History Branch - Manuscript Collection

Manuscript Collection

Ms 1

Family History Files Compiled by the Students of Mrs. George E. Westerberg. Bradley High School, Cleveland, Tenn., ca. 1937.
1. Osment 2. Boone 3. Still 4. Stockburger 5. Boyd 6. Coe 7.Deweese 8. Clark 9. Cunnyham 10. Wrinkle 11. Milloway 12. Ramsey 13. McIntire 14. McClure 15. Ball 16. Hall 17. Bayless

Ms 2

Gaut, Ella (Lucky) (1836-1918) Journal, ca. 1858-1887.
Includes a history of the Breeden-Rhea family, information about her school days in Jonesboro , Tenn. , recipes, notes and accounts.

Ms 3

Welcome Wagon Newcomerís Club [ Cleveland Service Club] ca. 1946-1980.
1. Scrapbooks 2. Guest books 3. Photographs

Ms 4

Last Man's Club. Cleveland, Tenn. , 1954-1991.
Scrapbook

Ms 5

Delta Kappa Lambda Sorority. Cleveland, Tenn. , 1949-1992.
Scrapbooks

Ms 6

James Louis VanWagner Papers (1906-1992).
1. Kirkes 2. Forrester 3. McWhorter 4. McLain 5. Hennis 6. Kline 7. Cable 8. Wright 9. Hamilton 10. Walker Co., Ga.-history 11. Bradley Co., Tenn.-history 12. Cleveland Associated Charities 13. Cleveland Community Chest 14. Account book.

Ms 7

Bradley County , Tenn. Biographical Questionnaires (1986).
1. Abel 2. Abshire 3. Acker 4. Adams 5. Addison 6. Akers 7. Akin 8. Aldrich 9. Alford 10. Allen 11. Allison 12. Allman 13. Almond 14. Appling 15. Bailey 16. Bandy 17. Banta 18. Barkley 19. Baskett 20. Beach 21. Beavers 22. Bennett 23. Bivens 24. Botts 25. Bozeman 26. Bright 27. Brock 28. Brooking 29. Brown 30. Bryant 31. Caldwell 32. Callaway 33. Campbell 34. Card 35. Carroll 36. Carson 37. Cartwright 38. Casada 39. Casteel 40. Cate 41. Chase 42. Chumley 43. Cigliano 44. Clark 45. Climer 46. Coats 47. Conley 48. Cooke 49. Corn 50. Cornutt 51. Creech 52. Cummings 53. Daniel 54. Davis 55. Dempsey 56. Dethero 57. Dierks 58. Dixon 59. Donaldson 60. Dunlap 61. England 62. Erwin 63. Evans 64. Farley 65. Feeher 66. Fillauer 67. Filyaw 68. Fine 69. Fitzgerald 70. Flowers 71. Fortner 72. Garner 73. Garrett 74. Gass 75. Gault 76. George 77. Gibson 78. Green 79. Gutherie 80. Guyer 81. Hall 82. Hamm 83. Hardin 84. Hardwick 85. Harris 86. Harrison 87. Harle 88. Henley 89. Henry 90. Henson 91. Hester 92. Hicks 93. Higgins 94. Horner 95. Howard 96. Hughes 97. Hunter 98. Hyberger 99. Jackson 100. Jenkins 101. Jernigan 102. Johns 103. Johnson 104. Jones 105. Keach 106. King 107. Kirkpatrick 108. Kyle 109. Lackey 110. Lay 111. Lee 112. Lerch 113. Lillard 114. Littlefield 115. Lockhart 116. Long 117. Looper 118. Mashburn 119. May120. McCulley 121. McLucas 122. McMahan 123. McMillan 124. McNabb 125. McReynolds 126. Miller 127. Mimms 128. Mitchell 129. Molander 130. Moore 131. Morris 132. Murphy 133. Murray 134. Neil 135. Nerren 136. Neuendorf 137. Nevin 138. Newport 139. Orr 140. Osborne 141. Ownby 142. Painter143. Palmatier 144. Parks 145. Patel 146. Patrick 147. Pflug 148. Ponder 149. Powell 150. Priddy 151. Prichard 152. Prince 153. Pritchard 154. Proffitt 155. Renner156. Rhea 157. Rhinebeck 158. Rice 159. Riggs 160. Roach 161. Roark 162. Roberts 163. Roberson 164. Robinson 165. Rodgers 166. Rodie 167. Rogers 168. Ross 169. Rowland 170. Runion 171. Rymer 172. Schultz 173. Scoggins 174. Scott 175. Seymour 176. Sharits 177. Shaw 178. Shelton 179. Simpson 180. Snell 181. Stamper 182. Stinnett 183. Stockburger 184. Stonecipher 185. Stuart 186. Tatum 187. Taylor 188. Thomas 189.Thompson 190. Thorogood 191. Tillery 192. Tinsley 193. Todd 194. Torrence 195. Trotter 196. VanWagner 197. Veazey 198. Vest 199. Wade 200. Wagner 201. Warren 202. Wells 203. White 204. Whitlock 205. Wiefering 206. Williams 207. Williamson 208. Wilson 209. Workman 210. Yates

