This collection houses entries submitted to the contest to pick the University of Tennessee's Alma Mater, including Mary Fleming Meek's winning On a Hallowed Hill. Some have been copyrighted with the rights transferred to the Student Activities Council.

This specific collection of University of Tennessee related sheet music contains four different pieces. It includes two different versions of the school's Alma Mater circa 1928, a booklet of sheet music titled "Songs of the Volunteers" published in 1929, undated sheet music for "Dear Old Elm-Clad Hill", and undated sheet music for Pi Kappa Alpha's "Sweetheart".

The UT Marching Band Collection holds the historical material for the Pride of the Southland Band, currently a 300-member university marching band known worldwide for its outstanding musical performance and precision marching. The collection includes photographs, audio and visual recordings, drills charts and game scripts, and memorabilia dating 1901 to the present.