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The Columbia Athenaeum created this progress report for the information of Lizzie Williams' parent or guardian in November of 1873. Williams had been studying history, elocution, dictation, composition, arithmetic, algebra, natural philosophy, geology and mineralogy, piano, penmanship, and art. The report's reverse bears an advertisement for the school.

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This certificate of dismission, signed by James Park for the First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, Tennessee, indicates that James W. Deaderick has been dismissed by his own request and is affectionately recommended to the fellowship of the First Presbyterian Church of Jonesboro, Tennessee. A later hand has added Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee above Deaderick's name.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Alice Heap begins this handwritten account of the Heap family with her father, George Carson Heap Sr. She goes on to relate her early memories of her parents and Knoxville (including the 1910 Appalachian Exposition, her father's work with Hope Bros., and the first airplane in town) and describes her brother (George Carson Heap Jr.), her uncle (John Graves Heap Jr.), and her grandfather (John Graves Heap Sr.). Finally, she provides a brief genealogical sketch of the Heap family beginning with...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Alice Heap begins this handwritten account of the Heap family with her father, George Carson Heap Sr. She goes on to relate her early memories of her parents and Knoxville (including the 1910 Appalachian Exposition, her father's work with Hope Bros., and the first airplane in town) and describes her brother (George Carson Heap Jr.), her uncle (John Graves Heap Jr.), and her grandfather (John Graves Heap Sr.). Finally, she provides a brief genealogical sketch of the Heap family beginning with...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Alice Heap begins this handwritten account of the Heap family with her father, George Carson Heap Sr. She goes on to relate her early memories of her parents and Knoxville (including the 1910 Appalachian Exposition, her father's work with Hope Bros., and the first airplane in town) and describes her brother (George Carson Heap Jr.), her uncle (John Graves Heap Jr.), and her grandfather (John Graves Heap Sr.). Finally, she provides a brief genealogical sketch of the Heap family beginning with...

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James T. Shields wrote this letter on behalf of General Robert Kyle, who was then ill. In it, he asks his correspondent to purchase and execute a prosecution bond on Kyle's surety.

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This extract from the Abingdon Presbytery's minutes indicates that the Reverend Andrew S. Morrison presented an extract from the Union Presbytery's minutes recording his dismissal from that organization and his instructions to attach himself to the Abingdon Presbytery. Upon presenting the document, Morrison was received as a member in good standing and invited to take his seat.

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A single carte de visite depicting Abraham Lincoln. Mathew Brady made the original portrait that serves as the foundation of this carte de visite. Either Brady or another photographer added a dark wreath around the image, likely on the occasion of Lincoln's assassination.

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This carte de visite is a commercial reproduction of a portrait of W. G. Brownlow.

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This portrait of George Scarbrough was most likely intended for publicity purposes.

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J. Gurney & Son produced this stereoview of Charles Dickens in approximately 1868.

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This cabinet card depicts celebrated Knoxville artist Lloyd Branson.

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Nancy Crampton took this photograph of author Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor in 1975.

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This photograph shows Thomas Johnstone Lipton (right) and Henry Nevett Saxton Jr. (left) at a yacht race in Newport, Rhode Island in approximately 1925.

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These two caricatures, signed simply M. T., depict Knoxville lawyer and politician Sam Heiskell. One portrays him seated, while the other shows him reading a newspaper.

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This photograph depicts a group of people seated on a jitney operated by the All Around Washington Auto Co. Visible in the background is the Capitol Building.

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This photograph depicts author Christine Noble Govan sitting at her desk with two cats. The image is signed by Govan and has a note on the reverse reading "This is the manuscript of Jennifer's House" on the desk.

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This photograph depicts the first target practice of the USS Tennessee. In this instance, the ship is firing broadside.

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These photographs depict a number of boats that operated on the Tennessee River during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The ships depicted include the excursion boat Annabell King, the steamers City of Chattanooga, Shiloh, J. W. Hill, the packets Edgar Cherry, City of Memphis, City of Knoxville, War Eagle, the gunboat Kingston, and the transport Missionary.