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Title: Springtown mill and stream
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1978-10
Abstract: 2 tifs. Two images of the Springtown Mill and nearby stream in Polk County. The first slide shows the mill's wheel dormant and covered in vines, and the second image is of the stream; both are depicted in the fall of 1978. The mill was first known as Harris Mill, then renamed Maggie's Mill after a local resident.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Springtown
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001570
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| 77 |
Title: Images of Kimsey Highway
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1971 - 1973
Abstract: 3 tifs. The Historic Kimsey Highway, Forest Service Road 68, is located in the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tennessee and is named after a prominent early 20th century doctor, citizen, and philanthropist of the county, Dr. Lucius Ezell Kimsey. The first image features a brown and white sign on the highway reading "Cherokee National Forest. Historic Kimsey Highway." The second and third images depict unpaved roads running through the autumnal mountains.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Polk County
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001574
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| 78 |
Title: Homecoming Court, 1988
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1988
Abstract: Homecoming queen Mona Evan poses with her court. From left to right are Jenni Stakup, Jo Ellen Drennon, Evan, Jenny Contrell, and Priscilla Corn. MTSU's first African-American homecoming queen was Barbara Gibson, elected in 1978.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: MTSU News and Public Affairs Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002351
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| 79 |
Title: Signing of the resolution designating the Yellowwood as the state's bicentennial tree
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1991-01-31
Abstract: Photograph of the signing of a resolution designating the Yellowwood as the state's bicentennial tree. Left to Right; Senator Tommy Burks, sponsor of the resolution, Ronny J. West, President of the Jackson County Historical Society, Governor Ned R. McWherter, Senator Anna Belle Clement O'Brien, co-sponsor of the resolution. The photograph is signed by the Governor to Ronny West.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: General Collections
Contributing Institution: Fred Lucius Haile Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000607
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| 80 |
Title: Clifton Lee Bowman
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1968
Abstract: This is a photograph of U.S. Marine Clifton Lee Bowman, a black Marine from Bell Buckle. He was killed Sept 14, 1968, his first day in Vietnam.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Military Collection
Contributing Institution: Fly Cultural Arts Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002086
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| 81 |
Title: The Webb Brothers Store and the U.S. Post Office in Reliance, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1978-11
Abstract: This general store and Texaco gas station, the Webb Brothers store, sells a variety of goods including fishing supplies (It is located on the banks of the Hiwassee River) and is also a certified U.S. Post Office. The historic store is located in Reliance, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Reliance, Tennessee
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000392
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| 82 |
Title: The James W. Chesnutt house
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 2000 - 2005
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "The James W. Chesnutt house". It was also known as "The Little White House" and was the home of a mill owner, James W. Chesnutt. The house has been restored and is now part of the Englewood Textile Museum in Englewood, Tennessee. In 2001 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places due to the efforts of the Englewood Textile Museum and the Community Action Group of Englewood in McMinn County.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Englewood Textile Museum
Contributing Institution: Englewood Textile Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002065
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| 83 |
Title: Fred Logan
Photographer : Unknown
Date Created: 1970 - 1985
Abstract: Verso said reads: "Fred Logan, For over 50 years, Mr. Logan owned various night clubs in Knoxville and promoted shows featuring some of the biggest personalities in show business." These personalities included such artists as Ella Fitzgerald and Fats Domino. Fred Logan opened his first club on Gay Street in the late 1930s.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000469
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| 84 |
Title: Images of Copper Hill and Copper Basin
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1976 - 1978
Abstract: 3 tifs. Three images of the barren ground and hills near the mines of Copperhill, Tennessee. The Ducktown-Copperhill area in Polk County, Tennessee was one of the first mining areas in Tennessee, where mining begin in 1847. Copper mining in the area did not end until 1987 and the area was stripped of timber and the land was deprived of vegetation.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Copper Hill and Copper Basin
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001576
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| 85 |
Title: Friendship Church in Polk County, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1970
Abstract: 2 tifs. Two images of the Friendship Baptist Church in Polk County, Tennessee established in 1826 as it stands in the seventies. The building itself is white clapboard with a cemetery at the rear. Friendship Baptish Church is the oldest church in Polk county, and is located north of the Hiwassee River.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Polk County Churches
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001568
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| 86 |
Title: Charles Thomas Parker
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1985 - 1997
Abstract: Verso side of the photograph reads Charles Thomas Parker, 1918-1997, Charleston Police Chief.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Cleveland Public Library History Branch Collection
Contributing Institution: Southeast Tennessee Digital Archive Cleveland State Community College
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001456
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| 87 |
Title: Roy W. Kirksey
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1971
Abstract: Roy W. Kirsey of the Cleveland Police Department stands with his police vehicle at 407 King Edward Avenue in Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1971.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Cleveland Public Library History Branch Collection
Contributing Institution: Southeast Tennessee Digital Archive Cleveland State Community College
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001454
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| 88 |
Title: Robert J. Booker
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1975
Abstract: 2 tifs. Two portraits of Robert J. Booker from the seventies era. Booker is a native of Knoxville, a veteran, and was the first African American elected to the Tennessee legislature from Knox County. Booker was first elected in 1966 and served three terms. Booker was also the first African American to serve as Administrative Assistant to the mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee beginning in 1972. Booker was the executive director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center for sixteen years. He authored several books related to black culture in Knoxville, and wrote columns for the Knoxville Journal.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001611
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| 89 |
Title: Ruins of an Old Mill in Columbus, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1976-10
Abstract: These are ruins of an old mill in Columbus, Tennessee. One can see some of the original stones within the forrest.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Polk County
