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...
Cherokee peace pipe and tobacco bag. Judge Cassius G. Foster (1837-1899) smoked the pipe which was given to him by Cherokee Indians during the Oklahoma land rush. Pipe has extensive beadwork.
Letter from Jane Smith Washington of Springfield, Tennessee, to her son, William L. Washington in Toronto, Canada, describing a confrontation with Federal troops. Mrs. Washington describes an extremely violent confrontation with Federal troops. In...
Ledger book started by Jonathan Bachman and continued by son-in-law William McClellan. Colonol Foster and others commandeered Friday, September 18, 1863. Includes copy of last will and testament of Jonathan Bachman, dated March 24, 1849.
Original members of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Photograph shows 5 male members and seven female members. The title says: "The Jubilee Singers, Original Company from Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1871-1882, Eleventh Season."
