This collection houses 31 volumes of counter books and ledgers documenting the activities of the firm of M. Whited & Son between 1892 and 1904.

This collection houses a typescript copy of Mary U. Rothrock's Discovering Tennessee, a history of the state intended for use as an elementary school textbook.

This collection contains correspondence between George and Mattie Price, George Price's passport, a certificate -- signed by Tennessee Governor Robert Taylor -- desiginating him as delegate to represent Tennessee at the World Exposition in Paris, France. Other materials include a food ration book, menus, photographs, and a stamp collection.

This collection houses seven volumes of ledgers, journals, and sales records documenting the activities of the Morris Bart Firm.

Collection consists of four early militia documents from the Nashville area. Dated 1793 and 1794, the documents record the actions of Morris Shean, a soldier in Captain Joseph McElwrath's Company of Militia.

This collection houses pamphlets, transcripts, and other materials documenting such aspects of Tennessee history as the Civil War and Samuel Doak.

The O. P. Temple Papers consist of correspondence, legal and financial files, writings, newspaper clippings, awards, gifts, and photographs documenting the life and work of Knoxville businessman and politician Oliver P. Temple.

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 houses seven volumes documenting the activities of the firm of Payne and Sons between 1911 and 1920.

This collection contains the papers of historian and genealogist Penelope Johnson Allen, from the 1770s to the 1980s, primarily the twentieth century. The collection includes personal papers, research material, genealogical research material, publications, and more.

Two volumes of a bound typed manuscript for Philip M. Hamer's "Tennessee, a History."

In this short biography, Prentiss Price discusses Samuel M. Shaver's family and career as a painter. He also includes a list of Shaver's portraits and a memorandum about Shaver's ancestry written by S. C. Williams.

This collection houses 46 volumes of cash books, day books, daily records, feed books, order books, and other records documenting the activities of the Pryor Brown Livery Stables and Transfer Company between 1883 and 1916.

This collection consists of various photographs, family records, letters, and compositions relating to the Campbell family.

This collection consists of an invitation addressed to Harriett C. Roulstone to the wedding of Governor Sam Houston and Eliza Allen, who were married on January 15, 1829. Their courtship and marriage were both scandalously short, as Eliza left him a mere eighty days after their marriage.

This collection houses materials documenting the murder of University of Tennessee graduate Sam Y. Parker by Judge James E. Fulton of Helenwood, Tennessee in 1906. Newspaper clippings and correspondence between the trial lawyers document the entire saga in detail. Other material includes research into the history of the Newman and Parker families, a Civil War diary, photographs, a family Bible, mementos, and personal items.

In this letter to Andrew Jackson (then serving as a Senator from Tennessee), Sampson Williams asks his friend to use his influence to prevent Congress from converting Fort Blount into an unarmed trading post.

This document records a grant of land from the State of Tennessee to William Polk. It is signed by Samuel Houston (then Tennessee's Governor) and dated November 24, 1827.

This collection houses five volumes documenting the guests of Dandridge's Shepard Inn between 1907 and 1928.

This collection contains copies of notes, correspondence, records, bibliography and other research papers collected by historian St. George Leakin Sioussat largely in preparation of a biography of Andrew Johnson and other prominent Tennesseans.