Special Collections


  • The Journal of Josiah Hinds
  • The Historical and Genealogical Collection
  • The Frank Holloman Collection
  • The Howard Association Collection
  • The Hugh Higbee Huhn Collection
  • The Blair T. Hunt Papers
  • The Office Files of Robert B. James
  • The Sara Beaumont Kennedy Literary Collection With Papers of Walker Kennedy
  • The Kennedy Book Club Collection
  • The George W. Lee Collection
  • The Jerry Lee Lewis Collection
  • The Selma S. Lewis Collection
  • The Harry H. Litty Family Collection
  • Papers of Henry Loeb, III
  • The Ruth F. Loewenberg Shelby Farms Collection
  • The Robert F. Looney Collection
  • The Mary Graham Love Papers
  • The John William McAfee Collection: A Career in Journalism and Photography
  • The Florence McIntyre Collection
  • Senator Kenneth Douglas McKellar: A Register of His Papers
  • The George Mahan, Jr. Collection
  • The Personal Papers of Judge Walter Malone
  • The John D. Martin Collection
  • The Thomas E. Maxson Collection, A Career in Public Engineering
  • The Ethel Taylor Maxwell Collection
  • Memphians During War
  • The Memphis Art Association Collection
  • The Memphis Belle Collection
  • Memphis Civic Clubs – Jackson Boulevard and Rozelle Clubs
  • The Memphis Crippled Children’s Hospital and School
  • Memphis – Enschede Ties
  • An Index to the Memphis Historical Society Papers
  • Memphis Music Miscellany
  • Memphis/National Funeral Home Records, 1935-1971
  • The Memphis Open Air Theater Collection
  • The Memphis Open Air Theater Programs
  • The Mid-South Flood Collection
  • Register of the Henry A. Montgomery Family
  • The Official Papers of Shelby County Commissioner James W. “Jimmy” Moore
  • The Earl Moreland Collection
  • J.C. Oates and Sons Funeral Home Records, 1916-1970
  • The Berl Olswanger Collection
  • The Order of the Alhambra Talavera Caravan #32
  • The Papers of Memphis Mayor Watkins Overton
  • The Page/Lenox Collection
  • The Reverend Charles Carroll Parsons Collection
  • The General Gideon J. Pillow Collection
  • The Price/Davis Family Papers
  • The Julia Raine Collection of Correspondence and Music
  • Papers of the Raleigh Community Council
  • Office Files of John “Jack” W. Ramsay
  • The St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Collection
  • The Reverend Louis Sandford Schuyler Collection
  • The Susanne Conlan Scruggs Collection
  • The Searcy Collection
  • The Leo M. Seligman Collection
  • The Reverend Eron M. Sharp Collection
  • The Maxine Smith NAACP Collection
  • The Katherine Hinds Smythe Collection
  • The Morris Solomon Papers
  • The George Sparks Little Theatre Wartime Collection
  • The Jerry O. Potter Sultana Collection
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority Collection
  • The Frank Tobey Papers
  • The Trezevant Family Papers
  • The Ernest B. “Tony” Vaccaro Collection
  • The Dr. R.Q. and Ethyl H. Venson Cotton Makers’ Jubilee Collection
  • The Robert L. Waller Collection
  • The Roane Waring Collection
  • The Rabbi James A. Wax Collection
  • The Business Papers of Samuel B. Williamson, Napoleon Hill and Noland Fontaine
  • The Marshall Wingfield Collection
  • The Yellow Fever Collection
  • Zion Cemetery Burial Register, 1896-1974