Cover of scrapbook created by Charles N. Barstow. The front page reads, "All, Look! And Remember!" This large scrapbook contains images of the Civil War and 19th century America clipped from Leslie's and other mass-distributed 19th century papers....
Pencil sketch of William E. Maury. Maury was a member of Company C, 49th Tennessee Infantry, and was killed at the Battle of Franklin. His diary is in the Carter House Museum. Originally from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Maury had brothers who fought...
Golden Jubilee Pin from the General Association of Colored Baptists in Kentucky. The item reads, "one Lord, one Faith, and one Baptism" The object includes images of Henry Adams, 1st moderator, and Dr. C. H. Parrish, present moderator.
John H. and Granville Grogan images. The two images are framed together in a single frame. John H. and Granville Grogan were brothers who served in the 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt, USA. They were home on furlough in West Tennessee when they were...
Half-length studio portrait of Titus Rodgers wearing his Union uniform. He enlisted in Chicago in 1861 with his brother, Oliver. The family states that Titus was on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's staff. He fought with Grant and Gen. William T. Sherman in...
Small, orange paper "ticket" advertising Republican candidates in the campaign of 1868: Ulysses S. Grant for president, presidential electors (including Dewitt Clinton Senter), and Samuel M. Arnell for Congress. Also listed are electors for...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows two images, the first, a bombardier in an American B-17 airplane, and the second, a miserable prisoner of war who appears to be drinking. Mitchener is contrasting the two, and writes, "Then...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows two different images. The first is an eagle with a ball and chain on its feet. A banner, "Kriege Klarion," is pictured below the eagle, and the words, "To preserve the democratic, its...
Three pictures are shown on this scrapbook page. The first shows an African-American man and is labeled "My own dad." The second is an African-American boy and reads "me - summer '26." The third, also a young African-American boy, is labeled, "The...
Broadside program for a dinner honoring Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) featuring a steamship's wheel with the titles of Twain's writings, images of steamships, a writer's quill, and a photograph of Twain with a "Lotos" flower. It also...
Large broadside advertising WVOL Radio station in Nashville, Tennessee. Included on the print are the names and images of the WVOL radio personalities from the late 1950s.
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows calendar images, each with a particular date enlarged and circled. He has drawn images next to the calendar pages, including a picture of a track and field athlete, a soldier, a minstrel...
Steel engraving consisting of images of President Andrew Johnson and members of his immediate Cabinet (Stanton, Seward, Chase, and Welles), with a heraldic eagle at the top and a depiction of the United States Capitol at the bottom.
Centennial celebrations; Historical reenactments; War
Battle of Franklin Centennial Participants medal. The medal is round with two images of Civil War soldiers. The text on the medal reads "Battle of Franklin Centennial Participants, November 1864-1964."
Stock certificate of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition Company, guaranteeing a $5.00 share to the holder. Pictured on the certificate are the Parthenon and images of four prominent Tennesseans: John Sevier, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and...
Composite photographs; Portrait photographs; Memorial works
Surviving staff of Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry unit are featured in composite form; oval images of Charles Anderson, J. B. Cowan, George Dashiel, Samuel Donelson, W. M. Forrest, and John W. Morton surround the central photo...
