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This collection consists of a single letter from John Baker from Robertson County, Tennessee. The letter is dated May 20, 1803 and concerns Baker's attorney ("Mr. Campbell") not receiving full payment for the judgment that was obtained.

This collection consists of a handwritten diary of John Thompson's with entries dated between 1803-1811. Included is a travel account of Thompson's journey by boat from Nashville, Tennessee, to New Orleans, Louisiana, and his return on land via the Natchez Trace. Other entries include recipes, remedies, and miscellaneous tales. Typed notes about his entries accompanies the diary.

This collection houses correspondence, ledgers, and bank records documenting the lives of several members of the Park family in Knoxville, Tennessee and Galleighan, Ireland. Among the topics discussed are family news, national politics, and land holdings that the Parks are renting out.

This collection consists of tax records and receipts from East Tennessee. The records date from 1803-1804. Also included is a receipt for paid taxes dated 1875 November 5.

This document is a fragment of a letter that George Washington Campbell wrote to Andrew Jackson. The first paragraph mentions that William C. C. Claiborne's appointment as governor of the Territory of Orleans (later the state of Louisiana) has not yet been confirmed, and the second lists the managers of the impeachment as Joseph Nicholson, Randolph (which could refer to either John or Thomas Mann), Caesar Rodney, Peter Early, John Boyle, and Roger Nelson.

This collection consists of one handwritten document from 1804 by William Maclin pertaining to the boundary line between Virginia and Tennessee. It also includes a handwritten letter signed by John Sevier on July 11, 1804 confirming the validity of Maclin's document. Typed transcripts of both documents are also included.

In this circular, John Sevier calls for the state legislature to convene on Monday, July 23, in order to act upon a resolution made by the general assembly in respect to the election of the president and vice president. It is signed by John Sevier.

This collection houses a receipt showing that William Clay paid Blount College eight dollars of tuition for his son, Clement Clay, on May 6, 1805. This document has the distinction of being the oldest known item in the University of Tennessee Archives.

This letter, signed "Knox," was written to inform Henry J. Knox of the state of his affairs.

This collection consists primarily of letters that John Watkins, then serving with the 19th Ohio Light Artillery, wrote to his fiancee, Sarah Probert, and other family members. In them, he discusses his experiences in the Civil War, including his unit's participation in the East Tennessee Campaign and the Battle of Fort Sanders. Also included are family diaries, photographs, and account books.

This collection consists of a handwritten surveyors' training book, presumably written by Benjamin Clements in 1806.

This collection contains a letter that Reverend Leonard Woods wrote to his spiritual brother to apologize for assuming that he was not concerned enough about him to write him over a two year period. He also discussed the controversies then current in the Congregational Church and commented on the Unitarians within the Church.

This collection contains the original court documents from the Joseph Dameron v. Harris Dewitt trial that took place from 1806-1807 in Cocke County, Tennessee. The manuscript is a transcript of the trial, covering its process and events.

These two surveys were performed on behalf of Jacob and Margaret Thomas of Blount County, Tennessee. Each document includes a chart of markers and distances, a scale drawing of the plot, and a written description of the survey. Surveyor General Robert Wear certified both surveys on February 29, 1808.

This collection consists of a commission, dated October 22, 1807, from the Governor of the Territory of Orleans, William C.C. Claiborne, appointing Paul D'Arcantel as Justice of the Peace for the Parish of New Orleans.

This collection features a book containing records of surveyed land within Grainger County, Fifth District, 40th Section, in the state of Tennessee. The entries in the book date from December 23, 1807, to November 9, 1810.

This collection consists of material relating to the Rhea family of Sullivan County, Tennessee and covers the time period 1807-1931. Contained within the collection are Civil War-era records, John Rhea's financial transactions, Sons of Temperance financial transactions, material on Samuel Rhea's missionary trips to Persia, and John Rhea's correspondence. Also are included are Rhea genealogical material and various church records.

This collection houses photographs, deeds, genealogical charts, maps, and articles documenting the McMahan family of Sevier County, Tennessee during the 19th century. The majority of the material shows Thomas D. W. McMahan and his immediate family.

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 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.