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| MS-2112 |
Title: World War II / American Conflict Collection
Abstract: These forty boxes include memoirs and narratives, personal correspondence, military records, transcripts of interviews, photographs, maps, newsclippings, newsletters (printed during and after WWII,) and souvenirs of servicemen and women as well as civilians.
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| MS-2113 |
Title: Fred D. Thompson Papers
Abstract: The Fred Thompson Papers (1993-2002) detail Thompson's career as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1994-2002. Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, audio and video tapes, and many other formats of materials document the complete workings of the Thompson administration, both in Washington and in his state offices throughout Tennessee. Some material on Thompson's two Senatorial campaigns (1994 and 1996) is also included.
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| MS-2114 |
Title: Margaret Graeme Canning Collection
Abstract: The Margaret Graeme Canning Collection is composed of scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, opera programs, awards and certificates of achievement, reel-to-reel audio tapes, correspondence, publications, and photographs dealing with the lives of Margaret Graeme Canning and her mother, Mary Margaret Hoskins Canning.
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| MS-2115 |
Title: Julia Ann McNeill Journal
Abstract: The journal contains a series of handwritten essays signed by three different writers. The last pages are full of songs, bits of songs and poetry from the contemporary period.
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| MS-2116 |
Title: Nancy Siler Collection
Abstract: This collection includes letters of appreciation from fans, correspondence with publishers, newspapers clippings and announcements, and papers related to Nancy Siler's two books, The Peculiar Miss Pickett and Miss Pickett's Secrets. The collection also contains works on the East Tennessee Baptist Hospital and a history of the First Baptist Church of Knoxville.
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| MS-2117 |
Title: Henry Brown Collection
Abstract: This is a collection of over fifty civil war letters written by Harry Brown to his wife from August 1861 through September 1862.
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| MS-2119 |
Title: William A. Huddard Papers
Abstract: This is a collection of sixty-one Civil War letters written by William A. Huddard to his father. The letters begin in June of 1861 and end in April of 1864. Huddard's letters to his father describe many aspects of life in the western armies during the Civil War. He describes battles, camp life, enemy combatants, the environment, furloughs, his health, rumors, and weather.
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| MS-2123 |
Title: William Derris Slide Collection
Abstract: The Derris Slide Collection is solely composed of approximately 4400 slides from the 1940's thru the 1960's of the Great Smoky Mountains region of Tennessee. Mr. William Derris was an amateur photographer and owner of the Derris Motel (later the Laughing Horse Inn) in Townsend, Tennessee, which he photographed at length and used the slides of those photographs in a slide show for the entertainment of his Inn's numerous and varied guests.
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| MS-2124 |
Title: A. Randolph Shields Collection
Abstract: This collection contains slide photography of the Great Smoky Mountains region and the Arizona desert, professional association membership information, professional research, writing and publications proofs, Shields family genealogical information, and personal correspondence. The collection is contained within seven archival storage boxes and a single archival tube. The original organizational patterns have been maintained wherever possible, including titles of folders and notebooks and the alphabetical categorization of the slides. The personal/general correspondence has been chronologically organized, as there was no observable organization upon assessment of the collection. Shields marked the majority of the slides, but these identifiers are not noted within this finding aid.
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| MS-2125 |
Title: Francis and Harriet Ferguson Collection
Abstract: This collection of letters exchanged by Francis and Harriet Ferguson deals with life on both the battle and home fronts during the American Civil War.
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| MS-2126 |
Title: Frank Bean Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of two diaries, an ambrotype, and a Grand Army of the Republic Veterans' medal relating to Sergeant Frank Bean. Bean, a Sergeant in the Union Army, served in and around Tennessee during the American Civil War.
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| MS-2127 |
Title: Samuel Hollingsworth Stout Collection
Abstract: The Stout collection contains a several documents relating to Samuel Hollingsworth Stout, who served as a Confederate surgeon during the American Civil War.
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| MS-2128 |
Title: Milton Weaver Collection
Abstract: The Milton Weaver Collection contains a number of letters dating from the American Civil War describing in detail Union military camp conditions and drills, the environment of Tennessee, military operations in Middle Tennessee and Georgia (including Nashville, Stones River, Chattanooga, and Sherman's campaign in Georgia), opinions about Confederates and Copperheads, family life during the war, and the emotional trauma of conflict. The collection also includes several poems written by Milton Weaver's father, Richard, and a tintype of Milton Weaver in his Union uniform.
