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Title: Soldiers of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, USA on square of Gallatin, Tennessee in November, 1862.
Artist : unknown
Photographer : E. M. Stark
Date Created: 1862
Abstract: The original sketch depicts the soldiers of the Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, USA on square of Gallatin, Tennessee in November, 1862. The photo of the artist's sketch was taken by E.M. Stark, of Gallatin, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: Sumner County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002813
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| 377 |
Title: Dixie Land
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1861-05-21
Abstract: This clipping from an unknown newspaper is adhered to the back of a piece of sheet music included in a bound volume that once belonged to Tennessee resident, Miss Nora Gardner. These words,disparaging Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, listed as created in Newman, GA., May 21, 1861" were to be sung to the popular tune "Dixie."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002581
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| 378 |
Title: From Florida, Indian Fight
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1840-06-04
Abstract: This editorial is from The Clarksville Chronicle of June 4, 1840, though the dateline on the story is May 18, 1840, from St. Augustine, Florida. The article describes in laudatory words the actions of Captain Rains in fighting the Seminoles of Florida near St. Augustine after an Indian attack upon his men. The captain was mortally wounded by the chief Alectuatenugge, and then avenged by his Sergeant Jackson.
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=200800000003260
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| 379 |
Title: 1805 Jun. 1 [between the United States and the Cherokee Nation]
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1805-06-01
Abstract: This document dated June 1, 1805 is an article of agreement between the United States and the Cherokee Nation for a turnpike across the mountains of Tennessee into Georgia.
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=200800000003060
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| 380 |
Title: Farewell to Yankee Doodle
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1861 - 1865
Abstract: This is a clipping from a newspaper that is adhered to the back of a piece of sheet music bound in a volume that once belonged to Miss Nora Gardner, a Tennessee resident. This clipping is a poem entitled "Farewell to Yankee Doodle," which is a derogatory account of the North and its reasons for the Civil War as well as a call to the South for independence. The newspaper publisher is unknown, as is the year of publication. However, since this poem's content reflects the Southern attitudes regarding the issues of the Civil War, the creation date and publication dates are inferred from the range of 1861-1865.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001511
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| 381 |
Title: Clarksville City Guards document
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1892-09-02
Abstract: 2 tifs. A list of Clarksville City Guards headed "The Following Returned From Coal Creek." The documents lists the last name and first initial of more than 30 men of the Clarksville City Guards, Co. H, to return from the Coal Creek Insurrection in August 1892. The Captain, Lieutenants, five Sergeants, three officers, 22 privates, and additional freemen are listed. The document is dated September 2, 1892. The second document is a 1892 ledger of "Breakages" listing four badges broken at a cost of $20. The Clarksville City Guards were a group of men who entertained the town with drills and contests. The State Guard commended this unit under Captain Clay Stacker when the men participated in the Coal Creek Miners` Insurrection of August 1892. The insurrection occurred when miners revolted against the state in order to keep convicts out of the free labor market. The state, aided by the Clarksville City Guards, prevailed.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Clarksville City Guards Manuscript, 1892 Sept 2
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003487
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| 382 |
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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| 383 |
Title: Four poems by an unidentified soldier, 1862
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1862
Abstract: Four poems written by an unidentified soldier in 1862.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Civil War Poetry
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001523
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| 384 |
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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| 385 |
Title: Confederate Soldier Letter about Missionary Ridge
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1863-12-03
Abstract: In a December 3, 1863 letter from "James" to "My Dear Sister Kate," a Confederate soldier describes his situation after participating in the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga during the Civil War. Written from a camp near Dalton, Georgia.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Confederate Soldier Letter about Missionary Ridge
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001521
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| 386 |
Title: Lebanon to Be Headquarters for Maneuvers
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1942-07-29
Abstract: This is a newspaper clipping from an unknown newspaper (likely a tennessee paper) tells about Lebanon, TN to be the headquarters for military maneuvers.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: World War II and Tennessee Maneuvers Collection
Contributing Institution: Cumberland University - Stockton Archives at the Vise Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003391
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| 387 |
Title: Hayes Fork School Sells $2,300 War Bonds in Program
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1942 - 1945
Abstract: Newspaper article clipping discussing a program supporting the war effort and the sale of war bonds at Hayes Fork School, Stewart County, Tennessee.
