Bibliographic Records
Database:
Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee
Query:
vvcat: "D.11"
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Title: Board of Administration at the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Publisher : Lester Harris
Date Created: 1921
Abstract: The nine men on the Board of Administration at Mountain Home pose for a group picture. Their names and roles are recorded on the image.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Museum at Mountain Home
Contributing Institution: Museum at Mountain Home-ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000419
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Title: Medical Staff at the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Publisher : Lester Harris
Date Created: 1921
Abstract: A group photograph of the medical staff at the Mountain branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, posing on the steps outside. The names of the doctors are listed below.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Museum at Mountain Home
Contributing Institution: Museum at Mountain Home-ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000417
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Title: The Colored Ward at the Mountain Branch Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Publisher : Lester Harris
Date Created: 1921
Abstract: A group of African-American veterans stand outside their ward at the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Veterans.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Museum at Mountain Home
Contributing Institution: Museum at Mountain Home-ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000418
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Title: Frank G. Clement and Roy Rogers
Photographer : Lloyd Hicks
Photographer : Acme Photos, Nashville, TN
Date Created: 1945 - 1965
Abstract: Autograph on photo reads "To Frank My very best wishes always Sincerely Roy Rogers."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Frank G. Clement Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002727
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Title: M.S. Temple in Greenville, Tennessee to O.P. Temple in Knoxville, Tennessee
Author : Major Samuel Temple, 1816-1897
Recipient : Oliver Perry Temple, 1820-1907
Date Created: 1877-11-22
Abstract: M.S. Temple totals his debts which his sons believe to be insurmountable. He reports that one half of forty members of the Choctaw Council are believed to be dead because of the bad conditions north of the Red River.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: The O.P. Temple Papers, 1832-1909
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003451
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Title: Memphis Under Quarantine
Illustrator : Moise
Date Created: 1879-09-20
Abstract: A sketch from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The full caption is "Tennessee - Memphis under quarantine rule - Sisters of Charity Administering to Sick and Dying Victims of Yellow Fever." The image features a nun at thet door of a home with a sick husband lying in bed, while a child clings to her mother's apron.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Prints from Harpers Weekly Newspaper and Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002834
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Title: Community Drug Awareness documents
Attributed name : Nancy undefined Reagan, 1921-
Associated name : C. N. Spencer
Associated name : Thomas L. McPherson
Date Created: 1982-09-21
Abstract: A letter from Nancy Reagan written on The White House stationery expressing her deep concern for the drug epidemic among young people and gratitude for those attending Kingsport`s Community Drug Awareness Week. Also included is a Proclamation signed by the Mayor of Kingsport, C. N. Spencer, declaring October 3-10, 1982, as Community Drug Awareness Week.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Community Drug Awareness Week. Documents, 21-24 September 1982.
Contributing Institution: Archives of the City of Kingsport
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002639
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Title: Nurses and their residence hall at the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliders
Creator : National home for disabled volunteer soldiers. Mountain branch, Johnson City, Tenn.
Date Created: 1921
Abstract: National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers were created at the turn of the century for Civil War veterans, at the request of Abraham Lincoln. The Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliders was requested by Tennessee Congressman Walter P. Brownlow, and his bill passed unanimously in 1900. It was occupied in 1903 and was completed in 1910. The compound contained barracks for 2500 men, in addition to a 4 ward infirmary and homes for the surgeons and officers. The Mountain Branch in Johnson City, Tennessee became a tourist attraction, and hotels were built nearby to house visitors to the zoo and Home. The Home was not designed for permanent care or as a hospital, but for care of minor injuries. The officer veterans were expected to work during their stay according to their abilities. The nurses in the photo are listed: Miss Brown, Miss Jenner, Miss Elsie Finger, Miss Arnold, Miss Beeghler, Miss Wright; Miss Baker, Miss Redd, Miss Brown, Mrs. Lewis, Miss McFadden, Miss Arnold; Mrs. Smith, Miss Johansen, Miss Hider, Miss Ida Finger, Miss Moyer, Miss Richardson; Miss Baggerly, Miss Comstock, Miss Van Colen, Miss Clara Finger, Miss Singula, Mrs. Bowman; Miss Blocher
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Museum at Mountain Home
Contributing Institution: Museum at Mountain Home-ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001592
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Title: Notice of Ramsey`s medical services
Printer : P. Carey
Associated name : James Gettys McGready Ramsey, 1797-1884
Date Created: 1820-08-28
Abstract: A notice indicating that Doctor Ramsey offers his professional services to the citizens of Knoxville and adjacent areas. Provides his shops location and notes that he has just received a full supply of medicines from Baltimore.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: James Gettys McGready Ramsey Papers, 1790-1912
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001015
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Title: 1806 Feb. 17, Chickamaga [to] Return J. Meigs
Author : Pathkiller
Signer : John Lowry
Recipient : Return J. Meigs, 1740-1823
Date Created: 1806-02-17
Abstract: This document is a letter written February 17th 1806 by Pathkiller, Principle Chief to the Cherokees and signed by John Lowrey. The letter is written to Return J. Meigs, Agent to the Cherokee. Pathkiller requests the help of Meigs to forcefully remove Dempsey Fields from the Cherokee Nation. Pathkiller also requests a doctor`s care for his people who have small pox.
