| 651 |
Title: Soldiers Lying in Field photograph
Photographer : Sig. Photo Co.
Date Created: 1944-01-28
Abstract: 2nd Army soldiers are taking position in a country field in this photograph, among them Private Malou Heslop. Permission to use granted by the Nashville Public Library.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Eugene Sloan Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002784
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| 652 |
Title: Soldiers Near RC Cola Sign photograph
Photographer : United States Army, Signal Corps
Date Created: 1941-1945
Abstract: This official Signal Corps photograph pictures two armed soldiers awaiting attack. The men are located outside of a business bearing a Royal Crown Cola advertisement on its facade. Permission to use granted by the Nashville Public Library.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Eugene Sloan Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002781
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| 653 |
Title: Soldiers Serving Soup from Trash Cans photograph
Photographer : United States Army, Signal Corps
Date Created: 1941-1945
Abstract: Two soldiers of hte 2nd Army, one male and one female, serve themselves soup out of trash cans in this official photograph. Permission to use granted by the Nashville Public Library.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Eugene Sloan Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002782
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| 654 |
Title: Soldiers Walking Down Dirt Road photograph
Photographer : United States Army, Signal Corps
Date Created: 1941-1945
Abstract: This official photograph features several soldiers traveling down a country dirt road during the Tennessee maneuvers. Permission to use granted by Nashville Public Library.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Eugene Sloan Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002785
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| 655 |
Title: Students Rally for Peace
Photographer : Middle Tennessee State University
Date Created: 1970 - 1975
Abstract: Opinion regarding American involvement in Vietnam was divided. Students opposed to the war rallied in front of the Keathley University Center. Like universities all over America, MTSU experienced a time of turbulence during the late 1960s. Students also expressed opposition to the draft, compulsory ROTC, dress codes, and dormitory regulations, particularly the more restrictive rules placed on women.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: MTSU News and Public Affairs Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002344
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| 656 |
Title: Tale of a City
Publisher : Office of War Information
Date Created: 1942
Abstract: A United States Government produced pamphlet that explains Nazi attrocities in Poland during World War II using narrative explanations and stark illustrations. Box 5, Folder7
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Memphians During War
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002533
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| 657 |
Title: Tax Sale Certificates and Writ of Possession of Jeremiah Vansciver of Memphis, TN
Creator : United States Direct Tax Commissioners
Date Created: 1864-06-16 - 1865-06-16
Abstract: Jeremiah Vansciver bought Memphis property in 1864 that was sold for unpaid taxes according to "An Act for the Collection of Direct Taxes in Insurrectionary Districts in the United States." On June 16, 1864 he purchased two lots on Block 40 for 40 dollars that had been assessed to Scruggs & Wicker & Shaw in 1860. On June 18, 1864, he bought part of Block 15 on Shelby Street that had been assessed to Horton, Estis & Co. in 1860 for eighty-five dollars. The paperwork also contains a Writ of Possession, dated June 16, 1865, for part of Block 15 on Echols Street, apparently contested by M. J. H. Roper. There is also a notice dated October 26, 1864 that one of his purchases, Tax Sale Certificate No. 46, had been redeemed according to law, and that his purchase money and interest would be returned to him upon his surrender of that certificate. An official business envelope of the U.S. Direct Tax Commission, District of Tennessee to Jeremiah Vansciver, Esq. of Memphis, Tennessee accompanies the paperwork.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Governor William G. Brownlow Papers, 1865-1869
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001898
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| 658 |
Title: Tennessee Home Food Supply Program
Publisher : State of Tennessee
Date Created: 1944-12-01
Abstract: WWII certificate for supporting the war effort by growing food for self-sustainability. Awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Longmires of Jackson, Tennessee. Awarded by the director of Agricultural Extension at the University of Tennessee and other government oficials involved in the program. Governor of Tennessee at the time, December 21, 1944, was Prentice Cooper.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Chester County History
Contributing Institution: Chester County Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003412
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| 659 |
Title: The debt of our country to the American Highlanders during the war
Author : Ryder
Date Created: 1889
Abstract: This pamphlet was enclosed in a letter from J. B. Brownlow to O. P. Temple, dated Feb. 11, 1891. The pamphlet is an Address delivered by Reb. C. J. Ryder, District Secretary, at the Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association, at Chicago, Ill., 1889. It discusses East Tennessee and refers to its people as mountaineers or Highlanders and "our country`s debt to these patriotic Highlanders" during the Revolutionary War.
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=200700000002598
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| 660 |
Title: The Lady Takes the Wheel
Publisher : Pontiac Motor Division
Date Created: 1943
Abstract: A booklet produced by Pontaic that provides tips to "ladies" who are responsible for cars during WWII. The booklet describes how "car wardens" can comply with the war time rationing of gas and oil. This booklet was mailed as a promotional item from Douthit Sanchez Company of Memphis, Tennessee, to a Mrs. Brown of Memphis. Box 5, Folder 1
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Memphians During War
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002531
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| 661 |
Title: Town Meetings for War
Publisher : Civilian Mobilization Division of the Office of Civilian Defense
Date Created: 1942-04
Abstract: This is a manual for local civilian defense councils on holding "Town Meetings For War".
