Haywood County (Tenn.) -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Civil Rights Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0334
Abstract
The Civil Rights Collection brings together papers and publications from individuals and organizations, as well as over fifty hours of taped interviews with civil rights participants. Individuals include Charles Haynie, Buford Posey, Sidney Redmond, Walter and Elizabeth Rogers, and Claude Williams, among others. Organizations include ACLU, CORE, SCEF, SRC, and several others. The collection includes a wealth of pamphlets, organized by topic, and newsletters, organized by title. Documents...
Dates:
1910-1979
E. P. Nelson Diary
Collection
Identifier: MS-1362
Abstract
This diary was written by E. P. Nelson from January to August 1871, with financial records in the first few pages from 1858 to 1860.
Dates:
1858-1860, 1871
H. J. Anderson Letter to the Editor of the Globe
Collection
Identifier: MS-1155
Abstract
This collection consists of a handwritten letter by H. J. Anderson of Toulon, Haywood County, Tennessee, to F. P. Blair, the editor of the Globe (Washington, D.C.), on January 23, 1835 regarding his subscription to the newspaper.
Dates:
1835 January 23
James A. Rogers Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0738
Abstract
The bulk of this collection houses legal documents, correspondence, plats, and other items documenting James A. Rogers' life and work. Among the subjects shown are rail and steamboat shipments in the 1850s and 1860s, land grants and sales (including land grants given in recognition of service in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War), transaction records of enslaved individuals from the 1840s to the 1860s, the Civil War (including the construction of Fort Pillar north of...
Dates:
1784 November 3-1974 December 27; Majority of material found within 1784 November 3-1897 December 10