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=200800000002864
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Title: [Letter] 1849 Jun. 15, Paris, Tenn[essee]
Author : R.V. Taylor
Recipient : Thomas Taylor
Date Created: 1849-06-15
Abstract: This document is a letter written by R.V. Taylor. The first page is dated June 15, 1849, to his brother Thomas in which he discusses the illness he is recovering from and states that he wishes to receive letters from people at home. Taylor also discusses a temperance celebration that the town of Paris, Tennessee is having the next day. The second page is a brief note dated June 16 to Taylor`s cousin Martha.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Taylor Family of Fayette County, Tennessee Letters
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003186
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Title: Terrell, Robert H. in Washington, D.C., to Church, R.R. Sr. in Memphis, Tennessee
Author : Robert H. Terrell, 1857-1925
Recipient : Robert Reed Church, 1839-1912
Associated name : Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872-1906
Date Created: 1897-11-03
Abstract: The letter discusses renting a Church owned house in Washington to the poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Robert also inquires about the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis.
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=200800000000796
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Title: Dance, S.E.H. to Roughton, J.M.
Author : S.E.H. Dance
Recipient : J.M. Roughton
Date Created: 1862-11-17
Abstract: This letter is titled, "Dance, S.E.H. to Roughton, J.M.". In the letter S.E.H. Dance states that J.M. Roughton is unfit for military service due to rheumatism. Even among healthy men serving on both sides of the Civil War, it was a common occurence for more soldiers to die of sickness than from combat.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Miscellaneous Moore County Loose Records, 1830-1964
Contributing Institution: Moore County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002769
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Title: 1806 Mar. 5 to Col[onel] Return J. Meigs
Author : The Glass
Recipient : Return J. Meigs, 1740-1823
Date Created: 1806-03-05
Abstract: This is a letter dated march 5, 1806 from Cherokee headmen The Glass, Dick Justice, John (Bogs?), and Charles Hicks (acting as interpreter) to the United States Agent to the Cherokees, Colonel Return J. Meigs. The letter requests that Meigs pay, with Cherokee funds, the one hundred and fifty dollar fee owed to a doctor. Dr. McNeil was sent to inoculate the Cherokee without their request.
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=200800000003073
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Title: 1833 Jul. 26, Fayetteville, North Carolina [to] J.M. King, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Author : Thomas O. Moore
Recipient : James Moore King
Date Created: 1833-07-26
Abstract: This is a letter dated July 26, 1833 from Thomas O. Moore to his cousin James Moore King. Moore tells King of his recent acquisition of new slaves, and his desire to acquire additional slave hands, as well as the ravages of the Cholera in the Southern states.
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=200800000002903
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Title: 1833 Aug. 20 [to] J.M. King, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Author : Thomas O. Moore
Recipient : James Moore King
Date Created: 1833-08-20
Abstract: This is a letter dated August 20, 1833 from Thomas O. Moore to his cousin James Moore King. He wrote to inform of the death of his brother, and plans to settle matters of the estate.
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=200800000002904
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Title: 1832 Dec. 22 [to] J.M. King
Author : Thomas O. Moore
Recipient : James Moore King
Date Created: 1832-12-22
Abstract: This is a letter dated December 22, 1832 from Thomas O. Moore to his cousin J.M. King. Moore acknowledges the letter is long overdue, but writes that he and his family are well, except fear of being inflicted with cholera that has plagued many in New Orleans. He says the victims of the disease are greater than the number of available coffins, and that many bodies were thrown into the Mississippi river.