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| MS-2129 |
Title: African-American Photography Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of 63 photographs of African-Americans taken in Knoxville during the early 20th century. Not all of the images have identifying marks, but some do include the names of the individuals shown or of the studios that created the pictures.
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| MS-2130 |
Title: John McNickle Laird Collection
Abstract: John McNickle Laird, Jr. of the Ohio 124th Infantry Regiment (U.S.) writes to his mother, Julia Laird, from a camp near Knoxville, Tennessee and from Marietta, Georgia.
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| MS-2131 |
Title: William R. Lacy Letter
Abstract: Collection contains a letter dated November 14, 1861, by Lieutenant William R. Lacy of the 6th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.) to his cousin, Amarila Lemons. Written from Columbus, Ky., he describes the rules and conditions placed on a soldier in the areas of Belmont, Missouri and Columbus. The letter includes an explanation of the treatment of prisoners. Lacy speaks of the wounded and the Union dead. He adds that a cousin, Thomas Lacy resigned and became a Captain of a company at Union City.
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| MS-2132 |
Title: Lide Bostwick Letter
Abstract: In this letter, Lide Bostwick discusses life on the northern home front during the Civil War. She mentions of illnesses and deaths in the family, her concerns for family and friends in the military, and the harm that northern traitors are causing.
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| MS-2133 |
Title: John Scott Collection
Abstract: In this letter, Scott discusses five men who were reported as deserters from Company I of the 3rd Iowa regiment. According to Scott, this report was unjustified because all of the men in question had been wounded and served valiantly.
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| MS-2134 |
Title: John W. Hammer Letter
Abstract: While encamped in the Cumberland Ford area of Knox County, Tenn., John W. Hammer serving in the16th Ohio Infantry Company K writes to a friend named Annie. In this letter dated June 4, 1862, he describes the fortifications that are in place to protect them from the Confederates. His company moves toward the Confederate camps and skirmishes occur.
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| MS-2135 |
Title: 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment Letter
Abstract: Collection consists of a letter dated July 14, 1863, from Trenton, Ga., by Willie of Company D of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment. He explains the difficulties of cavalry life, how he misses the corn, watermelon and peaches of home and the discouragement felt among the troops in the retreat from Tennessee.
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| MS-2136 |
Title: W. M. Creamer Letter
Abstract: Collection consists of a letter, dated February 24, 1863 from Camp Cripplecrick, Tenn., from W. M. Creamer of the 90th Ohio Infantry to his cousin, M. C. Creamer. He discusses his religious beliefs as well as Captain Robert O. Caddy's treatment of sick young boys in Nashville.
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| MS-2138 |
Title: Gideon J. Pillow Letter
Abstract: In a letter dated August 7, 1847, from Pueblo, Mexico, to James W. Breedlove in New Orleans, La., Major General Gideon J. Pillow, brigade and division commander in the Mexican War, defends himself against political attacks by Whigs.
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| MS-2139 |
Title: John W. Fox Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of one original letter and one reprinted letter written by John W. Fox that discuss his life in the army and his religious faith.
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| MS-2140 |
Title: Henry A. Colvin Special Order
Abstract: This document instructs Henry Colvin to go to Decatur, Alabama from Nashville, Tennessee and procure missing rolls and returns for Tennessee.
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| MS-2142 |
Title: George W. Douglas Letter
Abstract: In a letter written February 4, 1865 from the Officers' Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn., to Colonel Cross, George W. Douglas writes concerning his desire for an artifical leg to help him walk.
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| MS-2143 |
Title: Jennie [McKay] aka Jane Reese [McKay] Letter
Abstract: In this letter, Jennie McKay discusses her life on the Confederate home front in Missouri. She speaks of her home being burned, family members currently serving with the Confederate Army, what she considers the inflated prices of various goods, and the deaths of her older sister and newborn niece.
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| MS-2144 |
Title: Washington County Circuit Court Indictment
Abstract: This document is an indictment from the Circuit Court of Washington County, Tennessee, accusing Moses L. Workman, Andrew M. Workman, Landon C. Hale, John L. Baskett, and William Ladlock of disturbing public worship and riot.
