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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04-17
Abstract: A photograph of a Memphis Gas Works pump. One of a series of photographs taken during the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert. According to writing on the photograph, the pump was used to move 4,000,000 gallons of water in 24 hours.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000183
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912
Abstract: African-American Memphians on the levee during the flood. The caption is, "Home on the Levee." One of a series of photographs of the 1912 flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000196
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04
Abstract: High water at Main and Mill Sts. The image shows Memphians taking shelter in two joined train cars. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000190
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04-18
Abstract: Memphis Gas Works pumping water. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000184
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912
Abstract: African-American Memphians on the levee during the flood. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000195
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04-17
Abstract: Photograph of the Memphis Gas Works facilities. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000185
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Title: Memphis flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04-08
Abstract: The Memphis Gas Works.One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000187
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04-06
Abstract: Looking north on 2nd St. from Mill St. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000199
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04-06
Abstract: Memphis Gas Plant. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000194
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04-17
Abstract: The Memphis Gas Works. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000186
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912
Abstract: African-American Memphians camping on the levee in a shanty home. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000188
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Title: Memphis flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912
Abstract: "Looking east on Mill St. from 2nd St." The image shows several groups on boats congregating to a local church. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000197
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Title: Memphis Flood of 1912
Photographer : J.C. Coovert
Date Created: 1912-04-07
Abstract: A boat landng on Main Street in Memphis. One of a series of photographs of the 1912 Memphis flood taken by photographer J.C. Coovert.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Memphis and Shelby County Room Photographic Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000193
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Title: Above the Clouds, Roan Mountain
Photographer : James A. Goforth
Date Created: 1909
Abstract: Landscape of Roan Mountain.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: James A. Goforth Collection
Contributing Institution: Archives of Appalchia- ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002038
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Title: C.C.C. workers from Co. 1473 splitting logs at Camp Evan Shelby
Photographer : James H. Pickens
Date Created: 1933
Abstract: Two Civilian Conservation Corps workers, from Co. 1473, one smoking a cigarette, work with small axes splitting wood at Camp Evan Shelby in Bristol, Tennessee in 1933. this photograph was donated by James H. Pickens.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps in Tennessee, 1933-1942
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001377
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Title: C.C.C. workers from Co. 1473, Camp Evan Shelby, work splitting logs
Photographer : James H. Pickens
Date Created: 1933
Abstract: A group of Civilian Conservation Corps men from Company 1473 work in rural East Tennessee at Camp Evan Shelby, Bristol, Tennessee, with logs of various sizes in 1933.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps in Tennessee, 1933-1942
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001378
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Title: First occupants of Barracks #1, Camp Cordell Hull, Company 1455 in Unicoi, Tennessee
Photographer : James O. Rickman
Date Created: 1933 - 1934
Abstract: The typed description on the back of the photograph reads: This group occupied the first Barracks built for Co. 1455 - Barracks #1. All were a part of the Camp Overhead section = Leaders; Cooks; Camp Maintenance men; Truck Drivers etc. Although there are many camps that had their #1 Barracks this is significant to Co. 1455 Camp Cordell Hull as the occupants of the first barracks and did a lot of camp site work during the 1st year.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps in Tennessee, 1933-1942
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001372
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Title: 1836 Dec. 16, McMinn County [to] State of Tennessee
Author : John Austin
Date Created: 1836-12-16
Abstract: This note, dated December 16, 1836 is in reference to a murder trial in McMinn County, Tennessee. The accused murderers, James Foreman and Anderson Springstin were both Cherokee Indians. The victim, John Walker Jr. was also a native. Springstin and Foreman employeed E.M. Churchill and Spencer Jarnigan to defend them and the case was sent to the United States Supreme Court.
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=200800000003104
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| 44 |
Title: New Map of Part of the United States of North America
Creator : John Cary, 1754-1835
Date Created: 1806
Abstract: Title on the map: A New Map of Part of the United States of North America containing the Carolinas and Georgia, also the Floridas and part of the Bahama Islands. Tennessee is labeled as "Tenassee."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Map Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002687
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| 45 |
Title: J. Crozier Ramsey in Knoxville, TN to Mrs. E.A.R. Breck in Liberty, VA
Author : John Crozier Ramsey, 1824-1869
Recipient : E.A. R. Breck, 1823-
Recipient : J. H. Crozier
Date Created: 1867-03-15
Abstract: J.C. Ramsey describes the destruction caused by a disastrous flood in Knoxville and the damage done to his families` farms. He also says that Col. Ashley has been arrested for murder. The letter is to J. Crozier Ramsey`s sister, Mrs. E.A.R. Breck in Liberty, VA, in the care of their mother`s brother, J.H. Crozier.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001790
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Title: Hickory tree rooted at both ends, C.C.C. Camp, Crossville, Tennessee, with Ripley's Believe It or Not letter
Photographer : John D. Howell
Date Created: 1935
Abstract: Two photographs show the bent hickory tree that is rooted at both ends. One includes the mess hall in the background and two shirtless C.C.C. workers sitting upon the tree. Included with these photographs is a letter and envelope from Ripley's Believe It or Not, which states that this item will be depicted in the Believe It or Not cartoons on about November 14, 1935. The address on the envelope shows that Howell was at C.C.C. Camp 3464, Cumberland Homesteads, in Crossville, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps in Tennessee, 1933-1942
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001489
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Title: 1812 Dec. 31, Fort Massac, Ill. [to] Return J. Meigs, Highwassee Garrison
Author : John Ross
Recipient : Return J. Meigs, 1740-1823
Date Created: 1812-12-31
Abstract: This is a letter written in 1812 by John Ross to Return J. Meigs, Agent to the Cherokee Indians; in the letter Ross describes his trip down the Tennessee River from Fort Massac.
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=200800000003042
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Title: Resolution of March 25, 1983
Author : Leroy G. Fox
Date Created: 1983-04-25
Abstract: Resolution by the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountain Park Commission to solicit Congress in 1983 to designate and protect wilderness areas.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Leroy G. Fox Collection, 1927-1999
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001587
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Title: Fox, Leroy G. in Knoxville, Tennessee to Ciley, Walter in Nashville, Tennessee
Author : Leroy G. Fox
Recipient : Walter Criley
Date Created: 1983-02-25
Abstract: Details the difficulties had in passing a Wilderness Bill that would be a combined bill for North Carolina and Tennessee protecting wilderness areas within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Leroy G. Fox Collection, 1927-1999
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001586
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Title: Narrative report on the Kingsport Water Works System
Researcher : M. L. West
Associated name : Tennessee Department of Public Health
Date Created: 1946-12-21
Abstract: This narrative report, prepared in compliance with the Tennessee Department of Public Health certification system, is a study on the condition of Kingsport`s water system. The report provides current conditions of the water system as of 1946 as well as a history of the creation of the Kingsport water system.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Kingsport Water Works. Water System Report, 1946
Contributing Institution: Archives of the City of Kingsport
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002641
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