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Title: Garbage Strike
Publisher : Memphis Press-Scimitar
Date Created: 1968-03
Abstract: Workers protesting, sign with "I am a Man", National Guard on streets.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001969
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| 252 |
Title: Audience at Mason Temple
Publisher : Memphis Press-Scimitar
Date Created: 1968-03
Abstract: Cheering crowd at Mason Temple, 3-68.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001965
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| 253 |
Title: Press Release About Highlander Folk School Youth Project
Director : Myles Horton
Date Created: 1960-05-03
Abstract: This is a press release about the Highlander Youth Project in Monteagle, Tennessee, circa 1960. The purpose of this project was to bring an interracial group of high school students together in a summer camp setting in which they would live and engage in cultural activities together. The idea was to prepare the students for attending integrated colleges and universities. The press release announces the addition of a new member, advisor, directors, to add to its integrated staff of teachers and group leaders.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Highlander Folk School
Contributing Institution: University of the South - Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003401
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| 254 |
Title: Allen-White High School Home Economics
Signer : Myrtle L. Robertson
Date Created: 1935-06-19
Abstract: This report lists the materials used in a home economics classroom at an African-American school in Whiteville, Tennessee. The school was built with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Allen-White High School
Contributing Institution: Bolivar-Hardeman County Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003357
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| 255 |
Title: Cobleigh, N.E. in Athens, Tennessee to Eaton, John in
Author : N. E. Cobleigh
Recipient : John Eaton, 1829-1906
Date Created: 1871-09-15
Abstract: Cobleigh writes that he is sending Eaton a copy of the East Tennessee Wesleyan University catalog. Notes that the university will be opening Theological and Law departments. Asks questions of Eaton regarding admission of colored students and the Freedmen`s Bureau.
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=200800000001106
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| 256 |
Title: Knoxville College portrait
Photographer : Brauder Studio
Designer : N.J. Gardner
Date Created: 1878 - 1908
Abstract: This print is listed as, "Knoxville College portrait".
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002127
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| 257 |
Title: How the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Began
Publisher : National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date Created: 1940 - 1965
Abstract: A pamphlet describing the formation of the NAACP. It contains a reprint of an article written by Mary White Ovington in 1914. There is no publication date on the pamphlet.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001943
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| 258 |
Title: Operation Freedom Informational Brochure
Creator : Operation Freedom
Date Created: 1961-03
Abstract: Informational brochure for Operation Freedom, which is a civil right organization. Also advertises a long-play record documenting the events when Negroes registered to vote in Fayette and Haywood counties, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Carl and Anne Braden Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001581
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| 259 |
Title: Rip-rapping to protect road
Photographer : Otto F. Haslbauer
Date Created: 1935
Abstract: African-American Civilian Conservation Corps workers create a rock base for water to flow down to protect a road, probably in the area of the Norris Freeway, identified on the back of the photograph as "rip-rapping."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps, Record Group 93
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001401
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| 260 |
Title: Tamping and finishing posts for guard rail along freeway, 1935
Photographer : Otto F. Haslbauer
Date Created: 1935
Abstract: African-American C.C.C. workers are busy tamping and finishing posts for guard rail along the Norris Freeway in 1935.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps, Record Group 93
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001405
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| 261 |
Title: Automotive instruction, Jimmy Criddle, P-10 mechanic with Negro C.C.C. workers, 1935
Photographer : Otto F. Haslbauer
Date Created: 1935
Abstract: The title is from the back of the photograph, as written by the photographer. The African-American Civilian Conservation Corps workers learn about automobile mechanics from Jimmy Criddle at TVA P-10, Powell Station, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps, Record Group 93
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001408
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| 262 |
Title: C.C.C. workers building rock gutter along freeway
Photographer : Otto F. Haslbauer
Date Created: 1935
Abstract: African-American Civilian Conservation Corps workers build a rock gutter along the Norris Freeway.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Civilian Conservation Corps, Record Group 93
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001399
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| 263 |
Title: I Can Pick de Winner Wid My Two Eyes Shut
Composer : P. Sweningson
Date Created: 1899
Abstract: Sheet music cover of minstrel song with blackfaced singer and sterotypical depiction of black couple; published in Nashville.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Kenneth D. Rose Sheet Music Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001444
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| 264 |
Title: State of Tennessee, US Bond for Peter Blanton
Signer : Peter Blanton
Signer : R. Ledbetter
Witness : S.W. Cooley
Date Created: 1871-12-01
Abstract: Bond statement in which Peter Blanton and R. Ledbetter bound themselves to the State of Tennessee in the sum of $250. This sum was to be voided if Blanton personally appeared before the Judge of the Circuit Court in Dover and answered an indictment for adultery/cohabitating. S.W. Cooley, Sheriff, signed the document as witness.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: State Circuit Court
Contributing Institution: Stewart County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002742
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| 265 |
Title: Hynson, R.R.B. in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, to Church, Robert Reed Sr.