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| MS-2146 |
Title: H.P. Gould Document
Abstract: This document deals with a trip that H.P. Gould, along with a Mr. Fletcher and a Mr. Darrow, took to Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia between August 4 and 14, 1912 in order to study how various fruits adapted to different environments.
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| MS-2147 |
Title: Cyrus Foote Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of two letters that Union soldier Cyrus Foote, who was then serving with Company D of the 112th Illinois Infantry Regiment, wrote to his brother William from Camp Ella Bishop, Kentucky, in 1863.
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| MS-2148 |
Title: F.J. House Collection (Addition to the Allen Poetry Collection)
Abstract: This collection is an addendum to the Allen Poetry Collection, which constitutes of a set of poetry books now housed in the Rare Books section of the Special Collections Library. This addition consists of an essay written by F. J. House entitled The Influence of Poetry.
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| MS-2149 |
Title: Tennessee Company Land Grant
Abstract: This collection contains a land grant to the Tennessee Company from the State of Georgia for a parcel of land that eventually became a part of Tennessee.
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| MS-2150 |
Title: Jane Merchant Collection (Addendum)
Abstract: This collection deals primarily with Jane Merchant's death, and constitutes an addition to the Special Collections Library's existing holdings dealing with her life and work.
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| MS-2151 |
Title: George W. Ross Letter
Abstract: In this letter to his sister, Rebecca F. Ross, George W. Ross relates news about his service with the Indiana 8th Cavalry.
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| MS-2152 |
Title: Felix Kirk Letter
Abstract: Collection contains a letter from Felix Kirk in Chattanooga, Tenn., dated November 14, 1861. Kirk, a soldier with the 38th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.), writes to his father concerning his illness as well as some old union devil who burned a bridge.
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| MS-2153 |
Title: Myron M. Comstock Letter,
Abstract: This letter to Verness Williams documents recent activities of Myron Comstock's unit (11th Michigan Infantry Regiment) and speaks of his recent illness and homesickness.
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| MS-2154 |
Title: James Pritchard Letter
Abstract: In this letter written from Waverly, Tenn., and dated February 16, 1864, James E. Pritchard of the 8th Iowa Cavalry writes to his brother John. He comments that the Rebels will never regain a hold on East Tennessee, noting that in Waverly, 300 Confederates surrendered and took the oath of allegiance.
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| MS-2155 |
Title: J. C. Gates Letter
Abstract: Collection consists of an April 11, 1864, letter from Union soldier J.C. Gates in Ringgold, Ga., to his wife in Ohio. Gates mentions the arrival of Col. Brownlow and the East Tennessee Cavalry and discusses the fish supply in the local rivers.
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| MS-2157 |
Title: Jennie McEwen Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of one photograph whose subject is identified as Jennie McEwen.
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| MS-2158 |
Title: Emmanuel Cave Letter
Abstract: Collection consists of a letter dated June 19, 1862, from Emmanuel Cave of the 69th Ohio Infantry to his wife Susan. Cave writes of the eight-day march that his regiment just completed.
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| MS-2159 |
Title: B.F. Sherman Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of a receipt for corn and horses delivered to the 10th Michigan Cavalry in January of 1864 during the Knoxville Campaign.
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| MS-2160 |
Title: George Laubach Letter
Abstract: Collection contains a letter, dated April 5, 1865 from Spring Camp close to Knoxville, Tenn., from George Laubach of the 10th Michigan Cavalry to Mariette Hutchins in Michigan. Laubach discusses news from home and describes his surroundings in East Tennessee.
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| MS-2161 |
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| MS-2162 |
Title: James Cooper Letter
Abstract: Collection contains a letter from Confederate soldier Jason Cooper, dated December 5, 1863 from Dalton, Ga. To his dear friend Farley, Cooper writes about the Confederate evacuation of Chattanooga, Tenn.
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| MS-2163 |
Title: Edward Hatch Letter
Abstract: This letter from Major General Edward Hatch to Secretary of War E.M. Stanton requests the promotion of Assistant Adjt. General Henry A. Colvin to the rank of Major.
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| MS-2164 |
Title: Memorandum of Marches of John Durham
Abstract: This document describes the Civil War Service of John Durham. He most likely served with the 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry 80th Volunteers, although there are several units whose service records match the marches described.
