Bibliographic Records
Database:
Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee
Query:
vvcat: "D.10"
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| 526 |
Title: An Account of Some of the Bloody Deeds of General Jackson
Author : Thomas Hart Benton
Date Created: 1818 - 1825
Abstract: An account of the "bloody deeds" of general jackson, who reportedly authorized the execution of 6 militia men.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: The Hermitage Historic Collection
Contributing Institution: The Hermitage
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003258
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| 527 |
Title: 1843 Dec. 20 [to] James King
Author : Thomas Moore
Recipient : James M. King
Date Created: 1843-12-20
Abstract: This is a letter dated December 20, 1843 from Thomas Moore to James M. King. In addition to asking King to repent his political sins, Moore reports on the condition of his crops, and plans for future visits.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002869
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| 528 |
Title: 1842 Aug. 7 [to] James King
Author : Thomas Moore
Recipient : James King
Date Created: 1842-08-07
Abstract: This is a letter dated August 7, 1842 from Thomas Moore to James King. The subject of the letter is Sarah Moore and her economic hardship and well-being. Moore also briefly mentions politics and the "whig portion" of the Legislature.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002870
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| 529 |
Title: 1849 Nov. 30, Alexandria, Louisiana [to] James King
Author : Thomas Moore
Recipient : James King
Date Created: 1849-11-30
Abstract: This is a letter dated November 30, 1849 from Thomas Moore to his cousin James King. In the letter Moore criticizes King for his political views associated with the Whig party and urges him to repudiate them before God and his fellow countrymen.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002868
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| 530 |
Title: Cartoon of Andrew Johnson
Illustrator : Thomas Nast, 1840-1902
Date Created: 1865
Abstract: From: Harper's Weekly, v.9, no.463, November 11, 1865. At head, left, and right margins: "Boorish tailor, drunken beast, patriot, statesman, Jackson; Beastly instincts, demagogical habits, boorish mind; 'Not one word or act of his which a national democrat would not defend.'" Caption quotations located at four corners.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Contributing Institution: Special Collections, Hoskins Library, University of Tennessee
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001219
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| 531 |
Title: Drawing depicting a Cherokee townhouse at Chota
Artist : Thomas R. Whyte
Date Created: 1974 - 1984
Abstract: This is a drawing of an Overhill Cherokee winter townhouse at Chota. Winter townhouses which were cone-shaped appeared to look like small mountains from a distance. Some were large enough to hold 500 people. The seats were arranged like an amphitheater with the seats rising one above another, leaving an area in the center for a fire. The drawing is based on historical descriptions as well as archaeological excavations conducted by The University of Tennessee from 1969-1974. The excavations were conducted in anticipation of the flooding of the Lower Little Tennessee River by the Tellico Dam Reservoir under contract with the National Park Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Principal investigator, Alfred K. Guthe. Field Directors, J. Worth Greene, Duane H. King, and Gerald F. Schroedl. The drawing is by Thomas Whyte.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
Collection: Frank H. McClung Museum Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Frank H. McClung Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002513
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| 532 |
Title: Thos. Hughes in London, England to O.P. Temple in Knoxville, Tennessee
Attributed name : Thomas undefined Hughes, 1822-1896
Associated name : Oliver Perry Temple, 1820-1907
Date Created: 1881-04-05
Abstract: If bill doesn`t pass this legislature, Hughes will rely on Temple to protect interests until the next; is sending for autographed copies of Killegrew`s works; feels that "this year will be the most critical in the life of the settlement."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: The O.P. Temple Papers, 1832-
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002462
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| 533 |
Title: Thos. W. Humes in Knoxville, Tennessee to O.P. Temple in Knoxville, Tennessee
Attributed name : Thomas W. Humes, 1815-1892
Associated name : Oliver Perry Temple, 1820-1907
Date Created: 1879-04-16
Abstract: Humes is sending a set of East Tennessee Relief Association reports to Temple for inclusion in the City Public Library. He does not want to be known as the donor and stipulates the condition that the reports be bound in one volume and placed in the Everett alcove. The bound volume is not to be removed or borrowed by any person because of "its rarity."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: The O.P. Temple Papers, 1832-
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002438
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| 534 |
Title: 1827 Oct. 9, Blountville, [Tennessee] [to] Samuel Houston, Nashville, Tennessee
Author : Thomas White
Recipient : Samuel Houston
Date Created: 1827-10-09
Abstract: The following document is a letter, dated October 9, 1827, written to Governor Sam Houston (1827-1829) from Thomas White, sheriff of Sullivan County. White writes in regards to a man by the name of James Havron who had recently escaped from Blountville Jail. He encloses a description of Havron and encourages the governor to offer a reward for the fugitive`s capture.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Governor Samuel Houston Paperes, 1827-1829
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002926
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| 535 |
Title: Copy of a letter from Tim Barnard, D. A: U. S to Governor Blount, September 16th, 1795
Author : Tim Barnard
Recipient : William Blount
Date Created: 1795-09-16
Abstract: A copy of a letter written by Tim Barnard, D.A.U.S., in Tuckebatchees to Governor William Blount for James Robertson. The letter deals with relations with the various Native American tribes in the region. The author is concerned with the violence of the Creek tribe, and about the citizens of Georgia encroaching on Indian land. The author urges Blount to force a peace as an Agent of Indian Affairs.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: James Robertson Papers
Contributing Institution: Vanderbilt University Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002704
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| 536 |
Title: 1814 Mar. 31, The United States to Timothy Meigs
Author : United States
Recipient : Timothy Meigs
Date Created: 1814-03-31
Abstract: This document is a receipt dated March 31st 1814 from the United States government to Timothy Meigs, agent for the Cherokee Indians, for various articles for encouragement of agriculture and manufacturing.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003086
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| 537 |
Title: Ballot 1956 Lynchburg election
Distributor : Town of Lynchburg
Date Created: 1956-08-02
Abstract: This is an official ballot for the Corporation Election. Candidates are: For Mayor, Harwell Tipps Jr.; For Recorder, Roy H Parks Jr.; For Treasurer, Carl Copeland.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Moore County Court Loose Records
Contributing Institution: Moore County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003417
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| 538 |
Title: Wanted poster for James Earl Ray
Publisher : United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date Created: 1968-04-19
Abstract: An FBI "Wanted" poster for James Earl Ray issued after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. It displays 3 photos of Ray along with a physical description and notes on his criminal record. The poster is signed by the Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001626
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| 539 |
Title: W.L.
