Our current exhibit on Civil War Materials in Special Collections features material from the Mary Margaret and John L. Farringer, Jr.; Harris D. Riley, Jr.; Sam Fleming; James G. Stahlman; and the Jesse Wills family as well as material from the university archives. Visitors will find items as diverse as handwritten Union and Confederate orders, maps, diaries, letters, memorabilia from the Civil War era, and more.
Unique materials from our collections are featured in topical online exhibits. Topics covered include Vanderbilt University athletics history, the 1897 Tennessee Centennial, President Theodore Roosevelt's historic visit to Nashville in 1907, and more.
Previous exhibits in Special Collections have run the gamut from 1960s memorabilia to Shakespeare to the history of the university. more