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Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives

Luke Lea Papers, 1826-1993 (bulk 1876-1945)

Lea, Luke, 1879-1945

1826-1993, bulk 1876-1945

The Luke Lea Papers, containing approximately 32 cubic feet and nine oversize boxes, span the period 1826 through 1993, although the bulk is largely concentrated in the years 1876 through 1945. The collection is composed of applications, clippings, correspondence, diaries, financial records, interviews, legal records, photographs, subject files and several miscellaneous items. The majority of the collection is composed of correspondence. Luke Lea was an important political leader and this correspondence reflects his involvement in state and national affairs. From 1908, Lea had a close working relationship with key leaders of the Democratic party, and within the collection are representative letters from such prominent persons as William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson. Included are many routine business letters involving the operation of the Tennessean newspaper and other business concerns. Although he tended to handle business affairs face-to-face, his letters record with whom he was in contact at a given period. A second large part of the correspondence is from his son, Luke Lea Jr. A portion of their correspondence was written while Lea Sr. was in prison, but the majority falls after his release. This correspondence primarily details father and son’s business ventures in the late 1930s. There is a small amount of correspondence from family members including his first wife, Mary Louise (Warner) Lea and his parents, Overton and Ella Lea. Correspondence in the collection is arranged in alphabetical order. The correspondence from Luke Lea is arranged in chronological order.

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There are a large number of newspaper clippings in the collection. The clippings are centered primarily around Lea’s career in the United States Senate. There are some prison clippings and clippings related to family matters as well. Loose clippings were removed from the collection, photocopied, and the originals destroyed. Scrapbooks containing clippings are located in the oversized boxes. An important part of the collection are Lea’s diaries. The diaries fall into two categories, those kept while he was serving in World War I and those kept during his imprisonment in North Carolina. Lea’s handwriting is extremely difficult to read, and a word or phrase is frequently impossible to decipher. Fortunately for the researcher, Dr. Cromwell Tidwell hired two stenographers to transcribe the diaries. Both the original diaries and the transcriptions are included in the collection. The legal records detail Lea’s court battles during the 1930s. Included in this category are affidavits, briefs, extradition papers, and testimonies from court trials. The testimony from the Lea trials are almost complete, with only one volume missing. There is also a complete set of testimony from the Wallace B. Davis trial. A thesis written in the late 1930s, gives a history and analysis of the Luke Lea trials. Another important part of the collection is subject files. The subject files were taken from Lea’s office after his death and may contain correspondence and other materials relating to a particular subject. There are financial records in the collection including a few receipts and Lea’s income tax records. Lea’s military records with maps showing his regiment’s activities in France during World War I are also included in the collection. Researchers interested in World War I should consult the many photographs located in Boxes 66 and 67. Finally, the collection also contains interviews used in preparation for Mary Louise Tidwell’s biography of Luke Lea, as well as articles Lea wrote for various newspapers and journals. The Luke Lea Papers record the life of one of Tennessee’s most colorful leaders. As a politician and molder of public opinion, Lea helped shape, for good or bad, the direction of Tennessee politics for the first three decades of the twentieth century. His rapid rise to power and influence is made even more poignant by his downfall in the 1930s. The Luke Lea Papers represent an important, but little known period of Tennessee history. The collection was updated in 2011 with the addition of Lea’s World War I diary to Box 68. A typewritten transcription of the diary had been in Box 26, Folders 1-5, and was subsequently moved to Box 68; it is now Box 68, Folders 2-6. Further updating was done to photographs in Boxes 66 and 67. Seven photographs from Box 48 were moved to Box 66 to be housed with the rest of the photographs, and all of the photographs in both Box 66 and Box 67 were then reorganized and renumbered.

Lea’s own typewritten account of his attempt to kidnap the Kaiser in 1919 had been housed in Box 57, Folder 5, and Box 45, Folder 1. Since the latter was the second half of Lea’s account, it was moved to Box 57, Folder 5, in order to include it with the first half of the account. Researchers interested in the attempt to kidnap the Kaiser should also examine the materials in Box 45, Folder 2A, which contains correspondence related to Lea’s attempts to get his account published. Box 40, Folder 9, also contains correspondence related to the plot. Thomas P. Henderson, a member of the group that attempted to kidnap the Kaiser, wrote to the Saturday Evening Post in 1949 and offered additional information about the endeavor, including a transcript of Lea’s testimony during the official Army inquiry into the incident. In December 2019, an unprocessed box of 76 cellulose nitrate negatives belonging to the collection were discovered in the conservation lab. The negatives are from photographs taken of various financial records. They were most likely used as evidence in his bank fraud trial following the collapse of the Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville, North Carolina. The box of negatives is now Box 69 in the collection.

32 cubic feet

THS 741

English

THS II-K-2 - THS II-M-4; VII-A-6v

The Luke Lea Papers, containing approximately 32 cubic feet of archival materials, are centered around the career of Luke Lea Sr., prominent Tennessee political leader and founder and publisher of the Nashville Tennessean. Luke Lea was born in 1878, in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of Overton and Ella (Cocke) Lea. After his graduation from the University of the South and Columbia University, Lea began to practice law in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1903. He was a successful lawyer, but soon turned his attention to other enterprises. On May 10,

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Repository:Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, 37243-0312

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1907, Lea organized the Nashville Tennessean, which was to become one of the most influential newspapers in the state. Politically, Lea became prominent in 1908 over a split in the state Democratic Party. At the 1908 state Democratic convention, the Lea faction was able to gain control and secure the gubernatorial nomination for Lea’s ally Malcolm R. Patterson. From 1908 until the election of Henry H. Horton in 1931, only one governor was elected without the support of the very powerful Luke Lea. Because of his great influence, Lea became known as the “maker of governors.” Lea reached the peak of his career in 1911, when the Tennessee General Assembly became deadlocked in the selection of a United States Senator. Lea differed with Governor Patterson over the issue of prohibition, Patterson championing the “wets” and Lea the prohibition cause. In this fight, he played a major role in the split of the Democratic party and the election of Ben W. Hooper, a fusion-dry candidate, to the governorship. Eventually, Lea was overwhelmingly elected to the United States Senate, entering that body as the youngest man ever to hold a seat. Two years later, however, the Seventeenth Amendment was adopted, which established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. Lea’s former ally, Malcolm Patterson, entered the Senate race in 1916. Congressman Kenneth D. McKellar then announced that he would be the third candidate for the seat. All attention centered on the bitter fight between the two main candidates, Lea and Patterson, while McKellar held the middle course. McKellar won the election and held the senatorship for many decades afterwards. The “Boss” Crump machine was just beginning to feel its power, and it played a role in the first McKellar nomination. Thereafter, Lea was to wage almost continual warfare with the Memphis-based Crump machine. Shortly after his defeat for the Senate, the United States entered World War I. Lea organized a volunteer regiment, later to become the 114th Field Artillery and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel and later a colonel in command of the regiment. The Tennessee volunteer outfit served ten months in France and fought in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives that helped break the Hindenburg line. For his role in the war, Lea was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. At the close of the war, Lea gathered a special party from the 114th and set out to capture Kaiser Wilhelm, who had fled to neutral Holland. The attempt to “kidnap” the Kaiser failed. While the U. S. Army conducted an official inquiry into the matter, Lea and his men were reprimanded but not court-martialed for their escapade. Lea was also one of the founders of the American Legion in 1919. Lea plunged into the publishing and political fields after the war, bringing to both a number of men who had served with him in France. He championed the cause of Austin Peay and helped him win three terms as governor against the opposition of the Crump machine. In the 1920s, he became allied with Rogers Caldwell in the investment banking business of Caldwell and Company, purchased newspapers in

Memphis and Knoxville newspapers, and engaged in other large financial operations. With the financial crash of 1929, Lea lost the political power and business empire he had built. Within two years, he and his son, Luke Lea Jr. were indicted along with several others in North Carolina in the resulting failure of the Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville, North Carolina. They immediately waived extradition and went to North Carolina to arrange for trial. When the trial was ready to start, the indictments were dismissed and a new indictment returned on different grounds. After a prolonged fight over the validity of the new indictment, a trial ensued with the jury holding that the Leas were guilty of violating the banking laws of North Carolina. The two Leas disappeared pending the hearing for extradition, but later turned themselves into the sheriff of Fentress County where they had been staying. After another move to Clarksville, Tennessee, the Leas entered the North Carolina State Prison on May 10, 1934, to serve their terms. Lea was to serve six to ten years and his son two to six years or pay a $25,000 fine. Luke Lea Jr. was freed after several months’ imprisonment because of a serious condition requiring surgery. His father sought a pardon in 1935, but it was denied by North Carolina Governor J. C. B. Ehrichaus. However, he was paroled April 1, 1936, after serving less than two years, and later he was given a full pardon. Returning home, he was met at Lebanon, Tennessee, by a large motorcade of friends and his former soldiers. Nashville Mayor Hilary Howse, whom he had opposed politically, led the cavalcade, and Lea returned to Nashville escorted by the mayor and a squad of motorcycle officers. After his return, Lea lived in semi-retirement. He never again achieved the success that he had known before the 1930s. Several attempts to repurchase the Tennessean failed, and other publishing ventures never realized their potential. Suffering from poor health in his later years, Lea died in a Nashville hospital on November 17, 1945. The only full-scale biography of Luke Lea was written by his daughter, Mary Louise Tidwell, in 1993. After the completion of her research, Mrs. Tidwell donated the Lea Papers to the Tennessee Historical Society.

Item Box Number Agreements 1 Applications 1 Architectural Plans 1 Certificates 1 and 59 Charters 1 Clippings 1-2 Correspondence 3-25 Diaries 26-28, 68 Editorials 19 Farm Records 29 Financial Records 29 Genealogies 30 Interviews 30 Invitations 30 Land Records 30 Legal Records 31-35 Legislation 36 Lists 36 Maps 36 Memoranda 36 Military Discharges 36 Minutes 36 Negatives 69 Notebooks 36 Notes 36 Orders 36 Pay Vouchers 36 Petitions 36 Photographs 66-67 Poems 37 Printed Materials 37 Proclamations 37 Programs 37 Prospectus 37 Publicity Releases 37 Receipts 37 Recommendations for Military Awards 37 Reports 37-38 Scrapbooks 38 and 60-65 Sermons 38 Speeches 39-40 Subject Files 40-55 Thesis 55 Writings 56-58

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Browning, Gordon, 1889-1976 Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 Crump, Edward Hull, 1874-1954 Lea, Luke, 1879-1945 Lea, Luke, 1908-1999 MacPhail, Leland Stanford, 1890-1975 Peay, Austin, 1876-1927 Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941

United States. Army United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces United States. Army. Field Artillery, 114th

Newspapers -- History Newspapers Ownership Newspaper publishing Tennessee -- Politics and government World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- France World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- France -- Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare World War, 1914-1918 -- France World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain

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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American World War, 1914-1918 -- Pictorial works World War, 1914-1918 -- United States

Camp Sevier (S.C.) Amerongen (Netherlands) Fort Sam Houston (Tex.) Liverpool (England) Nashville (Tenn.) Paris (France)

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Luke Lea’s daughter, Mary Louise Tidwell, donated the papers to the Tennessee Historical Society in 1993.

