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Title: Receipted statement for medical service from Thos. M. Dupre
Author : Thos. M. Dupre
Date Created: 1854
Abstract: An itemized bill for doctors services for Duke and one of his slaves. It is the seventh item in the folder.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001912
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| 302 |
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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| 303 |
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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| 304 |
Title: Copper Kettle
Artist : unknown
Date Created: 1800 - 1865
Abstract: A copper kettle used in a slave cabin on Buckner Place in Union County, Tennessee. There is an interesting pattern of circles that run the rim of the kettle.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Museum of Appalachia
Contributing Institution: Museum of Appalachia
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000510
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| 305 |
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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| 306 |
Title: Distribution of slaves in settlement of estate of Britton Duke
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1856
Abstract: This document outlines the distribution of slaves in settlement of the estate of Britton Duke. This is the eighth item in the folder.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001913
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| 307 |
Title: Friend in Marshall County, TN to unknown recipient
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1868-06-02
Abstract: The writer tells of the dangers of extreme violence towards Unionists and African-American at this time in central Tennessee. He says that the laws must be enforced for the situation to change. The signs his name only as "friend" because he fears repercussions if it fell into the wrong hands.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001512
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| 308 |
Title: Two Valuable House Servants
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1840
Abstract: Advertisement in a newspaper for the sale of two servants - actually slaves - a 26-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man "of approved character and habits" to sell or exchange for two field hands. No name is given for the seller; instead it says to "enquire at office."
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=200800000003262
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| 309 |
Title: Record of slaves sold by order of Halifax County Court
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1828-06-21
Abstract: Handwritten account of the prices for slaves sold on June, 21, 1828. Includes the names of the slaves and the family that purchased them. It is the first item in the folder.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001907
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| 310 |
Title: Petition to sell slaves
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1849-05-16
Abstract: This is a petition for the right to sell certain slaves.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Benton County Court Records
Contributing Institution: Benton County Archive
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003512
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| 311 |
Title: Itemized valuation of slaves of Marmaduke Duke
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1800 - 1856
Abstract: Itemized valuation of slaves of Marmaduke Duke. This is the ninth and last item in the folder.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001216
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| 312 |
Title: David McComb Civil War letter
Author : unknown
Associated name : David McComb
Date Created: 1863-04-30
Abstract: The letter dated April 30, 1863 and written on David McComb & Co`s stationery by an unknown person expresses the Southern attitude toward Abolition, the Lincoln Administration, and confidence in eventual Confederate victory.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: David McComb Civil War Letter
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000800
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| 313 |
Title: Letter to the Editor of the Knoxville Commercial
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1865 - 1870
Abstract: Unknown writer is responding to an inquiry about what he understands the term copperhead to mean. Discusses his definition of the term copperhead. Also discusses the constitutional amendment that will make Negroes citizens.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: F. S. Heiskell Papers, 1870-1888
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001324
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| 314 |
Title: Spelling Contest at Dover School for the Colored People
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1942
Abstract: Newspaper clipping describing a spelling contest for colored people held at Dover School, which included contestants from the following schools in Stewart County: Glover, Tobaccoport, Dover, and Cumberland City.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Mary Florence Betts Scrapbook
Contributing Institution: Stewart County Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001010
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| 315 |
Title: Purple Heart Medal of Marine Corporal Eddie Davis
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1960 - 1975
Abstract: Purple Heart awarded to African-American Marine, Eddie Davis for injures received in combat in Vietnam on March 3, 1967.
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=200800000002315
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| 316 |
Title: Enumeration of Scholastic Population Between the Ages of Six and Twenty-One
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1911-07-30
Abstract: This form is titled, "Enumeration of Scholastic Population Between the Ages of Six and Twenty-One". It lists the names of parents and names of children, along with respective ages, gender and race. This list is exclusively for Colored (Col`d) children.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Miscellaneous Moore County Loose Records, 1830-1964
Contributing Institution: Moore County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002773
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| 317 |
Title: Slaves tobacco bill, 1840-1841
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1840 - 2007-07-23
Abstract: This accounting record of a tobacco farmer includes payments for items such as shoes, wheels and medicine. It also includes payments for slave labor, clock repair and minding the wagon.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Dark Fire Tobacco Collection
Contributing Institution: Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000817
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| 318 |
Title: Segregated Drinking Fountain Sign
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1931-07-14
Abstract: This is a sign from the segregation era instructing whites to use one drinking fountain and blacks to use another. Montgomery, Ala 14 July, 1931
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Historical Collection
Contributing Institution: Roy Bailey African-American Museum and History Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002316
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| 319 |
Title: Beware! The Negro and the New Social Order
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1919 - 1920
Abstract: This broadside, published by some unattributed opponent of women`s suffrage, warns Southern men of the threat to states` rights if women attain the right to vote. It states that woman suffrage will reopen the question of Negro suffrage and bring another wave of female carpetbaggers. It contains excerpts from "The Negro and the New Social Order," which had been printed in The Messenger, published by A. Phillip Randolph as the "only radical Negro magazine in America."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001606
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| 320 |
Title: Civil War Veteran questionnaire
Creator : unknown
Interviewee : Amos Blanch Jones
Date Created: 1900 - 1930
Abstract: Dr. Amos Blanch Jones, who was president of Memphis Conference Female Institute in Jackson, Tennessee, from 1878-1880, and 1897-1911, responds to a query about the lives of Confederate veterans.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: The Amos Blanch Jones Collection
Contributing Institution: Lambuth University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001035
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| 321 |
Title: Reverend William H. Franklin
Creator : Unknown
Date Created: 1883
Abstract: Verso side reads: William H. Franklin was born a slave in Knoxville in 1852. He became the first black graduate of Maryville College in 1880. He became a minister in 1883 and founded Swift Memorial College.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000465
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| 322 |
Title: Enumeration of Scholastic Population Between the Ages of Six and Twenty-One
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1904-06-30
Abstract: This form is titled, "Enumeration of Scolastic Population Between the Ages of Six and Twenty-One". It is a census of the children in a school district, grouping them by gender, race, and parent or guardian with whom children reside. This list is noted for Colored (Col`d) children.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Miscellaneous Moore County Loose Records, 1830-1964
Contributing Institution: Moore County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002770
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| 323 |
Title: Dog Tags of Marine Corporal Eddie Davis
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1960 - 1970
Abstract: Dog tags belonging to Eddie Davis, an African-American marine and recipient of the Purple Heart for injuries received in combat in Vietnam on March 3, 1967. The tag indicates that he was a Methodist.
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=200800000002314
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| 324 |
Title: Deed of Slaves
Creator : unknown
Assignee : James Calthorp
Date Created: 1836-05-06
Abstract: An indenture between a man from Monroe County, TN, and James Calthorp of Carroll County, GA. This bill of sale grants Calthorp a slave woman for life and guarantees her health, in exchange for three hundred dollars.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Monroe County Archives
Contributing Institution: Monroe County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003583
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| 325 |
Title: Johnson's Love for the Soldier: anti-Andrew Johnson political cartoon
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1866
Abstract: A political cartoon card with two woodcut illustrations: one depicting a black soldier asking for and receiving a bounty of $300 for service in the Union army, the other showing a one-legged white Civil War veteran asking for an extra bounty of $100, to which request the "Johnson paymaster" replies, "I am very sorry, but the President says the brave black troops must be paid first." On the verso is printed some Republican party propaganda, which poses the question: "Which is the White Man's Party?" and accuses Johnson and the Democrats of being in favor of suffrage for African-Americans.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Ephemera Collection
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001537
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