Scribes, Scholars and Students
Medieval and Renaissance Resources in Special Collections
In the early 1900s, the University of Tennessee began developing its library system. The first library building, Carnegie Library, was completed in 1911 and collections grew steadily into the 1920s.
The library received a major windfall in 1923 when Professor James Douglas Bruce died unexpectedly and his 6,300 volume collection of Elizabethan drama and Medieval romance came to the library. These holdings continued to grow through purchase and donation, and today the UT Special Collections Library maintains a respectable collection of materials for the use of interested students, faculty, and staff alike.
This bibliography provides an overview of the Special Collections Library’s holdings documenting intellectual life during the Medieval Era. These items include primary sources and facsimile and photographic copies of numerous works held in other locations. Listed materials have been organized by subject and placed in alphabetical order by author within each category.
Researchers may consult these materials in the Library’s reading room on the second floor of the James D. Hoskins Library (1400 Cumberland Avenue) during our normal working hours of Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm. More information can be found in the UT Libraries’ general catalog (http//www.lib.utk.edu/catalog) and on the Special Collections Library’s website (http://www.lib.utk.edu/spcoll).
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Exhibit Topics
Early Print Culture and
the Written Word at the University of Tennessee
The Preservation of Knowledge
and the University Libraries
The Contributions of
Professor James Douglas Bruce
Medieval and Renaissance
Resources in Special Collections