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| MS-2165 |
Title: Old Tennessee (Song)
Abstract: This collection consists of an unsigned, handwritten transcript of Stephen Foster's 1851 song Farewell My Lily Dear: A Plantation Melody with a variance in the text.
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| MS-2166 |
Title: Joseph Boyd Letters
Abstract: The Boyd Letters, 1862-1864, contains six letters written by Joseph E. Boyd of the 115th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Specifically, this correspondence describes Union military camp conditions, the environment of Tennessee, Union soldiers' viewpoints regarding the war and Confederates, battles and military operations in Middle and East Tennessee, and the family concerns of Union soldiers.
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| MS-2167 |
Title: Lillie Evans Ration Book
Abstract: This collection consists of one copy of War Ration Book For (number 107643) issued to Lillie Evans of Servilla, Tennessee in approximately 1943.
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| MS-2168 |
Title: Letter to Bettie Bruner
Abstract: This letter from an unknown author to her sister, Bettie Bruner, describes the author's life in Clear Creek, Tennessee during the Civil War. It relates news of the family and mentions several military events.
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| MS-2169 |
Title: L.T. Mathews Letter
Abstract: In this letter, Mathews tells his wife of his homesickness and of how the war changes a soldier's thoughts and behaviors.
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| MS-2170 |
Title: Julius E. Thomas Diary and Daybook
Abstract: This collection contains the diary and daybook of Julius E. Thomas, 2nd Sergeant and Chief Bugler of Company F, 1st Tennessee Cavalry (Union). Entries range from August 5, 1864 through April 5, 1865. Thomas writes about the movement of his company throughout Tennessee. Part of the book contains notations of supplies used for construction.
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| MS-2171 |
Title: Spanish-American War Photographs
Abstract: These photographs include a review of troops, Sandwich Parade and Camp of 31st Michigan Volunteers in September 1898.
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| MS-2172 |
Title: George Logan Collection
Abstract: This collection consists of six letters and two newspaper clippings dealing with George Logan and his service with the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War.
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| MS-2173 |
Title: Andrew Jackson Letter
Abstract: In a letter dated March 22, 1829, Andrew Jackson writes from Washington, D.C. to William Donelson concerning Andrew Jackson Hutchings, a ward of Jackson and his wife Rachel.
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| MS-2174 |
Title: Tilghman Blazer Papers
Abstract: The Tilghman Blazer Papers, 1864-1892, contains two notebooks, both of which are in fairly good condition. The first details his military experience as a member of Company K of the 8th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry (Union) in Georgia and Tennessee during 1864, and the second contains classroom rosters and business transactions written after his return to Cocke County, Tenn.
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| MS-2175 |
Title: William Cosgrove Letter
Abstract: This collection is composed of a letter that William Cosgrove of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, Battery G, wrote to his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Bowers, in Mount Vernon (Knox County) Ohio from Nashville, Tennessee on January 31, 1864. He writes of cousin Charles's death in Memphis and his own Battery's move to Nashville. Also, he speaks of conditions in camp, including a recent outbreak of smallpox and his personal troubles with rheumatism.
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| MS-2176 |
Title: H. L. Bedford Memoirs
Abstract: H. L. Bedford's memoir provides a detailed account of the placement and use of Confederate artillery at Fort Donelson. The memoir disagrees with Union reports included in the Official Records and rehabilitates the reputation of Confederate troops and commanders at the fort. Bedford was an adjutant in the Tennessee Corps of Artillery.
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| MS-2177 |
Title: Chattanooga Lookouts Photographs
Abstract: This collection consists of two photographs relating to the Chattanooga Lookouts baseball team. One of them portrays a Lookouts player standing with four other men in baseball attire, and the other depicts a crowd, presumably watching a baseball game, in Chattanooga's Engel Stadium.
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| MS-2178 |
Title: Kansas-Nebraska Act Letter
Abstract: This collection consists of one letter dated April 16, 1854 addressed to Sir from an unknown Senator discussing the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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| MS-2179 |
Title: Robert Galbraith Civil War Diaries
Abstract: This collection contains three diaries (including accounting records) written by Robert Galbraith between 1863 and 1865.
