Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists primarily of a diary that John Richards Jr. of Knoxville, Tennessee kept between April 6, 1917 and October 20, 1918. After warning his readers that "he or she who read these pages without my consent are cussed by me," Richards discusses his desire to fight in World War I, his admiration for classmates who have joined the Navy, seeing these new recruits off at the train station, his studies and activities at Central High School, cross-dressing in order to play pranks,...

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Nina Cunningham of Maryville, Tennessee kept this diary between 1886 and 1899. In it, she describes her time as a student at Maryville College in addition to family and social events.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This thin board album contains letters and reports documenting a proposal to acquire the Nashville Interurban Railway and the Middle Tennessee Railroad for the purposes of extending rail lines and providing electricity to the area surrounding Columbia, Franklin, Mt. Pleasant, Gordonsburg, and Wales, Tennessee. Among the subjects covered are the estimated cost of construction and the estimated profits based on surveys of population, production, and other resources in the area.The...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This book opens on October 9, 1874 as the Minute Book of the Carthage Automatologian Society with W. D. Gold president and T. J. Fisher secretary. Fisher used the later pages for a variety of purposes, including an alphabetical digest of laws (pages 1-61), the financial records of his law practice (pages 62-83), calving records for a herd of red polled cattle (pages 84-86), financial records concerning his guardianship of James E. and Cethilda Haywire (pages 107-111), other financial records...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This ledger houses records of the marble that a quarry in Rogersville, Tennessee sold to various companies around the United States. The individuals and organizations that the quarry did business with include George J. Saffer (New York), Mess. Davidson and Son (Milwaukee), William H. Evans and Son, Burlington Manufacturing Company, Joseph Foster and Son, Pickel Marble and Granate (sic) Company (St. Louis), Beherr McDonald (Covington, Ky.), M. Dempsey (Norfolk), Finney and Devanny (New York),...

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This ledger records the grocery accounts of several hundred people. Each page is headed by the person's name and includes the date, item, and price for each transaction in addition to occasional payments. Some accounts end with a note of the amount transferred to New Book. A copy of an engraving captioned H E Hall was found loose between the pages.

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This ledger documents the accounts of Maryville lawyer Charles T. Cates between 1866 and 1876. In each record, Cates lists the name of his client, describes the services he performed, and indicates how much he charged. An index (arranged by the client's last name) appears on the first few pages of the book.