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Title: Meeting of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1934 - 1954
Abstract: The photograph shows Southern Tenant Farmers' Union co-founder, H.L. Mitchell, third from left. Second from left is F.R. Betton, and on the left is Dorothy Mitchell.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Southern Tenant Farmers Union Ephemera 1934-84
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002730
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| 227 |
Title: Red Cross women
Photographer : unknown
Associated name : Bemis Brothers Bag Company
Date Created: 1941 - 1945
Abstract: Red Cross volunteers in Bemis, Tennessee, practice folding of some type. They were part of the civilian war effort during WWII.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Bemis Collection
Contributing Institution: Union University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001330
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| 228 |
Title: Interior of a textile mill in East Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1890 - 1950
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Interior of a textile mill in East Tennessee". Although the picture shows a cramped, poorly ventilated, dangerous fire trap by today's legal standards, these jobs were highly sought after during this time.
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=200800000002059
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| 229 |
Title: Nancy Ward gravesite dedication
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1975
Abstract: These are 2 slides from the collection titled, " Nancy Ward gravesite dedication". Nancy Ward (1738-1822) was a Cherokee woman of great ability. Her name was Nanyi-hi. She was known among the white settlers as Nancy Ward because, for a time, she was married to Bryant Ward. (they had a daughter) She achieved the position, Beloved Woman, an office of importance in the Cherokee Nation and impressed many settlers by her actions and negotiations. In the first slide is Governor Ray Blanton (suit, on left) and on right side is Secretary of State (TN): Joe C. Carr. (who held officein the 1970's)
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Contemporary United States (1968-present)
Collection: Nancy Ward Gravesite Collection
Contributing Institution: Nancy Ward Cherokee Foundation
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002608
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| 230 |
Title: Willie Bell Douglas
Photographer : Unknown
Date Created: 1922
Abstract: This is a graduation portrait of Willie Bell Douglas, showing a side view of her in cap and gown. Verso side reads: Willie Bell Douglas, class of 1922.
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=200800000000458
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| 231 |
Title: Anti-suffragists working at the Anti-Ratification Headquarters, Hermitage Hotel
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1920-08
Abstract: Photo from scrapbook with caption that reads: Front or Outer office of Anti-Ratification Headquarters, Hotel Hermitage, Mrs. Morgan Brown, Executive Chairman, standing at the Entrance. Seated is a (relay?) of many prominent Nashville women, who faithfully served their state in detachments, day and night, during August 1920. Standing in the rear at the Entrance to the inner office of the President and Vice-President, Miss Josephine A. Pearson and Mrs. George A. Washington, respectively; is Mrs. Jas. Pinkard, President General of the Southern Women's League for the Rejection of the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. To her right, in the center, is Miss Charlotte Raine, field Speaker of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage; near her to the right, is Mrs. Aspy of Boston, Field Organizer of the National Association.
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=200700000001463
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| 232 |
Title: MacArthur's Visit to Murfreesboro
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1951-04-30
Abstract: Ethel Licker Haney (far left), daughter of Polish immigrant Sam Licker, welcomes her childhood friend, Jean Faircloth (Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, third from left), to Murfreesboro. General MacArthur (fifth from left) and the couple's son, Arthur (fourth from left), visited his wife's hometown in 1951 shortly after being relieved of his command in Korea.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Licker-Goldstein-Weise Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002320
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| 233 |
Title: Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams train for the 1959 Pan American Games
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1959
Abstract: Members of the Tigerbelles track team at Tennessee A and I State University, Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams, train for the 1959 Pan American Games. They were also members of the 1960 United States Olympic Team.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Walter S. Davis Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State University - Special Collections and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002039
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| 234 |
Title: Mrs. T.P. Gilmore
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1927 - 1957
Abstract: Mrs. T.P. Gilmore was born into slavery under Captain Nathaniel Grant in the Bradley County area of Tennessee on March 29, 1856. Mrs. Tina (or Tena Gilmore began teaching in the African-American schools when black teachers began to replace white teachers in those schools. According to different local newspaper stories, Mrs. Gilmore was the youngest of seven or nine children born to Nathaniel and Caroline. She died on October 22, 1957 at the age of 101 years.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Cleveland Public Library History Branch Collection
Contributing Institution: Southeast Tennessee Digital Archive Cleveland State Community College
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000279
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| 235 |
Title: The Rodgers Sisters
Photographer : unknown
Associated name : Bemis Brothers Bag Company
Date Created: 1945
Abstract: The Rodgers Sisters who were part of a talent show in Bemis, Tennessee. Their names are identified on the back of the photograph.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Bemis Collection
Contributing Institution: Union University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001342
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| 236 |
Title: Susan Porter doing laundry
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1930
Abstract: Susan Porter doing the "wash" on the Anderson farm in Rockford in early 1930s. In the background is the upturned wash kettle in shich she boiled the white clothes to bleach them. There is also a large tower in the background whiche looks like a firetower.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Blount County Historical Collection
Contributing Institution: Blount County Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000303
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| 237 |
Title: The Licker Sisters
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1950 - 1965
Abstract: This is a photograph of sisters (from left) Ethel Haney, Esther Maxwell, and Bertha Licker. They are the daughters of Polish immigrants Sam Licker and his wife, Sarah Cohen. The sisters followed in the footsteps of their parents by starting a retail clothing business called the Cotton Patch during the mid 1950s. The store was first located on Maple Street but later moved to Jackson Heights Plaza on Broad Street in Murfreesboro.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Licker-Goldstein-Weise Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002768
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| 238 |
Title: Photograph of individuals and knitting mill
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1890 - 1910
Abstract: 2 tifs. A group of young women are photographed sitting on a downed tree in front of a river and a knitting mill. The clothing the women wore was popular around the turn of the twentieth century. Verso reads "Old knitting mill in background/ where Viaduct now is/ Bert Gamble. highest/ Pearl Tedford/ Bernice Lowery/ Mary Clemens - last."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Blount County Historical Collection
