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This collection houses a variety of records and memorabillia documenting the University of Tennessee's 1994 Bicentennial celebration. Materials in this collection are dated from 1976 to 2004, with the bulk of materials dating from 1993-1994, and detail the planning and proceeding of the celebration through correspondences, event details, and various ephemera.

This collection consists primarily of blueprints documenting a number of University of Tennessee buildings, including Ayres Hall, Morgan Hall, Taylor Hall, Hodges Library, and Hoskins Library. It also houses plans to a building called University Hall (1894), which was never built.

This collection consists of a blueprint drawing of the layout of the University of Tennessee campus in 1916. The locations of many historic buildings are shown, including Jefferson Hall, South College, Reese Hall, Ayres Hall, and others.

These four images, reproduced from the University of Tennessee Record and other sources, show the UT campus between approximately 1888 and 1900. They include summer and winter views, a drawing of the president's house and surrounding area, and an aerial view from the northeast.

This collection houses applications, brochures, safety posters, advertisements, course and program descriptions, scholarships, financial aid information, descriptions of residence halls, and other materials documenting student life at the University of Tennessee. Although most of the collection is dated 2001-2005, a small portion comes from 1976-1999, and 2006-2007.

This collection houses two faculty handbooks, two faculty evaluation manuals, and a study of wage labor on the University of Tennessee campus.

This collection houses three 4 x 8 inch University of Tennessee Football Handkerchiefs. Each has a white background and bears an orange UT emblem with a figure of a football player running before it in the top left corner.

This collection houses a variety of material documenting the University of Tennessee football team from 1908 to 1993. These items include a ribbon worn by UT fans at the 1908 Vanderbilt-UT game, football schedules from 1934, 1970-72, 1990-91, and 1992-93, an advertisement from the Athletic Association promoting season tickets for the 1930-31 season, and finally a facetious University of Tennessee Entrance Exam for Prospective Football Players and Fans by Johnny Majors dated 1984.

This collection houses one photograph of the University of Tennessee 1916 Football Squad.

This collection houses a single freshman cap worn by first-year students at the University of Tennessee from the 1920’s to the 1940’s. The cap is made of green felt and displays an orange UT symbol on its front.

This collection houses photographs of displays, handwritten notes, advertisements, a preliminary plan and tactics, and emails documenting the University of Tennessee's History Week in 1996.

This collection houses one 45' LP RCA record entitled Spirit of the Vols. It contains four tracks: Alma Mater,Fight Vols Fight,Down the Field Cheers (including Two Bits, Four Bits,Ho Hi Hey,Yeh Vols Fight, and Yeh Orange, Yeh Vols), and Great Day. The performance was directed by Ambrose Holford and sung by the Tenn-Men. The record case contains the lyrics to the Alma Mater.

This broadside advertises a performance by the UT Minstrel Troupe at the Science Hall featuring song, dance, and story. The show cost 30 cents per person and promised Funny Faces by Funny Folks in a Funny Faculty Frolic.

This collection consists of color postcards showing various University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus views and specific campus buildings. The subjects depicted include views of the campus from Circle Park, Barbara Blount Hall, Ferris Hall, the main entrance to the Hill, Ayres Hall, Sophronia Strong Residence Hall, the Home Economics Building, and the Agricultural Experiment Station. The postmarks range from 1905 to 1941. The collection also includes a report of grades postmarked in 1933.

This collection houses materials (including a Charter of Incorporation) documenting the University of Tennessee Research Corporation. Much of the information dates from the late 1960s and illustrates such issues as control over research funding, especially in the area of Public Health.

This collection contains University of Tennessee scrapbooks, dated 1890-1979.

This collection houses two scrapbooks produced by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Each contains a summation of the University's history from 1794 to 1897 on the inside cover and official University photographs of the main buildings on campus. The first scrapbook was never used but the second belonged to University of Tennessee student Harriette Locke Arnell and documents her time at the University from September 1919 to June 1920.

This collection houses images of various incarnations of University of Tennessee symbols, logos, and official seals as well as notes on and guidelines for their use.

This collection houses slides depicting a variety of scenes on the University of Tennessee campus. Subjects include faculty (for example former Chancellor Charles Weaver and former President Andrew Holt), staff, students, and buildings (particularly the business and engineering buildings).

This collection houses a variety of items documenting sports at the University of Tennessee, including football tickets (signed by R. S. Lillard, Jr.) from 1962, football schedules for 1911, 1915, and 1938, a University of Tennessee calendar (including photographs) for 1914, an alumni pin, and two copies of the Alert Newsletter from 1962.