Box 1
Container
Contains 4 Results:
James and Priscilla Cabell Christmas Card, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This Christmas card is signed by James Branch and Priscilla Bradley Cabell.
Dates:
undated
John Q. Lovell Photograph Album Regarding the USS Thetis, 1887, 1899
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
John Q. Lovell took the majority of these photographs while the USS Thetis (a three-masted steam whaler built in 1884) was serving as a revenue cutter in 1899. During this time, the ship and the crew were assigned to transport reindeer to Alaska as part of a project undertaken by the Revenue Cutter Service and the Department of the Interior to help the Indigenous people of the area learn to herd animals for food rather than rely on the traditional hunt. The images depict such subjects as the...
Dates:
1887, 1899
John Watkins Letters and Poem, circa 1860s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists primarily of two undated, fragmentary letters that John Watkins wrote during the Civil War. One is written on United States Sanitary Commission letterhead. These two items are accompanied by a poem entitled "The Union," which Watkins apparently authored.
Dates:
circa 1860s
John Sevier Diary, 1790-1815
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of a transcript of a diary of John Sevier spanning from 1790-1815. It is not handwritten.
Dates:
1790-1815