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This collection consists of the Templars Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, dated July 1879.

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This collection consists of series of several Civil War era letters. One letter, dated March 1, 1862, is addressed from Richmond, Va. from J. M. Bennett to My Dear Girl. The letters of copies of the originals; some are too faded to be legible, or are only part of whole letters.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The volume titled "Journal of a Cruise in the US Ship Natchez, John P Lanzinger Esq Commander by Roberts Poinsett Lovell" chronicles Lovell's time as midshipman on the USS Natchez and the USS Boxer from May 4, 1833 to August 9, 1835 off the coast of Brazil and Argentina. The handwritten volume mostly documents the wind and weather conditions aboard the two ships, with some details regarding hailed ships (American, English, Dutch and...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains two handwritten essays by James E. Tubb advocating industrial education, a form of general education and skill-based training proposed in the early 20th century by Booker T. Washington, to provide a foundation for African Americans to gain economic stability.The first essay, Industrial Education -- Its Effects upon Civil Life, is written on stationary printed with Office of James E. Tubb, Lawyer and Waverly, Tenn., 190_, indicating that Tubb wrote one or...

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This collection consists of an interview tape and transcripts from the WKGN radio station completed by commentator Ruth Stephens. The transcripts concern a series of broadcast on the business concerns of Knoxville. Each month, a Knoxville company was investigated, and Ruth would discuss her findings on her radio show. Some companies included the American Zinc Company, East Tennessee Packing Company, and Woodruff's, Incorporated.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection consists of an interview tape and transcripts from the WKGN radio station completed by commentator Ruth Stephens. The transcripts concern a series of broadcast on the business concerns of Knoxville. Each month, a Knoxville company was investigated, and Ruth would discuss her findings on her radio show. Some companies included the American Zinc Company, East Tennessee Packing Company, and Woodruff's, Incorporated.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection consists of an interview tape and transcripts from the WKGN radio station completed by commentator Ruth Stephens. The transcripts concern a series of broadcast on the business concerns of Knoxville. Each month, a Knoxville company was investigated, and Ruth would discuss her findings on her radio show. Some companies included the American Zinc Company, East Tennessee Packing Company, and Woodruff's, Incorporated.

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This collection consists of a typescript copy of the essay Confederate History of Hawkins County, Tennessee, which begins with the county's formation and ends with the close of the Civil War.

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This collection consists of photograph copies of two letters written by Elijah Sterling Robertson. One letter is written to his wife Eliza Hamer Robertson and is dated 1848. The other letter is written to his son Sterling Robertson in 1878. The letter to his wife Eliza discusses a gift as well as declarations of love. The letter to his son discusses politics.