Finding Aid for the Shields Family Scrapbook, 1871-1938
MS-2433 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 13, 2006.
Summary Information
Shields Family Scrapbook
Date/Date Range : 1871-1938
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains a scrapbook, containing newspaper clippings of Reconstruction Era Southern politics and poems or "interesting facts," kept by the Shields family of Bean Station, TN.
MS-2433
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
James Presgraves of Bookworm and Silverfish donated this collection in April 2000.
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], Shields Family Scrapbook, MS-2433. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
This collection belonged to the Shields Family of Bean Station, Grainger County, Tennessee. It is likely to have belonged to Judge James T. Shields or his family. Judge Shields was born to John and Mary Gill Shields in 1824. His uncles, Samuel and Milton, built the first paper mill established in the south in Grainger Co. and an extensive paper-mill in Hamblen County, TN, around 1830. Judge Shields' son, John Knight Shields (1858-1934), became an attorney, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, and U.S. Senator.
See the Sen. John K. Shields Collection: Papers, 1841-1948.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection is a scrapbook, containing newspaper clippings, kept by the Shields family of Bean Station, TN. The clippings pertain to politics in the local and national arenas, mostly dealing with the Reconstruction Era South and especially (East) Tennessee. There are also several poems, very short biographies, and "interesting facts." Another item is a 1938 article on late politician Robert Love Taylor of Tennessee (some articles in the scrapbook mention him).
Due to the highly acidic nature of the newsprint and scrapbook pages, white buffer pages have been interleaved throughout the scrapbook.
Subject Terms
- Grainger County (Tenn.) -- History.
- United States -- History -- 1865-1921.
Contents List
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Scrapbook leaves, partially bound by string, 1871-1883 Scope Note: Contains newspaper clippings from the Reconstruction Era (post-Civil War 19th century) Tennessee. Most of the clippings deal with Southern politics in party platforms, the State and National Congress and Congressmen, Supreme Court decisions, and the economy. There are many poems, short biographies, and "interesting facts."
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Scrapbook leaves, partially bound by string, 1871-1883 Scope Note: Contains newspaper clippings from the Reconstruction Era (post-Civil War 19th century) Tennessee. Most of the clippings deal with Southern politics in party platforms, the State and National Congress and Congressmen, Supreme Court decisions, and the economy. There are many poems, short biographies, and "interesting facts."
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Newspaper article on the late Robert Love Taylor after his second interment, 1938 July 28
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