Ms 8

Oral Interviews Compiled by the Students at Bowman Hills Seventh Day Adventist School. Cleveland, Tenn., 1993.
1. Adkins 2. Blair 3. Carr 4. Crabb 5. Derrick 6. Ellis 7. Hall 8. Hunt 9. Jaggers 10. Lee 11. McCaghren 12. Moore 13. Murray 14. Neil 15. Trewhitt 15. Ware 17. Wiefering 18. Wright

Ms 9

John Morgan Wooten (1862-1940) Scrapbook, ca. 1935.
1. Bradley Co., Tenn. - history 2. Bradley Co., Tenn - genealogy 3. Hamilton Co., Tenn. - genealogy 4. Index

Ms 10

Cleveland Public Library. Cleveland, Tenn.
Scrapbooks, ca. 1936-1946.

Ms 11

C.L. Hardwick (1879 ñ1962).
1. Tributes Book 2. Memorial Tribute Record Book

Ms 12

Cleveland Associated Charities. Cleveland, Tenn.
1. Minute Book, 1911-1927 2. Related papers

Ms 13

Martha Ann (Morrison) Knox (Mrs.T.J. Knox) Scrapbook. Cleveland, Tenn., ca. 1887.
1. Knox 2. Memorials 3. Obituaries 4. Wedding announcement 5. Calling cards

Ms 14

Armed Forces Day. Cleveland, Tenn,., 1989.
Guest register

Ms 15

Junior Service Guild Scrapbook. Cleveland, Tenn., 1947-1956.
1. Constitution 2. Programs 3. News clippings 4. Certificates 5. Photographs

Ms 16

Bradley County Retired Teachersí Scrapbook. Bradley Co., Tenn. , 1968-1985.
1. Constitution 2. News clippings 3. Certificates 4. Proclamations 5. Greeting cards 6. Correspondence 7. Photographs

Ms 17

Dr. William R. Snell Papers: Red Clay Interpretive Study.
See Register to Ms 17

Ms 18

Mayfield Papers
1. Correspondence-general - Aiken, 1891-1894 2. Correspondence-general - Mayfield & Aiken, 1895-1900 3. Correspondence-general - 1912 (files I-S) 4. Correspondencegeneral - 1913-1914 5. Correspondence-general - 1914-1916 (files A-F) 6. Correspondencegeneral - 1914-1916 (files C-D) 7. Correspondence - general - 1914-1916 (files T-Z) 8. Correspondence - general - 1917-1918 (files A-D) 9. Correspondence - general - (files C-G) 10. Correspondence - Polk County - 1910-1913 11. Correspondence - East Tennessee Power Co. - 1912-1916

Ms 19

American Association of University Women, Cleveland [Tenn.] Branch.
1. Scrapbooks, 1973-1975 2. Yearbooks, 1973-1977

Ms 20

Hiwassee Bank. Charleston, Tenn. , 1907-1954.

