This collection consists of the personal papers of Ada Campbell Larew and includes manuscripts, historical essays, poems, plays, and short stories authored by Larew. Also available are personal correspondence, press clippings, and memorabilia.

This collection houses research and manuscripts that Ethel Freytag and Glena Kreis Ott used to write A History of Morgan County, Tennessee.

This collection of papers, containing three programs, three tour maps, and a poster with a formerly attached sign, is from "A Hometown Symposium: Evelyn Scott and Caroline Gordon," hosted by Austin Peay University in Clarksville, Tennessee, on November 7-9, 1985. In addition is a Scott bibliography from 1987.

This collection consists of eight letters written by Evelyn Scott and her son, Jigg, to Scott's friend Eithne Golden Sax. The letters date to 1940 and 1941, though some of the letters are undated. Seven letters are typed and one is handwritten and with its envelope.

This collection houses newspaper clippings describing Mary Noailles Murfree and her work, lists of Murfree's books in U.T.'s library, a postcard depicting the Stones River Battlefield, a photograph of William Law Murfree's home in Nashville, and a typewritten manuscript entitled "Grantland Before the Civil War" by Fanny N. D. Murfree.

This collection houses research that Ferol Frost Hubbs (or FFH, as she refers to herself in her notes) conducted for her book, Hubbs-Frost and Allied Families (1973).

This collection houses a matted pencil portrait of Jane Merchant, but the artist and date of completion is unknown.

This is a collection of manuscripts and writings from Marguerite Bartlett Hamer dating from 1933 to 1935.

This collection consists of materials documenting author Marilou Awiakta's professional and personal life.

This collection documents the work of author Nancy Siler. Included are letters of appreciation from fans, correspondence with publishers, newspaper clippings and announcements, and papers related to Siler's two books, The Peculiar Miss Pickett and Miss Pickett's Secrets. The collection also contains works on the East Tennessee Baptist Hospital and a history of the First Baptist Church of Knoxville all authored by Siler.

The collection contains poetry manuscripts, prose manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, and other materials documenting the life and career of Tennessee author Nell Thompson Miller.

This collection consits of a typed manuscript of Iris G. Oster's story, Skyline (1933). Also included are some photographs and newspaper clippings.

This collection, dating from March and April 1966, contains a signed copy of the book The Far Family by Wilma Dykeman and letters about the book between Dykeman, her husband and writing partner Jim Stokely, and Erich Rosenberg.