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The B. Carroll Reece Papers, 1921-1944, consists of letters and envelopes to or concerning George S. C. Slagle of Jonesboro, Tenn., or dealing with disabled WWI soldiers. It also includes a copy of the book about the contested Congressional election between Reece and O. B. Lovette in 1932.

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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..

Abstract This collection houses clippings, publications, class materials, and other items documenting Dozier Cade's research into McCarthyism and his work as an Assistant Professor of Journalism at Northwestern University from 1941 to 1955. Also included are a variety of materials that Cade accumulated while writing his doctoral dissertation, "A critical analysis of the role of American daily newspapers in the current encroachment by government and society on freedom of expression in the United...

Abstract The Estes Kefauver Papers contain the personal and political files of U.S. Senator Kefauver, an East Tennessee native and University of Tennessee graduate who gained national prominence through his nationwide televised hearings that focused on organized crime. In some ways a reasonably liberal southern Democrat (he voted against the pro-segregation "Southern Manifesto" at a time when nearly every other Southern democrat was for it), Kefauver was particularly interested in counteracting the...

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This collection houses the records of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Commission dating from 1947 to 1960. Among the subjects discussed are roads, accessibility, and legal issues.

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This collection contains manuscripts and published short stories of Joseph Marshall Krechniak as well as source materials for his writing, such as travel and military manuals. The collection also includes some materials relating to his wife, Helen Bullard Krechniak. Materials date from the 1930's to 2003. However, the bulk of the collection is from the 1930's and 40's.

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This collection houses letters,transcripts, statements, newspaper clippings, records of telephone calls, subpoenas, lists, and photographs documenting Ray Jenkins' participation in the Army-McCarthy Hearings.