Welcome to the Special Collections of Lupton Library!

Our mission is to house, preserve, and provide access to historical items and collections, particularly those that relate to the University, Chattanooga, the state of Tennessee, and the South. Many of our collections contain unique, primary resource materials unavailable elsewhere.

There are four main collections housed in the Special Collections:

• Manuscripts, Personal Papers, and Local History Collections
• Rare Book Collection
• University Archives
• Archives of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Arlie Herron Collection.

Due to their rare, fragile, and special nature, these items may not be checked out but can be viewed and used in the Special Collections Reading Room. Appointments are recommended. Please see our Policies page for more information. Watercolor by Signal Mountain artist and writer, Emma Bell Miles, 1879-1919.

• John T. Wilder Letters
• Emma Bell Miles Page
• Southern Literature Resources in the Special Collections of Lupton Library
• American Chestnut Oral History Project.

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