This collection contains research notes, correspondence, clippings, histories, photographs, receipts, deeds, and research notes on the topics of Brainerd Mission and the Cherokee Indians that were created or collected by Penelope Johnson Allen primarily from 1933 to 1976. The collection also documents the historian's work with the Daughters of the American Revolution to preserve the cemetery at Brainerd Mission in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

This collection contains scrapbooks regarding the efforts of the Chattanooga-based Tennessee Beta chapter of the honorary sorority of teachers ranging from 1955 to 2002.

This collection contains yearbooks produced by the Kosmos-Woman's Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1922 to 1946. The yearbooks document the philanthropies, scholarships, awards, officers, committees, meetings, calendars, reports, bylaws, and membership of the organization. The collection also includes copies of an undated handbook created by the Woman's Missionary Societies in Nashville, Tennessee.

This collection contains yearbooks created by the Kosmos-Woman's Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee dating from 1944 to 1985 and other material. The yearbooks document the interests, philanthropies, officers, committees, programming, calendars, budgets, awards, bylaws, and membership of the organization.

This collection contains yearbooks, minutes, and administrative records produced by the Review Club and the organization's antecedent, the Junior Kosmos, that document the history of women's clubs in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1923 to 1975. The collection also documents the separation of the Junior Kosmos Club from the Kosmos-Woman's Club in 1931, resulting in the independently organized Review Club.

This series contains yearbooks, membership records, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, memorandums, and other materials created by the Women's Club from 1947 to 1989.