This volume comprises the first land grant book created for the area which became Tennessee. Located at the front is the contract or treaty formalizing the land purchase between the Watauga Association and the Cherokee chiefs. It is followed by...
Excerpts from a small handwritten diary written by Nannie Haskins, a young girl of Clarksville, Tennessee. Provides an insight into the day to day activities of an observant young girl. Haskins was strongly in support of the Confederacy and loathed...
Portrait to the shoulders of Tolbert Fanning appears as an oval image within a squared cropping on page 6 of the book "Franklin College and Its Influences" by James E. Scobey.
Soldiers; Military Uniforms; Houses; Trees; Fences
Illustration by George Varian of a Confederate soldier leaning against a fence post gazing at a destroyed house. The caption underneath reads "The Confederate's Return - There was only the shell of the house." The image appears on page 537 of Ida...
Image of J. B. Killebrew taken from the book, "Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee." The photograph was taken in 1871. The photo was taken in Nashville and the photographer was R. Poole. Killebrew appears to be middle-aged, and is wearing a...
Painted portrait of Dr. Gerard Troost, the first state geologist of Tennessee. Troost is shown standing beside a table and gesturing to a book on the table. The original portrait is now located at the Tennessee State Museum (Nashville).
Hard-bound book with the complete title of "Mineral and Agricultural Resources of the Portion of Tennessee Along the Cincinnati Southern and Knoxville & Ohio Railroads, Including the Country Between the Two." The book touts the mineral resources...
Map of the major locations of the Civil War in 1863 showing the states of Ohio, Maryland, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, North Carlina, South Carolina, and Florida. Shows major waterways, main...
Map, in combination with the written statistical information, reflecting crop yield, acres under cultivation, and crop value. The importance of the railroad lines in the shipping of farm products is also highlighted by this agricultural map. Map...
Agricultural map, in combination with the written statistical information, reflecting cotton crop yields, acres under cultivation, and the underlying fertility of the soil and its adaptability to the growing of cotton. Map is from Tennessee: Its...
This is the signature page for Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr.'s diary during his imprisonment in Germany during World War II. He has signed it, "H.A. Mitchener 2nd Lt. A.C." The YMCA insignia can also be seen.
Cover of the Battle of Franklin, Civil War Centennial, guide book and program. It features a Confederate Soldier in a slouch hat standing on the left holding a musket, and a Federal Soldier in a kepi on the right, also holding a musket. The Carter...
