Finding Aid for the Jarnagin Family Papers, 1872-1878
MS-2269University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, June 28, 2006.
Summary Information
Jarnagin Family Papers
Date/Date Range : 1872-1878
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: The Jarnagin Papers, 1872-1878, is mostly a collection of patent-related materials for Chesley Jarnagin and N. A. Jarnagin and advertisements or business cards collected by the family. Many of the advertisements relate to farm machinery or carriages.
MS-2269
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
The Special Collections Library purchased this collection in February of 2005.
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], Jarnagin Family Papers, MS-2269. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder divided into two series: Papers pertaining to Patents for the Jarnagin family and Advertisements and Other Papers of the Jarnagin family.
Biography / History
Chesley Jarnagin (d. 1879) was a farmer in Grainger County. He lived in Knoxville and Clinton, TN, to promote the education of his children. He was a Democrat, not a member of any church, and "noted for his piety and honorable bearing." With his wife Martha Gill Jarnagin, Chesley had five children: Thomas (b. 1835), Chesley G., John J., Spenser Clark, and Henry T. Chesley was the son of Noah Jarnagin and nephew of Chesley Jarnagin of Jefferson County, and of Milton P. Jarnagin. Chesley Jarnagin of Grainger County died at age 72 in Tate's Spring, TN.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The Jarnagin Papers, 1872-1878, is mostly a collection of patent-related materials for Chesley Jarnagin and N. A. Jarnagin and advertisements or business cards collected by the family. Many of the advertisements relate to farm machinery or carriages. Most of the documents do not have partial or exact dates. There are no documents dating between 1873 and 1878.
Seven of the 18 items, found in Series I, mostly pertain to the patents on wagon improvements. Chesley Jarnagin in 1872 had patented several improvements, including one on the improvement of hay and grain racks for wagons and another on the improvement of wagons. These two documents are the original assignments of patents for when Chesley Jarnagin signed over the patent rights to N. A. Jarnagin in 1878. There is also a mounted photograph of the Jarnagins' improved wagon. Also, the only item dated before 1878 is a pamphlet about patents, printed in 1872.
The other eleven items are found in Series II. Eight advertisements or business cards, including one for S. C. Jarnagin, reside herein. Most advertisements are for farm machinery or carriages. Also included is a newspaper clipping of an ode from a horse. The only dates are tentative, except for a receipt from 1872.
Subject Terms
- Jarnagin family.
- Patent licenses -- United States.
Contents List
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Series I: Papers pertaining to Patents for the Jarnagin family, 1872-1878
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Pamphlet on Patents, and How to Obtain Them. Washington, D.C., 1872. 48pp, small 8vo., 1872
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Assignment of patent and approval for sell to N. A. Jarnagin of Chesley Jarnagin's patent on improvements on Hay and Grain Racks for Wagons, 1878 April 30
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Assignment of patent and approval for sell to N. A. Jarnagin of Chesley Jarnagin's patent on improvements on Wagons, 1878 April 30
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US Patent Office Envelope to H. T. Jarnagin, undated
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Mounted 6" x 8" photograph of Jarnagin's wagon improvements, undated
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Partically completed assignment of patent for Chesley Jarnagin's improvements in Wagon Seats and Brake Locks, undated
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Blank copy of assignment of patent, undated
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Series II: Advertisements and Other Papers of the Jarnagin Family, 1872-1873
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Receipt from Semple and Borgel Manufacturing Company on a wagon in St. Louis, Mo., 1872 August 4
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Advertisement for Catalogue of Munn and Company's Publications, 1873
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Advertisement envelope from Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company of South Bend, Indiana, to Chesley Jarnagin, undated
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Business card for S. C. Jarnagin of Jarnagin's Buggy Farm Wagon in St. Louis, MO, undated
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Business card from J. B. Craig in St. Louis, MO, for "Peace's Patent Spoke Tenoning Machine," undated
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Business card for St. Cloud Hotel in Washington, D.C., undated
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Advertisement for Waco Daily Examiner, a weekly estray journal, undated
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Advertisement of Swinging Carrier for McCormick Steel Harvester of 1890 to 1895 in German and English, undated
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Advertisement for Millers' Family Carriage, undated
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Price List Advertisement for Miller Carriage Company, undated
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Newspaper clipping of an ode from "The Horse to His Master," undated
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