Rev. Isaac Anderson D.D. Papers (MSS-004)

Founder and First President of the Southern and Western Theological Seminary (later Maryville College). Collection includes letters, sermons, lectures, and publications. Transcriptions available for handwritten material. Additions to this digital collection are ongoing.

 1847 Diary of Jonathan Maxwell Hoffmeister (MSS-019)

Born in 1822 in Hawkins County, TN, Jonathan Maxwell Hoffmeister (sometimes spelled Jonathan Maxville Huffmaster) graduated from Maryville College in 1848. Following his graduation, he became a Presbyterian minister and died in Abingdon, Virginia in 1864. Diary contains descriptions of classes, students, faculty, local community, and family members (including deaths of brother and fiancee in local epidemic). Transcription and list of people & businesses mentioned ("Cast of Characters") available.

Kin Takahashi Papers (MSS-018)

Born in Japan, Kin Takahashi became Maryville College's first graduate from Japan in 1895. As a student, he started the first football team in East Tennessee, organized self-help projects for students in financial need, and lead the campaign for a dedicated YMCA building on campus (Bartlett Hall). Following graduation, he became the primary fundraiser for Bartlett Hall and organized the students' work in pressing the bricks and building Bartlett Hall. He returned to Japan to continue his work with the YMCA and died in 1902. Collection contains correspondence from Kin Takahashi regarding the fundraising for Bartlett Hall and his work with the YMCA in Japan as well as a description of his last days written by a fellow YMCA minister in Japan.

Robert Wilson Bishop Papers (MSS-028)

Born in 1922 in Virginia, Robert Wilson Bishop graduated from Maryville College in 1926.He was very involved in campus activities including officer of Pre-Med Club, Student Council, MC Handbook editor, Student Assistant in Chemistry and Biology, Class Football team and later Captain, Varsity Track, Varsity “M” Club, Glee Singers, Secretary of YMCA, Editor-in-Chief of 1925 Chilhowean, Pi Upsilon, Athenian Literary Society member and officer, Associate Editor of “The Highland Echo,” and Senior Class President. Following his graduation, he became a sociologist and later the Dean of Men at the University of Cincinnati. Following his graduation, he became a sociologist and later the Dean of Men at the University of Cincinnati. Collection includes two essays he wrote during his Freshman year at Maryville College: "My First Twenty-Four Hours in Maryville" and "What My First Semester in College Has Meant to Me."