1. Annual financial report, 1907-1954 2. Bank statement, 1933 3. News clippings 4. Correspondence 5. Program. ìOne - Third Century Anniversaryî

Ms 21

Dorothy Ethel Swartz Walker Papers, ca. 1923-1946.
See register to Ms 21

Ms 22

Dr. William R. Snell Papers: Boy Scouts
See register to Ms 22

Ms 23

United Daughters of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis Chapter 900 Scrapbook, 1907-1958.
1. News clippings 2. Loose pages from periodicals 3. Confederate currency 4. The Courier (Natchez, Miss.) 17 Oct. 1862, p1. 5. Photograph-John Surratt

Ms 24

Interviews Conducted by the Students of Dr. William R. Snell, Professor of History, Lee College, Cleveland, Tenn., 1996.
1. Alford, Billie 2. Baucom, Edward 3. Beach, Charles 4. Carr, Betty Jean 5. Carroll, Ralph 6. Caylor, Mae 7. Conley, Ann 8. Crane. Louise 9. Edmondson, Martha 10. Fillauer, Frances Parks 11. French, Cecil 12. Gaskin, Mrs. Aubrey 13. Grizzle, Leslie C. 14. Guthrie, Edd 15. Hall, Jessie 16. Harvey, Calvin 17. Logins, Ethel 18. Lovelace, Betty 19. McClung, Floyd 20. Priddy, Elice Phillips 21. Pruitt, Stell 22. Scoggins, Opal 23. Scott, Herman 24. Southerm Orvin Alvin, Jr. 25. Still, Joan 26. Wallace, Louise 27. West, Ernest See also AC4915

Ms 25

Myra Inman Carter Papers (1845-1914).
See Register to Ms 25

Ms 26

Centenary Female College and Conservatory. Cleveland, Tenn.
1. Centenary College Catalogue 1888-1889; 1891-1892; 1892-1893; 1894-1895, Course of Instruction 1892-1893 2. Centenary College Conservatory 1910-1911 3. Centenary College Conservatory 1915-1916; 1918-1919; 1919-1920 4. Centenary College Conservatory December Bulletin 1920-1921, New Centenary College Conservatory of Music 1920-1921, Centenary College Catalog 1921-1922, Centenary College Catalog 1924 5. Centenary College Catalog 1926; 1927, New Centenary College Catalog 1928-1929, 1929-1930. 6. Centenary College Conservatory Views, ìThe Loversí Casket,î Wesleyan Christian Advocate 31 Aug. 1898, p. 14, ìArt Leveeî 3 June 1893, Commencement program 7 June, ìVocal and Instrumental Concert,î 30 March 1893, ìCommencement Concert,î 6 June 1893, ìVocal and Instrumental Concert,î Thursday, 9th, Program, 11 Nov. 1892, ìThe Readerís Medal,î 6 June 1893, ìAnniversary of the Johnstonian Literary Society,î 5 June 1893, Invitation to graduation exercises 26 May 1920, Photo, ìSnow on the Ground,î 1892, Centenary College welcome and photo by Rev. J.A. Stubblefield, Centenary Female College Calendar, 1907

Ms 27

Laura Ann Josephine (Bryden) Kirkes Diaries, 1925-1946.
See also Ms 6 James Louis VanWagner Papers

Ms 28

Cola-Nip Beverage Company. Cleveland, Tenn., 1915.
1. Jacob Smith, founder 2. Correspondence 3. Receipts 4. Related papers

Ms 29

Account Book [Cleveland, Tenn.] 1852-1861.

Ms 30

Julius E. Raht Estate Papers (1892).
1. Account books 2. Receipts 3. Loose papers

Ms 31

J.M. and W.C. Johnston Receipts Book [Cleveland, Tenn.] 1858.

