“Crime Documents from the Estes Kefauver Collection” now online
US Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee gained national attention in the early 1950s when he chaired congressional investigations into organized […]
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Museum’s “Gilded Age” Exhibit Includes Items from Special Collections
A new exhibition opening May 26 at UT’s McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture depicts consumer culture in the […]
Join us to Celebrate Special Collections, Honor Betsey Creekmore on April 27
The Special Collections Reading Room at the John C. Hodges Library has a sleek new look. And the Elaine Altman […]
Wilma Dykeman to be Honored with Lecture and Forum, April 7-8
Robert Morgan, the acclaimed author of Gap Creek and The Road from Gap Creek, will speak about the impact of […]
From Medieval Alchemy to Tennessee Moonshine
Special Collections continually seeks new areas on which to focus acquisitions. We look for topics with regional significance that have […]
New Digital Collection: Smokies Photos, Film Clips Set to Music
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries has created an online digital collection of photos and home movies of the Smokies […]
The latest from the Smokies Project: The Photographs and Films of William Derris
From the 1940s through the 1960s, William Derris, owner of the Derris Motel in Townsend, traveled by automobile around the […]
Letters from a Founding Father
William Blount and John Sevier are early American politicians that you would expect to be represented in the University of […]
UT Libraries Acquires Two Historically Significant First Editions
Two historically important books, acquired by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have been added to the library’s special collections. Phillis […]
Terra Incognita, a bibliography of the Smokies, published by UT Press
Join us for a brown bag lecture, “‘Terra Incognita:’ The Great Smoky Mountains in Print,” at the East Tennessee History […]