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The William Broadway Collection on Peter Taylor contains letters, articles, photographs, and writings concerning the Southern author Peter Taylor. Most of the items date from the mid-1980s to Taylor's death in 1994. There are articles on Taylor, including some written by or with photographs by Broadway.

This collection features a letter from William Burden in White County, Tennessee to his cousin Jacob Peck in Stanton, Virginia. The letter is dated July 16, 1808 and concerns the death of Burden's grandfather and the managing of his estate by both Burden and Peck via the power of attorney.

This collection includes 14 broadsides printed between 1935 and 1937 which include poetry, music, and illustrations. The series of broadsides was edited by W. B. Yeats (alongside other editors such as F. R. Higgins and Dorothy Wellesley) and was printed at Cuala Press in Dublin. Additionally the collection contains playbills from the Abbey Theatre from 1949; a print of a drawing of J. M. Synge, and some correspondence.

William Dunlap sent this three-page letter of extravagant prose to the citizens of Roane and Morgan Counties in order to tell them about his positions during a campaign for state legislator.

This collection contains a copy of "The Memphis Blues of Mister Crump" song lyrics by William C. Handy and George A. Norton. The lyrics are signed by Handy and dated January 1, 1942, from New York City, N.Y.

This collection houses four letters written to Major William C. Mynatt in Knoxville, Tennessee. The majority discuss federal taxes and pensions, but one announces an engagement.

This collection is a single letter written by William C. Newell of Morristown, Tennessee, to B. R. Loxley of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 22, 1842. Newell inquires about purchasing Haven's Chart on the Subject of Baptism and notes that many people in the area would be interested in purchasing the charts after having once seen them.

This collection contains a ledger belonging to William Cannon from 1853-1864 in the Knoxville, Tennessee area. The 19-page handwritten ledger includes accounts for garments, food, wool, and more.

This collection contains documents related to William Cecil Baker's life between 1918 and 1927.

This collection includes publications kept by William Clark about the Fifteenth Air Force (established in 1943 during WWII). The three publications are Fifteenth Air Force “Sorties” from 1985, 1986, and 1988.

This collection consists of a letter dated March 3, 1848 from General William Conner to President James Polk, written from Brownsville, Tennessee. Conner requests the appointment of his son, John Conner, as a captain in the U. S. Army. John was enlisted in the 4th regiment of the Tennessee Volunteers at the time this letter was written.

In an October 25, 1837 letter to J. W. Campbell in Jackson, Tennessee, General William Conner, a promoter for the town of Ashport on the Mississippi River, writes of the town's success and future growth. He also tells of finding Native American remains.

This collection is composed of a letter that William Cosgrove of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, Battery G, wrote to his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Bowers, in Mount Vernon (Knox County) Ohio from Nashville, Tennessee on January 31, 1864. He writes of his cousin Charles's death in Memphis and his own battery's move to Nashville. Also, he speaks of conditions in camp, including a recent outbreak of smallpox and his personal troubles with rheumatism.

This collection consists of two voter registration papers dated, June 29, 1865 and August 4, 1866, and one correspondence from the United States Marshal, dated May 21, 1877, regarding a bankruptcy case.

This collection is an album of World War II photographs taken by William D. Cotton. He was stationed in Iran as part of the Persian Gulf Command from 1943-1945. The photographs document his tour in Iran as well as travels to surrounding areas including Iraq and Palestine. Along with photos of his fellow officers, there are depictions of local culture, carnivals, and trips he took with friends and colleagues.

This collection includes photographs largely from the European Theater of Operations Headquarters during World War II.

Collection contains postcards that William D. Scarlett Jr. sent to his mother, Gladys Scarlett in Knoxville, Tennessee. Scarlett sent the postcards from Switzerland and France at the end of World War II, from May to August 1945.

This broadside explains why William Woodson is running as a candidate for court clerk in Henry County, Tennessee. His message is that offices shouldn’t be held by the same person for many years because turnover is important to the morale of young people who should be able to aspire to a term in government themselves.