Finding Aid for the Harold S. Fink Papers, 1959-1970
MS-0779 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, September 26, 2006.
Summary Information
Harold S. Fink Papers
Date/Date Range : 1959-1970
1.0 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence and related items concerning the Knoxville Civil War Centennial and the planning for and building of historical markers on sites of Civil War actions.
MS-0779
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Harold S. Fink donated this collection to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library in 1974.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Harold S. Fink Papers, MS-0779. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of 22 folders in one box.
Biography / History
Harold S. Fink was born on September 16, 1903 in Garland, Texas. He obtained his B.S. degree (with distinction) from the University of Minnesota in 1925 and then served as the Superintendent of Schools in Evansville, Minnesota until returning to school in 1927. He earned his M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1929 and his Ph.D from Princeton University in 1936. He began his teaching career as an instructor at Hibbing Junior College in Hibbing, Minnesota, where he remained until joining the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1942. After his discharge in 1946, he began teaching at the University of Tennessee. Although known primarily as an historian of the Crusades, Fink was also very active in local history. He retired in 1974 and died in Knoxville on October 4, 1981.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains correspondence and related items concerning the Knoxville Civil War Centennial and the planning for and building of historical markers on sites of Civil War actions. A card file to the Civil War materials precedes this folder series.
Subject Terms
- Fink, Harold S., 1903-1981.
- Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments.
Contents List
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1
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Folder
1
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Civil War Marker Project (13 pieces), 1959
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1
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Folder
2
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Plans for Civil War Centennial (11 pieces), 1960
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1
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Folder
3
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Knoxville-Knox County Civil War Centennial Committee. Activities (151 pieces), 1960
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1
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Folder
4
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Civil War Marker Project (4 pieces), 1961
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1
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Folder
5
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The Battle of Knoxville 1863 Manuscript and data used in the pamphlet's preparation (10 pieces), 1962
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1
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Folder
6
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Fort Dickerson Marker (5 pieces), 1962
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1
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Folder
7
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Civil War Marker Project (24 pieces), 1962
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1
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Folder
8
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Civil War Marker, Father Abram Ryan (30 pieces), 1962
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1
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Folder
9
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Proposals for Civil War Markers in Knoxville (20 pieces), 1963
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1
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Folder
10
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Civil War Marker Project. Fort Comstock (15 pieces), 1963
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1
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Folder
11
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Reenactment of Battle of Knoxville at Fort Dickerson (14 pieces), 1963
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1
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Folder
12
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W. G. Brownlow Marker, Dr. Baker Tragedy (3 pieces), 1963
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1
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Folder
13
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Old Market House, supplied by W. Russell Briscoe (3 pieces), 1963
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1
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Folder
14
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Thunder over Bleak House, 1 act play (1 piece), 1963
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1
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Folder
15
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Pictures of Northern and Southern Generals (2 pieces), 1963
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1
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Folder
16
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Civil War Marker Project, rejected markers, partial list (10 pieces), 1964-1965
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1
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Folder
17
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Civil War Markers, old Knox County Courthouse (10 pieces), 1965-1967
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1
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Folder
18
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Craighead-Jackson House (2 pieces), 1966
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1
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Folder
19
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Knoxville National Cemetery, old Gray Cemetery (3 pieces), 1966
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1
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Folder
20
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Guide to the Civil War in Tennessee (2 pieces; 1966) and miscellaneous papers relating to the Civil War (5 pieces; 1974-1976), 1966-1976
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1
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Folder
21
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Plans in the house of Wm. H. Sneed (26 pieces), 1970
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1
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Folder
22
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State Markers I E 85, west end of federal lines (3 pieces), undated
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