Luke Lea Papers, 1826-1993, Tennessee State Library and Archives

Processed by Gregory G. Poole, Archival Technical Services, August 1997. Updated by William M. Thomas, Archival Collection Services, August 2011. Updated by William M. Thomas, Archival Collection Services, March 2020.

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Agreements -- Wallace B. Davis and Rogers Caldwell 1929 1 1 Applications -- Application for Pardon -- Luke Lea 1935 1 2 Applications -- Call for a New Trial 1931 1 3 Applications -- Pardon -- Luke Lea 1936 1 4 Architectural Plans -- “Lealand” 1 5 Certificates -- Fraternal Organizations 1 6 Certificates -- Law Certification -- Lea, John Overton 1867 1 7 Charter -- American Publishers Inc. 1 8 Charter -- Standard Advertising 1929 1 9 Clippings -- “Attempt to Kidnap the Kaiser” 1 10 Clippings -- “Battle of Gavels” 1906 1 11 Clippings -- Carmack-Cooper Murder 1908 1 12 Clippings -- Harmony in Tennessee Politics 1 13 Clippings -- “Lea’s Break with Patterson” 1910 1 14 Clipping -- Lea’s Election to the United States Senate 1911 1 15 Clippings -- Luke Lea’s Family 1 16 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 17 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 18 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 19 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 20 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 21 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 22 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 23 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 24 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 25 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 26 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 27 Clippings -- “Luke Lea Trial” 1 28 Clippings -- 114th Tennessee Field Artillery 1919 2 1 Clippings -- 114th Tennessee Field Artillery 1919 2 2 Clippings -- Prison life 1933 2 3 Clippings -- Stahlman 1914 2 4 Clippings -- Tennessean Receivership 1932 - 1935 2 5 Clippings -- Tennessean Receivership 1932 - 1935 2 6 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 7 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 8 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 9 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 10 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 11 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 12 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 13 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 14

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Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 15 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 16 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 17 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 18 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 19 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 20 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 21 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 22 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 23 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 24 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 25 Clippings -- Tennessee Politics 2 26 Correspondence -- Adair - Alexander 3 1 Correspondence -- Allen - Allison, J. H. 3 2 Correspondence -- Allison, J. H. 3 3 Correspondence -- Allison, J. H. 3 4 Correspondence -- Allison, J. H. 3 5 Correspondence -- Allison, J. H. 3 6 Correspondence -- Allison, J. H. 3 7 Correspondence -- Allison, J. H. 3 8 Correspondence -- Allison, J. H. 3 9 Correspondence -- American Legion 3 10 Correspondence -- Amis - Arledge 3 11 Correspondence -- Arledge - Associated 3 12 Correspondence -- Atkinson - Austin 3 13 Correspondence -- Avent, E. W. - Avent, Frank 3 14 Correspondence -- Avent, Frank 3 15 Correspondence -- Avent, Frank 3 16 Correspondence -- Avent, Frank 4 1 Correspondence -- Avent, Frank 4 2 Correspondence -- Avent, Frank 4 3 Correspondence -- Bachman - Baker 4 4 Correspondence -- Balls, H. O. 4 5 Correspondence -- Bannister - Barton 4 6 Correspondence -- Baskerville - Beale 4 7 Correspondence -- Beasley - Bohnert 4 8 Correspondence -- Bolin, A. B. 4 9 Correspondence -- Bolin, A. B. 4 10 Correspondence -- Bolin, A. B. 4 11 Correspondence -- Bolin, A. B. 4 12 Correspondence -- Bolin, A. B. 4 13 Correspondence -- Bonfils - Bright 4 14 Correspondence -- Briley - Broughton 4 15 Correspondence -- Broun - Browning 5 1 Correspondence -- Brownlow - Bryan, John W. 5 2

Correspondence -- Bryan, William Jennings 5 3 Correspondence -- Bryan, William Jennings - Bullock 5 4 Correspondence -- Bumpus - Byrd 5 5 Correspondence -- Byrns, Joseph W. 5 6 Correspondence -- Byrns, Joseph W. 5 7 Correspondence -- Caldwell, A. S. - Caldwell, James E. 5 8 Correspondence -- Caldwell, James E. - Caldwell,

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Correspondence -- Caldwell, Rogers 6 1 Correspondence -- Caldwell, S. H. - Campen 6 2 Correspondence -- Campen, Marvin 6 3 Correspondence -- Capley - Carr 6 4 Correspondence -- Carre - Cates, Charles T. 6 5 Correspondence -- Cates, Charles T. - Central 6 6 Correspondence -- Chaffee - Charlet 6 7 Correspondence -- Cheek - Citizens 6 8 Correspondence -- Claggett - Claiborne 6 9 Correspondence -- Clark 6 10 Correspondence -- Clayton - Clifton 6 11 Correspondence -- Cloud - Collins 6 12 Correspondence -- Colton, Henry E. 6 13 Correspondence -- Commerce - Commercial 7 1 Correspondence -- Commercial - Cooper 7 2 Correspondence -- Corn - Coursey 7 3 Correspondence -- Cowan - Cox, James M. 7 4 Correspondence -- Cox, John I. 7 5 Correspondence -- Crabb - Crockett 7 6 Correspondence -- Cronk - Crump, E. H. 7 7 Correspondence -- Crump, E. H. - Crumpler 7 8 Correspondence -- Crunk - Cuthell 7 9 Correspondence -- D’Olier - Daines 7 10 Correspondence -- Dandridge - Davidson 7 11 Correspondence -- Davis, Ewin L. 7 12 Correspondence -- Davis, Ewin L. - Davis, M. 7 13 Correspondence -- Davis, Norman - Davis, W. B. 7 14 Correspondence -- Dawson - Dempster 7 15 Correspondence – Denhardt - Dickinson 8 1 Correspondence -- Dickson - Doak 8 2 Correspondence -- Dobson, O. P. - Dobson, W. C. 8 3 Correspondence -- Doheny - Douglass 8 4 Correspondence -- Downs - Dubose 8 5 Correspondence -- Dudley - Dykus 8 6 Correspondence -- Eagles-Edmond 8 7 Correspondence -- Edmonds, James E. 8 8 Correspondence -- Edwards 8 9

Correspondence -- Eggleston - Ehringhaus, J. C. B. 8 10 Correspondence -- Ehringhaus, J. C. B. 8 11 Correspondence -- Ehringhaus, J. C. B. - Erwin, Clyde 8 12 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 8 13 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 8 14 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 8 15 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 8 16 Correspondence – Erwin, John D. 9 1 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 9 2 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 9 3 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 9 4 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 9 5 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 9 6 Correspondence -- Erwin, John D. 9 7 Correspondence -- Eskridge - Eureka 9 8 Correspondence -- Evans, Giles L. 9 9 Correspondence -- Evans, Giles L. 9 10 Correspondence -- Evans, Giles L. 9 11 Correspondence -- Eve - Ewing 9 12 Correspondence -- Exchange - Finlay 9 13 Correspondence -- Finney - Fitzhugh 9 14 Correspondence -- Fitzhugh - Fletch 9 15 Correspondence -- Folk - Fort 9 16 Correspondence -- Foster - Franklin 10 1 Correspondence -- Frazier - Fuqua 10 2 Correspondence -- Gailor - Gatley 10 3 Correspondence -- Gatling - Gillett 10 4 Correspondence -- Glascock - Goodlett 10 5 Correspondence -- Goodloe - Graham 10 6 Correspondence -- Grahan - Graves 10 7 Correspondence -- Greenlee, Frank 10 8 Correspondence -- Greenup - Grover 10 9 Correspondence -- Gwin, L .E. 10 10 Correspondence -- Gwin, L. E. 10 11 Correspondence -- Haggard - Hall 10 12 Correspondence -- Hamilton - Hart 10 13 Correspondence -- Hartwell - Hedrick 10 14 Correspondence -- Hefferman - Higgins 10 15 Correspondence -- Hill - Hinrichs 10 16 Correspondence -- Hinton - Holliday 11 1 Correspondence -- Holland - Horton 11 2 Correspondence -- Hoss - Howse 11 3 Correspondence -- Hudson - Hyde 11 4 Correspondence -- Iglehart - Inzer 11 5 Correspondence -- Jackson - Jenkins 11 6

Correspondence -- Johnson 11 7 Correspondence -- Jonas - Justice 11 8 Correspondence -- Kansas - Kent 11 9 Correspondence -- Kern, John W. 11 10 Correspondence -- Kerrigan - King 11 11 Correspondence -- Kirby - Knapp 11 12 Correspondence -- Knight - Knox 11 13 Correspondence -- Knoxville - Kritsky 11 14 Correspondence -- LaCossitt - Lackey, J. G. 11 15 Correspondence -- Lackey, J. G. 11 16 Correspondence -- Lackey, J. G. 11 17 Correspondence -- Lamping - Lanier 12 1 Correspondence -- Lansing - Lea, Edward 12 2 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 3 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 4 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 5 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 6 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 7 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 8 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 9 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 10 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth 12 11 Correspondence -- Lea, Elizabeth-Lea, Homer 12 12 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1899 - 1918 12 13 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1918 - 1919 12 14 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1921 - 1925 12 15 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1930 12 16 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1930 12 17 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1930 12 18 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1931 13 1 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1931 13 2 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1931 13 3 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1931 13 4 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1931 13 5 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1932 13 6 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1934 13 7 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1934 13 8 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1934 13 9 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1934 13 10 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1934 13 11 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1934 13 12 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1934 13 13 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1934 13 14 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1935 13 15 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1935 13 16

Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1935 13 17 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1935 13 18 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1935 13 19 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1935 13 20 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1935 13 21 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 13 22 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 1 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 2 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 3 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 4 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 5 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 6 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 7 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 8 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 9 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 10 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 11 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 12 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1936 14 13 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1937 14 14 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1937 14 15 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1937 14 16 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1937 14 17 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1937 14 18 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1937 14 19 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1938 14 20 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1938 14 21 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1938 14 22 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1938 14 23 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1939 14 24 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1939 14 25 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1939 14 26 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1939 14 27 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1939 14 28 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1940 15 1 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1940 15 2 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1941 15 3 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1941 15 4 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1941 15 5 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1942 15 6 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1942 15 7 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1942 15 8 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1942 15 9 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1942 15 10 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1943 15 11

Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1943 15 12 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1943 15 13 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1944 15 14 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke 1945 15 15 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke undated 15 16 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1928 15 17 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1930 15 18 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1930 15 19 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1934 15 20 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 15 21 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 15 22 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 15 23 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 15 24 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 15 25 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 16 1 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 16 2 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 16 3 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 16 4 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 16 5 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 16 6 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1935 16 7 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1936 16 8 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1936 16 9 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1936 16 10 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1936 16 11 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1937 16 12 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1937 16 13 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1937 16 14 Correspondence -- Lea, Luke Jr. 1943 16 15 Correspondence -- Lea, Mary Louise 1912 16 16 Correspondence -- Lea, Mary Louise 1912 16 17 Correspondence -- Lea, Mary Louise 1912 16 18 Correspondence -- Lea, Mary Louise 1912 16 19 Correspondence -- Lea, Mary Louise 1912 16 20 Correspondence -- Lea, Mary Louise 1912 16 21 Correspondence -- Lea, Mary Louise 1912 16 22 Correspondence -- Lea, Overton 17 1 Correspondence -- Lea, Percie 17 2 Correspondence -- Lea, Percie 17 3 Correspondence -- Lea, Sara 17 4 Correspondence -- Leach - Legare 17 5 Correspondence -- Levine - Little 17 6 Correspondence -- Littleton, Carlyle - Littleton, Jesse 17 7 Correspondence -- Litz - Longworth 17 8 Correspondence -- Looney - Lorimer 17 9

Correspondence -- Loser - Lynch 17 10 Correspondence -- McAdoo - McAlister 17 11 Correspondence -- McBryde - McConnico 17 12 Correspondence -- McCord - McFarland 17 13 Correspondence -- McHarg - McKay 17 14 Correspondence -- McKellar - McReynolds 17 15 Correspondence -- McWilliams - Mahan 18 1 Correspondence -- Mallison 18 2 Correspondence -- Malone - Marquiss 18 3 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 4 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 5 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 6 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 7 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 8 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 9 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 10 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 11 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 12 Correspondence -- Marshall, R. C. 18 13 Correspondence -- Marshall, Martin - Middleton 18 14 Correspondence -- Miles, Lovick 18 15 Correspondence -- Miles, Lovick 18 16 Correspondence -- Miles, Lovick 18 17 Correspondence -- Miller, G. W. - Miller, Lee 18 18 Correspondence -- Milton - Mitchell 18 19 Correspondence -- Mizell - Moorhead 19 1 Correspondence -- Moorman - Morgan, Marshall 19 2 Correspondence -- Morgan, Marshall 19 3 Correspondence -- Morgan, R. F. - Morrison 19 4 Correspondence -- Morrissey - Munsey 19 5 Correspondence -- Murdock, Elizabeth 19 6 Correspondence -- Murdock, Elizabeth 19 7 Correspondence -- Murdock, J. O. - Myers 19 8 Correspondence -- Napier - Nederrey 19 9 Correspondence -- Neff, Charles 19 10 Correspondence -- Neil - Newport 19 11 Correspondence -- Nichol - North 19 12 Correspondence -- Norvell - O’Connor 19 13 Correspondence -- O’Donnell - Ochs 19 14 Correspondence -- Odle - Orr 19 15 Correspondence -- Oursler - Overton 19 16 Correspondence -- Owens, W. A. 19 17 Correspondence -- Pacific - Park 20 1 Correspondence -- Parker - Patterson 20 2 Correspondence -- Patton - Peay, Austin 20 3

Correspondence -- Peay, Austin 20 4 Correspondence -- Pecora - Perry 20 5 Correspondence -- Pershing, John J. 20 6 Correspondence -- Peters-Peyton 20 7 Correspondence -- Pierce - Pitt 20 8 Correspondence -- Plough - Porter 20 9 Correspondence -- Post - Preston 20 10 Correspondence -- Price - Pullen 20 11 Correspondence -- Quezon - Raines 20 12 Correspondence -- Ramsey - Ransom 20 13 Correspondence -- Ravenscroft - Reynolds 20 14 Correspondence -- Rhea - Rice, C. A. 20 15 Correspondence -- Rice, Ed - Rick 20 16 Correspondence -- Riddick - Robertson 20 17 Correspondence -- Robertson, Laura (Lea) 20 18 Correspondence -- Robertson, Laura (Lea) 20 19 Correspondence -- Robertson, Laura (Lea) 20 20 Correspondence -- Robertson, Laura (Lea) 21 1 Correspondence -- Robertson, Laura (Lea) 21 2 Correspondence -- Robertson, Laura (Lea) 21 3 Correspondence -- Robertson, Laura (Lea) 21 4 Correspondence -- Robertson, Laura (Lea) 21 5 Correspondence -- Robertson, N. G. - Robertson,

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Correspondence -- Robertson, William C. 21 7 Correspondence -- Roeper - Roosevelt 21 8 Correspondence -- Roper - Rosenbaum 21 9 Correspondence -- Rountree - Rye 21 10 Correspondence -- Sadie - Savage 21 11 Correspondence -- Sawyer, Charles 21 12 Correspondence -- Schoalfield - Segar 21 13 Correspondence -- Seibels - Shannon 21 14 Correspondence -- Sharp - Shepherd 21 15 Correspondence -- Shepherd, David 21 16 Correspondence -- Shepherd, David 21 17 Correspondence -- Shepherd, David 21 18 Correspondence -- Shepherd, David 21 19 Correspondence -- Shepherd, David - Shinkle 22 1 Correspondence -- Shook, A. M. 22 2 Correspondence -- Shook, A. M. 22 3 Correspondence -- Shropshire - Sims 22 4 Correspondence -- Slack - Small 22 5 Correspondence -- Smith - Smithson 22 6 Correspondence -- Smithwick - Stevens 22 7 Correspondence -- Stevenson, Adlai E. 22 8

Correspondence -- Stevenson, Alec - Stone 22 9 Correspondence -- Storey - Stratton 22 10 Correspondence -- Straus - Suter 22 11 Correspondence -- Suter, Herman 22 12 Correspondence -- Suter, Herman 22 13 Correspondence -- Suter, Herman - Sykes 22 14 Correspondence -- Tainton - Tarvin 22 15 Correspondence -- Taylor, Coleman - Taylor, J. Will 22 16 Correspondence -- Taylor, J.Will 22 17 Correspondence -- Taylor, J. Will 22 18 Correspondence -- Tennessee Publishing Company 22 19 Correspondence -- Thomae - Thomas, E. W. 23 1 Correspondence -- Thomas, Elmer- Thomas, W. G. M. 23 2 Correspondence -- Thompson, F. M. - Thompson,

William C. 23 3

Correspondence -- Thomson - Tillett 23 4 Correspondence -- Timberlake - Trammell 23 5 Correspondence -- Traughber - Trezavant, Stanley 23 6 Correspondence -- Trezavant, Stanley 23 7 Correspondence -- Trezavant, Stanley 23 8 Correspondence -- Trezavant, Stanley 23 9 Correspondence -- Tupper, James - Tupper, Vernon 23 10 Correspondence -- Turner - Tutwiler 23 11 Correspondence -- Tyne- Tyner 23 12 Correspondence -- Tyson, Lawrence D. 23 13 Correspondence -- Ungles - Vance 23 14 Correspondence -- Wade - Waldrop 23 15 Correspondence -- Walker - Wall 23 16 Correspondence -- Wallace - Waller 23 17 Correspondence -- Walsh- Warden 23 18 Correspondence -- Warner, Edwin 23 19 Correspondence -- Warner, Edwin 23 20 Correspondence -- Warner, Edwin 23 21 Correspondence – Warner, Edwin 24 1 Correspondence – Warner, Edwin 24 2 Correspondence – Warner, Joseph 24 3 Correspondence – Warner, Joseph 24 4 Correspondence – Warner, Percy 24 5 Correspondence – Warner, Percy 24 6 Correspondence – Warner, Percy 24 7 Correspondence – Warner, Percy 24 8 Correspondence – Warner, Mrs. Percy 24 9 Correspondence – Warner, Mrs. Percy 24 10 Correspondence – Warren - Watson 24 11 Correspondence – Wautauga - Wells 24 12

Correspondence – Welsh - Werthan, Bernard 24 13 Correspondence – Werthan, Bernard - West 24 14 Correspondence – Western - Whitaker, Glover 24 15 Correspondence – Whitaker, M. N. - Whitaker, Phil 24 16 Correspondence – Whitaker, Phil 24 17 Correspondence – Whitby - White, J. K. 24 18 Correspondence – White, John O. 24 19 Correspondence – White, John O. 24 20 Correspondence – White, John O. 24 21 Correspondence -- White, John Warner 25 1 Correspondence -- White, John Warner 25 2 Correspondence -- White, John Warner 25 3 Correspondence -- White, M. A. - White, William 25 4 Correspondence -- White, William - Whitworth 25 5 Correspondence -- Wiggins, B. L. 25 6 Correspondence -- Wiggs, A. H. 25 7 Correspondence -- Wiggs, A. H. 25 8 Correspondence -- Wiggs, A. H. 25 9 Correspondence -- Wilcox - Williams, Carl 25 10 Correspondence -- Williams, Ed - Williams, William 25 11 Correspondence -- Williamson - Wills 25 12 Correspondence -- Wilson, Ellsworth - Wilson, William 25 13 Correspondence -- Wilson, Woodrow 25 14 Correspondence -- Wimbish - Witherspoon 25 15 Correspondence -- Witt - Woods 25 16 Correspondence -- Woodson - Wooley 25 17 Correspondence -- Worley, Ann - Worley, C. E. 25 18 Correspondence -- Worley, J. Parks - Worley, James R. 25 19 Correspondence -- Worley, James R. 25 20 Correspondence -- Worley, James R. 25 21 Correspondence -- York -Young 25 22 Correspondence -- Miscellaneous 25 23