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=200800000001047
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| 388 |
Title: School Activities, Tharpe School
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1943
Abstract: Small newspaper clipping descriping the efforts of the teachers and community of Tharpe School, realizing the fact that the boys and girls lived in a world torn by war in 1943, to combine their efforts "toward the promoting of our war effort at large." They also encouraged church attendance.
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=200800000001046
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| 389 |
Title: The Downfall of Paris
Composer : unknown
Date Created: 1846 - 1907
Abstract: This single piece of sheet music is included in a bound volume that once belonged to Miss Nora Gardner, a Tennessee resident. This instrumental is for the fife and drum, presumably used by soldiers for marching music. There is no creation or publication date. However, this piece was published during the span of 1846 through 1907, which has been inferred from the years during which the publisher operated under the specified name and location, as listed in the Handbook of Early American Sheet Music 1768-1889 by Harry Dichter and Elliott Shapiro (Dover, 1977).
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001657
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| 390 |
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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| 391 |
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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| 392 |
Title: Tennessee Toll Bridge Ticket
Creator : unknown
Date Created: 1937 - 1940
Abstract: This toll bridge ticket from Tennessee cost 5 cents, and was to be used by the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) and the U.S. Army only. There was a penalty for private use.
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=200700000001536
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| 393 |
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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| 394 |
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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| 395 |
Title: Liberty Bonds
Distributor : unknown
Date Created: 1914 - 1918
Abstract: This is a WWI pamphlet encouraging civilians to do their duty by purchasing Liberty Bonds.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Charles P. Simonton Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003240
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| 396 |
Title: Tipton County Citizens` Agreement
Distributor : unknown
Date Created: 1914 - 1918
Abstract: This is a WWI era handout encouraging citizens to adhere to food restrictions in order to support the war effort.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Charles P. Simonton Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003241
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| 397 |
Title: School Activities, Taylor`s Chapel
Editor : unknown
Date Created: 1943
Abstract: This newspaper clipping describes activities of the school, such as providing hot cereal with cream and sugar during cold weather, intended to provide for the children and so that the children will "realize the value of co-operative planning and living." Additionally, students learned what it meant to be an American citizen, including the duty in war time to "take care of all materials, get along with less, avoid spreading rumors, buy War Bonds and Stamps, help in Salvage campaigns, practice personal safety and follow health rules."
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=200700000002645
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| 398 |
Title: Atop a greenhouse in Arlon, Belgium
Former owner : unknown
Date Created: 1945-01
Abstract: Gaskell Warren poses atop a greenhouse in Arlon, Belgium in 1945. Located in the Ardennes region, the Arlon Highway was key to the success in the Battle of the Bulge. In December 1944, the 101st Airborne was rushed to Bastogne, Belgium which was 22 miles North of Arlon to secure American lines against the Germans.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Gaskell Warren Collection
Contributing Institution: Cookeville History Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000576
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| 399 |
Title: Massacre at Fort Pillow
Illustrator : unknown
Date Created: 1864-04-30
Abstract: A sketch from Harper's Weekly graphically depicting Confederate soldiers taking part in what becamce known as "the massacre at Fort Pillow" in Henning, TN, against an infantry of African American soldiers.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Prints from Harpers Weekly Newspaper and Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002837
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Title: The Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Oak Ridge
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1945 - 1970
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "The Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Oak Ridge". The photograph shows an aerial view of the K-25 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: The Gaseous Diffusion Plant at Oak Ridge
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002182
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