Ms 32

Rossí Landing Account Book (1839).
See Microfilm M-561

Ms 33

W.K. Pickens & Co. Daybook. Cleveland, Tenn., 1855.
See Microfilm M-561

Ms 34

John Gamble Invoice Book. Cleveland, Tenn., 1846.

Ms 35

Poor House and Work House Expense Book. Bradley Co., Tenn., 1900.

Ms 36

Cleveland Womanís Club Scrapbook (1947-1949).
1. News clippings 2. Cards 3. Membership booklet 4. Yearbook 5. Scrapbook rules

Ms 37

Haggard-Woolen Scrapbook compiled by Minnie Iowa Woolen (1882-1958).
1. News clippings 2. Photographs 3. Obituaries 4. Post cards

Ms 38

Peoples Bank. Cleveland, Tenn.
1. State of Tenneseee v Peoples Bank, 1931 2. Inventory list

Ms 39

Bowen Family Papers donated by Dorothy (Evans) Johnston.
1. Autograph book 2. Photo album 3. Loose photos 4. Bible 5. See oversize photograph collection for photo of Anna Eliza Bowen (1842-1877)

Ms 40

Margaret Lankford Scrapbook: Bradley County High School 1927.
1. ìEleventh Annual Commencement of Bradley County High School, May 22-24, 1927 photocopy 2. News clippings 3. Photographs 4. Songs of Our Country (1917) 5. Classmates autographs 6. Cards 7. Letters 8. Grade card (1923) 9. ìSongs for Bradley County Fair (1925) photocopy 10. ìOfficial Program for Boysí Week (1925) photocopy 11. ìEighth Grade Commencement 17 May, 1923 photocopy 12. ìNinth Annual Negro Minstrel Bradley High School 24 Feb. 1927 photocopy

Ms 41

Cleveland Garden Club Yearbooks 1959-1995. Cleveland Womanís Club Yearbooks 1984, 1991, 1992. Cleveland Womanís Club Cookbook, 1963. Donated by Jasper Lacy for Mary Lou Lacy

Ms 42

[Sarah] Elizabeth Cate Manly (1910-1982) Papers
See Register to Ms 42

Ms 43

Bradley County, Tennessee Bar Association Auxilliary.
1. Scrapbooks ,1965-1988 2. Yearbooks, 1973-1984 3. Minutes, 1976-1986 4. Photographs

Ms 44

Civilian Conservation Corps in Tennessee.
See Register to Ms 44

Ms 45

Lois Eugenia Rodgers (1916-1979) Papers.
1. Sheet music, News clippings, Loose papers-history of Cleveland, Tenn. 2. Loose papers-mercantile establishments in Cleveland, Tenn., Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1860-1861, Loose papers-the countryside, Photocopy of letter from Mr. Mitchell to Dr. P.J.R. Edwards, 23 Feb. 1848 [War with Mexico], Brief Sketch of a Country Neighborhood (Thatch, 1894), Loose papers-the town [Cleveland] in 1861 3. Loose papers-43rd Tennessee Infantry, Loose papers-Union soldiers from Bradley County, Loose papers-Muster Roll of William A. Campbellsís 3rd Cavalry, Co. ìGî, Loose papers-Bradley and Polk Counties Confederate units, Loose papers-5th Tennessee Cavalry, 1st East Tennessee Cavalry (Rogersí), 1st Tennessee Cavalry (Cartersí), 2nd Tennessee Cavalry (Ashbyís), 19th Tennessee Cavalry (Biffleís), 29th Infantry, 36th Infantry, 43rd Infantry 4. Research note cards-Civil War in Bradley Country, Tennessee