Diaries -- Lea, Luke [Moved to Box 68, Folder 2] January 1918 26 1

Diaries -- Lea, Luke [Moved to Box 68, Folder 3] February - March 1918 26 2

Diaries -- Lea, Luke [Moved to Box 68, Folder 4] April - May 1918 26 3

Diaries -- Lea, Luke [Moved to Box 68, Folder 5] June - July 1918 26 4

Diaries -- Lea, Luke [Moved to Box 68, Folder 6]

August 1918 -

January 1919

26 5

Diaries -- Lea, Luke May 19,

1933 - May 16, 1934

26 6

Diaries – Lea, Luke May 17 - July 3, 1934 26 7

Diaries – Lea, Luke July 4 -

August 2, 1934

26 8

Diaries – Lea, Luke August 3 - September 12, 1934

26 9

Diaries – Lea, Luke

September 13 -

October 19, 1934

26 10


October 21, 1934 -

January 18, 1935

26 11

Diaries – Lea, Luke January 19 -

March 5, 1935

26 12

Diaries – Lea, Luke March 6 - April 25,

1935 26 13

Diaries – Lea, Luke April 26 - September 10, 1935

26 14


September 11 -

November 10, 1935

26 15


November 11, 1935 - January 8,

1936

26 16

Diaries – Lea, Luke January 9 - February 29, 1936

26 17

Diaries – Lea, Luke March 1 - April 19,

1936 26 18

Diaries – Lea, Luke April 20 -

June 6, 1936

26 19

Diaries – Lea, Luke June 7 - July 16,

1936 26 20


August 24, 1936

26 21

Diaries – Lea, Luke August 25 - October 21,

1936 26 22

Diaries – Lea, Luke October 22 - November

18, 1936 27 1


November 19 -

December 31, 1936

27 2

Diaries – Lea, Luke 1937 27 3

Diaries – Lea, Luke January 1 - February 13, 1938

27 4

Diaries – Lea, Luke February 14 - April 29,

1938 27 5

Diaries – Lea, Luke April 30 -

June 8, 1938

27 6

Diaries – Lea, Luke January 1 - 27, 1939 27 7

Diaries – Lea, Luke January 28 - March 16,

1939 27 8

Diaries – Lea, Luke March 17 -

July 20, 1939

27 9


December 31, 1939

27 10

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] May 9 - June 26,

1934 27 11

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] June 27 - July 28,

1934 27 12

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] August 3 - November

6, 1934 27 13

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals]

November 7, 1934 - February 10, 1935

27 14

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] November 11 - May 23, 1935

27 15

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] August 25 - November

7, 1935 27 16

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals]

November 9, 1935 -

January 14, 1936

27 17

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] January 15 -

April 19, 1936

27 18

Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1938 28 1 Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1939 28 2 Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1942 28 3 Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1942 28 4 Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1942 28 5 Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1943 28 6 Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1943 28 7 Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1943 28 8 Diaries – Lea, Luke [originals] 1944 28 9 Editorials -- “Review of the Luke Lea Case” 1931 29 1 Farm Records -- Lealand Management 1916 29 2 Financial Records -- Accounts -- Lea, Luke 1937 29 3 Financial Records -- Accounts -- Lea, Luke 1937 29 4 Financial Records – Accounts -- Tennessean Publishing

Company 1919 29 5

Financial Records -- Agreements -- Tennessee Publishing Company 1930 29 6

Financial Records -- Assets and Liabilities -- Lea, Luke 1908 29 7 Financial Records -- Bonds -- Belle Meade Land

Company 1934 29 8

Financial Records -- Bonds -- Henderson County (Tennessee) 1934 29 9

Financial Records -- Bonds -- Henderson County (Tennessee) 1934 29 10

Financial Records -- Canceled Checks -- East Tennessee National Bank 1928 - 1931 29 11

Financial Records -- Charter -- Parthenon Press Company 1945 29 12

Financial Records -- Income Tax -- Lea, Luke 1943 29 13 Financial Records -- Income Tax -- Lea, Luke 1945 29 14 Financial Records -- Insurance Policy -- Lea, Percie

Warner 1940 29 15

Financial Records -- Statements -- Radio Indemnity Corporation 29 16

Financial Records -- Statements -- Tennessean 29 17 Financial Records -- Statements -- Tennessean

Publishing Company 1930 29 18

Genealogy -- Lea Family 30 1 Interviews -- Browning, Gordon 1969 30 2 Interviews -- Charlet, E. P. 1973 30 3 Interviews -- Cheney, Brainard 1979 30 4 Interviews -- Dinwiddie, P. R. 1979 30 5 Interviews -- Edwards, Wallace 1979 30 6 Interviews -- Evans, F. Bernard 1978 30 7 Interviews -- Frazer, Mrs. George A. 1970 30 8 Interviews -- Haggerty, Ted 30 9 Interviews -- Hatcher, Joe 1971 30 10 Interviews -- Hewitt, Maxey 1973 30 11 Interviews -- Lea, Luke 1942 30 12 Interviews -- Ramsey, J. Basil 1968 30 13 Interviews -- Seigenthaler, Walter 30 14 Interviews -- Williams, Albert 1978 30 15 Inventory -- “Lealand” 1921 30 16 Inventory -- “Lealand” 30 17 Invitations -- Lea, Luke 1911 30 18 Invitations -- Miscellaneous 1913 30 19 Invitations -- Miscellaneous 1917 30 20 Land Records -- Deeds -- Belle Meade Land Company 1939 30 21 Land Records -- Deeds -- Foreman, A. D. 1911 30 22 Land Records -- Deeds -- Hagerty, Winifred F. 1934 30 23 Land Records -- Deeds -- Home Telephone Company 1907 30 24 Land Records -- Deeds -- Luke Lea to A. M. Barton 1932 30 25 Land Records -- Deeds -- Nashville Trust Company 1909 30 26 Land Records -- Deeds -- Nashville Trust Company 1911 30 27 Land Records -- Deeds -- Tennessee Electric Power

Company 1928 30 28

Land Records -- Deeds -- Percy Warner to Luke Lea 1927 30 29 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Bradford, J. Charles 1933 31 1 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Caldwell and Company 1934 31 2 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Central Properties, Inc. 1942 31 3 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Crump, H. B. 1930 31 4 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Garrett Case 1912 31 5 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1932 31 6

Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1932 31 7 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1932 31 8 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1932 31 9 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1932 31 10 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1932 31 11 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1932 31 12 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1932 31 13 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1933 - 1934 31 14 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1933 - 1934 31 15 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1933 - 1934 31 16 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1933 - 1934 31 17 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1934 32 1 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Luke 1934 32 2 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Lea, Percie Warner 1934 32 3 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- Reynolds, R. R. 1932 32 4 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- unexecuted 1934 32 5 Legal Records -- Affidavits -- unexecuted 1934 32 6 Legal Records -- Agreements -- Enloe v. A. S. Dies 1911 32 7 Legal Records -- Agreements -- Hermitage National

Bank 1910 32 8

Legal Records -- Agreements -- Lea, Percie Warner 1944 32 9 Legal Records -- Agreements -- Piggy-Wiggly

Company 1924 32 10

Legal Records -- Bonds -- Higgins, Mollie 1935 32 11 Legal Records -- Briefs -- Belle Meade Company v.

Gurney P. Hood 1910 32 12

Legal Records -- Briefs -- J. M. Branham v. Luke Lea 1933 32 13 Legal Records -- Briefs -- R. M. Burns v. City of

Nashville 1915 32 14

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Gurney P. Hood v. Central Properties 1933 32 15

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Elizabeth Overton Lea v. Mrs. Ella Lea 1918 32 16

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Elizabeth Overton Lea v. Mrs. Ella Lea 1922 32 17

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Ella Lea v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1914 32 18

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Luke Lea v. J. J. Bean 1933 32 19 Legal Records -- Briefs -- Luke Lea v. Lawrence E.

Brown 1933 32 20

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Luke Lea v. Muncy Coal Mining Company 1921 32 21

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Bessie Lea Leake v. Overton Lea 1906 32 22

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Long Distance Telephone Company v. Home Telephone Company 1907 32 23

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Mathis Case 1937 32 24 Legal Records -- Briefs -- Nashville Trust v. Dorothy

Leake Elliston 1943 32 25

Legal Records -- Briefs -- John Overton v. Rebecca S. Lea 1924 32 26

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Tennessee Publishing Company v. C. O. Carpenter 1937 32 27

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Tennessee Publishing Company v. C. O. Carpenter 1937 33 1

Legal Records -- Briefs -- Union Bank v. Edwin H. Childress 33 2

Legal Records -- Briefs -- United States v. J. B. Ramsey 33 3 Legal Records -- Extraditions -- Caldwell, Rogers 33 4 Legal Records -- Extraditions -- Lea, Luke 1933 33 5 Legal Records -- Guardianship -- Lea Children 1937 33 6 Legal Records -- Guardianship -- Lea Children 1941 33 7 Legal Records -- Habeas Corpus petition 1934 33 8 Legal Records -- Habeas Corpus petition 1934 33 9 Legal Records -- Habeas Corpus petition 1934 33 10 Legal Records -- Summons -- C. O. Carpenter v. Luke

Lea 1937 33 11

Legal Records -- Receivership -- Tennessee Publishing Company 1933 33 12

























Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Luke Lea 1931 34 11 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Luke Lea 1931 34 12 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Luke Lea 1931 34 13 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Luke Lea 1931 34 14 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 1 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 2 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 3 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 4 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 5 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 6 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 7 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 8 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 9 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 10 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 11 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 12 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 13

Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 14 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 15 Legal Records -- Testimony -- State v. Wallace B. Davis 1931 35 16 Legal Records -- Transfer of Property -- Tennessee

Publishing Company 1910 35 17

Legal Records -- Wills -- Lea, Luke 35 18 Legislation -- United States Senate Legislation 1911 36 1 Legislation -- United States Senate Legislation 1914 36 2 Legislation -- United States Senate Legislation 1945 36 3 Lists -- Democratic National Committee 1908 36 4 Lists -- Employees of the Tennessean 1914 36 5 List -- Political Delegates 1910 36 6 Lists -- Property at “Lealand” 1919 36 7 Lists -- Property Conveyed to Guaranty Title Trust

Company 1915 - 1918 36 8

Maps -- Artillery instruction camp, Coetquidan, France 1918 36 9 Memoranda -- Miscellaneous 36 10 Memoranda -- Reece, J. I. 1933 36 11 Military Records -- Discharge -- Higginbotham, Wallace

C. 1917 36 12

Military Records -- Lea, Luke 1918 36 13 Minutes -- Belle Meade Park Company 1910 36 14 Minutes -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 36 15 Minutes -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 36 16 Minutes -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 36 17 Minutes -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 36 18 Notebook -- Lea Clippings 36 19 Notes -- Tennessee Politics 1910 - 1912 36 20 Orders -- 114th Field Artillery 1918 36 21 Orders -- 114th Field Artillery 1918 36 22 Orders -- John J. Pershing 1918 36 23 Pay Vouchers -- Lea, Luke 1918 36 24 Petitions -- Tennessean Employees 36 25 Poems -- “Beloved of Men” by Mrs. Joe Warner 37 1 Poems -- World War I Poems 37 2 Printed Materials -- Articles -- “War Alles Falsch?” 37 3 Printed Materials -- Articles -- “War Alles Falsch?”

