Shadowbox dedicated to Sgt. George Singleton, Co. C, 17th Regt., U.S. Colored Infantry. It includes a copy of a photograph, information about George Singleton, a copy of his muster roll, and two notes of Union currency.
Article appearing under the title of "Agricultural Society in Middle Tennessee" in the May 1, 1838, issue of the "Tennessee Farmer" conveys the importance of not only agricultural organization on the county level, but on the state level as well.
William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Sepulchre or Tomb of Caecilia Metella. The sketch shows part of the Appian Way. Strickland gives a short description of the tomb.
A promotional certificate for the memorial dedicated to the defenders of Verdun and Douaumont. It features a sketch by Georges Scott of a fallen French soldier being attended by a nurse. The broadside states it is a memorial to the French and...
Broadside depicting a soldier with rifle and wearing full field dress who stands kneeling before Columbia in front of a flag and other soldiers. Two fascii frame the image. Text states the image is dedicated to Sam White, Private, Company E,...
Confederate Monument in Rose Hill Cemetery. The monument consists of a large stone pedestal with a soldier at parade rest standing on top. It is surrounded by gravestones.; Two more unidentified monuments can be seen behind it. The engraved text...
View of the Hygiene and Education Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. The top of the Giant See-Saw may be seen in the top left corner of the photograph.
An elaborately engraved title sheet, in red, accompanied by a black-and-white sketch of the Negro Building at the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition. "Dedicated to Mrs. J. C. Thompson." By W.E. Braswell. Arranged By Thos. E. Broady.
City & town halls; Government facilities; Municipal government; Awards; Rewards of Merit
A pen and ink drawing of the front entrance of the New York City Hall. There are several citizens in front of the building. The inscription reads: "City Hall, New York City, where Andrew Jackson was presented with the Freedom of the City, Feb. 23,...
This is the dedication page for Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr.'s journal during his stay as a POW in Germany during World War II. He has dedicated the diary as follows: "To 'Irish': - + and, in spite of everything - Memories of a POW." The "Memories of a...
Cover depicts portraits of four 1896 presidential candidates positioned at each corner of the page with the American flag announcing elections in which the Republican, Democrat, Prohibition and Populist parties were represented. Portraits are...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Battlefields; Campaigns & battles; Historic sites; Surrenders; Victories; Military leadership; Military officers; Generals; Sheet music covers
A portrait of Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant appears at the center of the engraved cover, surrounded by Civil War-related line drawings entitled "Donelson," "Vicksburg," "Lee's Surrender," and "White House Wash'n."
Bust portrait of W. R. McQuown in civilian clothing. An inscription beneath the image reads, "4th Ky. Regt., C.S.A./ Col. Lewis Regt./ W. R. McQuown." An inscription on the back reads, "Leader of the 4th Ky. Regt and the 1st Tenn Band until the...
Scrapbook page contains images of individual students on Fisk's campus. The students are from the classes of 1928-1930. A few photographs show Jubilee Hall in the background.
Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia memorializing those Union prisoners who died at the Andersonville Confederate Prison, as well as all other American prisoners of war. The Tennessee Union Soldiers' Monument, dedicated to those lost in...
Granite and bronze monument features sculpture of Confederate soldier. A view of Trousdale Place and its estate grounds is visible behind the monument.
This page is a poem, "Bars, Inc." written by "Coyle" and dedicated to "Ivan - POW El Grande." The poem or song is about having a bar in every room of the house. Mitchener has drawn a small picture of a bar with a sign "Home Sweet Home" next to it....