Ms 46

Shields Family Papers (ca. 1890-1940).
1. Miscellaneous receipts, Guardianship papers, Correspondence, Account books, Tax receipts, Unidentified photo ìCuban American Photo Gallery, Santiago de Cubaî 2. Miscellaneous receipts, Unidentified photos, Correspondence, Account books, News clippings, Funeral card 3. Unidentified photo, Pay envelope Tennessee Copper Co., 1906, Cotton adjustment payment 4. Miscellaneous receipts, Cotton marketing card, Free use permit Cherokee National Forest 1937, Work sheet Soil Conservation Program, Rabies vaccination certificate, Unidentified photos, Memorandum Book 5. Correspondence, Application for allotment and tax exemption certificate pursuant to the Cotton Act Approved April 24, 1934 6. Defense Stamp Replacement Authorization Hardwick Woolen Mills, Unidentified photo, Receipts, Loose pages fromBible, Currency note, 1894

Ms 47

James F. Corn (1894-1988) Papers.
See Register to Ms 47

Ms 48

Knights of Templar of Tennessee (1955-1970).
Proceedings of Grand Commandry 1955, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970. Includes proceedings of the Grand Commandry Knights of Templar of South Carolina 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971

Ms 49

Louise Harle (1898-1992) Travel Journals.
See Register to Ms 49

Ms 50

C.L. McAlister Scrapbooks 1963-1972 (Restricted).
1. Bradley County, Tenn.-history 2. Polk County, Tenn.-history 3. McMinn Countyhistory 4. Military history 5. Western Americana 6. U.S. History 7. Holidays See R976.81/Bradley/McA

Ms 51

Tennessee Post Card Collection.

Ms 52

Special Edition Newspapers.

Box 1

Box 2

Ms 53

Womanís Auxiliary to the Bradley County Medical Society Scrapbook (1973-1974).
1. Photographs 2. News clippings 3. Correspondence 4. Greeting cards 5. Scrapbook 1959-1960 6. Yearbook 1959-1960 7. Yearbook 1959-1960

Ms 54

Cleveland/Ocoee Garden Club Scrapbooks (1955-1988).
Cleveland/Ocoee Garden Club Yearbooks (1954-1958).

Ms 55

Church of God vs. A.J. Tomlinson.
See Register to Ms 55

Ms 56

Bradley County Sportsmanís League, Cleveland, Tenn. Scrapbook 1957.
1. Charter of Incorporation 2. News clippings 3. Photographs 4. Correspondence

Ms 57

Womanís Club.
1. Guest Books 1976-1977, 1980-1982, 1984-1985, 1988-1993, Financial records, Receipt books, Cleveland State Community College Scholarship Endowment records 2. Gavel, Yearbooks 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1989-1990, 1998-1999, Nuclear Energy (Westinghouse Electric Corp., 1988) 3. Minutes 1931-1936, 1987-1992, 1993-1997, Tennessee Volunteer 1988-1990 Profile, List of meeting participants 1988-1994 4. General Federation of Womenís Club International newsletters, scattered dates, Yearbooks 1925-1952, 1954-1984, 1990-1994, Guest Book 1968-1977 5. Minutes 1930-1931, 1942-1945, 1945-1948, 1957-1958, 1976, 1982, Shell oil Education Program 1968-1969, Sheet music, A Prayer, Scrapbooks 1938-1939, 1941-1942, 1943-1944, 1945-1946, 1946-1947, 1949-1951, 1954-1955, 1956-1959, 1957-1958, 1959-1960, 1960-1961, 1961-1962, 1962-1963, 1966-1967, 1967-1968, 1968-1969, 1970-1971, 1971-1974, 1974-1975, 1978-1979, 1983-1984, 1984-1985, 1988-1989, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1996-2000, 1999-2000, Tennessee Federation of Womenís Clubs Handbook 1980-1982

Ms 58

Judge George Westerberg Papers Bradley County Deeds.
1. Bradley County, Tenn. Deeds 1856-1958 Index 2. Bradley County, Tenn. Trust Deeds 1913-1949 Index, Bradley County, Tenn. Warranty Deeds 1887-1951 Index, Bradley County, Tenn. Mortgage 1921 Index, Bradley County, Tenn. Chattel Mortgages 1922-1956 Index, Bradley County, Tenn. Quit Claim Deeds 1906-1939 Index See R976.81/Bradley/Dee for a complete index to these records

Ms 59

Journal of Rosine Parmentier (1852) (Restricted).
See R976.81/Polk/Par for a complete transcription

Ms 60

Little Blue Books ca. 1930.
E. Haldeman-Julius, Editor

Ms 61

Miscellaneous Publications.