[translation] 37 4

Printed Materials -- Booklets -- “Colonel Luke Lea Unmasked” 37 5

Printed Materials -- Booklets -- “Tennessee Election Laws” 1909 37 6

Printed Materials -- Campaign Literature 1907 37 7 Printed Materials -- Campaign Literature 1914 37 8 Printed Materials -- Campaign Literature 1914 37 9

Printed Materials -- “National Democratic League” 1911 37 10 Proclamations -- “A Square Deal for the Colored Man” 1910 37 11 Proclamations -- “General Order No. 2” 1919 37 12 Programs -- “Armistice Day” 1963 37 13 Programs -- “Luke Lea Reception” 1917 37 14 Prospectuses -- Southern Farm Journal 37 15 Publicity Releases -- Lea’s Pardon 1935 37 16 Receipts -- Postal Telegraph Accounts 1928 37 17 Receipts -- Tennessean Advertising 37 18 Receipts -- Tennessean Advertising 37 19 Recommendations -- Military Awards 1919 37 20 Reports -- “General Report of an Oil-Shale Property” 1915 37 21 Reports -- “Investigation of Transactions Between

Central Bank and Trust Co.” 1934 37 22

Reports -- “Investigation of Transactions Between Central Bank and Trust and Col. Luke Lea” 1934 37 23

Reports -- “Negligence of the Banking Department of the Corporation Commission” 1931 38 1

Reports -- “Statement of Liabilities, Tennessee Publishing Company” 1931 38 2

Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 3 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 4 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 5 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 6 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 7 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 8 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 9 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 10 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 11 Scrapbooks -- Lea, Luke 38 12 Sermons -- “The Otey Sermon” 1915 38 13 Speeches -- “Democratic Harmony” 1912 39 1 Speeches -- “Felix Grundy” 1838 39 2 Speeches -- “Income Tax Legislation” 1913 39 3 Speeches -- Miscellaneous -- Lea, Luke 1912 39 4 Speeches -- Miscellaneous -- Lea, Luke 1914 39 5 Speeches -- Miscellaneous -- Lea, Luke 1918 39 6 Speeches -- Miscellaneous -- Lea, Luke 39 7 Speeches -- Lea’s Acceptance for Governor 1910 39 8 Speeches -- “Louisville and Nashville Railroad” 39 9 Speeches -- “The National Forces in Conflict Today” 1914 39 10 Speeches -- “Opening Speech of Governor Malcolm

Patterson” 1907 39 11

Speeches -- “Precedents Smashed and to Be Smashed” 1912 39 12 Speeches -- Preston Speech 1912 39 13

Speeches -- “Responsibilities of Citizenship” 1940 39 14 Speeches -- “An Uncensored History of Sewanee” 40 1 Speeches -- “Unveiling of Civil War Monument” 1915 40 2 Statements -- Henderson County, Tennessee, Bonds 1934 40 3 Subject -- American National Bank 1933 40 4 Subject -- American National Bank 1933 40 5 Subject -- Analysis of the Tennessean 1928 40 6 Subject -- Analysis of the Tennessean Operations 1928 40 7 Subject -- Atlanta Constitution Lawsuit 1928 40 8 Subject -- Attempt to Kidnap the Kaiser 1949 40 9 Subject -- Baltimore Democratic Convention 1912 40 10 Subject -- Baltimore Democratic Convention 1912 40 11 Subject -- Bank of Tennessee 1930 40 12 Subject -- Battlefield Association, Civil War

Monuments 1926 40 13

Subject -- Belle Meade Company 1912 40 14 Subject -- Belle Meade Country Club 1914 40 15 Subject -- Bituminous Rock 1938 41 1 Subject -- Brig. General Madison Pearson 1945 41 2 Subject -- Caldwell and Company 1928 41 3 Subject -- Central Bank Transactions 1930 41 4 Subject -- Central Bank Transactions 1930 41 5 Subject -- Central Bank Transactions 1930 41 6 Subject -- Chattanooga Property Company 1928 41 7 Subject -- Civil War Claims 1912 41 8 Subject -- Civil War Claims 1912 41 9 Subject -- Civil War Compensation 1911 41 10 Subject -- Cocke Trust 1913 41 11 Subject -- Columbus Oil and Shale 1941 41 12 Subject -- Consolidated Bus Lines 1944 41 13 Subject -- Country Weekly Magazine 1936 41 14 Subject -- Country Weekly Magazine 1936 41 15 Subject -- Country Weekly Magazine 1936 41 16 Subject -- Cumberland River Development 1917 42 1 Subject -- Cummings, William J. 1915 42 2 Subject -- Cummings, William J. 1915 42 3 Subject -- Democratic State Convention 1908 42 4 Subject -- Devonian Shales of Southern Illinois 1944 42 5 Subject -- Dixie Farmer 1939 42 6 Subject -- Dixie Farmer 1939 42 7 Subject -- Dixie Farmer 1939 42 8 Subject -- Discharges of Veterans 1945 42 9 Subject -- Dismissal of Knoxville Case 1934 - 1935 42 10 Subject -- Duncan and Company v. North Carolina and

St. Louis Railroad 1909 42 11

Subject -- E. H. Crump Machine 1936 42 12 Subject -- Edward Ward Carmack Statue 1925 42 13 Subject -- Lea’s Efforts to be Released from Prison 42 14 Subject -- 81st Division Reserve Officers 1924 42 15 Subject -- Ella Lea v. Lewisburg and Northern Railroad

Company 1915 43 1

Subject -- Ella Lea v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad 1914 43 2 Subject -- Emergency Currency Legislation 1913 43 3 Subject -- Erwin, John D. 43 4 Subject -- Exchange Club of Nashville 1925 43 5 Subject -- Fisk University 1912 43 6 Subject -- Free Press 1933 43 7 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Election 1914 43 8 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Nomination 1914 43 9 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Nomination 1914 43 10 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Nomination 1914 43 11 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Nomination 1914 43 12 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Nomination 1914 43 13 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Nomination 1914 43 14 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Nomination 1914 43 15 Subject -- Governor Tom Rye’s Nomination 1914 43 16 Subject -- Graphite Production 1941 43 17 Subject -- Great Smoky Mountain Conservation

Association 1925 43 18

Subject -- Harpeth Hills Company v. Wilson West 1944 43 19 Subject -- Harpeth Hills Hunt Club 1927 43 20 Subject -- Hereford Cattle Business 1928 43 21 Subject -- Hereford Cattle Business 1928 43 22 Subject -- Income Tax (Luke Lea) 1929 44 1 Subject -- Insurance Companies 1944 44 2 Subject -- Insurance Reform 1944 44 3 Subject -- International Debt 1937 44 4 Subject -- J. B. Ramsey Trial 1931 44 5 Subject -- Jackson, Tennessee Postmastership 1915 44 6 Subject -- Jackson, Tennessee Postmastership 1915 44 7 Subject -- “James H. Allison” 44 8 Subject -- Joe Byrns Jr. 1938 44 9 Subject -- Joseph Warner Patent 1930 44 10 Subject -- Judge John Gore Impeachment 44 11 Subject -- Kaiser Story [moved to Box 57, Folder 5] 45 1

Correspondence -- Kaiser Story 1928, 1935, 1937 45 2A

Correspondence -- Evans, Henry 1918-1919 45 2B Subject -- Knoxville Journal 1927 45 3 Subject -- Knoxville Journal 1927 45 4

Subject -- Knoxville Journal 1927 45 5 Subject -- Knoxville Journal 1928 45 6 Subject -- Knoxville Journal 1929 45 7 Subject -- Labor Relations 1943 45 8 Subject -- Lea, Mary Louise (Warner) death 1919 45 9 Subject -- Lea, Percie Warner 45 10 Subject -- Lea’s Chatauqua Circuit 1912 45 11 Subject -- Lea’s Pardon 1935 45 12 Subject -- Lea’s Pardon 1937 45 13 Subject -- Lea’s Speaking Engagements 1915 45 14 Subject -- Lea’s Trial 1932 45 15 Subject -- Lea’s Trial 1932 46 1 Subject -- Lea’s Trial 1932 46 2 Subject -- Lea’s Trial 1935 46 3 Subject -- “Luke Lea Case, Draft of Broughton’s

Petition for Lea’s Pardon” 46 4

Subject -- “Luke Lea’s Endorsements” 1915 46 5 Subject -- “List of New Notes Made by the Central

Bank” 1930 46 6

Subject -- Littleton J. Pardue and Cheatham County Bank 1930 46 7

Subject -- Literary Digest 46 8 Subject -- Lorimer Matter 1912 46 9 Subject -- Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Investigation 1913 46 10

Subject -- M and O Paper Company 1930 46 11 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1927 46 12 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1927 46 13 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1927 46 14 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1927 46 15 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1927 46 16 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1928 46 17 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1928 46 18 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1928 46 19 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1928 46 20 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1928 47 1 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1928 47 2 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1930 47 3 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1930 47 4 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1930 47 5 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1930 47 6 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1930 47 7 Subject -- Memphis Commercial Appeal 1930 47 8 Subject -- Memphis Postmastership 1913 47 9 Subject -- Memphis Postmastership 1914 47 10

