SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

The Special Collections Department at the Paul Meek Library is a regional repository for historic documents and records located on the University of Tennessee at Martin campus. Its primary function is to identify, select, and organize unique documents and records whose enduring research value makes them worthy of continued preservation and conservation. The Department's research room and library also serve as a resource center for local and state history and genealogical research. The Special Collections Department is divided into five separate collections; the University Archives, the Manuscript Collection, the State and Regional History Collection, the Genealogy Collection and the Oral History Collection. For more information on these collections please click the collection buttons on the left side of your screen.

The Paul Meek Library now has the Federal Census for Tennessee from 1810 to 1930 available on microfilm in the Tennessee/Genealogy Collection.

The Paul Meek Library now has the Tennessee Confederate pension applications available on microfilm in the Tennessee/Genealogy Collection. The link shown to the left will take you to a searchable index refined by the Library Systems Office.