Bibliographic Records
Database:
Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee
Query:
vvcat: "D.25"
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Title: Nurses and their residence hall at the Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliders
Creator : National home for disabled volunteer soldiers. Mountain branch, Johnson City, Tenn.
Date Created: 1921
Abstract: National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers were created at the turn of the century for Civil War veterans, at the request of Abraham Lincoln. The Mountain Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliders was requested by Tennessee Congressman Walter P. Brownlow, and his bill passed unanimously in 1900. It was occupied in 1903 and was completed in 1910. The compound contained barracks for 2500 men, in addition to a 4 ward infirmary and homes for the surgeons and officers. The Mountain Branch in Johnson City, Tennessee became a tourist attraction, and hotels were built nearby to house visitors to the zoo and Home. The Home was not designed for permanent care or as a hospital, but for care of minor injuries. The officer veterans were expected to work during their stay according to their abilities. The nurses in the photo are listed: Miss Brown, Miss Jenner, Miss Elsie Finger, Miss Arnold, Miss Beeghler, Miss Wright; Miss Baker, Miss Redd, Miss Brown, Mrs. Lewis, Miss McFadden, Miss Arnold; Mrs. Smith, Miss Johansen, Miss Hider, Miss Ida Finger, Miss Moyer, Miss Richardson; Miss Baggerly, Miss Comstock, Miss Van Colen, Miss Clara Finger, Miss Singula, Mrs. Bowman; Miss Blocher
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=200800000001592
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Title: Question is Will They Get Through in Time for the Presidential Election?
Illustrator : Pernja
Date Created: 1920-08-24
Abstract: This political cartoon shows Colonel Tennessee spreading tacks along the road traveled by a group of women in a Suffrage Ratification car. The tacks represent 'legal technicalities' used by suffrage opponents in an attempt to stop the ratification of the 19th 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=200700000001461
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Title: Hynson, R.R.B. in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, to Church, Robert Reed Sr.
Author : R. R.B. Hynson
Recipient : Robert Reed Church, 1839-1912
Date Created: 1901-02-17
Abstract: In response to a request from R. R. Church, Sr., Mr. Hynson recounts the history of Church`s family as they were bought and sold as slaves - by the Hynson family. "Sometime between the years 1800 and 1810 there landed on Norfolk Va a ship load of African slaves to be sold."
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=200800000000797
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Title: Pessimist and the Optimist
Illustrator : Ray McGill
Date Created: 1920-08-13
Abstract: This political cartoon shows two suffragists wearing "Votes for Women" sashes, standing outside the Tennessee legislature while it's in special session about the ratification of the 19th Amendment on Friday the 13th. One is fearful of what will happen, and the other is optimistically positive about what the legislature will do on the women's suffrage issue. 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=200700000001452
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| 130 |
Title: Vamped!
Illustrator : Ray McGill
Date Created: 1920-08-16
Abstract: In this political cartoon, Colonel Tennessee is eyeing a older woman representing suffrage. His comment is "Perfect 36," referring to Tennessee's place as the 36th and final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment. Her belt "Tennessee" cinches her waist while she exclaims "Oh! Colonel!"
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=200700000001451
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Title: Women's Bible Class
Photographer : Robert A. Moore
Date Created: 1939
Abstract: A Bible class at Freed-Hardeman University, in Henderson, TN. Co-founder N.B. Hardeman is seated at the right side of the table reading to the class. Three girls seated in the front row watch Mr. Hardeman with rapt attention, while the rest of the class stares into the camera.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Freed-Hardeman University History
Contributing Institution: Freed-Hardeman University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002309
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Title: Robert Boyte C. Howell in Nashville, TN to Andrew Johnson in Nashville, TN
Author : Robert Boyte Howell, 1801-1861
Date Created: 1862-06-28
Abstract: Dr. R.B.C. Howell, a prominent Nashville Baptist minister of the Civil War era, enumerates seven reasons why he could not, in good conscience, take the oath of allegiance to the United States as instructed by Governor Johnson. After copying out the oath itself, he methodically explains his reasoning, concluding with the statement that he will take the consequences of his refusal.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Contributing Institution: Tennessee State Library and Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001879
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Title: [Letter] 1841 Jun. 8, Jackson, Ten[nessee] [to] Mary Jane Chester, Columbia, Ten[nessee]
Author : Robert Chester
Recipient : Mary Jane Chester
Date Created: 1841-06-08
Abstract: This document is a letter written by Robert J. Chester to his daughter, Mary Jane Chester, on June 8, 1841. In the letter, Robert tells Mary Jane that her brother John and aunt Narcissa will come to get her from the Female Institute in Columbia after her examinations and take her first to the Hermitage, in Nashville, Tennessee, and then on home. He also mentions several of the events that have happened at home recently.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Robert J. Chester Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003202
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Title: [Letter] 1840 Oct. 5, Jackson, Ten[nessee] [to] Mary Jane Chester, Columbia, Ten [nessee]
Author : Robert Chester
Recipient : Mary Jane Chester
Date Created: 1840-10-05
Abstract: This document is a letter written by Robert Chester to his daughter, Mary Jane Chester, on October 5, 1840. In the letter, Robert expresses his anxieties about Mary Jane`s health, and has decided to have her aunt go to Columbia, Tennessee, to get her and bring her home. He also discusses a visit to his family by Andrew Jackson.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Robert J. Chester Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003142
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Title: [Letter] 1840 Oct. 7 [to] Mary Jane Chester, Columbia Tennessee
Author : Robert Chester
Recipient : Mary Jane Chester
Date Created: 1840-10-07
Abstract: This document is a letter dated October 7, 1840 from Robert Chester to his daughter Mary Jane, who attended a female academy in Columbia Tennessee. Chester discusses family affairs and tells her that Andrew Jackson was at their house for dinner when her last letter arrived.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Robert J. Chester Family Papers
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003144
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Title: Marriage Contract of Robert Cooke and Sarah Sawyer
Assignee : Robert Cooke
Assignee : Sawyer Sarah
Date Created: 1825-02-03
Abstract: Marriage contract between Sarah Sawyer and Robert Cooke, both widowers. Deals with matters of property inheritance and care and education of the total of 18 children.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Vertical Files
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Tech University- Volpe Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002729
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Title: Terrell, Robert H. in Washington, D.C., to Church, R.R. Sr. in Memphis, Tennessee
Author : Robert H. Terrell, 1857-1925
Recipient : Robert Reed Church, 1839-1912
Date Created: 1898-02-19
Abstract: A letter from Church`s son-in-law drescribing the speech his daughter, Mary Eliza Church, gave before the Woman`s Suffrage Convention in Washington, D.C..