Artist; Printer : unknown
Date Created: 1863 - 1908
Abstract: A print of W.L. "Los" Dugger, possibly from an election flier, that has been painted on.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Chattanooga Times Portrait Collection
Contributing Institution: Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001815
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| 540 |
Title: Democratic Campaign Poster
Artist : unknown
Date Created: 1932
Abstract: This is a Democratic campaign poster appealing to "colored voters" in 1932. The election date is November 2nd.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Edwin Dalstrom Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003220
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| 541 |
Title: Isaac Day
Artist : unknown
Date Created: 1860 - 1872
Abstract: Isaac Day moved into present-day Bradley County, Tennessee, in 1835 with his wife and two children and settled in Walker's Valley. He was a financial success in land holdings and finances, and he held stock in the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad. He was elected chairman of the first Quarterly County Court in Bradley County, served as an appraiser of Indian improvements for the federal government, and helped to organize school and churches in the county. The verso side of the picture says that he lived from 1804 - 1872.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Cleveland Public Library History Branch Collection
Contributing Institution: Southeast Tennessee Digital Archive Cleveland State Community College
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001453
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| 542 |
Title: Drawing of Isaac Shelby
Artist : unknown
Date Created: 1790 - 1826
Abstract: This is a print of a drawn portrait of Colonel Isaac Shelby. Shelby was born in 1750 and died in 1826. He participated in the Battle of King's Mountain during the American Revolutionary war among other events in the war. He was one of the first founders of what would become Bristol, Tennessee. Shelby followed his military success with accomplishments in entrepreneurship and politics.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: Bristol Historical Association
Contributing Institution: Bristol Historical Association
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002197
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| 543 |
Title: Tennessee Republican ticket
Attributed name : unknown
Date Created: 1880
Abstract: Republican campaign ticket for Tennessee state races of 1880.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Ephemera Collection
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001592
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| 544 |
Title: Governor for All Tennessee, It Has to Be Dunn
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1970
Abstract: This is a pamphlet that is Dunn for governor in 1970.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Walter King Hoover Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001551
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| 545 |
Title: Dixie Land
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1861-05-21
Abstract: This clipping from an unknown newspaper is adhered to the back of a piece of sheet music included in a bound volume that once belonged to Tennessee resident, Miss Nora Gardner. These words,disparaging Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, listed as created in Newman, GA., May 21, 1861" were to be sung to the popular tune "Dixie."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002581
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| 546 |
Title: Stewart County, Tennessee, election results for a state convention, and for the selection of delegates to the convention
Author : Unknown
Date Created: 1861-02-11
Abstract: Stewart County, Tennessee, election results for a state convention, and for the selection of delegates to the convention.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: County Records
Contributing Institution: Stewart County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002783
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| 547 |
Title: From Florida, Indian Fight
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1840-06-04
Abstract: This editorial is from The Clarksville Chronicle of June 4, 1840, though the dateline on the story is May 18, 1840, from St. Augustine, Florida. The article describes in laudatory words the actions of Captain Rains in fighting the Seminoles of Florida near St. Augustine after an Indian attack upon his men. The captain was mortally wounded by the chief Alectuatenugge, and then avenged by his Sergeant Jackson.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: General Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Clarksville Montgomery County Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003260
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| 548 |
Title: William A. White in Emporia, KS, to R. R. Church, Jr. in Memphis, TN
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1920-05-25
Abstract: A response by William A. White to a letter sent out by Robert R. Church that addressed the Republican party`s refusal to grant full rights to African-Americans. It deals with the economic and political reasons for denying human beings citizenship through Jim Crow laws.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: The Robert R. Church Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003308
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| 549 |
Title: Distribution of Illiteracy Funds to States
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1870 - 1880
Abstract: Table listing prorate distribution of $1000000 to different states based on the last census numbers reporting the number of citizens 10 years old and up who are unable to write. Twenty-three states and D.C. are listed including: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Idaho, Massachusetts, Maine, Ohio, Rhode Island, and New Mexico.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001341
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| 550 |
Title: Unknown in Washington, D.C. to Gen. U. S. Grant, President of the United States, in Washington, D.C.
Author : unknown
Recipient : Ulysses S Grant, 1822-1885
Date Created: 1869-03-01
Abstract: Suggests that Horace Maynard would be an excellent choice for an important position, such as that of Supreme Court Justice or ambassador. Cites Maynard`s long and honorable career as a lawyer and U.S. Congressman and points out that his appointment to a high post would hasten the healing of the breach between the North and the South.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: John Eaton Correspondence, 1865-1905
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001732
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