Title: Cherokee Indian Fair Photographs

Date/Date Range :   1930

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains copies of five photographs from the Cherokee Indian Fair of 1930, four of the ball players and their ball game and one of a "blow gun practice."

Call number: MS-2518

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

Aquisition Information:

George E. Webb, Jr., donated this collection.

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], Cherokee Indian Fair Photographs, MS-2518. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

In 1868, the Cherokee Tribal Council officially sanctioned the holding of a fair, but it wasn't officially authorized until 1914, when the first fair was held at the Cherokee Agency Grounds in Cherokee, NC. By 1927, the fair had moved to the Timpson Clay property. It was discontinued during World War II but was reestablished in 1946 as the 29th Annual Cherokee Fair. Problems regarding livestock regulations arose in 1963, causing the fair to close until 1967, when the Cherokee Indian Fair Association revived it. It became a five-day celebration in 1978, and continues as such to this day.

This collection contains five photographs from the Cherokee Indian Fair of 1930. Four of them are of the ball players and their ball game and one is of a "blow gun practice." All item labels are from the back of each photo, and they are in the order received.

• Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.).
• Cherokee Indians -- Ethnic identity.