Contributing Institution: Blount County Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001515
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| 239 |
Title: Parade for Jean Patton, the World's Fastest Woman, 1951
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1951
Abstract: Jean Patton is welcomed home to Tennessee A and I State College with a parade in her honor. She was lauded as the "World's Fastest Woman" after her performance in the inaugural Pan-American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1951. Patton won the gold medals for the 200 meters and the 4x100 meter relay, and a silver in the 100 meters.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Postwar United States (1945-1970)
Collection: Walter S. Davis Collection
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State University - Special Collections and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002028
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| 240 |
Title: Studio portrait of Harry T. Burn
Photographer : unknown
Associated name : Harry T. Burn , 1895-1977
Date Created: 1922 - 1935
Abstract: Studio portrait of Harry T. Burn. Burn cast the deciding vote in the state legislature of Tennessee to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1920 after being elected to Congress from Niota, Tennessee when he was only twenty-two years old.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Photo File
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001229
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| 241 |
Title: Fanning Orphan Home and School Students and Staff, c. 1911
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1911 - 1912
Abstract: Class photograph of students and staff of Fanning Orphan Home circa 1911. Included in photo are David Lipscomb, II and his wife Fannie.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Fanning Orphan Home and School Collection
Contributing Institution: Lipscomb University -Beaman Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002292
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| 242 |
Title: Nurses and dormitory at the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1900 - 1930
Abstract: These are images of nurses and their quarters at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Mountain Branch, Tennessee. The Home originally included a four ward infirmary which was augmented after soldiers began to return after World War I. The Home was increased to help care for veterans suffering from lung scarring from gas attacks, tuberculosis and influenza. There are approximately 43 nurses pictured here, all in white uniforms. The nurses are standing on the steps of their residence, which was built in the Beaux-Arts style, common to the Mess Hall and other buildings on the grounds.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Museum at Mountain Home
Contributing Institution: Museum at Mountain Home-ETSU
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001602
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| 243 |
Title: Worker at machine
Photographer : unknown
Associated name : Bemis Brothers Bag Company
Date Created: 1900 - 1930
Abstract: Mildred Henry at work in the cotton mill at Bemis, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Bemis Collection
Contributing Institution: Union University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001326
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| 244 |
Title: Women crossing Clark's Creek in Washington County, Tennessee
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1900 - 1930
Abstract: This photograph is titled, "Women crossing Clark's Creek in Washington County, Tennessee". The picture shows eight women in white dresses cross a log bridge at Clark's Creek in Washington County, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Washington County-Jonesborough Library
Contributing Institution: Washington County - Jonesborough Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002224
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| 245 |
Title: Homecoming Court, 1988
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1988
Abstract: Homecoming queen Mona Evan poses with her court. From left to right are Jenni Stakup, Jo Ellen Drennon, Evan, Jenny Contrell, and Priscilla Corn. MTSU's first African-American homecoming queen was Barbara Gibson, elected in 1978.
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=200800000002351
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| 246 |
Title: Women's Christian Temperance Union
Photographer : unknown
Associated name : Bemis Brothers Bag Company
Date Created: 1900 - 1940
Abstract: A 4th of July parade float from the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Bemis, Tennessee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Bemis Collection
Contributing Institution: Union University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001336
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| 247 |
Title: Tintype of African American mother and child
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1870 - 1880
Abstract: This is a tintype of an African American mother and child. "Catherine" appears to be written on tintype. It was found in Nashville.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Collection: Travellers Rest
Contributing Institution: Travellers Rest Plantation and Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002099
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| 248 |
Title: Photographs of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1920 - 1933
Abstract: These photographs show a parade float made by supporters of the WCTU in Bristol, Tennessee. The women pictured range from the elderly to infants, all dressed in white, and one young boy is also on the float. Many of the women carry parasols, and two carry shepherd's tools. The first image may be of the women who were unable to ride on the float. The float itself is a large truck covered in white ruffles with a platform carrying a globe in its flatbed with the WTCU members. The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WTCU) was begun in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874 with an aim to implement the prohibition of alcohol. The WTCU had branches all over the United States, with the goal of "protection of the home."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Bristol Historical Association
Contributing Institution: Bristol Historical Association
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001632
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| 249 |
Title: Alfredda Charlotte Delaney
Photographer : Unknown
Date Created: 1970
Abstract: Alfredda Charlotte Delaney, retired Knoxville City School teacher, was active in many civic affairs. Her major involvements were with the Mechanicsville Citizens for a Better Community, Solutions to Issues of Concern to Knoxvillians (SICK), the Mayor's Task Force for Revitalization of Mechanicsville, and the Knoxville Beautification Board. A native of Knoxville, Miss Delaney earned her bachelor's degree at Knoxville College and did graduate work at TSU, Columbia University and The University of Tennessee. Among the many honors she has received are the Mayor's Certificate of Appreciation for community service (1979), honorary membership in the TN House of Representatives (1984), the Golden Apple Award for Teachers (1986), and thhe Presidential Citation from the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (1986). Throughout her distinquished career, Ms. Delaney has been a community activist, and champition of equal opportunity in public and higher education.
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=200800000000453
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Title: Photograph of the Licker Family
Photographer : unknown
Date Created: 1910 - 1920
Abstract: This is a photograph of Sam Licker, his wife Sarah, and their daughters, Ethel, Esther, and Bertha.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Licker-Goldstein-Weise Family Collection
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002761
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