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Allen A. Hall Letters
In these four letters, Allen Hall's correspondents discuss such political matters as appointments to the Post Office, removals of political officeholders, and the political situation in Knoxville and East Tennessee.
Cave Johnson Letters
Two of these letters, both addressed to an unknown recipient, concern subscriptions to the Weekly Globe. The third (dated 1843) is addressed to John H. Caustine and concerns fees for dealing with spoliation claims.
Charlie Daniel Editorial Cartoon Collection
F. S. Heiskell Scrapbook
This collection contains a scrapbook belonging to F. S. Heiskell comprised of 1840s newspaper clippings, mainly about the government, economy, agriculture, and the Mexican War.
F. S. Heiskell Subscription List of the Knoxville Register
F.S. Heiskell and Hugh Brown Dissolution of Partnership
This document records the dissolution of the partnership between F.S. Heiskell and his brother-in-law Hugh Brown. The two founded a printing firm and created one of the earliest newspapers in Knoxville, Tennessee,
George Wilson Publishing Accounts Payable List
H. G. Parks Letter
In this letter, H. G. Parks asks F. S. Heiskell (editor of the Knoxville Register) to please send him a copy of that paper. Parks is residing in Richmond (Ray County), Missouri and has not seen the Register since he left Knoxville. He also remarks that most newspapers in Missouri "put Genl. Jackson down and ... rase Henry Clay." A note on the verso indicates that Heiskell provided the requested copy.
John B. Brownlow Letter
This collection consists of a single letter from John B. Brownlow to William G. McAdoo on February 4, 1890. The letter concerns Brownlow's recollection of a speech made by Andrew Johnson in Knoxville around 1860.
John Eaton Jr. Papers
This collection houses the papers of Tennessee educator, journalist, and politician John Eaton Jr. Some of the topics documented include the U. S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, the U. S. Bureau of Education, Eaton's newspaper The Memphis Post, and personal matters.
Knoxville Enquirer Subscription Receipts
This collection is made up of two receipts, each for a three-dollar, 52-week subscription to the Knoxville Enquirer newspaper, including the first two years of publication. The receipts are made out to “Gen. A. Jackson”.
Knoxville Journal and Tribune Assignment Book
This collection contains a newspaper assignment book for the Knoxville Journal and Tribune from January 1 to December 31, 1911. Each page is dated and completed in ink with the stories a reporter was assigned to and the items that needed to be looked up that day.
Knoxville Journal and Tribune Button
A single pinback button with text reading "I sell the Knoxville Journal and Tribune."
Knoxville Journal Company Notebook
This small leather pocket journal contains various lists of financial and political information from the 1890's, including election returns from several wards, the price of silver, shareholders in the Knoxville Journal Company, payment on several loans, and the salaries for political and military personnel.
Malcolm Miller Papers
This collection houses correspondence, reviews, programs, photographs, scripts, and other materials documenting Malcolm Miller's work with the University of Tennessee's drama program, his involvement with such Knoxville theaters as the Bijou, the Lyric, and the Tennessee, and his column, Music and Drama, in the Knoxville Journal.
Oak Ridge Mercury Loss News Clippings
This collection consists of photocopied newspaper clippings from 1983 to 1986 detailing mercury loss into East Fork Poplar Creek in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from the Y-12 plant. The clippings include documentation of public controversy and fear surrounding this revealed exposure by the Department of Energy in addition to the subsequent Congressional hearing and later efforts to clean up the environment contaminated by the mercury loss.
Sam Venable Papers
This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, negatives, slides, oral histories, manuscript drafts, press clippings, memorabilia, oversized posters, and taped interviews collected over the career of Sam Venable, a writer and columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel in East Tennessee.
Samuel Cole Williams Collection
This collection contains handwritten notes taken from the Jackson Gazette issues between 1824 and 1830. In addition are notes from a 1931 letter, three notecards with a long quotation in French and three pages of unidentified quotations. All the information is related to the history of West Tennessee.
U.S. Government Documents Declaring War
This double-sided broadside reprints a message to Congress by James Madison (June 10); a report from the Committee on Foreign Relations; the declaration of war, signed by Henry Clay and William Crawford, and approved by James Madison (June 18); a proclamation by the president, signed by James Madison and James Monroe (June 19); and a letter to the citizens of West Tennessee from Felix Grundy (June 25).
W. G. Holmes Letter to S. E. Hunt
In this letter to Sarah E. Hunt, W. G. Holmes (business manager of the Memphis Commercial Appeal) describes the history of morning newspapers in Memphis beginning with the foundation of the Appeal in 1840 and ending with the consolidation of the city's two major daily newspapers, the Appeal Avalanche and the Commercial, as the Commercial Appeal in 1894. Holmes closes with an outline of the features that make Memphis an ideal location for a morning newspaper.
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