.

Dates: 1862 November 12-1863 September 5

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

William Taylor Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS-2244

Abstract

Three letters from Private William Taylor of the 43rd Ohio Infantry to his sister Susan in Morrow County, Ohio, describe experiences in the Gayoso Hospital in Memphis and another military hospital in LaGrange, Tenn., during 1863.

Dates: 1863

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Winfield Dunn Autobiography Manuscripts

Collection

Identifier: MS-3213

Abstract

This manuscript describes the political life of former Governor of Tennessee Winfield C. Dunn. The bulk of the text deals with the 1970 Republican Gubernatorial Primary and the subsequent Gubernatorial race in the State of Tennessee.

Dates: undated

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Memphis, Tenn., Construction Company Ledger

Memphis World Photographs

Nursing Photograph Album

Wilbur P. Buck Letters

Wildermuth Family Letters

William Styer Correspondence

William Taylor Letters

Winfield Dunn Autobiography Manuscripts

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