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Title: Platform of the Lincoln Republican League of Tennessee
Author : The Lincoln Republican League of Tennessee
Date Created: 1916-09-08
Abstract: A pamphlet describing the newly adopted political platform of the Lincoln Republican League of Tennessee. R. R. Church, Jr. was the chairman and founder. The platform was adopted September 8th, 1916 in a mass meeting assembled in Memphis, Tennessee. It begins, "as republicans we reassert our devotion to the Party that made the nation free against the party that sought to keep slavery [sic]." Among the topics on the platform are the condemnation of Jim Crow laws and lynching.
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=200800000003303
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| 127 |
Title: A Woman`s Lie and Reckless Journalism
Author : The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date Created: 1921
Abstract: This flyer is "A Woman`s Lie and Reckless Journalism," and subtitled, "This Combination Has Killed How Many Innocent Negroes In the Last Thirty-five Years?" It includes newspaper clippings surrounding an investigation into an alleged break-in and assault by a black man, which later proved to be a made up story.
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=200800000003306
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| 128 |
Title: Rugby, Morgan county, Tennessee settlement founded October 5th, 1880
Attributed name : Thomas Hughes, 1822-1896
Attributed name : Board of Aid to Land Ownership
Date Created: 1880
Abstract: This pamphlet contains an address by Thomas Hughes, president of the founders of Rugby, Tennessee at the time of Rugby`s founding. Hughes details the philosophy and practices of the English colony, as well as prices for goods and services in the settlement. He also describes the area`s environment and resources. Some of this information is included in the pamphlet`s unique glossary.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Rare Books Collection
Contributing Institution: University of TennesseeSpecial Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001620
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| 129 |
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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| 130 |
Title: Taking It Back
Illustrator : Thurlby
Date Created: 1920-09-02
Abstract: This political cartoon illustrates the constitutional controversy that ensued after the Tennessee legislature ratified the 19th Amendment. A teacher with a desk labeled "National Woman Suffrage" has her partially eaten apple, labeled "Ratification," stolen by a misbehaving boy from Tennessee, who exclaims, "I didn't give it to ya ta keep!" Behind the teacher, there is a Roll of Honor of the 36 states who had ratified the 19th Amendment on which number 36, Tennessee, is crossed out. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
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=200700000001455
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| 131 |
Title: Goal
Illustrator : Thurlby
Date Created: 1920-08-14
Abstract: Cartoon from the Seattle Times celebrating the passage of women's suffrage in Tennessee. A woman from the Suffragists basketball team, wearing 'Tennessee' on a ribbon around her head, shoots a basketball over a woman from the Antis team. The goal is labeled 'Ratification' and the basketball '19th Constitutional Amendment.' Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
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=200700000001448
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| 132 |
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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| 133 |
Title: What`s the Matter with Tennessee?
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1920-07-03
Abstract: A two page editorial in The Woman Citizen describing the constitutional situation in Tennessee which made calling a special session of the legislature to act on the ratification of the 19th Amendment difficult. After detailing the struggle, the article states that "Tennessee seems to be quite all right, thank you." It is followed by the announcement by Governor Roberts that the special session will convene on August 9th.
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=200700000001598
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| 134 |
Title: Bringing the Victors Home
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1920-09-04
Abstract: This article from The Woman Citizen describes the celebrations in Washington, D.C. and New York City that followed the ratification of the 19th Amendment. It contains quotations from various suffragists who worked for ratification in Tennessee. It appears to be the conclusion of a series by Marjorie Shuler, but there is no byline to confirm her authorship.
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=200700000001603
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| 135 |
Title: Better Let Her Have It All!
Illustrator : unknown
Date Created: 1920-08-22
Abstract: This political cartoon shows a donkey, representing the Democratic Tennessee Legislature, and Columbia, representing women, struggling over suffrage. The donkey exclaims, "Wait a minute - Let me see that again!" Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
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=200700000001459
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| 136 |
Title: An Annoying Delay
Illustrator : unknown
Date Created: 1920-08-26
Abstract: In this political cartoon, the dress of an elegantly dressed young woman representing Universal Suffrage becomes caught in the closed door of the Tennessee Legislature. Henry Romeike, Inc. of New York, NY provided this clipping to Carrie Chapman Catt.