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| MS-2180 |
Title: Robert S. Hartman and Robert E. Carter Transcript
Abstract: This collection consists of a 154-page transcript of a tape recording of a conversation between Dr. Robert S. Hartman and Dr. Robert E. Carter in Knoxville, Tennessee, in April of 1970 entitled Conversation on Intrinsic Value.
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| MS-2181 |
Title: Plans for Knoxville's First Jail
Abstract: This document lists materials and costs for the building of Knoxville's first jail. Dated May 9th, 1807, it is labeled Long & Booths Bill.
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| MS-2182 |
Title: Tennessee River Photograph
Abstract: This collection contains one undated, matted photograph of a man fishing in the Tennessee River near a car bridge.
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| MS-2183 |
Title: Pleasant Henderson Ordination Certificate
Abstract: This collection contains one ordination certificate for Pleasant Henderson at the Baptist Church in Brawley's Fork, Cannon Co., Tennessee from October 1844. It states that he has sufficiently proven himself worthy, as a former member of the Baptist Church at Enon, Rutherford County, TN. Thus, they have ordained him an Evangelist to lead prayers and preach.
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| MS-2184 |
Title: Nellie Kenyon Scrapbook Addition
Abstract: This addition to the Nellie Kenyon Scrapbooks contains a scrapbook on the Nellie Kenyon Day at UT's College of Communications on January 8, 1974, with letters about the event, pictures from her lecture, and reports that journalism students wrote on her afterwards, and there is a November 1977 copy of The Tennessean Magazine in this collection, with articles by Kenyon and H.L. Mencken on the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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| MS-2185 |
Title: James B. McDowell Land Deed, signed by Andrew Jackson
Abstract: This land deed, dated April 1, 1829 and signed by Andrew Jackson, documents the purchase of 80 acres of land in Township Sixteen by James B. McDowell of Marion County, IN. The land was offered for sale in Indianapolis, IN.
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| MS-2187 |
Title: Sheet Music Collection
Abstract: This sheet music collection contains approximately 108 pieces which spans the years 1899 to 1953. The bulk of the material is from both the 1910s and 1940s.
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| MS-2188 |
Title: Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra Scrapbooks and Photographs
Abstract: The material in this collection is primarily related to the formation of the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra. Although the collection spans the years of 1943 to 1971, the bulk of the collection consists of two scrapbooks kept by Waldo E. Cohn which documents the creation and the early years of the Orchestra between 1943 and 1949.
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| MS-2189 |
Title: A. Lee Read Scrapbook
Abstract: The A. Lee Read Scrapbook, 1902-1948, contains newspaper articles, letters, and pamphlets, mainly concerning the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Civic Chorus, and other organizations or Chattanoogans.
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| MS-2190 |
Title: F.S. Heiskell Scrapbook
Abstract: This collection contains a F.S. Heiskell's scrapbook of 1840's newspaper clippings, mainly about the government, the economy, agriculture, and the Mexican War.
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| MS-2192 |
Title: Take Me to the Land of Jazz Songbook
Abstract: This collection contains a 1919 songbook for Take Me to the Land of Jazz, lyrics by Bert Kalmar & Edgar Leslie, music by Pete Wendling.
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| MS-2193 |
Title: William Jennings Bryan Papers
Abstract: This collection contains a 1912 letter from William Jennings Bryan to R.S. Hazen of Knoxville, TN, about Woodrow Wilson's election as president. It also contains a photograph of Bryan from Nashville, TN, and the folder that held it.
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| MS-2194 |
Title: Charles W. Clarke Diary (copy)
Abstract: This collection contains photocopies of the diary of Charles W. Clarke. The diary entries date October 21, 1897 thru November 5, 1898, and March 1, 1901 thru April 27, 1902. Clarke's entries cover life at Ruskin from July 1, 1898 thru November 5, 1908. The rest of the journal was maintained while in Fairhope, AL, where some members of the Ruskin Commune moved.
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| MS-2195 |
Title: Durham Coal & Iron Co. Records
Abstract: The Durham Coal & Iron Co. Records, 1906-1929, contains a report by W.F.B. Berger on March 6, 1929, with a detailed evaluation of the Chattanoogan mines, timber reserves, and their values, as well as of the geology of the company properties. Included are several past reports from 1926 thru 1928. Blueprints and a digest of Berger's report were found loose in the report and are listed as separate items in a separate folder.
