Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-13-605

(a) The department of environment and conservation may enter into all necessary agreements with the state library and archives to ensure the preservation of the historical papers and personal correspondence of Cordell Hull for posterity.

(b) No historical paper or item of personal correspondence shall be removed from the Cordell Hull birthplace without the express written consent of the Friends of Cordell Hull, the successor organization to the Cordell Hull Birthplace and Memorial Association and the true owner of such collection. The Friends of Cordell Hull may, in consultation with the department, develop and implement policies and guidelines for the loan or other removal of such historical papers and items of personal correspondence from the Cordell Hull birthplace. Such historical papers and items of personal correspondence may only be removed from the site with the stipulation, agreed to by the Friends of Cordell Hull and the borrower, of a specific date for the return of such item or items.