East Tennessee College

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Letter from Carter Davis to the President and Trustees of East Tennessee College. ALS 2 pp. (1 pc.) Re: running the boarding house for the college.

Scope and Contents Eight CDVs of East Tennessee College students. Some handwritten identifications on back.--Chas. E. Cunningham, Princeton NJ Class '79. (Photographer's mark: F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia)--Will Cooke[?] (Photographer's mark: T. M. Schleier, Knoxville Tenn.)--Willie Mitchell (Photographer's mark: T. M. Schleier, Knoxville Tenn.)--Ellis E. Chaucy[?] (Photographer's mark: T. M. Schleier, Knoxville Tenn.)--P. P. Gilchrist, Courtland Ala...

Scope and Contents Seven documents by or about Charles McClung, ranging in date from 1791-1827. 1. Grant no. 1911 North Carolina to Charles McClung for 1000 acres of land. July 13, 1791. AD 1 pc. 2. Christian Pickle and Charles McClung bond for John Aronwine. April 25, 1796. DS 1 pc. Given to C.M. McClung by S.C. Williams of Johnson City, Tenn. 3. Charles McClung letter to sister Mrs. Elizabeth McClung, near Lancaster, Penn. April 21, 1804. ALS 1 pc. Re: bearer of letter Hillis; Hugh McClung home from school....

Scope and Contents David A. Sherman the first president of East Tennessee College (later University of Tennessee), principal of Hampden-Sydney Academy. ALS. Knoxville, 20 January 1817. Address panel present with manuscript “Knoxville, T./20 January 1817” postmark and manuscript “25” rate. Addressed to Gen. Hezekiah Howe in New Haven, CT.At the time of this writing, Sherman was at Hampden-Sydney. The letter is an order for books for the academy (244 books). Sherman also makes comments on Knoxville...

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Letter to Joseph Estabrook from group of students, East Tennessee College, December 26, 1809. Re: “abuses practices upon the students connected with the boarding house at of E. T. College..,” Complaints made to Board of Trustees, want refund. ALS 2 pp. (1 pc.) Sixteen signatures.

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May 25, 1832 letter from W. E. Anderson, Nashville, to Col. W. B. A. Ramsey, Knoxville, Tenn. ALS 2 pp. Re: Trustees of East Tennessee College, Dr. Coffin.

Scope and Contents Papers of William Ballard Lenoir (1775-1852), merchant, farmer, justice of the peace. Moved with wife Elizabeth Avery Lenoir to land grant in Roane County, Tenn. Built the Lenoir Inn there, and had a farm, general store, cotton factory, and flour mill. Papers include personal and business correspondence re: family in Tennessee and North Carolina; bills; accounts; deeds. Some letters have typed transcriptions. Topics include Lenoir family; Cherokee Indian removal to Oklahoma, 1838; business,...

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March 8, 1831, letter from William Carroll, Nashville, Tenn., to Mrs. Holley, near New Orleans. Letter of introduction for Rev. Dr. (Charles) Coffin, President of East Tennessee College, who is in Louisiana to solicit donations for the college library. ALS 1 p.