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Title: Letter on Law and Order, 2
Author : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1968-07-11
Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to a citizen concerned about gun control legislation and protection against rioters and marchers. Gore briefly explains his views in respect to the "recently approved anti-crime bill" in this letter. Identifying information has been removed to protect the identities of private citizens.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002575
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Title: Letter on Atomic Energy Reactor
Author : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1953-12-05
Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to Mr. Emerson M. Pownall, President of the United Gas, Coke, and Chemical Workers of America. Gore reassures Mr. Pownall that he will do anything possible to secure the installation of a proposed atomic energy reactor within Oak Ridge. Gore also tells the union president of his efforts in trying to relax a 45-mile commuting rule concerning Oak Ridge housing.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002567
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Title: Letter on Segregation, 4
Author : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1958-01-22
Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to a couple opposed to the "Parents Voluntary Plan" in Nashville. This plan, according to Gore, is "a proposal of local citizens for a plan to meet the requirements of the decision of the Supreme Court on segregation." Gore believes that local citizens should have the right to recommend a plan for the administration of their schools. Identifying information has been removed to protect the identities of private citizens.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002571
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Title: Letter on Prayer in School
Author : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1963-09
Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to Tennesseans who contacted the senator with their views on prayer in schools. These citizens are responding to a recent Supreme Court decision ruling school-sponsored Bible reading in American public schools in the United States as unconstitutional.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002562
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Title: Letter on 1963 Civil Rights
Author : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1963-06-21
Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to a Tennessean who contacted the senator with his views on Civil Rights legislation.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002561
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Title: Letter on Civil Rights Freedom Riders
Author : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1961-05-27
Abstract: This letter is a response from Senator Albert Gore to a citizen concerned about the mistreatment of Alabama Freedom Riders. The citizen wishes for peaceful actions to be taken to end this violence. Gore agrees with the citizen and hopes that "orderly procedure" will oust "the medium of mob rule." Identifying information has been removed to protect the identities of private citizens.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002572
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Title: Southern Senators Filibuster to Stop Civil Rights Legislation
Speaker : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1949-03-20
Abstract: In this WSM radio broadcast script, Representative Albert Gore of Tennessee describes the defeat of Civil Rights legislation in the Senate by a filibuster orchestrated by Southern senators. He also tells of the animosity present within the Democratic party, for Democratic senators from the East, North, and West resented the Southern senators spiteful efforts to oppose rent control in retaliation for their arduous fight against Civil Rights legislation. Gore reports Congressional discussion of the possibility that the Army is conducting too much "loose talking" and disapproves of the Air Corps` "costly publicity stunts."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. House Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003315
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Title: Farm Policy Campaign Speech
Speaker : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1952-06-14
Abstract: In a speech given in Decatur County, Tennessee, Congressman Albert Gore discusses his interest in farm policies and programs of the largely agricultural Tennessee. He explains his role in the Gore-Anderson Farm Bill and how that bill defeated the Brannan Plan, which Gore believes would have ruined the economic stability of the farming community. As a candidate for the United States Senate, Gore promises to serve his state and nation in a conscientious manner and contends that he will effectively represent farmers in Congress.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. House Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003314
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Title: Removal of General MacArthur from Command in Korea
Speaker : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1951
Abstract: In this WSM radio broadcast script, Representative Albert Gore of Tennessee expresses his disapproval of President Harry S. Truman`s removal of General MacArthur`s from command in Korea. He believes that the decision to remove the "soldier of renown" was due to differences in viewpoint and a military stalemate in Korea. The General believes that Asia holds greater strategic importance, according to Gore, while the general staff in Washington "concluded that Western Europe is of more importance."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. House Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002557
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Title: Communism in the TVA
Speaker : Albert Gore, Sr., 1907-1998
Date Created: 1947-02-10
Abstract: Congressman Albert Gore addresses the House of Representatives, challenging a claim made by a Georgia congressional representative that the Tennessee Valley Authority is "a hotbed of communism." Gore points out that a previous governmental investigation of the TVA found no evidence to support the Georgian`s claims. While he is in full support of expelling "subversive elements in the Government," Congressman Gore warns against making outrageous accusations about "innocent, patriotic American citizens."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Albert Gore Sr. House Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002523
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Title: American Nationalist
Publisher : American Nationalist Party
Date Created: 1952 - 1960
Abstract: This is a flyer from a white supremacist, anti-integration group in California. This flyer warns of the "plot to impose `Black Supremacy` upon the South".
