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1950-1957

 File — Box: MS-021 003

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection includes material relating to the Cherokee Indians and their removal; the Brainerd Mission; the Civil War; the South; the United Daughters of the Confederacy; historical documents (including two letters from Teddy Roosevelt), publications and journals, and literature and art. Also includes materials relating to Chattanooga lawyer and historian, Charles McGuffey (1842-1916), and this portion includes several letters and documents pertaining to his grandfather, the noted physician and writer Daniel Drake (1785-1852) of Cincinnati, and a letter from British novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Correspondence, research material, historical documents and items of Mrs. Anne Bachman Hyde (1868-1959), Chattanooga historian, Historian-General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and collector.

Dates

  • Creation: 1820-1958

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 4.87 Linear Feet (13 containers)

Language

From the Series: English

Collection Area Details

Part of the Manuscripts Collection Area

Contact:
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
c/o Special Collections
600 Douglas Street
Chattanooga Tennessee 37403 United States