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| MS-2196 |
Title: Daniel Briscoe, Bro. & Co. Advertisements
Abstract: This collection contains three letter advertisements from Daniel Briscoe, Bro. & Co. / Importers / and / Wholesalers / Dry Goods, / Notions / -and- / Furnishings of Knoxville, TN. One, undated, is about the Greatest Mail Order House in Knoxville. The other two are about the 1904 and 1905 spring goods for sale at prices under market value.
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| MS-2197 |
Title: Knoxville Journal & Tribune Assignment Book
Abstract: This collection contains a newspaper assignment book for the Knoxville Journal and Tribune from January 1 to December 31, 1911. Each page is dated and completed in ink with the stories a reporter was assigned to and the items that needed to be looked up that day.
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| MS-2198 |
Title: Lamar Stringfield Sheet Music Collection
Abstract: The Lamar Stringfield Sheet Music Collection contains many handwritten and printed copies of songs written by Stringfield. Most are from his musical Carolina Charcoal.
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| MS-2199 |
Title: John Young Mathematics Exercise Book
Abstract: The handwritten John Young Mathematic Exercise Book, 1813, contains the rules of mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. There are many examples of word problems and solutions, plus explanations of fractions, decimals, and other mathematics.
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| MS-2200 |
Title: Tennessee Documents Collection
Abstract: The Tennessee Documents Collection, 1783-1977 (bulk 1793-1889), contains deeds, plats, court documents, warrants, bonds to prosecute, indentures, and other government and legal documents from the late-18th to the mid-19th centuries in Tennessee.
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| MS-2201 |
Title: Virginia P. Moore Papers
Abstract: This addition to the Virginia P. Moore Collection (MS-1546) contains letters, writings, articles, photographs, etc. concerning Moore and her work in the Home Demonstration and Cooperative Extension Work of the Department of Agriculture. Some materials pertain to Thomas Edison, Sgt. Alvin York, and Senator and Mrs. Cordell Hull.
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| MS-2211 |
Title: East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Records
Abstract: The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Records, 1852-1871, consists of one folder, including letters, legal papers, and receipts, which documents the development of a railroad connection between Knoxville and Virginia. Much of the material deals with a lawsuit for non-payment between the railroad and Jesse Crouch of Washington County, TN.
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| MS-2212 |
Title: Alonzo Frink Letters
Abstract: In twenty letters between 1863 and 1864, Alonzo Frink, a Union soldier with the 32nd Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Company B, describes camp life and news of military successes in the Civil War to his wife Emily in Mason City, Iowa. The letters from early 1863 were written from Fort Pillow in Lauderdale County, Tenn., while those from the second half of the year were from Columbus, Ky.
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| MS-2213 |
Title: Andrew Johnson Letter
Abstract: Andrew Johnson, then serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, writes from Elizabethton, TN, to his son-in-law David T. Patterson on July 10, 1845, describing the political scene and campaigning action in East Tennessee.
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| MS-2214 |
Title: Henry Cherry Letters
Abstract: The Henry Cherry Letters, 1864-1865, contain nine letters from Cherry, a Chaplain with the 10th Michigan Cavalry in the Civil War, to Amos Gould of Owosso, MI, describing both military and civilian life in the Union Army during the Civil War. The majority of these letters were written from Knoxville, Tenn.
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| MS-2215 |
Title: Confederate Soldier's Letter about Missionary Ridge
Abstract: In a December 3, 1863 letter from James to My Dear Sister Kate, a Confederate soldier describes his situation after participating in the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga during the Civil War.
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| MS-2216 |
Title: Colonel Andrew J. Mackay Letters
Abstract: The Colonel Andrew J. Mackay Letters, 1863-1865, is composed of four letters -- three to Mackay and one from Mackay -- describing the distribution of supplies for the Army of the Cumberland and the rebuilding of the Chattanooga water works after the Civil War.
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| MS-2217 |
Title: Tennessee Medical Notebook
Abstract: The Tennessee Medical Notebook, ca. 1823, lists treatments and prescriptions and other notes maintained by a practitioner in Dover, TN.
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| MS-2218 |
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| MS-2219 |
Title: James C. Luttrell Letter
Abstract: In an October 4, 1857 letter to his wife, James C. Luttrell, a former Knoxville mayor and Comptroller of the Treasury for the State of Tennessee, describes the Nashville political climate just prior to the Civil War.
