Manuscripts

Special Collections’ Manuscripts holdings cover a wide range of subjects related to the humanities in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley. Particular strengths include arts and literature, civil rights and social justice, tourism, environmentalism, politics, and religion.

Greetings from Chattanooga, Tennessee postcard, circa 1950. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Greetings from Chattanooga, Tennessee postcard, circa 1950. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Path Killer correspondence with Cyrus Kingsbury, 1817 April 28. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Path Killer correspondence with Cyrus Kingsbury, 1817 April 28. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Downtown Chattanooga eye-level view, circa 1886. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Downtown Chattanooga eye-level view, circa 1886. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Woman's baptism photograph, undated. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Woman's baptism photograph, undated. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Pink lady slipper and fern painting, undated. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Pink lady slipper and fern painting, undated. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Official statements of the Chattanooga Board of Education on the Supreme Court decisions of May 17, 1954 and May 31, 1955. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Official statements of the Chattanooga Board of Education on the Supreme Court decisions of May 17, 1954 and May 31, 1955. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Incline Railway partial view, circa 1960s. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

Incline Railway partial view, circa 1960s. Courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections.

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