Title: Tilghman Hawes Scrapbook

Date/Date Range :   1861-1920

Extent: 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of a scrapbook of Knoxville newspaper articles, receipts, Confederate money, and a Civil War letter assembled by Tilghman Hawes and his son Kenneth between 1861 and 1920.

Call number: MS-0240

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Department.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Tilghman Hawes Scrapbook, MS-0240. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of two folders.

Tilghman Francis Haws was born to German immigrants Edward and Sarah (Sherer) Haws on May 7, 1834 in Northampton, Pennsylvania. He married Amelia Smith on June 17, 1873 and the couple had at least four children: Alice Rebecca, Christina Grenville, Bertha Louise, and Kenneth. The couple moved to Knoxville before 1880, and Haws established himself as a printer. He died on July 4, 1916 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

This collection consists of a scrapbook of Knoxville newspaper articles, receipts, Confederate money, and a Civil War letter assembled by Tilghman Hawes and his son Kenneth between 1861 and 1920.

• Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History.
• Money -- Confederate States of America.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Tennessee -- History.