Author : R. R.B. Hynson
Recipient : Robert Reed Church, 1839-1912
Date Created: 1901-02-17
Abstract: In response to a request from R. R. Church, Sr., Mr. Hynson recounts the history of Church`s family as they were bought and sold as slaves - by the Hynson family. "Sometime between the years 1800 and 1810 there landed on Norfolk Va a ship load of African slaves to be sold."
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=200800000000797
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| 266 |
Title: List of Afro-American Employees in the United States Government
Compiler : R.R. Church, Jr.
Date Created: 1912-07-01
Abstract: Several lists, apparently drawn up by R. R. Church, Jr., of Afro-Americans employeed by the United States Government, including their salaries. The lists are dated July 1, 1912.
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=200800000003300
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| 267 |
Title: Minutes of Methodist Church
Author : R.V. Tayler
Date Created: 1855-11-12
Abstract: This minute book contains the minutes from a Methodist church in Bolivar, Tennessee, which lists the names of its "coloured members".
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: History
Contributing Institution: Bolivar-Hardeman County Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003516
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| 268 |
Title: Aerial view of nashville
Creator : Ralph G Morrissey, 1903-1956
Date Created: . 1948
Abstract: Aerial photograph of Nashville, Tennessee. The State Capital Building is in the top left of the photograph and the Colored Y.M.C.A. is in the lower right.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Ralph G. Morrissey Photograph Collection, c. 1883-1956
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002736
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| 269 |
Title: African-American Blues Band, ca. 1950
Creator : Ralph G Morrissey, 1903-1956
Date Created: 1950
Abstract: African American Blues Band Photograph, c. 1950s
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Ralph G. Morrissey Photograph Collection, c. 1883-1956
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002734
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| 270 |
Title: At the Grind Rack
Photographer : Raymond G. Whitfield
Date Created: 1926
Abstract: This is a photograph where Sam Williams, Perry Walsh, and James Cullom are pictured at the grind rack in Gainesboro, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Raymond G. Whitfield Scrapbook
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Tech University- Volpe Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001944
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| 271 |
Title: Concert Program for Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tenn. in Syracuse, N.Y.
Associated name : Fisk University Jubilee Singers
Creator : Rev. H. A. Merrill
Date Created: 1899-12-11
Abstract: 4 tifs. A program touting the Fisk University Jubilee Singers of Nashville, Tennessee as "Unsurpassed by Anything that has Ever Been Before the Public." The first page includes a photograph of the singers listing: Miss E. Bowman, Mr. G. E. Martin, John W. Work, A.M. conductor, Miss M.L. Grant, Mr. S.S. Carruthers, Miss I. M. Napier, Mr. A. E. Greenlaw, Mrs. Agnes M. Work, Chaperon, Rev. H. A, Merrill, Manager, Miss S. V. Hayes. The concert was to be held on December 11, at 8 p.m. in the Y.M.C.A. Hall in Syracuse, New York at a cost of 35 cents. The first page also includes a paragraph about the folk songs and the performance. The second page details the history, mission and recent press on the group. This group is the second incarnation of the Fisk University singers, which comprises nine singers, and their mission statement talks about the University and how the group is fundraising. The press letters includes testimonials about the group`s musical ability but also about their general demeanor. The third page is devoted to testimonials, mostly given by representatives from churches. The fourth page continues testimonials, but also includes the program consisting of two parts. The bottom of the pages lists Rev. H.A. Merrill as the manager and directs all letters to him at Fisk University. Handwritten at the bottom is the text "Encores were usually called for. Property of M.E. Sherrde."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Fisk Jubilee Singers
Contributing Institution: Fisk University - Franklin Library, Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003289
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| 272 |
Title: Bill of Sale for slave of David Dearderick
Author : Robert Gordon
Associated name : David Alexander Deaderick, 1797-1873
Associated name : David Wendel
Date Created: 1810-02-08
Abstract: Bill of sale for a 10 year-old Negro boy belonging to David Dearderick of Washington County, Tennessee. Robert Gordon of Greene County, Tennesseee conducted the sale of the boy to David Wendel for $300.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
Collection: David Deaderick Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001371
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| 273 |
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
Date Created: 1898-02-19
Abstract: A letter from Church`s son-in-law drescribing the speech his daughter, Mary Eliza Church, gave before the Woman`s Suffrage Convention in Washington, D.C..
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=200800000000792
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| 274 |
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: National Negro Business League Membership certificate
Creator : National Negro Business League (U.S.)
Assignee : Robert Reed Church, 1839-1912
Associated name : Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915
Date Created: 1900
Abstract: A certificate of membership to the National Negro Business League for R. R. Church, Sr.. It is number 57, and states that he paid a $25 membership fee. It is signed by Booker T. Washington, Emmett Scott, and J. C. Napier.
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=200800000001025
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