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Edmund Orgill Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003245
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Title: Joan Fontaine and her Negro Screen Lover
Publisher : American Nationalist
Date Created: 1957
Abstract: A flyer from a white supremacist, anti-integration group in California, American Nationalist. This flyer warns of interracial romance depicted in Hollywood movies, citing an upcoming release entitled "Island in the Sun" featuring on-screen love scenes between Joan Fontaine and Harry Belafonte. The flyer urges drastic measures including boycotting.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Edmund Orgill Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003311
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Title: Tennessee
Artist : Andrew C. Cottrell
Date Created: 1968
Abstract: This is a painting by Andrew C. Cottrell from Arthur, Tennessee. It shows a man gathering berries underneath two trees. A myriad of woodland creatures surround him. There is heavy foliage falling from the trees and a bright orange sun in the background. On the tree to the right, there is there artist's name and a date. It says A. Cottrell 68 (1968). The work is from the Collection of the Museum of Appalachia.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Museum of Appalachia
Contributing Institution: Museum of Appalachia
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000507
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Title: Anonymous in Memphis, Tennessee to Orgill, Edmund in Memphis, Tennessee
Author : anonymous
Recipient : Edmund Orgill
Date Created: 1956-02-29
Abstract: A letter in response to the issue of putting a "negro" on the board of John Gaston Hospital. Mayor Orgill had requested citizen comment. This anonymous citizen accuses Orgill of being a "negro lover" and reminds him that there is still a Ku Klux Klan presence in Memphis.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Edmund Orgill Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000814
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Title: Anonymous in Memphis, Tennessee, to Dalstrom, Edwin in Memphis, Tennessee
Author : anonymous
Recipient : Edward Dalstrom
Date Created: 1958-07-01
Abstract: A citizen complaining about "negro" families moving into the Glenview Community of Memphis. The letter threatens to withhold support from the Urban League of which Dalstrom was Chairman.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Edwin Dalstrom Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000799
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Title: Debarker at Ashby Veneer and Lumber Company
Photographer : anonymous
Donor : George Ashby
Date Created: 1960
Abstract: Ashby Veneer and Lumber Company, in Jackson, Tennessee, was started in 1913.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Jackson Business History Project Collection
Contributing Institution: Jackson-Madison County Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001258
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Title: Anonymous in Memphis, TN, to Edwin Dalstrom in Memphis, TN
Printer : anonymous
Date Created: 1958-01-05
Abstract: This is an anonymous letter warning Dalstrom against advocating "race mixing".
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Edwin Dalstrom Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003219
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Title: Letter, March 26 A.D. 1965, Memphis, Tenn. to Warren
Correspondent : Arnold Blain
Date Created: 1965-03-26
Abstract: This letter describes the experiences of Arnold Blain and John Wesley at the Montgomery March in Montgomery, Alabama. The letter was written the day after the march. The men travelled to Montgomery from Memphis. A note is attached to the letter. It was written by Selma Lewis and addressed to Jim Johnson at the history department of the Memphis Public Library. Mrs. Lewis provided this photocopy of the letter to the library. The note provides brief biographical information on both men. The note is dated "1/5/89."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001906
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Title: Association of Citizens` Councils flyer
Author : Association of Citizens` Councils of Mississippi
Date Created: 1954
Abstract: Association of Citizens` Councils flyer presenting venereal disease statistics in order to claim that integration would be harmful to whites. There is a story about integration hurting schools on the back side. The Association of Citizens` Councils was a pro-white, anti-integration organization founded in Mississippi in 1954.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Dalton Segregation Documents
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001029
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Title: Is segregation unchristian?
Author : Association of Citizens` Councils of Mississippi
Date Created: 1954
Abstract: Association of Citizens` Councils flyer presenting biblical quotations in order to claim that segregation is consistent with the tenets of Christianity. The Association of Citizens` Councils was a pro-white, anti-integration organization founded in Mississippi in 1954.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Dalton Segregation Documents
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001030
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Title: Bailey in Memphis, Tennessee to Orgill, Edmund in Memphis, Tennessee
Author : Bailey
Recipient : Edmund Orgill
Date Created: 1956-02-16
Abstract: A letter in response to the issue of putting a "negro" on the board of John Gaston Hospital. Mayor Orgill had requested citizen comment. This citizen accuses Orgill of being a "negro lover."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Edmund Orgill Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000815
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Title: Prentice Cooper Story
Editor : Bill Morris
Date Created: 1970-09-09
Abstract: This is the Shoppers` Weekly Journal`s 8 page tribute article on Governor Prentice Cooper.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: General Collections
Contributing Institution: Fly Cultural Arts Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003383
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Title: City School Commencement Excercises, Lebanon, Tennessee
Distributor : City School
Date Created: 1947-05-21
Abstract: This pamphlet is from the graduation commencement excercises of Market Street School, an African-American school in Lebanon, TN. It includes a program, the class roll, the faculty, and the class officers and honors studnets.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Historical Collection
Contributing Institution: Roy Bailey African-American Museum and History Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003295
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Title: Members of the U.S.A. National Team from the Tigerbelles of Tennessee A and I State University
Photographer : Clanton, Earl
Date Created: 1960
Abstract: Members of the Tigerbelles track team of Tennessee A and I State University pose in their U.S. Olympic track suits with Coach Edward S. Temple. Pictured are Isabelle Daniels, Barbara Jones, Lucinda Williams and Wilma Rudolph. Coach Temple is wearing his 1959 Pan-American Games jacket and holding an 1956 United States Olympic Book.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Walter S. Davis Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State University - Special Collections and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002036
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Title: Tigerbelle Relayers, 1956
Photographer : Clanton, Earl
Date Created: 1956
Abstract: Members of the Tigerbelle Relayers of the Tennessee A and I State College pose beside a hurdle in 1956. Pictured are Mae Faggs, Isabelle Daniels, Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Walter S. Davis Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State University - Special Collections and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002035
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