One page notice advertising a benefit for the Central Tennessee College Library. It includes the complete program for the evening and the names of the performers.
One page program issued for the college commencement on May 27, 1891. The program gives a complete description of the commencement activities as well as students on the program.
Medical education; Dental education; Medical students; Universities & colleges; Laboratory schools
Card advertising the thirteenth anniversary of the creation of Meharry Medical College. The ceremony was to be held at the Masonic Threatre in Nashville.
Broadsides; announcements; pancakes & waffles; sausages; coffee; fund raising
Broadside advertising an "Aunt Jemima Pancake and Tennessee Pride Sausage Supper" sponsored in support of Meharry Medical College by the Meharry Wives Club. Included is a list of the donors who supplied the food.
Drawing of the agricultural school known as Franklin College illustrates the buildings present and the lay-out of the campus. From the book, "Franklin College and Its Influences," by James E. Scobey.
Buildings; Universities & colleges; Martin College (Pulaski, Tenn.)
Colorized photograph of graduates and other students standing in front of Martin College. Green one-cent George Washington postal stamp is glued on upside down on message side. Handwritten note, "Can you find Lizzie Grey on this?".
"The Naturalist" article, pages 166-167, about the difficulties of harvesting grapes. The article provides information on how to harvest a grape crop successfully. The author notes that native grapes are better suited to this country than foreign...
Masthead of the publication, "The Naturalist - a journal of agriculture, horticulture, education, and literature." This is the first issue: volume 1, number 1, from January 1846.
"An act for the establishment of Washington College in honor to the Illustrious President of the United States at Salem in Washington County." The act is handwritten and is five pages in length. The resolution passed at Knoxville on July 10,...
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.
"The Naturalist" article, page 311, contains an illustration of the various stages of the peach-tree worm. The writing is done under the Agricultural Department section of the serial and emphasizes the fact that entomology was a frequent subject...
This etching presents the front of some of the college buildings at Harvard University at the time Jackson was honored in 1833. The Wall name appears at the bottom of the drawing with the date 1937; Wall signed below the etching. The inspiration...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Hobart Parrish describing what attracted him to join the Civilian Conservation Corps. He could get an education, earn money, and learn a trade. It was difficult to go to college, and he felt he would get the same preparation in the Civilian...
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Large brick school building, set in the Ducktown Basin of the southern Appalachian Mountains. It contains nuerous doors and windows. Etched in stone above the main doorway is "Kimsey Junior College." Above another entranceway, at the end of the...