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000394
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| 90 |
Title: Old general store in Reliance, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1978-11
Abstract: This is a color slide of what was an old general store in Reliance, Polk Co. It was used as a store into the 1960s and became a rental residence until the 1990s when it burned down.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Reliance, Tennessee
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002090
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| 91 |
Title: William Wiggins House in Polk County, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1976-11
Abstract: 2 tifs. The William Wiggins House in Benton, Tennessee is also known as the Dr. J.D. Nuchols House and drugstore. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 because of the significance of its architecture. It was built around 1825.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Benton, Tennessee
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001571
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| 92 |
Title: Buildings at Copperhill in Polk County, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1970
Abstract: 2 tifs. Images of buildings near the mines in Copperhill, Tennessee in 1970. The first image is of a partially brick, partially aluminum clad home on a barren site. The second image is of a concrete block industrial structure with machinery behind it and dumpsters in the foreground. The devastation of the Copper Basin was so great that the area was once considered the largest man-made biological desert in the nation, with over 50 miles stripped. In the 1870s the mines began to fail due to a lack of transportation and a decline in the quality of ore. However, improvements in transportation over the next twenty years led to rapid growth in the area. Eventually the area's industry shifted to sulfuric acid, which was used to smelt copper. In 1941 the Tennessee Valley Authority began an effort on site to re-vegetate the basin, including the construction of sixteen buildings. The area was mined until 1987.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Copper Hill and Copper Basin
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001578
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| 93 |
Title: Dr. F.E. Wright
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1967 - 1976
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Dr. F.E. Wright". It is a photograph of the first president of Jackson State Community College in Jackson, Tennessee. This photograph is included in a scrapbook dedicated to him that is dated 1976. Dr. Wright served as college president from 1967 to 1976, when he died.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Jackson State Community College History and Development
Contributing Institution: Jackson State Community College Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002193
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| 94 |
Title: Copperhill smelting plant
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1970
Abstract: 2 tifs. Two images of the blackened ground and gaseous vapors of the smelting mines at Copperhill, Tennessee. Both images depict the refinery in the backrground, and the second image shows the raw steel and materials used in the mines. In the 1870s the mines at Copper Basin began to fail due to a lack of transportation and a decline in the quality of ore. However, improvements in transportation over the next twenty years led to rapid growth in the area. Eventually the area's industry shifted to sulfuric acid, which was used to smelt copper. In 1904 the pyritic process for copper smelting was invented, which eliminated the need to open roast the ore. In 1961 the Copper Basin aded a fluid-solids roaster to reduce pollution and in 1992 a new sulfur burner was installed to replace the smelter. Acid production at Copperhill ended in 2000.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Copper Hill and Copper Basin
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001579
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| 95 |
Title: Images of the Polk County courthouse
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1976
Abstract: 3 tifs. Three images taken during the American bicentennial of the Polk County Courthouse in Benton, Tennessee. The courthouse was designed in the Art Deco Style and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 for its architectural and engineering significance. The third image is a closer view of the memorial erected by the American legion. The sculpture is engraved "Dedicated to the memory of the men of Polk County Tenn. Who gave their lives and to all who served in World Wars I and II."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Images of Polk County
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001573
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| 96 |
Title: Jimmy Baxter
Photographer : Unknown
Date Created: 1975 - 1980
Abstract: Jimmie Baxter served as the first African American student body president at the University of Tennessee in 1969. He was also one of the first two undergraduates to be admitted into the university. He began serving as the Assistant United States Attorney for Tennessee in 1978.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000468
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| 97 |
Title: James W. Parris
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1970 - 1990
Abstract: Verso side of photograph reads James W. Parris, President of the Cleveland-Bradley County NAACP.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Cleveland Public Library History Branch Collection
Contributing Institution: Southeast Tennessee Digital Archive Cleveland State Community College
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001457
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| 98 |
Title: Hiwassee Float Services
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1970
Abstract: 3 tifs. Hiwassee Float Services was one of the earliest recreational river businessess in the southeast Tennessee area, including Polk County. The three images in the collection depict the business during the seventies. The first image is of a man standing near his car and the sign "Hiwassee Float Services. Canoe and Raft Rental. Car Shuttle Service. Licenses. Bait. Supplies." The second image depicts an older couple paddling an inflated raft past rapids with a child riding an innertube nearby. The third image is of a group of tourists standing in front of a van with inflated rafts on top.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Hiwassee Float Services
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001567
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| 99 |
Title: Aerial photograph showing the former site of Chota and Tanasee, 18th century Cherokee villages
Photographer : Wayne D. Roberts
Date Created: 1967 - 1983
Abstract: This aerial photograph shows the former site of Chota and Tanasee, 18th century Overhill Cherokee villages in the Little Tennessee River Valley. Chota was recognized by Native Americans and European settlers as a powerful social and economic influence and was regarded as the capital of the Cherokee nation. The University of Tennessee conducted excavations of Overhill Cherokee villages between 1967 and 1983 as part of the Tellico Archaeological Project in anticipation of the flooding of the lower Little Tennessee River Valley by the Tellico Dam Reservoir. The excavations were conducted under contract with the National Park Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Frank H. McClung Museum Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Frank H. McClung Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002524
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| 100 |
Title: A Famous Alumnus
Photographer : Middle Tennessee State University
Date Created: 1960 - 1970
Abstract: Former Tennessee senator Albert Gore Sr. is a Middle Tennessee State Colleges Teacher alumnus, having graduated in 1932 with a teaching degree. He often spoke as a guest lecturer on campus before his death in 1998.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: MTSU News and Public Affairs Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002350
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