Tennessee Library Association Tennessee Libraries 2007 Volume 57 Number 4 Special Collections of Academic Institutions in Tennessee Marie Jones, TL Editor Editor’s Note: All quotations come from collection websites unless otherwise noted. This list may not be comprehensive. Not all special collections/archives are affiliated with the libraries on these campuses. If you have a collection you wish to have added to this page, email [email protected] and I will update with addenda, but only through the middle of 2008. Consider this a static list after July 2008 (note that most of our webliographies are static at publication release). -MFJ ● Aquinas College, Nashville TN ❍ Special collections include the Flanigen Papers, college archives and rare books. (Source: 2007-2008 Acquinas College Catalog) ● Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN ❍ University Archives and Special Collections ■ Material about Tennessee and the surrounding area ■ Faculty Publications ■ Dorothy Dix collection including her works and newspaper clippings. ■ “As the forerunner of today's popular advice columnists, Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (1861-1951), writing under the pen name ‘Dorothy Dix,’ was America's highest paid and most widely read female journalist at the time of her death. Her advice on love and marriage was syndicated in newspapers around the world. One of her most famous columns was her Dictates for a Happy Life. With an estimated audience of 60 million readers, she became a popular and recognized figure on her travels abroad.” ■ Dr. Joseph Milton Henry Papers contains information about the Land Between the Lakes ■ Hillman Papers, which have primary source material relating to the Hillman Land and Iron Company. ■ Robert Penn Warren Collection, collection recently highlighted on APSU’s library homepage. Warren was renowned southern poet, novelist, and literary critic. Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for poetry (Promises: Poems 1954- 1956, 1958; Now & Then, 1979) and author of All the King’s Men (1946). ❍ APSU also offers an extensive digital library collection including: ■ Larson Drawing Collection from the Mabel Larson Fine Arts Gallery ■ Dorothy Dix Collection ■ Clarksville Photograph Collection ■ Images of material from the University Archives ● Belmont University Nashville TN http://www.tla.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=161&printpage=true (1 of 9)4/1/2008 8:46:13 AM Tennessee Library Association ❍ Tennessee Baptist Collection, ■ Contains “manuscripts, books, and other unique research materials related to Middle Tennessee’s Baptist history.” ❍ At the time of this writing, their Special Collection site is under construction. ● Christian Brothers University, Memphis TN Brother I. Leo O’Donnell Archives ❍ CBU history ❍ The Edward F. Barry Collection ■ “Edward F. Barry was an outstanding civic leader, philanthropist, an avid sportsman and noted humanitarian. His personal archives of records show him to be the most outstanding Public Servant the City of Memphis has produced in the 20th Century.” ❍ The Reverend John Joseph Higgins Collection ■ “Father Higgins was one of those extraordinary people who heard an inner voice calling him, and who chose to answer by leaving his family and his homeland to help others….His mission…was the Republic of Bolivia in South America, once part of the Inca Empire.” ❍ The Leslie H. Kuehner Napoleon Collection ■ Collection Catalog ■ “Kuehner believed [this collection] may well have comprised the most complete private collection of its kind in the world….When the present collection arrived at Christian Brothers University it was a rich trove of approximately 1300 books and other Napoleonic memorabilia. While the collection is composed of books in twelve languages (English, Russian, Arabic, Flemish, Swedish, Japanese, Norwegian, German, Italian, French, Greek, Polish and Braille), only a handful of books are written entirely in French, Napoleon's native language. The real strength of this collection is its English materials which expose the British reaction to this French phenomena through books written during Victorian and Edwardian years about Napoleon and his campaigns. To put it in psychological terms, the British seem to have had a classic love-hate relationship for Napoleon which is captured in these materials. The British, especially after his death, loved Napoleon because he embodied the romantic ideal of the hero who brought down the ancient system of hereditary kings and princes. The British hated him, especially during his life, because he threatened their status quo, costing them the blood of their loved ones in the European theater, and set loose on their shores invasion hysteria.” ❍ The De La Salle Christian Brothers Midwest Province Archival Record & Museum Collections ■ “All accounts of functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations and other activities which provide information about the Brothers of the former St. Louis District, the Central - Chicago District, the Winona - St. Paul and Minneapolis Districts and the Midwest District, shall be deposited in the Archives permanently. The archives shall serve as a source of valuable information and serious research, not a warehouse for storage. The contents are not limited to the official papers of past administrative officers but will encompass anything and everything which helps to preserve the sense of history, the spirit and the charism of the De La Salle Christian Brothers in the District and worldwide.” ❍ Faculty-Staff Publications and Artistic Achievements ● Cleveland State Community College Cleveland TN ❍ Southeast Tennessee Digital Archive ■ The Early Years of Cleveland State Community College ■ Cleveland Public Library ■ Museum Center at 5ive Points ■ Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society ■ Private Collections ● Columbia State Community College Columbia, TN ■ College archives in library ● Cumberland University Lebanon TN ❍ University Archives ❍ “The Stockton Archives of Cumberland University, located in Vise University Library, is a closed-stack resource.” ● Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg TN ❍ Special Collections consisting of “gifts to DSCC [that] have special historical significance.” ● East Tennessee State University Johnson City TN http://www.tla.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=161&printpage=true (2 of 9)4/1/2008 8:46:13 AM Tennessee Library Association ❍ “The Archives of Appalachia is a keeper of memories—the written words, images and sounds that document life in Appalachia. Our collections span from the 1700s to the present and offer insights into the past from the perspectives of people from all walks of life.” The website includes extensive finding aids and indexes. ❍ “Special Collections is a permanent collection of books and other printed materials that support research on southern Appalachia. It includes contemporary and out-of-print titles, with special emphasis on regional history, social reform, economic development, folklore, and culture. Also included are titles on the environment, politics, religion, and literature. Personal libraries of such individuals as former Congressman B. Carroll Reece, Appalachian linguist Joseph Sargent Hall, and educator David Mielke are also housed in Special Collections.” ❍ “The University Archives preserves and shares the history of East Tennessee State University from its inception in 1911 as East Tennessee State Normal School. The University Archives contains official records and publications of the University, papers of individuals relating to University history, photographs, oral history recordings, and audio and video recordings of special campus events.” ❍ Digital Collections ■ Online galleries. ■ Harvesting the Hardwoods: Logging, Lumbering, and Forestry in Southern Appalachia ■ James H. Quillen Collection. The online photo gallery represents only a small portion of the Quillen materials available in the Archives of Appalachia and Quillen Congressional Office and Gallery. ● Freed-Hardeman University Henderson TN ❍ University Archives and Special Collections housed in library ❍ “Restoration and Rare Collections…contain letters, notes, and materials pertaining to church and restoration history.” (Source: Graduate Catalog, 2007-2008) ● Jackson State Community College Jackson TN ❍ College historical materials ❍ Tennessee historical materials ● King College Bristol TN ❍ “The E.W. King Library maintains an archive of materials related to the history of the college.” ● Lambuth University Jackson TN ❍ Memphis Conference Archives ❍ Lambuth University Archives (including “records and documents from the Memphis Conference Female Institute”) ❍ Rare books ● Lane College Jackson TN ❍ Negro Heritage Collection ❍ Lane College Archival Collection ❍ Haitian Art Collection ● Lee University Cleveland TN ❍ Dixon Pentecostal Research Center “collects, preserves and makes available for research Church of God, Pentecostal and Charismatic documents, records and other media. As the official archives of the Church of God we advance the knowledge and use of the movement's history and heritage through research, teaching, publications, and exhibitions.” ❍ Digital collections ■ Church of God Historical Sites ■ Honoring People of Vision and Courage: Church of God Black History Exhibit ● Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate TN ❍ Digital Library of Appalachia ● Lipscomb University Nashville TN ❍ Bailey Hymnology Collection ❍ Batsell Barrett Baxter Collection ❍ Helena May Haralson Johnson Collection ❍ Lipscomb Family Collection ❍ Archives, Manuscripts