Scope
and Contents
This .42 linear feet collection contains 51 items of which 20 are photographs
relating to the lives of the two families, their city, and the university within
that city. The collection is divided into four series:
Series I - Nathaniel Baxter and
Robert Jackson families
Speeches delivered at the funeral of Jere Baxter, copy of a Tennessee Senate
memorial resolution in honor of Senator Nathaniel Baxter, Jr. pamphlets featuring
articles on and by Nathaniel Baxter Jackson, and an obituary of Mrs. Robert
F. Jackson (Mannie B. Jackson) who originally assembled the collection.
Series II - Offprints/articles
- history of Nashville, Tennessee
Historical articles about Nashville, and early medical education in Nashville.
Series
III - Programs - Vanderbilt University - History and Events
Programs for banquets, special events, commencement exercises held at Vanderbilt
University. It also contains the Court's decision relative to the lawsuit between
the Methodist Church and Vanderbilt, a World War I Honor Roll, and a 1929 survey
of technical education in the South.
Series IV - Family photographs
Baxter, Holderness, and Jackson families.
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