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This collection houses a satirical broadside printed by an unidentified Knoxville Temperance Society. It takes the form of a recruitment poster produced by the liquor companies targeting new customers.

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This mounted professional portrait depicts Horace Maynard. The back of the image reads Col. Horace Maynard USA Union Son married Florence Vanuxem.

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This collection consists of a color newspaper illustration depicting the Office the Freedmen's Bureau in Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1866-1868. It shows three seated white men, one of whom is T. A. Walker (the Superintendent of the District of Western Tennessee's Freedmen's Bureau), and a group of African-American men, who seem to be asking for their assistance.

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This collection consists of genealogical information documenting John Lee, Esquire of Johnston County, North Carolina and his son Captain Thomas Lee of Hawkins County, Tennessee. These materials include photographs of gravestones, copies and transcripts of correspondence from the 1800s, genealogical records, lists of Civil War prisoners of war from 1863 to 1865, and newspaper articles.

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This collection consists of genealogical information documenting John Lee, Esquire of Johnston County, North Carolina and his son Captain Thomas Lee of Hawkins County, Tennessee. These materials include photographs of gravestones, copies and transcripts of correspondence from the 1800s, genealogical records, lists of Civil War prisoners of war from 1863 to 1865, and newspaper articles.

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This collection consists of a letter from the Acme Chair Manufacturing Co. in Knoxville, Tennessee, dated January 23, 1917 to Anson G. Betts and Co. in Asheville, North Carolina, discussing a delay in the foreclosure sale of the chair plant.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection consists of genealogical information documenting John Lee, Esquire of Johnston County, North Carolina and his son Captain Thomas Lee of Hawkins County, Tennessee. These materials include photographs of gravestones, copies and transcripts of correspondence from the 1800s, genealogical records, lists of Civil War prisoners of war from 1863 to 1865, and newspaper articles.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection consists of genealogical information documenting John Lee, Esquire of Johnston County, North Carolina and his son Captain Thomas Lee of Hawkins County, Tennessee. These materials include photographs of gravestones, copies and transcripts of correspondence from the 1800s, genealogical records, lists of Civil War prisoners of war from 1863 to 1865, and newspaper articles.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection consists of genealogical information documenting John Lee, Esquire of Johnston County, North Carolina and his son Captain Thomas Lee of Hawkins County, Tennessee. These materials include photographs of gravestones, copies and transcripts of correspondence from the 1800s, genealogical records, lists of Civil War prisoners of war from 1863 to 1865, and newspaper articles.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of eight Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) photographs that show the building of Norris Dam by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Each photo is an original print taken in 1934 by Moore Photo of Washington, D.C. The photographs include pictures of:Important erosion dams adjacent to Norris Dam built by CCC under TVA supervision, 1934,An old mill wheel in action, 1934,The #18 Civilian Conservation Corps group photo, 1934,...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The first document in this collection is a reproduction of an 1835 contract of indentured servitude establishing that Alexander Morehead will work in Johnson's Greeneville, Tennessee tailor shop while Johnson is in Nashville. The second document is an 1866 letter from the Secretary of the Navy requesting money to defray travel expenses that Johnson has incurred. The final document is an 1867 letter from Johnson's office to the Secretary of State transmitting a proposed itinerary for the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The first document in this collection is a reproduction of an 1835 contract of indentured servitude establishing that Alexander Morehead will work in Johnson's Greeneville, Tennessee tailor shop while Johnson is in Nashville. The second document is an 1866 letter from the Secretary of the Navy requesting money to defray travel expenses that Johnson has incurred. The final document is an 1867 letter from Johnson's office to the Secretary of State transmitting a proposed itinerary for the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The first document in this collection is a reproduction of an 1835 contract of indentured servitude establishing that Alexander Morehead will work in Johnson's Greeneville, Tennessee tailor shop while Johnson is in Nashville. The second document is an 1866 letter from the Secretary of the Navy requesting money to defray travel expenses that Johnson has incurred. The final document is an 1867 letter from Johnson's office to the Secretary of State transmitting a proposed itinerary for the...

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This collection houses a program for the Appalachian Fair held in Newport, Tennessee in 1906.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of a spiral-bound transcription of an 1864 Civil War diary, written by John A. Curran of the 32nd Iowa Regiment, Co. B. It covers the time period from July 11, 1864, to February 11, 1865. The diary chronicles the soldier’s day-to-day life in the military and contains a first-person account of the struggles of an infantry soldier while in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri, including the Battle of Nashville on December 15-16, 1864.The transcription also...