Subject -- Mississippi River Flood Commission 1912 47 11 Subject -- Muscle Shoals Association 1916 47 12 Subject -- Nashville and American Trust Company 1931 47 13 Subject -- Nashville Auto Diesel College 47 14 Subject -- Nashville Chamber of Commerce 1928 47 15 Subject -- Nashville Polo Club 1923 47 16 Subject -- Nashville Tennessean and American 1911 47 17 Subject -- National Construction Company 1933 47 18 Subject -- Naval Academy, Board of Governors 1928 47 19 Subject -- “Norman Davis Banking Careers” 47 20 Subject -- North Carolina v. Luke Lea 1931 47 21 Subject -- Oil Deficiency Appropriations Bill 1944 47 22 Subject -- Oil Pipelines 1943 47 23 Subject -- Oil Refineries 1941 47 24 Subject -- 114th Field Artillery 1919 48 1 Subject -- 114th Field Artillery 1919 48 2 Subject -- 114th Field Artillery 1919 48 3 Subject -- 114th Field Artillery 1919 48 4 Subject -- 114th Field Artillery 1919 48 5 Subject -- 114th Field Artillery 1919 48 6 Subject -- Ozokerite Wax Automatic Gun 1939 48 7 Subject -- Pan American Foundation 48 8 Subject -- Panama Canal Legislation 1912 48 9 Subject -- Paramount Pictures 1939 48 10 Subject -- Patterson’s Column 1923 48 11 Subject -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 48 12 Subject -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 48 13 Subject -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 48 14 Subject -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 48 15 Subject -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 48 16 Subject -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 48 17 Subject -- Percy Warner Corporation 1930 48 18 Subject -- Percy Warner Corporation 1938 - 1939 48 19 Subject -- Pipe Line Property 1944 49 1 Subject -- Poplar Ridge Property 1944 49 2 Subject -- “The Presidential Plaza” 1924 49 3 Subject -- “The Presidential Plaza” 1928 49 4 Subject -- Radio Stations 1929 - 1930 49 5 Subject -- Reedsburg Brewery and the OPA 1944 49 6 Subject -- Registered Cattle Herds 1930 49 7 Subject -- Regulation of the Insurance Business 1945 49 8 Subject -- Lea’s Request for a Pardon 1934 49 9 Subject -- Robert Love Taylor Memorial 1913 49 10 Subject -- Rodessa Oil Company 1939 49 11 Subject -- Rodessa Oil Company 1940 49 12

Subject -- Shale Oil Development 1943 50 1 Subject -- Sims, T.W. 1914 50 2 Subject -- Smoky Mountain Park 1914 50 3 Subject -- Southern Farmer 1945 50 4 Subject -- Stahlman Controversy 1914 50 5 Subject -- Stahlman Controversy 1914 50 6 Subject -- Stahlman Controversy 1914 50 7 Subject -- “Statement of J.B. Ramsey” 1931 50 8 Subject -- “The Summer White House” 1911 50 9 Subject -- “Super Highways” 1938 50 10 Subject -- “Super Highways” 1938 50 11 Subject -- The Tennessean 1928 50 12 Subject -- The Tennessean 1928 50 13 Subject -- The Tennessean Company and Labor Unions 1931 50 14 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1931 50 15 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1931 50 16 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1931 50 17 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1932 50 18 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1934 50 19 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1936 50 20 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1937 50 21 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1937 50 22 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1937 50 23 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1937 50 24 Subject -- Tennessean Receivership 1937 50 25 Subject -- Tennessee Publishing Company 1907 51 1 Subject -- Tennessee Publishing Company 1914 51 2 Subject -- Tennessee Publishing Company 1932 51 3 Subject -- Tennessee Publishing Company 1932 51 4 Subject -- Tennessee Publishing Company, Refinancing 1931 51 5 Subject -- Tennessee State Debt 1914 51 6 Subject -- Tennessee State Democratic Executive

Committee 1910 51 7

Subject -- Texas Pre-fabricated House and Tent Company 1943 51 8





Subject -- Tri-State Petroleum Association 1942 51 13 Subject -- United States Presidential Election of 1912 51 14

Subject -- United States Senate 1910 52 1 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 2 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 3 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 4 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 5 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 6 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 7 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 8 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 9 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 10 Subject -- United States Senate 1911 52 11 Subject -- United States Senate 1912 52 12 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 52 13 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 1 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 2 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 3 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 4 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 5 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 6 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 7 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 8 Subject -- United States Senate 1913 53 9 Subject -- United States Senate 1914 53 10 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 53 11 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 53 12 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 53 13 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 53 14 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 53 15 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 54 1 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 54 2 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 54 3 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 54 4 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 54 5 Subject -- United States Senate 1915 54 6 Subject -- United States Senate 1916 54 7 Subject -- United States Senate 1916 54 8 Subject -- United States Senate 1916 54 9 Subject -- United States Senate 1916 54 10 Subject -- United States Senate 1916 54 11 Subject -- United States Senate 1916 54 12 Subject -- United States Senate 1916 54 13 Subject -- University of the South 1928 55 1 Subject -- University of the South, Football Team 1899 55 2 Subject -- University of Tennessee Medical School 1911 55 3 Subject -- Victory Oil Pipeline Company 1942 55 4

Subject -- Victory Oil Pipeline Company 1943 55 5 Subject -- Victory Oil Pipeline Company 1944 55 6 Subject -- Victory Oil Pipeline Company 1945 55 7 Subject -- Von Ruck Treatment for Tuberculosis 1913 55 8 Subject -- Von Ruck Treatment for Tuberculosis 1914 55 9 Subject -- Von Ruck Treatment for Tuberculosis 1914 55 10 Subject -- Von Ruck Treatment for Tuberculosis 1914 55 11 Subject -- Von Ruck Treatment for Tuberculosis 1916 55 12 Subject -- Von Ruck Treatment for Tuberculosis 1916 55 13 Subject -- WSM Radio 1929 55 14 Subject -- War Contracts 1945 55 15 Subject -- War Surplus 1945 55 16 Subject -- West Tennessee Company 1930 55 17 Subject -- William Cocke Tombstone 1923 55 18 Subject -- Women’s Suffrage 1917 55 19 Subject -- Yazoo Delta Mortgage 1934 55 20 Thesis -- “The Case of Colonel Luke Lea” by Mary

Virginia Illich 55 21

Writings -- “Advertising in the Country Weekly Newspaper” 56 1

Writings -- “The American Dreyfus Case” 56 2 Writings -- “The American Dreyfus Case” 56 3 Writings -- “Animal Fables” 56 4 Writings -- “Anti-Roosevelt Crusade” 56 5 Writings -- “The Attempt to Impeach Governor Horton” 56 6 Writings -- “Biography of Alexander F. Whitney” 56 7 Writings -- “Chaing Kai Shek” 56 8 Writings -- “Circulation Contest for the Nashville Free

Press” 56 9

Writings -- “Collection of International Debts” 56 10 Writings -- “Collection of International Debts” 56 11 Writings -- “Cooperative Public Relations Between

Liberal Elements” 56 12

Writings -- “Cooperative Public Relations Between Liberal Elements” 56 13

Writings -- “Death Has It’s Sting” 56 14 Writings -- “The Democratic Party” 56 15 Writings -- “Digest of Program for Enacting Certain

Proposed Legislation and Financing a Membership Campaign”

56 16

Writings -- Farm Papers 56 17 Writings -- “Following Thru” 56 18 Writings -- “Foundation for Scholarships” 56 19 Writings -- “Foundation for Veterans” 56 20 Writings -- “Franklin Delano Roosevelt Foundation” 1937 56 21

Writings -- “The Golden Year” 56 22 Writings -- “The Headlinesman” 56 23 Writings -- “The Highway of Tomorrow” 56 24 Writings -- “History of the Union American Publishing

Co.” 1909 57 1

Writings -- “If” 57 2 Writings -- “Insurance Against Postwar Unemployed” 57 3 Writings -- “An Insurance Policy Against Another

World War” 57 4

Writings -- “The Kaiser Story” 57 5 Writings -- “The Last Inch” 57 6 Writings -- “Let’s Not Gyp the G.I.s” 57 7 Writings -- “A Living Death” 57 8 Writings -- “A Living Death” 57 9 Writings -- “Magazine Section for Country Weekly” 57 10 Writings -- “Magazine Supplements for the Country

Weekly” 57 11

Writings -- “Memo, Life Insurance Advertising” 57 12 Writings -- “Memo for Senator Thomas” 57 13 Writings -- “Memo for the President of the United

States” 57 14

Writings -- “My Day” 57 15 Writings -- “A Nationwide Association” 57 16 Writings -- “Newspaper Properties” 57 17 Writings -- “North Carolina Prison Reform” 57 18 Writings -- “Now is Not the Time to Sock Uncle Sam” 57 19 Writings -- “Old Age Pensions” 57 20 Writings -- “Pan American Foundation” 57 21 Writings Political Articles 1943 58 1 Writings -- “A Political Prisoner” 58 2 Writings -- “Presidential Election of 1940” 58 3 Writings -- “Prison Reforms Recommended” 58 4 Writings -- “Prisons, Reformatories and Penal

Institutions of Tennessee” 58 5

Writings -- “Proposed Legislative Program” 58 6 Writings -- “Reader’s Review” 58 7 Writings -- “Reader’s Rewards” 58 8 Writings -- “Reconstruction Finance Corporation” 58 9 Writings -- “The Rule of the Minority” 58 10 Writings -- “The Story of Tennessee” 58 11 Writings -- “Stuffed Shirts” 58 12 Writings -- “Tennessee in Forty-Six” 58 13 Writings “The Treadmill” 58 14 Writings -- “The Triumph of Boss Crump: The

Tennessee Gubernatorial Election of 1932” 58 15

Writings -- “United States Savings Bank” 58 16 Writings -- “An Unmarked Deck” 58 17 Writings -- “Veteran’s Hour” 58 18 Writings -- “Who’s Next” 58 19 Writings -- “A World Constitution in Writing” 58 20

Contents/Item Title Date Box Item Oversize -- Certificates -- Appointment of Luke Lea as a

Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard August 5,

1917 59 1

Oversize -- Reports -- Voyage Report of the Karoa from New York to Liverpool

June 7, 1918 59 2

Oversize -- Clippings -- Page from Tennessean May 12, 1918 59 3

Oversize -- Clippings -- Page from Nashville Banner May 12, 1918 59 4

Oversize -- Clippings -- Page from unknown magazine September 22, 1929 59 5

Contents/Item Title Date Box Album Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Letters congratulating Lea on

becoming U. S. Senator 1911 60 1

Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Letters congratulating Lea on becoming U. S. Senator 1911 60 2


Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Newspaper clippings ca. 1930 - 1934 61 2

Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Newspaper clippings about Lea’s trial 1933 61 3

Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Letters welcoming Lea home from World War I 1919 62 1

Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Telegrams congratulating Lea on becoming U. S. Senator 1911 62 2


Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Newspaper clippings about Lea’s application for pardon 1935 63 1

Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Newspaper clippings about Lea’s pardon and parole 1935 - 1936 63 2

Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Newspaper clippings 1932 - 1934 63 3 Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Letters congratulating Lea on

appointment to fill vacant U. S. Senate seat 1929 64 1

Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Newspaper clippings about Lea’s appointment to fill vacant U. S. Senate seat

1929 64 2

Oversize -- Scrapbooks -- Newspaper clippings about Lea’s time as a U. S Senator 1911 - 1912 65 1

Contents/Item Title Date Box Photo Photographs -- Overton and Ella Cocke Lea ca. 1860s 66 1 Photographs -- Mrs. John M. Lea (Elizabeth Bell

Overton) ca. 1860s 66 2

Photographs -- Margaret Lawrence Lindsley (wife of Percy Warner) ca. 1882 66 3

Photographs -- Luke Lea ca. 1880s 66 4 Photographs -- Luke Lea [2 copies] ca. 1880s 66 5 Photographs -- “His Excellency President Luke Lea” ca. 1880s 66 6 Photographs -- University of the South football team [2

copies] 1899 66 7

Photographs -- Luke Lea [2 copies] ca. 1910 66 8 Photographs -- Luke Lea and William Jennings Bryan ca. 1910 66 9 Photographs -- Mary Louise Warner (Luke Lea’s first

wife) ca. 1910 66 10

Photographs -- Senator Luke Lea ca. 1911 66 11 Photographs -- “When Our Senator-elect Reaches

Washington” 1911 66 12

Photographs -- Luke Lea ca. 1911 66 13 Photographs -- Mary Louise Warner Lea ca. 1915 66 14 Photographs -- Percie Warner (Luke Lea’s second wife) ca. 1915 66 15 Photographs -- “Rodman at Meachums Camp, Rock

Island, Tenn.” 1916 66 16

Photographs -- Painting of Luke Lea in uniform [2 copies] ca. 1918 66 17

Photographs -- Portrait of Luke Lea in uniform ca. 1918 66 18 Photographs -- Luke Lea in uniform and helmet 1918 66 19 Photographs -- Luke Lea wearing gas mask 1918 66 20 Photographs -- Luke Lea riding horse 1918 66 21 Photographs -- General King, Major Maning, Captain

Evers, Major Bittel, Colonel Clives, Colonel Luke Lea (taken immediately after armistice became effective) [2 copies]

November 11, 1918 66 22

Photographs -- General King November 11, 1918 66 23

Photographs -- Luke Lea on horseback 1918 66 24 Photographs -- Group who attempted to capture the

Kaiser December

1918 66 25

Photographs -- Group who attempted to capture the Kaiser [copy]

December 1918 66 26

Photographs -- Homecoming 1919 66 27 Photographs -- Luke Lea, Percie Warner Lea, Luke Lea

Jr., Percy Lea 1920 66 28

Photographs -- Luke Lea, Percie Warner Lea, Luke Lea Jr., Percy Lea [copy] 1920 66 29

Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea 1923 66 30 Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea ca. 1924 66 31 Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea 1925 66 32 Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea 1925 66 33 Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea 1925 66 34 Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea ca. 1927 66 35 Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea ca. 1927 66 36 Photographs -- Luke Lea Making a Speech ca. 1920s 66 37 Photographs -- Mrs. Percy Warner and Mary Louise Lea

at Howell Place ca. 1923 66 38

Photographs -- Margaret Greenlee, Margaret Frazer Rose, Mrs. Percy Warner, Mary Louise Lea (baby), Mary Frazer, Mary Louise Malleson Bahneil

ca. 1920s 66 39

Photographs -- Elizabeth Lea ca. 1920s 66 40 Photographs -- Mrs. Percy Warner ca. 1920s 66 41 Photographs -- Luke Lea, Mary Louise Lea, Autogyro at

McCarrell Field 1932 66 42

Photographs -- Luke Lea, Mary Louise Lea, Autogyro at McCarrell Field [copy] 1932 66 43

Photographs -- Luke Lea, Percie Warner Lea, Luke Lea Jr., Percy Lea ca. 1930s 66 44

Photographs -- Luke Lea, Percie Warner Lea, Luke Lea Jr., Percy Lea [copy] ca. 1930s 66 45

Photographs -- Mary Louse Lea and dog “Trixie” at Royal Oaks 1934 66 46

Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea, Laura Lea, Overton Lea, and dog “Trixie” at Royal Oaks 1934 66 47

Photographs -- Percie Warner Lea on horse “Pershing” 1936 66 48 Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea on horse “Governor” ca. 1930s 66 49 Photographs -- Luke Lea ca. 1930s 66 50 Photographs -- Luke Lea ca. 1930s 66 51 Photographs -- Luke Lea [2 copies] ca. 1930s 66 52 Photographs -- Luke Lea ca. 1940s 66 53 Photographs -- Luke Lea [copy] ca. 1940s 66 54

Photographs -- Luke Lea Jr. ca. 1941-1945 66 55

Photographs -- Mary Louise Tidwell May 1, 1948 66 56

Photographs -- Mary Louise Tidwell May 1, 1948 66 57

Photographs -- William Bailey, Walter Chandler, Horace Frierson, Bob Fields, Bernard Evers, Bob Bell at the 114th Tennessee Field Artillery Reunion, Huntsville, Alabama

May 21 - 22, 1949 66 58

Photographs -- Gordon Browning, Larry MacPhail, Reese Amis at the 114th Tennessee Field Artillery Reunion, Huntsville, Alabama

May 21 - 22, 1949 66 59

Photographs -- Bob Dedman at the 114th Tennessee Field Artillery Reunion, Huntsville, Alabama

May 21 - 22, 1949 66 60

Photographs -- First Reunion of the 114th Field Artillery, Huntsville, Alabama

May 21 - 22, 1949 66 61

Photographs -- Horace Frierson, Mitchell Long, Nuck Brown, Tom Henderson, Bob Bell at the 114th Tennessee Field Artillery Reunion, Huntsville, Alabama

May 21 - 22, 1949 66 62

Photographs -- Larry MacPhail, Tom Henderson, Gordon Browning, Reese T. Amis, Mitchell Long, Enoch Brown at the 114th Tennessee Field Artillery Reunion, Huntsville, Alabama

May 21 - 22, 1949 66 63

Photographs -- Wives (identifications on back of photograph) at the 114th Tennessee Field Artillery Reunion, Huntsville, Alabama

May 21 - 22, 1949 66 64

Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea Tidwell December 1971 66 65

Photographs -- Mary Louise Lea Tidwell ca. 1970s 66 66 Photographs -- Luke Lea’s children and spouses at the

home of Mary Louise Lea Tidwell 1989 66 67

Photographs -- Luke Lea’s grandchildren and spouses at the home of Mary Louise Lea Tidwell 1989 66 68

Photographs -- David A. Shepherd 66 69

Photographs -- Cromwell Tidwell September 24, 1975 66 70

Photographs -- Andrew Jackson 66 71 Photographs -- Randal W. McGavock 66 72 Photographs -- Amerongen Castle, Netherlands 67 1 Photographs -- Amerongen Castle, Netherlands 67 2 Photographs -- Amerongen Castle, Netherlands 67 3 Photographs -- Army tent ca. 1918 67 4 Photographs -- Bedroom at Lealand 67 5 Photographs -- Bedroom at Lealand 67 6 Photographs -- Boxwood, Home of Luke Lea 1928 - 1934 67 7 Photographs -- Dugout in France 1918 67 8 Photographs -- Home of Judge John Burrien, Rockford,

New Jersey 67 9

Photographs -- Laboratory at the University of Hawaii 1934 67 10 Photographs -- Lealand, Home of Overton Lea 1884 67 11 Photographs -- Lealand, Home of Overton Lea 1884 67 12 Photographs -- Lealand, Home of Overton Lea 1884 67 13 Photographs -- Lealand, Home of Overton Lea 1884 67 14

Photographs -- North Carolina State Prison ca. 1930s 67 15 Photographs -- North Carolina State Prison ca. 1930s 67 16 Photographs -- Party given at Melrose, Nashville, TN, in

honor of Mrs. James O. Murdock. 67 17

Photographs -- Party given at Melrose, Nashville, TN, in honor of Mrs. James O. Murdock 67 18



Photographs -- Percy Warner funeral 1927 67 21 Photographs -- Percy Warner funeral 1927 67 22 Photographs -- Percy Warner funeral 1927 67 23 Photographs -- Percy Warner funeral 1927 67 24 Photographs -- Percy Warner funeral 1927 67 25 Photographs -- Percy Warner funeral 1927 67 26 Photographs -- The Tennessean offices 67 27 Photographs -- Unveiling of park plaque in memory of

Col. Luke Lea April 16,

1950 67 28

Photographs -- Unveiling of park plaque in memory of Col. Luke Lea

April 16, 1950 67 29

Photographs -- Aerial reconnaissance photograph of the trenches near Vaux-lès-Palameix, France ca. 1918 67 30

Photographs -- U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph # [hereafter SC#] 25258, “Quartermaster supplies entering Fliry after four years of German occupation. Fliry, Meurthe et Moselle, France. September 28, 1918.”

September 28, 1918 67 31

Photographs -- SC# 27433, “Showing shelled village of Cheppy when First Division entered. Cheppy, Meuse, France. October 1, 1918.”

October 1, 1918 67 32

Photographs -- SC# 23692 [no caption listed in Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs Taken by the Signal Corps., U.S.A.], soldier pitching a tent

ca. 1918 67 33

Photographs -- SC# 24889, “German guns and ammunition captured by the Eighteenth Division. Bethincourt, Meuse, France. October 5, 1918.”

