MSS. Manuscripts
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Kin Takahashi Papers
Correspondence, articles, exam, speech, and other material created by or relating to Kin Takahashi.
Obie Jenkins Collection
Football (signed by Obie Jenkins and team members), leather-bound 1939 graduation program, and two 1940 letters from Obie Jenkins to his girlfriend Betty Jean Felix. Obie Jenkins is one of MC's WW2 Gold Stars.
Rev. Dr. John Joseph Robinson Papers
Dr. Alexander Brabson Tadlock Family Papers
Correspondence, financial records, land records, poetry, short stories, publications, memorials, photographs, calling cards, newspaper clippings, a lock of hair, and other material from Dr. Alexander Brabson Tadlock, Clara (Moyse) Tadlock, and the Tadlock family. Of note is correspondence to Clara (Moyse) Tadlock from Hamilton Fish (US Secretary of State), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Whitcomb Riley.
Thaw Family Papers
Correspondence between Dr. Samuel Tyndale Wilson and members of the Thaw family (primarily Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw), clippings, publications, and other material relating to the William Thaw family of Pittsburg, PA and their connections to Maryville College. Of note is the material relating to the trial and aftermath of the Harry Kendall Thaw trial.
The Adelphic Mirror
The Adelphic Mirror from Feb-June 1885 (issue numbers 2-6--missing issue 1)
The Dwarf
The Dwarf (July-August 1877--all 9 issues)
The Maryville Student
The Maryville Student (Sept 1875-May 1876--all 8 issues, multiple copies of each)
The Novice
Two issues (Vol I, No. 8 and Vol. II, No.1) of The Novice created by MC student John Alfred Silsby in his hometown of Selma, AL.
Dr. Samuel Tyndale Wilson's Alumni Missionaries Collection
Letters, photographs, publications, and other material by or about MC alumni missionaries, teachers, and government officials compiled by Dr. Samuel Tyndale Wilson when writing "Our Foreign Legion"