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| MS-2220 |
Title: Davis Tillson Note
Abstract: In a January 20, 1864, note from Knoxville, Tenn., Brigadier General Davis Tillson, Chief of Artillery for the Department of the Ohio, states that Mr. Mayberry has permission to take slaves found within the city limits to his farm.
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| MS-2221 |
Title: Hugh Ryan Letters
Abstract: In three letters from 1864 and 1865 to his wife Katy, Hugh Ryan, a private with the 24th Kentucky Infantry, describes the life of a Union soldier at the close of the Civil War.
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| MS-2222 |
Title: Arthur Allyn Letter and Central Hospital for the Insane Publication
Abstract: This collection contains a November 24, 1862, letter from Arthur Allyn, a Union soldier stationed near Nashville with the 14th Army Corps, to his father, describing the reorganization of the army. Also included is a January 1897 biennial report of the Central Hospital for the Insane near Nashville.
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| MS-2223 |
Title: Pembroke S. Scott Letter
Abstract: In an October 27, 1863 letter to his brother Clark, Pembroke Scott, a private with the 118th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, describes food rations and skirmishes near Loudon, Tenn.
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| MS-2224 |
Title: John Bell Letter
Abstract: In an April 20, 1832 letter to Mr. Smith, a bank cashier, John Bell, then serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, writes concerning a debt.
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| MS-2225 |
Title: Albert H. Roberts Letter
Abstract: In a December 20, 1919 letter to N.A. Eubank of Nashville, Governor Albert H. Roberts responds to an editorial regarding strip mining.
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| MS-2226 |
Title: Joseph Linn King Letter
Abstract: In a September 30, 1865 letter to John Bracklesby in Hartford, Conn., Joseph Linn King discusses politics and legal cases in post-Civil War Knoxville, Tenn.
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| MS-2227 |
Title: Sgt. Charles H. Pierce Roll Books and Diary
Abstract: The Sgt. Charles H. Pierce Roll Books and Diary, 1863-1864, contain muster rolls for the 129th Regiment, Company C of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry as well as Pierce's diary, which describes military action around the Cumberland Gap and the Clinch River during the Civil War.
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| MS-2228 |
Title: John Ruhm Letter
Abstract: Written December 23, 1869 from Nashville, John Ruhm's letter to General George H. Thomas describes the state of affairs in Tennessee after the Democrats regained control of the general assembly. Ruhm argues that the current Legislature is only working to undo the work of the Reconstruction-era Republicans.
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| MS-2229 |
Title: B. F. James Notebook
Abstract: The B.F. James Notebook, ca. 1865-1871, contains an account of the military actions of James, a Sergeant with the 51st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry (Confederate), as well as records of James' business transactions from the late 1860's and early 1870's.
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| MS-2230 |
Title: Andrew Jackson Letter
Abstract: In a November 16, 1844 letter to Elizabeth Donelson, former President Andrew Jackson writes that the bill of Major Andrew Jackson Donelson, Jackson's adopted nephew and private secretary, has been paid and cancelled.
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| MS-2231 |
Title: Horace Maynard Letter
Abstract: In a December 12, 1857 letter to Parson Brownlow in Knoxville, Horace Maynard, then serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, writes concerning his ideas for a new custom house to be built downtown.
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| MS-2232 |
Title: W. Gibbs McAdoo Letter
Abstract: The W.Gibbs McAdoo letter, written November 8, 1860, describes the mood in Knoxville, Tenn., after Lincoln's election. He also tells of an incident in which someone tied a tin bucket and a note reading Going out of the Union to a dog and turned it loose on Gay Street.
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| MS-2233 |
Title: Jonathan D. Hale Collection
Abstract: The Jonathan D. Hale Collection, 1863-1885, contains correspondence, printed materials, and handwritten notes related to the life of Hale, a Union scout and postmaster of Hale's Mill, Tenn.
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| MS-2234 |
Title: Perry Norton Letter
Abstract: In a March 12, 1864 letter from Anderson, TN, to his sister in Spafford, NY, Private Perry Norton of the 149th New York Infantry writes to inform her of his condition and pass on a rumor that his regiment may return to the Army of the Potomac.
