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This collection includes a reproduction of a handwritten page by William Wertenbaker in 1869 about his time with Edgar Allan Poe at the University of Virginia in 1826. Wertenbaker comments on Poe's temperament and work as a student. At the end of the writing, Wertenbaker includes a brief list of the books Poe borrowed from the library during the semester. The letter in this collection is not an original.

In these four handwritten letters, William Wirt asks advice in legal matters and discusses military affairs and his finances.

These loose pages, which were taken from at least two larger volumes, contain notes about various court cases in Williamson County, Tennessee. One signature opens with the case Union Bank vs Joseph L. Campbell.

Tennessee Governor Willie Blount wrote this letter to Henry Newman, Jr. in Boston on December 10, 1811. In it, he expresses his hope that the United States will teach the indigenous people on the Wabash and their [foreign] aiders and abetters, that we are not only united but determined to be free and independent of all nations. He also discusses family and personal business, including Judge Hugh L. White and his family.

Tennessee Governor Willie Blount wrote this letter to Benjamin Homans, J. E. Smith, and William Blagrove of Boston, Massachusetts on November 22, 1810. In it, Blount thanks the men for sending him a copy of a speech given to the Bunker Hill Association in Boston (he does not mention who gave the speech) and expresses his appreciation for the organization's work.

The Willis C. Tucker Papers document Tucker's involvement with the University of Tennessee School of Journalism between 1947 and 1976.

The Wilma Dykeman and James R. Stokely Jr. Papers contain personal and family related-material, correspondence, research material, manuscripts, and visual media pertaining to the life and works of author and historian Wilma Dykeman and her husband, poet James R. Stokely Jr. The collection spans 1807-2011 with the bulk of the material dating between 1934 and 2007.

This collection consists of four letters, one sample sketch, and one dust jacket related to the development of Wilma Dykeman's nonfiction book, Explorations, published in 1984.

This collection consists of papers, deeds, contracts, tax receipts, manuscript drafts, audio tapes, research notes, and correspondence related to the publication of Highland Homeland: The People of the Great Smokies written by Wilma Dykeman and son, James R. "Jim" Stokely III, published in 1978.

This collection, dating March and April 1966, contains the book The Far Family by Wilma Dykeman and three letters to/from Wilma (Dykeman) & Jim Stokely to/from Erich Rosenberg about the book.

This collection consists of a ledger book from the Windrock Coal & Coke Company, dated 1914 to 1919, as well as several checks made out to individuals from the company between June and August 1919.

This collection houses documents that Winfield B. Hale accumulated during his service as a judge at the High Command Trial held in Nuremberg, Germany between 1947 and 1948. Although the majority of the material documents the High Command Case, all of the cases except the Major War Criminals Case are represented.

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.

In this February 6, 1946 letter, Winston Churchill declines James D. Hoskins' offer to speak at the University of Tennessee during his stay in Havana.

This collection consists of the original dust-cover draft of Winston Folk's summary of the book Full Many A Name (1961) by Mabel Goode Frantz which appeared on the publication.

This collection consists of four typed volumes of Wirt Howe's autobiography.

This collection includes pages from Knoxville Labor News featuring the "With the Tennessee Valley Authority" article during 1936 and 1937. Also included is one copy of the April 23, 1936 issue of the Norris News.

This collection documents the Allen family and, to a lesser degree, the Peck family of Wolf Creek, Cocke County, Tennessee. Materials consist primarily of correspondence in the form of personal letters, envelopes, telegraphs, and postcards. In addition, there are wills, legal and business papers, newspaper clippings, photocopies, photographs, negatives, a glass negative, a book, an herb/wildflower journal, several periodicals, land deeds, and surveys.

Collection contains a single wooden Tennessee state seal. The item measures approximately 16.5 inches in diameter, and is backed by a square wood piece. The date of creation and locations of where it may have been hung are unknown.