This collection houses official University records documenting the Preparatory School, the Military Department, the Summer School of the South, and University finances between 1872 and 1930.

In this note, Nellie Stevens (a schoolteacher from Ocala, Florida) informs C. M. Himel that she will not be able to attend the 1903 session of the Summer School of the South due to sickness in her family.

This collection contains items related to the Summer School of the South, run by the University of Tennessee from 1902 to 1918. The collection is divided into five series: Summer School of the South Materials; Correspondence; Business and Administrative Materials; Lecturer and Entertainer Materials; and Oversize Materials.

This collection contains five newspapers from the first volume of The Summer School Spectator. It was printed and published for students while the University of Tennessee operated the Summer School of the South from 1902-1918. Its first issue published in 1909. The newspaper contains articles, advertisements, and classifieds pertaining to the Knoxville area.