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MSS. Manuscripts

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Rev. Isaac Anderson, D.D. Papers

 Collection — Box VAULT 1, Folder: 1-5
Identifier: MSS-004
Scope and Contents

21 Sermons/lectures, 2 letters, and a published inaugural discourse by Rev. Isaac Anderson, D.D.

Dates: 1822 - 1822; 1844 - 1844; undated

Andrew and Ann Elizabeth (Gillespy) Blackburn Papers

 Collection — Box SMC 2: [Barcode: 35213001950193], Folder: 1-13
Identifier: MSS-020
Content Description

Seven letters, two poems, one sermon outline, Presbyterian Witness publishing proposal, and other material created by or pertaining to the family of Andrew and Ann Elizabeth (Gillespy) Blackburn.

Dates: 1845 - 1846; 1858; c. 1943; undated

Robert Wilson Bishop Papers

 Collection — Box SMC 2: [Barcode: 35213001950193], Folder: (Bishop) 1-2
Identifier: MSS-028
Content Description

Two essays written in 1922-1923 by MC Freshman Robert Wilson Bishop (class of 1926) titled "My First Twenty-Four Hours in Maryville" and "What My First Semester in College Has Meant to Me."

Dates: 1922-09-29; 1923-02-07

James Morrison Brown Collection

 Collection — Box SMC 2: [Barcode: 35213001950193], Folder: 1-9
Identifier: MSS-003
Content Description

Diplomas, photographs, programs, and invitations collected by James Morrison Brown during his time as a student at Maryville College.

Dates: 1921 - 1926; 1951; 1976; undated

Caldwell Family Papers

 Collection — Box SMC 2: [Barcode: 35213001950193], Folder: (Caldwell) 1-3
Identifier: MSS-038
Content Description

Typewritten copy and extracts of 1880 Autobiography of Rev. William E. Caldwell (MC class of 1848) and obituary of Mrs. Mary Thompson Anderson Caldwell.

Dates: 1932; 1967

Edwin Sheddan Cunningham Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-017
Scope and Contents

Speeches, correspondence, clippings, photos, two photograph scrapbooks, and other material created by or pertaining to US Consul General Edwin Sheddan Cunningham.

Dates: 1917 - 1953; undated

Dr. Dorothy Horne and Oliver Hamby Ballad Project Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-016
Content Description

Song lyrics, musical transcriptions, interview notes, scrapbooks, publications, and other material created by the Dr. Dorothy Horne and Oliver Hamby ballad project in 1937-1938.

Dates: 1912; 1931 - 1938; 1990; undated

Dr. James H. Laster Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-037
Content Description

Original unpublished music composition manuscripts and published books by Dr. James H. Laster.

Dates: 1957 - 2023

Rev. Robert Henderson D.D. Correspondence

 Collection — Box VAULT 1, Folder: (MSS 005) 1-21
Identifier: MSS-005
Content Description

21 letters from Rev. Robert Henderson DD (Presbyterian minister) to Col. Francis A. Ramsey of Swan Pond (now known as Ramsey House in Knoxville, TN) from 1807-1820.

Dates: 1807 - 1820

Jonathan Maxwell Hoffmeister [Huffmaster] Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-019
Content Description

Three diaries covering 1847, 1852, and 1855-1857 of Maryville College student and alumnus Jonathan Maxwell Hoffmeister [Huffmaster] (class of 1848). 1847 Diary contains descriptions of classes, students, faculty, local community, and family members (including deaths of brother and fiancee in local epidemic). 1852 and 1855-1857 diaries cover family life and ministry in northeast Tennessee.

Dates: 1847; 1852; 1855 - 1857