Patent medicines; Pamphlets; Leaflets; Government officials; Advertising; Promotional materials
Brochure advertising a patent medicine named "Taylor's Cherokee Remedy." Included in the booklet are line drawings of major Confederate figures, including Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson. Also included are several poems and...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Yearbook of the Company 420, Tennessee SP-12 in District C of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Bristol, Tennessee. There is a history of Company 420, as well as photographs of of the camp facilities and activities, including the mess hall,...
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23 pages handwritten in ink that comprise the Cherokee Constitution of 1827. This early copy may have been written by Sam Houston. It was found in the 1827 Tennessee legislative papers and may have been given to the State of Tennessee in exchange...
Original manuscript of the Cumberland Compact of Government, or Articles of Agreement, entered into by settlers on the Cumberland River, May 1, 1780, at what is now Nashville, and signed May 13, 1780 by 255 inhabitants of five stations on the...
This constitution is the "Houston Constitution," rejected by Franklin's Second Constitutional Convention of 1785 in Greeneville. Constitutional committee member and major contributor Rev. Samuel Houston had these pamphlets printed to argue the...
1st Lt. W. P. Anthony, Co. C, 30th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, wrote to his wife Bettie Anderson of Hartsville, Tenn. from Johnson's Island Prison in Lake Erie, Ohio, sharing news about prison life and family. The envelope has examiner markings from the...
A .40 caliber rifle that belonged to Pvt. William A. Dycus, Co. D, 28th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Dycus was 16 years old when he enlisted in November 1862.
Ambrotype of William Henry Palmer as a sergeant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Application of James Lillard claiming payment due for Quartermaster's stores or subsistence supplies. Lillard claims that one hundred bushels of corn, 16,000 pounds of hay, 12,000 feet of plank, and five grey mares were taken by the U. S. Army...
Artillery saber that belonged to John T. Herring (October 16, 1847-January 26, 1915) of Co. B, 9th Tennessee Vol. Cav., CSA. There are no markings on the saber but it appears to be Union made.
Black and white photograph of the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Shows the front entrance of the building. The building was a circular structure.
War; Bridges; War damage; Military retreats; World War, 1914-1918
Bridge blown out by the Germans during retreat from Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. Bois St. Pierre, in the district of Souplet and Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France, October 17, 1918
Broadside advertising "Lecture on the Science of Love in Courtship and Marriage" by Prof. H. Foster Smith at the Methodist Church at a cost of 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. The advertisement offers phrenological charts for $2 and...
Broadside announcing a balloon ascension at Petersburg, Tennessee, by Juan J. Zamora, the "great Mexican balloonist and gymnast." There is an illustration of a balloon and a gymnast on the poster.
Calendar from 1919 featuring a painting of World War I soldiers, a battlefield cemetery, and the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. It also features a brief commentary on the author of the poem and the war by "Black & Black, Makers of...
Historic buildings; Historic sites; Flags; Flagpoles; Military standards; Hotels
Certificate issued to Ernest N. Haston, a long-serving Tennessee Secretary of State, recognizing financial support and making him a member of the Association committed to restoring the Fort Donelson House. An image at the top of the certificate...
