Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of photographs depicting Hales Bar Dam in Guild (Haletown), Marion County, Tennessee, during construction. Some photographs are dated, all between 1910 and 1912. Images show construction, waterviews, electric cableway, and men who worked on the project. Most names are included on the back of the photographs of individuals. One wide postcard labeled “East Side Camp March 1912” depicts the workers’ camp and labels the buildings with a handwritten number...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of a five-page typed prospectus describing the railroad set to be completed by May 1, 1890, extending from Lebanon to Cookeville, Tennessee. When finished the line would connect Nashville and Knoxville. Inluded in the proposal is a chemical analysis of Tennessee block coal that was done September 25, 1884, in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, by the Crawford Iron and Steel company. This proposal explains what materials were used for the track, current and future branches, and...

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This collection consists of a handwritten letter from Mrs. Robert L. Dickerson to Professor Richard B. Davis briefly describing her family history, mostly her grandfather and his family. She describes the area near Shiloh, Tenn., where her grandfather and his brothers had to leave during the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil War. She also mentions that she can trace her family history to Williamsburg, Virginia, but does not include any dates. The letter covers two pages.

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This collection consists of stock certificate number 142 from the state of Alabama for $500 at 8 percent, issued March 1, 1861. Issued for military defense from the Office of the Treasurer, the certificate is signed by W. J. Greene, the comptroller of public accounts, and Governor A. B. Moore.

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This collection contains papers relating to schools in Jefferson County, Tennessee between 1895-1922. D. H. Bales, former clerk of school district 6 Jefferson County, is addressed in many of these papers, along with several superintendents. This collection includes letters, a report of school directors to the county superintendent, daily schedule and exam questions for elementary students, and various other papers pertaining to schools in this area.

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This collection consist of an assortment of small handwritten notes and records from James L. Coile dated between 1839 and 1902.

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This collection contains documents from the Office of East Tennessee & Virginia Rail Road Company in 1854. Included is a dray ticket, a letter to James L. Coile and sons about money owed for shares of stock in the company, and copy of a resolution to the Board of Directors regarding stock money collection arrangements.

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Three account books documenting William S. Coile's market from 1841 to 1884 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Three account books documenting William S. Coile's market from 1841 to 1884 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Three account books documenting William S. Coile's market from 1841 to 1884 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Papers relating to "The Last Political Conversation of Andrew Johnson," a document typed most likely in the 1920s by Captain McElwee, who either typed it himself or dictated it. The document, rediscovered in 1977, describes an 1875 conversation with Andrew Johnson on a train out of Knoxville, Tennessee, shortly before Johnson's death. The discussion that took place was significant in detailing parts of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln ten years earlier.A...

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This collection is a six-page handwritten letter from Carrie S. Hall, addressed to her "Dear Cousin," dated from Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 8, 1897. In the letter, Hall recounts genealogical information of her family, mostly related to the Whites, Smiths, and Thornburghs near Jefferson County, Tennessee.