October 5, 1918 67 34

Photographs -- SC# 25362, “A street scene at Cheppy, showing Red Cross tents at the right. An old German signboard in the foreground. Cheppy, Meuse, France. October 6, 1918.”

October 6, 1918 67 35

Photographs -- SC# 26114, “View looking into village from road that leads from Montfaucon [Montfaucon-d'Argonne]. An American ambulance is seen speeding out of the village, which is still under bombardment by the Germans. To the right of the road can be seen débris and the body of a horse killed by a shell a short time before. The machine-gun limber to which he was harnessed stands beside him. Fourth Division. Nantillois, Meuse, France. October 5, 1918.”

October 5, 1918 67 36

Photographs -- SC# 25273, “The burning of Thiacourt [Thiaucourt-Regniéville] on the afternoon of September 12, 1918. The fire was started by a German 6.2 shell. This town is now under constant bombardment. One night the Germans dropped five gas shells per minute for over two hours. Thiacourt, Meurthe et Moselle, France. September 21, 1918.”

September 21, 1918 67 37

Photographs -- SC# 23124 [no caption listed in Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs Taken by the Signal Corps., U.S.A.], 2 French and an American[?] soldier observing the front through telescopes & periscopes

ca. 1918 67 38

Photographs -- SC# 29650, “Interior view of room wrecked by German shells, of the Crown Prince’s observation house, where he saw the Battle of Verdun from. On the left of the picture can be seen the reinforced concrete shaft to protect his big telescope. This shaft ran from the cellar to the roof and was about 8 feet square. Observations were taken in lower part of house in a roughly finished room by the Crown Prince. Note – This house is now used as post command, Third Division, as well as observation post of Third Division and Fifth Army Corps. Third Division. Montfaucon [Montfaucon-d'Argonne], Meuse, France. October 17, 1918.”

October 17, 1918 67 39

Photographs -- SC# 25290, “View of Bouillonville, showing the protecting crescent-shaped hill. Thiaucourt [Thiaucourt-Regniéville], in the distance, being shelled. Taken from the hill over which the Three hundred and fifty-third Infantry entered the town. Near Bouillonville, Meurthe et Moselle, France. September 26, 1918.”

September 26, 1918 67 40

Photographs -- SC# 29527, “View of burned cars and wreckage at the railway depot at Thiacourt [Thiaucourt-Regniéville] after the place had been burned and wrecked by German shell fire. Thiaucourt, Meurthe et Moselle, France. October 4, 1918.”

October 4, 1918 67 41

Photographs -- SC# 23125, “One of the achievements of the American Army’s operations in the Argonne, was the capture of Montfaucon [Montfaucon-d'Argonne]. Montfaucon, that village on a hilltop, which is the highest point between the Aisne and the Meuse, and from whose church steeple on visible for miles and miles around like a finger pointed to Heaven, the Crown Prince watched in 1916 the vain slaughter of his countrymen. Here is a general view of the lay of the land over which the Americans had to advance. The ruins of the town now make only a jaggard [sic] line upon the crest of the ridge.”

1918 67 42

Photographs -- SC# 23693, “General John J. Pershing, Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, left, and Major General William M. Wright in a town in the salient of St. Mihiel, shortly after the capture of the salient by American troops.”

1918 67 43

Photographs -- SC# 25293, “The shelling of the railway bridge near Bouillonville. Mont Sec at the left. Near Bouillonville, Meurthe et Moselle, France. September 28, 1918.”

September 28, 1918 67 44

Photographs -- SC# 29523, “General view of the buildings wrecked by German shell fire after Americans had taken town. View from across stream. Thiaucourt [Thiaucourt-Regniéville], Meurthe et Moselle, France. October 3, 1918.”

October 3, 1918 67 45

Photographs -- SC# 26694, “Entrance to dugout in ruins of Montfaucon [Montfaucon-d'Argonne]. Montfaucon, Meuse, France. October 18, 1918.”

October 18, 1918 67 46

Photographs -- SC# 27418, “Men of the First Division encamped on hillside and horses watering in stream. Ruins of Cheppy. Cheppy, Meuse, France, can be seen. October 1, 1918.”

October 1, 1918 67 47

Photographs -- Postcard of Théâtre Royal et statue Grétry, Liège, Belgiumca. 1918 67 48

Photographs -- Postcard of Pont des Arches, Liège, Belgium ca. 1914 67 49

Photographs -- Postcard of war damage to the church in Ans, Belgium, after the German attack on Liège ca. 1914 67 50

Photographs -- Postcard of war damage to Herve, Belgium ca. 1914 67 51

Photographs -- Postcard of war damage on the Rue de l’Hôtel-de-Ville, Herve, Belgium ca. 1914 67 52

Photographs -- Postcard of war damage in Le Malakof, Herve, Belgium ca. 1914 67 53

Photographs -- Postcard of war damage on the Rue Potiérue, Herve, Belgium ca. 1914 67 54

Photographs -- Postcard of war damage on the Rue Henri-Chapelle, Battice, Belgium ca. 1914 67 55

Photographs -- Postcard of war damage to the Hôtel-de-Ville, Battice, Belgium ca. 1914 67 56

Photographs -- Postcard of war damage on the Rue de la Station, Battice, Belgium ca. 1914 67 57

Photographs -- Postcards of American soldiers standing around several tents ca. 1918 67 58

Photographs -- “Main street in Sanzey, near Forêt de la Reine, echelon of 114th during St. Mihiel drive” 1918 67 59

Photographs -- “’D’ Battery billet in Thiaucourt” 1918 67 60 Photographs -- “Entrance to town of Bouce [sic, Boucq]

– ‘D’ Battery billet on left where Sgt. Tharpe, Sgt. Green and Dinwiddie lived”

1918 67 61

Photographs -- “Rebuilding house in Bernécourt where ‘D’ Battery had its position” 1918 67 62

Photographs -- “Town laundry & watering trough at Bouce [sic, Boucq] used as watering place for regiment horses”

1918 67 63

Photographs -- 3 soldiers standing in front of a captured German artillery piece, France 1918 67 64

Photographs -- 3 soldiers standing in front of a captured German artillery piece, France 1918 67 65

Photographs -- Wreckage of a German airplane, Montfaucon, France 1918 67 66

Photographs -- Unidentified American soldier in uniform ca. 1918 67 67

Photographs -- Equipment of the 114th Field Artillery loaded on a train and heading to the front, France 1918 67 68

Photographs -- Unidentified American soldier standing next to artillery piece on train headed to the front, France

1918 67 69

Photographs -- Equipment of the 114th Field Artillery loaded on a train and heading to the front, France 1918 67 70

Photographs -- A group of American soldiers riding on a large transport car 1918 67 71

Photographs -- Train wreck which killed several members of Battery F, Manois, France

January 21, 1919 67 72


January 21, 1919 67 73


January 21, 1919 67 74

Photographs -- Saddled horse 1918 67 75 Photographs -- Unidentified American soldier riding

horse 1918 67 76

Photographs -- Unidentified American soldier holding horse by bridle 1918 67 77

Photographs -- Artillery piece 1918 67 78 Photographs -- Unidentified American soldier standing

in front of artillery piece 1918 67 79

Photographs -- Unidentified American soldier wearing captured German helmet and standing in front of Red Cross wagon

1918 67 80

Photographs -- American encampment in Toul sector, France 1918 67 81

Photographs -- American encampment in Toul sector, France 1918 67 82

Photographs -- American soldier sitting on wooden horse-drawn cart 1918 67 83

Photographs -- American soldier walking down street in French village 1918 67 84

Photographs -- Trees near the front 1918 67 85 Photographs -- Trees near the front 1918 67 86 Photographs -- Trees near the front 1918 67 87 Photographs -- Unidentified American soldier standing

in front of barbed wire defensive fortification 1918 67 88

Photographs -- Captured German pillbox 1918 67 89 Photographs -- Field with trees destroyed by artillery

fire 1918 67 90

Photographs -- American soldiers with group of civilians 1918 67 91

Photographs -- Soldier’s grave 1918 67 92 Photographs -- Abandoned French tank 1918 67 93 Photographs -- Captured German block house 1918 67 94 Photographs -- Trees felled by artillery fire 1918 67 95 Photographs -- Ruins of Les Eparges, France 1918 67 96 Photographs -- A large shell hole 1918 67 97 Photographs -- Chateau in Guer, France 1918 67 98 Photographs -- Azores Islands 1919 67 99 Photographs -- Aboard the U. S. S. Finland 1919 67 100 Photographs -- Aboard the U. S. S. Finland 1919 67 101

Photographs -- First Sergeant J. C. “Dog” Ward 1918 67 102 Photographs -- Homecoming celebration at the

Governor’s Mansion, 2205 West End Avenue, Nashville

1919 67 103

Photographs -- St. Cecilia homecoming program, Nashville 1919 67 104

Photographs -- Victory arch built in front of State Capitol for homecoming celebration, Nashville 1919 67 105

Photographs -- Colonel Luke Lea and the officers of the 114th Field Artillery Regiment 1918 67 106

Photographs -- Colonel Luke Lea, unidentified officer, and regimental chaplain 1918 67 107

Photographs -- Colonel Luke Lea and regimental chaplain 1918 67 108

Photographs -- Studio portrait of Colonel Luke Lea and 3 unidentified Lieutenants taken in Nancy, France

1918 67 109

Photographs -- Studio portrait of Colonel Luke Lea taken in Nancy, France 1918 67 110

Photographs -- Lieutenant Frank B. Evers 1918 67 111 Photographs -- “‘In Memory of Chaumont’, M. Elliott

Jr., Col. U.S.A.” ca. 1918 67 112

Photographs -- Unidentified group of officers ca. 1918 67 113 Photographs -- Percy Warner, Luke Lea, Luke Lea Jr. June 1925 67 114

Contents/Item Title Date Box Folder Diaries -- World War I 1918 - 1919 68 1

Diaries -- World War I [transcription] January 1918 68 2

Diaries -- World War I [transcription] February - March 1918 68 3

Diaries -- World War I [transcription] April - May 1918 68 4

Diaries -- World War I [transcription] June - July 1918 68 5

Diaries -- World War I [transcription]

August 1918 -

January 1919

68 6

Negatives -- Financial records [76 negatives] 1920s-1930s 69

Documents

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