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=200700000001460
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| 137 |
Title: NAACP National Convention
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1976-06-28
Abstract: This photograph was taken at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN, on June 28, 1976. Photographed from left to right Roberta Church, Roy Wilkins, and Velma Lois Jones, who was President of the Memphis Branch of the NAACP.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: The Robert R. Church Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002724
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| 138 |
Title: Boys in front of a fireplace at the Pikeville School for Colored Boys
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1935 - 1942
Abstract: Four boys sit in front of a fireplace at the Pikeville School for Colored Boys.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Pikeville School for Colored Boys Photographs, ca. 1930s
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000265
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| 139 |
Title: Thomas Hughes Public Library in Rugby, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1870 - 1910
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Thomas Hughs Public Library in Rugby,Tennessee". Rugby was founded as a utopian attempt to merge British upper-class education and culture with American middle-class entreprenurial energy. It failed, primarily due to mismanagement of the financial backers in London and Boston.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Postcard Collection
Contributing Institution: Giles County Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002266
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| 140 |
Title: Breaking up a still
Photographer : unknown
Donor : Mrs. Coon May
Date Created: 1920
Abstract: Group of men standing around a still that has been destroyed.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: James Agee Film Project Photographs
Contributing Institution: Archives of Appalchia- ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002044
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| 141 |
Title: Group in front of the second Tabard Inn, Rugby, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1880 - 1890
Abstract: This is a photograph of a group of people in front of the second Tabard Inn in Rugby, Tennessee. The first Tabard Inn was destroyed by fire in the early 1880's. The inn was named after the hostelry in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Vertical Files
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Tech University- Volpe Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001929
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| 142 |
Title: White "Santa Claus" walks with four black children during Economic Boycott march
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1960 - 1967
Abstract: White man dressed as Santa Claus walks with four black children during Economic Boycott March. Signs read (L to R), "No Matter how hard you try you can't stop us now!!!!", "Santa's Friends In Jail DON'T SHOP", "Black People, We Need Togetherness Don't Shop Boycott"
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Memphis Civil Rights Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001432
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| 143 |
Title: Works Progress Administration workers
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1930 - 1939
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Works Progress Administration workers".
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Englewood Textile Museum
Contributing Institution: Englewood Textile Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002147
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| 144 |
Title: First Faculty of Tennessee A and I Normal School
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1912
Abstract: President William J. Hale stands with the first faculty of Tennessee A and I Normal School, now Tennessee State University, in 1912.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: TSU Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State University - Special Collections and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002027
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| 145 |
Title: Jail
Photographer : unknown
Donor : Mrs. John Williams
Date Created: 1920 - 1950
Abstract: A jail in Jackson, Tennessee built by Williams Steel Works.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Jackson Business History Project Collection
Contributing Institution: Jackson-Madison County Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001265
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| 146 |
Title: Nashville Christian Institute Groundbreaking
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1930 - 1940
Abstract: Photograph of the groundbreaking for the Nashville Christian Institute which opened its doors in 1940 as a night school for adults. Marshall Keeble served as president of the Institute until 1958. The school was originally housed in rented facilities. Pictured in front are A. M. Burton and Marshall Keeble. In the back are Robert E. Campbell, Athens Clay Pullias, I. C. Finley, J. E. Acuff, J. R. Holmes.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Nashville Christian Institute
Contributing Institution: Lipscomb University -Beaman Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002287
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| 147 |
Title: Mill workers in Englewood, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1910
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Mill workers in Englewood, Tennessee". In the picture a large group of mill workers, including men, women and children, stand for a photograph in front of a mill in Englewood, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Englewood Textile Museum
Contributing Institution: Englewood Textile Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002058
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| 148 |
Title: Vine Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1955 - 1970
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Vine Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. On the reverse side is written, "111-117 East Vine. Pre-urban renewal".
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
Contributing Institution: Beck Cultural Exchange Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002128
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| 149 |
Title: Students gathered around the Moorish Fountain, The Athenaeum Rectory
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1880 - 1889
Abstract: A photograph of students gathered at the Moorish Fountain on the grounds of the Athenaeum Rectory, circa 1880 - 1889.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Historic Collection
Contributing Institution: The Athenaeum Rectory
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000600
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| 150 |
Title: Faculty of The Athenaeum
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1908 - 1915
Abstract: A photograph of the faculty of the Athenaeum Rectory, circa 1908 - 1915.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Historic Collection
Contributing Institution: The Athenaeum Rectory
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000599
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