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=200800000002898
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Title: 1833 May 8 [to] J.M. King, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Author : Thomas O. Moore
Recipient : James Moore King
Date Created: 1833-05-08
Abstract: This is a letter dated May 8, 1833 from Thomas O. Moore to his cousin J.M. King. He explains the dread and fear around Alexandria, Louisiana caused by an outbreak of the Cholera, as well as the condition and expectations he has for his cotton crop.
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=200800000002902
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Title: 1833 Mar. 5 [to] J.M. King, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Author : Thomas O. Moore
Recipient : James Moore King
Date Created: 1833-03-05
Abstract: This is a letter dated March 5, 1833 from Thomas O. Moore to his cousin J.M. King. Moore offers condolences for the loss of his son, and the many dead caused by Cholera spread on the Mississippi river.
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=200800000002900
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Title: 1833 Dec. 4 [to] J.M. King, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Author : Thomas O. Moore
Recipient : James Moore King
Date Created: 1833-12-04
Abstract: This is a letter written on December 4, 1833 from Thomas O. Moore to his cousin James Moore King. He writes of the great panic in Louisiana caused by the Cholera, as well as fear that half of the country will die from the disease. Moore also writes of difficulties in finding workers, and hope that the disease has left their region.
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=200800000002905
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Title: Yellow Fever in Memphis
Artist : unknown
Date Created: 1879-08-23
Abstract: A page from Frank Leslie's illustrated Newspaper with two sketches of Father Mathew Yellow Fever Camp near Memphis, TN. The top illustration shows the Sisters of Charity breaking down the camp, and the bottom illustration shows conditions during the epidemic. An article about the camp follows.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Prints from Harpers Weekly Newspaper and Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002832
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Title: General Store
Attributed name : unknown
Date Created: 1890 - 1960
Abstract: This is a color photograph of a general store in Tennessee that sells canned goods, spices, cleaning supplies, tobacco, pocket knives and a wide assortment of other goods. There is an ornate old-fashioned cash register to the left, and a display case showing beautiful wooden flutes and tops. There is also a Coca-Cola sign in back.
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=200800000000511
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Title: Establishment of a smallpox hospital in Gallatin, Tennessee in 1865
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1865-11-16
Abstract: This letter was written as an court order to establish a smallpox hospital in Sumner County, Tennessee in 1865. The order stated that laws of state gave them the right to establish the hospital, thus, the court established a hospital. All persons with small pox were ordered to go to the hospital to prevent the spread of the disease. They were to be subject to the control of the hospital`s superintendent and had to obey any and all rules and regulations necessary for governing the hospital. The hospital was under the control of the court, and the expenses were a county charge paid out of the funds of the court.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Miscellaneous documents
Contributing Institution: Sumner County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002519
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Title: Annie Mae Hoover and related items
Creator; Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1949
Abstract: 3 tifs. A photograph of Annie May Hoover, her American Red Cross card, and two badges from the Women's Army Corps. Hoover served with the WAC - Women's Army Corps in WWII, and later worked with Red Cross. The WAC was an auxiliary unit to the Army, begun in 1942, and around 150,000 women served in the WAC and its predecessor. The WAC were the first women to serve in the army other than nurses, and were engaged in international battles as well as serving stateside. The first badge is a brown parallelogram with an eagle inside a circle embroidered on it in goldenrod ink. The second badge is a blue oval containing an embroidered geometric design. The card for the Red Cross was given in 1949 in recognition of Hoover's completion of the Advanced American National Red Cross course and that she would be able to aid the injured in Shelbyville. The card reads "The American National Red Cross Certifies That Annie May Hoover has completed the Advanced course of instruction in First Aid to the injured at Shelbyville, Tennessee. February 4, 1949. Alfred W. Caueenelt Administrator, First Aid, Water Safety and Accident Prevention." The black and white photograph of Annie Mae Hoover shows her as a young woman, with her hair pinned back, wearing a sailor style shirt.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Military Collection
Contributing Institution: Fly Cultural Arts Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001620
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Title: 1812 Nov. 30 [of] Merchandise forwarded to that part of the Arkansas river in charge of John Ross
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1812-11-30
Abstract: This is an invoice of merchandise forwarded to a section of the Cherokee who were removed to the river Arkansas. The merchandise, given by the United States government, covered a wide range of items from fabrics to hatchets to kitchen utensils. These goods were received by John Ross from Colonel Return J. Meigs.
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=200800000003081
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