Ms 62

Robert Cofer Papers.
1. Papers from the firm of McDaris and Clark, 1926-1946 including receipts, legal documents, correspondence, balance sheets, financial statements. 2. Deed, John Lemons and wife to G.W. Adams, 1906. 3. Auto title transfer Albert Goins to Dan Wattenbarger, 1930. 4. Auto registration, Dan Wattenbarger , 1931. 5. Austin Carver named executor of the estate of Sarah Adams, 1926. 6. Deed of Trust, G.F. Sneed and wife to Chas. Mayfield, 1939. 7. Receipt, C.F. Sneed, 1939. 8. Deed, A.H. Thurman and wife to M.S. Lemons, 1894. 9. Land sale agreement, Chas. J. Smith and Reublen, 1897 10. Quit Claim Deed, Charles J. Smith and John A. Reublen, 1899 11. Deed of Trust, E.E. Sprouse and wife to Home Ownersí Loan Corp., 1934. 12. Deed of Trust, Roe and Venia Crye to Land Bank Commissioner, 1933. 13. Promissory Note, Roe Crye, 1933. 14 R.N. Woody to J.T. Banks, 1910. 15. Warranty Deed, Nellie Staton to J.M. Morgan, 1920. 16. Deed, Hoyle Murray to Clyde Murray and wife, 1963. 17. Warranty Deed, Martha Hickman to W.B. Hickman, 1923. 18. Warranty Deed, William M. Jenkins to Maggie Lou Goforth, 1951. 19. Title Abstract Roe Crye and Venia Crye, 1933. 20. Sale Closerís Receipt, C.F. Sneed, 1938. 21. Release of Trust Deed, C.F. Sneed, 1938. 22. Deed of Trust, C.F. Sneed to J.Y. Elliott for Home Ownersí Loan Corp., 1938. 23. Offer to Purchase, C.F. Sneed, 1938 24. Deed, Florence M. Gould to Sarah B. Hancock, 1928. 25. Title Abstract. Roe Crye and Venia Crye, 1933. 26. Sale Closerís Receipt, C.F. Sneed, 1938. 27. Release of Trust Deed, C.F. Sneed, 1938. 28. Deed of Trust, C.F. Sneed to J.Y. Elliott for Home Ownersí Loan Corp., 1938. 29. Offer to Purchase, C.F. Sneed, 1938. 30. Deed, Florence M. Gould to Sarah B. Hancock, 1928. 31. Property transfer, John R. Wattenbarger to J.A. Wattenbarger, 1913. 32. Warranty Deed, Albert R. Goins and wife to Dan H. Wattenbarger and wife, 1963. 33. Installment note, Dan H. Wattenbarger and wife to Albert R. Goins and wife, 1963. 34. Deed of Trust, Dan H. Wattenbarger and wife to J. Hallman Bell for Albert R. Goins and wife, 1963. 35. Abstract sheets, E.E. Sprouse, 1927-1934. 36. Abstract sheet, O.O. Lee, 1919. 37. Abstract sheet, Cleveland Land and Improvement Co., 1905. 38. Abstract sheets, William E. and Julius D. Raht, 1904-1905. 39. Promissory note, Dan H. Wattenbarger, 1937 40. Tax allocation, Mary Clevenger and heirs, 1951. 41. Account Book. S.W. Marshall and Co. & Wattenbarger Bros. & Cartwright 1900-1917.