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Charles P. Simonton Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003234
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| 662 |
Title: United States Army Motor Vehicle Permit of Charles E. Rutherford
Creator : United States. War Dept.
Date Created: 1937-06-01
Abstract: United States Army Motor Vehicle Permit of Charles E. Rutherford certifies him to drive any motor vehicle in the army. It is stamped with signature of unknown Captain, Quartermaster. Rutherford was in Company 417 in Tellico Plains, 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=200700000001535
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| 663 |
Title: United States War-Savings certificate
Printer : United States Secretary of the Treasury
Date Created: 1918
Abstract: WWI war-savings certificate that was to be used for recording $5 stamps. There is a chart showing the increase in value of the stamps from month to month until they became due in 1923.
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=200800000001534
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| 664 |
Title: Vet Village
Photographer : Middle Tennessee State University
Date Created: 1946 - 1956
Abstract: Following the end of World War II, Middle Tennessee State College (1943-1964) experienced tremendous growth as a result of the G.I. Bill. To meet emergency housing needs, in 1946 Congress appropriated $78 million to move buildings from military bases to college campuses. MTSC also received federal funds to erect small apartments for married veterans and their wives and children. Vet Village, as this area of campus was known, had its own laundry house, student-run grocery store, mayor, and representative on the Associated Student Body.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: MTSU News and Public Affairs Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002348
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| 665 |
Title: Vote on secession
Creator : Washington County Courts, District No. 18
Date Created: 1860-06-08
Abstract: In this document, citizens of Washington County voted either for against "separation" or secession from the United States. They also voted for or against "representation." The votes were evenly split on both separation and representation. Eighty-six votes were for representation and separation while eighty-six votes were cast against representation and separation.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Washington County Court Records
Contributing Institution: Archives of Appalachia- ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000825
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| 666 |
Title: Washington County Court Record Secession Convention
Creator : Washington County, District No. 9
Date Created: 1861-02-09
Abstract: Washington County, Tennessee District No. 9 record of votes for and against a convention and for delegates to the convention, dated February 9, 1861. Votes for a convention 121 and votes against 31.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Collection: Washington County Court Records
Contributing Institution: Archives of Appalachia- ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000830
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| 667 |
Title: Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals
Attributed name : England Photo Supply Co.
Date Created: 1924 - 1955
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals". The reverse side reads, "The Great Wilson dam at the lower end of Muscle Shoals."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Clyde W. Roddy Public Library
Contributing Institution: Clyde W. Roddy Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002074
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| 668 |
Title: Woman Sewing Parachute photograph
Photographer : United States Army, Signal Corps
Date Created: 1941-1945
Abstract: This official army photograph depicts a young woman sewing a parachute, more than likely for Tennessee's Camp Campbell paratroopers. Permission to use granted by the Nashville Public Library.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Eugene Sloan Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002783
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| 669 |
Title: World War II ration book
Attributed name : United States. Office of Price Administration
Publisher : United States. Government Printing Office
Date Created: 1942
Abstract: This is a United States ration book from World War II. In World War II, many food items and other goods were rationed in the United States. Citizens were issued ration books to ensure equal distribution of food and other rationed items and materials.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Bristol Historical Association
Contributing Institution: Bristol Historical Association
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002671
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| 670 |
Title: World War II Ration Book
Author; Creator : United States. Office of Price Administration
Printer : United States. Government Printing Office
Date Created: 1941 - 1945
Abstract: A United States ration book from World War II that was issued to 25 year old Mamie Sue Marshall of Englewood, Tennessee by issuing officer Mrs. J. Buckner. During World War II, many food items and other goods were rationed in the U.S. Citizens were issued ration books to ensure equal and regulated distribution of rationed items. In the book there are stamps labeled: coffee, sugar, and spare.
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=200800000002830
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| 671 |
Title: WWI YWCA pamphlet for women
Distributor : Young Women`s Christian Association
Date Created: 1918
Abstract: This is a pamphlet on how woman can contribute during to the war effort by taking part in a YWCA sponsored "Hostess House".
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=200800000003239
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| 672 |
Title: WWII Mileage Ration Book
Originator : Office of Price Administration, United States of America
Date Created: 1942-12-15
Abstract: A mileage ration book with gas coupons that was issued to R. R. Church, Jr. during WWII. Each coupon was good for "One 'A' Unit of Gasoline."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: The Robert R. Church Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001527
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| 673 |
Title: WWII War Ration Book No. 3
Printer : Office of Price Administration, United States of America
Date Created: 1942
Abstract: One type of war ration book issued during WWII. This one was issued to Robert R. Church.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: The Robert R. Church Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001529
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| 674 |
Title: WWII War Ration Book One
Printer : Office of Price Administration, United States of America
Date Created: 1942
Abstract: One type of war ration book distributed during WWII. This one was issued to Annette Elaine Church.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: The Robert R. Church Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001528
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