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=200800000000792
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Title: Waiting for the Young Lady of the House
Illustrator : Rosenberg
Date Created: 1920-08-16
Abstract: In this political cartoon, the 1920 presidential candidates, Governor James M. Cox and Senator Warren G. Harding, both of Ohio, wait outside the closed door of the Tennessee Legislature. Cox is ready to offer bonbons for the "fair Lady Voter from an admirer," while Harding holds a large bouquet of flowers "to Miss Suffrage with love." 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=200700000001454
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Title: The Viewpoint of Some Tennessee Women Organizing for Temperance
Author : Sadie M. Corson
Associated name : Women`s Organization for National Prohibition Reform
Date Created: 1931
Abstract: Reprint of a speech given to the Nashville Branch of the Women`s Organization for National Prohibition Reform.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001655
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Title: 1839 Jun. 18, Merry Oaks, Tennessee [to] Martha King, Madison County, Hazlegreen, Alabama
Author : Sally Gannaway
Recipient : Martha King
Date Created: 1839-06-18
Abstract: This is a letter dated June 18, 1839 from Sally Gannaway to her Aunt Martha King. This is a very personal letter, filled with the recollections and thoughts of day-to-day life concerning the family, as well as news of the impending death of her cousin Judy.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002872
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Title: Sarah Moore in Rural Rest, Tennessee to Henry King in Ross Landing, Tennessee
Author : Sarah Moore
Date Created: 1838-06-01
Abstract: This is a letter dated June 1, 1838 from Sarah Moore to her cousin Henry King. She offers him news of the family as well as the status of their health. Moore also expresses concern over Henry King`s daily routine and safety.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002917
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Title: St. Katherine`s School
Compiler : St. Katherine`s School
Date Created: 1911 - 1912
Abstract: This is a partial program for St. Katherine`s School, in Bolivar, Tennessee. Only the back pages visible: The front pages were used as a scrapbook for programs from Ruskin-Cave College. One page, partially uncovered details of the Christian education provided by the school. What remains is the school curriculum, tuition, rules, students awards, etc. The brochure includes a photograph of the women`s basketball team.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Elnora Miller Papers
Contributing Institution: Dickson County Public Library and Life Long Learning Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003369
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Title: Sue S. White in Washington, D.C., to C.P. Simonton in Covington, TN
Author : Sue Shelton White, 1887-1943
Date Created: 1919-05-14
Abstract: Letter to Mr. Simonton regarding his subscription to The Suffragist. Also discusses the current political situation surrounding the movement. Note - In addition to being editor of THe Suffragist, Sue S. White was also Chairman of the National Woman`s Party, Tennessee Branch.
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=200800000000812
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Title: Letters to Harry T. Burn
Author : Tennessee League of Women Voters
Author : Republican National Committee (U.S.)
Date Created: 1920-08
Abstract: Letters to Mr. Burn from the League of Tennessee Women Voters, the Women Members of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee, and an individual, L.H.L from Chattanooga thanking him for his vote in favor of the 19th Amendment. On verso side of the Women Members of the Republican Committee, the members of the Men`s Ratification Committee are listed.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Harry T. Burn Papers
Contributing Institution: C. M. McClung Historical Collection
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003252
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Title: Tennessee League of Women Voters
Publisher : Tennessee League of Women Voters
Date Created: 1929-03-13
Abstract: A program from a conference held by the Tennessee League of Women Voters in Memphis, Tennessee. The conference was in celebration of the passage of the Marriage Bill in 1929.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Collection: Miscellaneous History
Contributing Institution: Pink Palace Museum
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003297
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Title: Lambuth College Women's Basketball Team
Creator : Terry Bivens
Date Created: 1924
Abstract: The 1924 Lambuth College Women's Basketball Team.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Collection: Lambuth College History Collection
Contributing Institution: Lambuth University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000336
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Title: 1842 Aug. 7 [to] James King
Author : Thomas Moore
Recipient : James King
Date Created: 1842-08-07
Abstract: This is a letter dated August 7, 1842 from Thomas Moore to James King. The subject of the letter is Sarah Moore and her economic hardship and well-being. Moore also briefly mentions politics and the "whig portion" of the Legislature.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Colonel James Moore King Collection, 1792-1877
Contributing Institution: Albert Gore Sr. Research Center
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002870
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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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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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Title: Government by Injunction
Author : unknown
Date Created: 1920-09-04
Abstract: This editorial, from The Woman Citizen, describes the potential for abuse in the use of judicial injunctions. The author, listed only as A.S.B., claims that one "insignificant judge seeks to over-rule the Governor, a majority of the State Legislature and even the Secretary of State of the United States" and states that suffragists are "filled with indignation and disgust."
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=200700000001601
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