Eight-page promotional pamphlet advertising ten five-thousand-acre tracts of land for sale in 1881 known as the Manning Lands. The parcels of land were located in Overton, Fentress, and Morgan counties. A fold-out map is included showing the...
Newspaper clipping declaring "Saturday Tag Day for York." The article announces that all Nashvillians will have an opportunity to help the hero by giving money to a fund which would pay the mortgage on the York farm. The article includes a list of...
Newspaper clipping requesting donations to pay off the $12,500 mortgage of the farm purchased by the Nashville Rotary Club and presented to Alvin York for his exploits in World War I. It encourages everyone to make a donation to York, declaring...
Article from unidentified newspaper is entitled "Wedding Bells for Sergt. York" and written by R. G. Fields. It describes the bride, "seventeen," her father, "A. F. Williams, former circuit court clerk of Fentress County," and some of the wedding...
Newspaper article entitled "York Married to Miss Williams" by Robert G. Fields (staff correspondent). "Miss Williams, who is the youngest of thirteen children was attended by three maids of honor, Misses Ida Wright, Maud Brier, and Adella Darwin,...
Newspaper clipping headlined "York Tag Day Tomorrow, Benefit for the York Farm Fund." It declares the fund-raiser to be under the auspices of the Nashville Rotary Club and provides a brief description of York's World War I exploits and awards.
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee; Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute
Front view of York Institute in Fentress County. It is a large brick or stone building set amid pines, and has multiple windows and a low sloped roof. The words "York Institute" are laid out on the grass in the foreground.
Alvin C. York discussing a question about the deferment of Clyde Bowden with Mrs. J. J. Gunter, the registrant's mother, and his stepfather, Jim Gunter.
A man with a long stick (4 or more feet) in his hands sits on the stoop of a rough wooden cabin. He wears frayed and patched overalls with a shirt, suit jacket, and hat. His left shoe appears to be untied.
An older man is wearing glasses, a large hat, bib overalls, and a leather jacket. He stands holding a long rifle in his left hand, and a leather satchel and powder horn slung under right arm.
A man wearing a hat is lying on the ground holding a rifle, the barrel of which rests on a log. Another man stands to his left. Jesse Lasky is among the ten other men and boys who also appear in the photograph.
Two Appalachian riflemen stand together in the woods wearing hats and denim overalls and comparing their guns, as two men seated on the ground look on.
Three men stand inside a cave; a dilapidated wooden pen can be seen in front of the cave opening. Two of the men appear to be producer Jesse Lasky and his son. The third man, whose identity is not given, appears to be wearing a hat.
A woman is standing on a porch near a wash tub with a wash board inside. The tub is raised by laying a wooden chair on its side. Two large lard cans just visible beside the chair may hold cleaning products. The woman is dressed in a sunbonnet, dark...
A man in hat and glasses is lying on the ground holding a rifle, with the barrel of the rifle resting on a log. A second man is sitting to his left with a long straight stick in his left hand. Eight other men and boys also appear in the photograph...
Forty or more men and women are gathered in a wooded area for a rifle shoot. Two young girls, who appear to be between 8 and 12, are also in attendance. The older girl is holding a camera. The ground is covered in leaves, and the trees are bare of...