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| MS-2235 |
Title: George Patterson Note and Clippings
Abstract: In a July 8, 1864 note, Col. George Patterson is commanded to report for citizen train guard in Memphis. Attached to the note are two newspaper clippings related to Special Order No. 74, requiring prominent Memphis secessionists to ride trains from Memphis to LaGrange in order to curb attacks on the railroads by Confederates.
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| MS-2236 |
Title: William Conner Letter
Abstract: In an October 25, 1837 letter to J.W. Campbell in Jackson, TN, General William Conner, a promoter for the town of Ashport on the Mississippi River, writes of the town's success and future growth. He also tells of finding Native American remains.
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| MS-2237 |
Title: Robert Houston Document
Abstract: This document , signed by Robert Houston, Tennessee's Secretary of State on June 12, 1811 in Knoxville, certifies that James L. Armstrong was commissioned as a justice of the peace for Rutherford County on April 22, 1809.
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| MS-2238 |
Title: J.G.M. Ramsey Receipt
Abstract: The J.G.M. Ramsey Receipt, dated December 5, 1845, notes payment of $4.50 by Moses Armstrong for medical services rendered on September 24, 1845.
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| MS-2239 |
Title: Edmund Dillahunter Letter
Abstract: In a July 21, 1849 letter to General George W. Gordon, Edmund Dillahunter of Middle Tennessee discusses a recent cholera epidemic as well as the local political scene. He expresses his dislike of secession and his fear that the rift over the slavery question will only escalate.
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| MS-2240 |
Title: G.W. Young Letter
Abstract: In a March 5, 1856 letter to his father in Chaplin, CT, G.W. Young of Clarksville, TN writes of the area's agricultural practices as well as the influence of a new railroad on coal mining and prices.
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| MS-2241 |
Title: Minnie Ramsay Letter
Abstract: In a June 7, 1878 letter to Governeur J. Tompkins of Duchess County, NY, Minnie Ramsay provides a first-hand account of the unveiling of the Andrew Johnson Monument in Greeneville, TN.
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| MS-2243 |
Title: W. Dwight Reinhardt Letter
Abstract: W. Dwight Reinhardt's July 8, 1862 letter to Sarah Blackburn in Yadkin County, NC, discusses that 23rd Tennessee Regiment (C.S.A.) will soon move from Tupelo, MS, into Tennessee. He also passes along stories of skirmishes fought by the 4th North Carolina.
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| MS-2244 |
Title: William Taylor Letters
Abstract: Three letters from Private William Taylor of the 43rd Ohio Infantry to his sister Susan in Morrow County, Ohio, describe experiences in the Gayoso Hospital in Memphis and another military hospital in LaGrange, Tenn., during 1863.
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| MS-2245 |
Title: Horace Maynard Letter
Abstract: In a March 23, 1866 letter to the Hon. P. Chamberlain in Knoxville, Horace Maynard talks of the need for more workers in East Tennessee. He also notes that workers are respected in the area, saying that this is unlike other areas of the state and the South.
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| MS-2246 |
Title: General George Thomas Letters
Abstract: The General George Thomas Letters, 1869, outline the debate over a resolution proposing the removal of Thomas's portrait from the state capitol.
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| MS-2247 |
Title: Union Soldier's Letter from Knoxville
Abstract: In an October 29, 1863 letter to his friends and family at home in New Hampshire, John, a Union soldier in Knoxville, writes of traveling through East Tennessee.
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| MS-2248 |
Title: Reverend Miles F. McCuistion Papers
Abstract: The Reverend Miles F. McCuistion Papers, 1894-1916, contain letters to McCuistion regarding his ordination in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South as well as other materials providing insight into religion in East Tennessee around the turn of the 20th century.
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| MS-2249 |
Title: Charles L. Stephenson Letter
Abstract: In a July 23, 1868 letter to George S. Stephenson, Charles L. Stephenson of Galena, IL, writes of news from home as well as his feelings about President Andrew Johnson, who he calls a bad man.
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| MS-2250 |
Title: W. D. Carnes Letter
Abstract: In a March 23, 1861 letter to his children, W.D. Carnes, then president of Franklin College in Franklin, TN, writes of an illness sweeping through the school, fundraising activities, and news of three students who were violent Secessionists leaving the school.
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