Merriam, Lucius S. Higher Education in Tennessee,
Contributions to American Educational History, no. 16. Washington, D.C.:
Government Printing Office, 1893.
Chester, Mary Jane. Papers, 1840-44, 1873. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Microfilm.
Henry, Gustavus A. Papers. Southern Historical Collection, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Online manuscript inventory: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Henry,Gustavus_A..
Howe, Chiliab Smith. Papers. Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Online manuscript inventory: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Howe,Chiliab_Smith
Polk Family. Papers, 1864-1938. Southern Historical Collection,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection includes letters from Frances Devereux Polk, who taught at
the Columbia Female Institute, to her daughter, Frances Polk Skipwith.
Wilson, George. Papers, 1834-39. Tennessee State Library and Archives,
Nashville.
Includes correspondence between Wilson and his daughter, Sarah Greer
Wilson, while she attended Columbia Female Institute in 1838 and 1839.