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Charles Newcomb photographs, clippings, and papers
Collection — Box: MS-062 001
Identifier: MS-062
Scope and Contents
This collection consist of various newspaper clippings, personal items, and programs that relate to Charles Newcomb and his career at the University of Chattanooga as a professor of oratory and theatre, ranging from 1907 to 1915. The newspaper clippings refer to the plays, both school and local ones, that Newcomb directed or performed in. There are several programs from the plays and oratorical contests, as well as photographs of the play rehearsals. There is a copy of his...
Dates:
1907-1915
Found in:
Manuscripts
George and Louise Patten collection of Salem Hyde papers and cultural artifacts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-022
Scope and Contents
The collection features documents, research material, and correspondence related to Salem Hyde’s archaeological hobbies. Also included in the collection are many slides of South and Central American archaeological sites as well as a variety of artifacts from those regions. Of note is the correspondence between Mr. Hyde and Emilio Estrada (1916-1961). Estrada was a businessman and archaeologist in the Ecuadorian town of Guayaquil. His research site near Valdivia, Ecuador, revealed pottery...
Dates:
1905-1969
Found in:
Manuscripts
Ruth Clark Perry lecture notes
Collection — Box: MS-032 001
Identifier: MS-033
Scope and Contents
This collection contains extensive handwritten notes of calculus textbooks she created as Head of the Math Department at the University of Chattanooga from 1922 to 1955, which may have been subsequently used as an outline for courses in calculus.
Dates:
1922-1955
Found in:
Manuscripts
Plays of William Shakespeare prints
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-106
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 36 engravings of scenes from Shakespearean plays printed on silk, originally published in Sir Thomas Hamner's The Works of Shakespeare in 1744.
Dates:
1744
Found in:
Manuscripts
Frank Prescott papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-034
Scope and Contents
This collection includes much of Prescott's teaching and research material, including government documents from 1928 to 1967. There is a strong collection of material relating to local and national political campaigns, TVA, civil rights, communism, labor, military and World War II (including Nazi newspapers, and correspondence from students serving in World War II) and political figures. There is some correspondence between himself and Dr. Joseph Zimmerman with whom he co-authored the...
Dates:
1953-1971
Found in:
Manuscripts
Raoul Family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-082
Scope and Contents
This collection encompass three generations of Southern families. Centered on Gaston and Marion Haskell Raoul, and later William and Louisa “Kit” Cheves Popham Raoul, the collection also features many other members of the Raoul, Haskell and Popham families. Family correspondence covers more that 100 years, beginning in 1889 with letters to and from the Haskell family and in 1901 with letters by the Raoul family, the correspondences feature world events such as wars and elections down to...
Dates:
circa 1885-1997
Found in:
Manuscripts
J. Leonard Raulston papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-035
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material related to Raulston’s various endeavors ranging from 1905 to 1987, including his time as a University of Tennessee trustee, Kappa Sigma Grandmaster, and as a businessman in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. The collection also contains extensive genealogical materials related to the Raulston family as well as various documents on historical research that interested Mr. Raulston (particularly as it related to the Sequatchie Valley, Marion County, and South...
Dates:
1905-1987
Found in:
Manuscripts
John H. Rous photographs and papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-065
Scope and Contents
Working for the Associated Press in the White House, John Rous took photographs of political and military leaders beginning in the 1940s until the early 1970s. There are many photographs of Presidents (signed and unsigned), world leaders such as Fidel Castro and Winston Churchill, and of Royalty- the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Queen Elizabeth. Of particular interest is the well-known photograph of First Lady Jackie Kennedy, arriving in Washington the evening of President Kennedy's...
Dates:
1940-1970
Found in:
Manuscripts
Sheet music
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-085
Scope and Contents
This collection contains sheet music, mostly for piano and voice, for classical compositions as well as the popular songs from the 20th century.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Manuscripts
Culver Smith papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-037
Scope and Contents
The collection ranges from 1932 to 1979 including teaching material (class notes and exams), papers, manuscripts, and research material and notes of Dr. Culver Smith, history professor, and department chair, at the University of Chattanooga. Includes notes, manuscripts and drafts of his book, Press, Politics and Patronage (University of Georgia Press, 1977). Also material relating to Dr. Smith’s involvement with the local performing arts scene, including the Chattanooga Symphony, the...
Dates:
1932-1979
Found in:
Manuscripts