Letter from King detailing his health and time in a camp near Wanesborough, Augusta County, Virginia. King may have been from near Holstein, East Tennessee.
Southern Cross of Honor awarded to Monroe King, Co. C, 55th (Brown's) Tenn. Reg. Inf., CSA. King was captured on Island No. 10 on April 8, 1862, and exchanged in Vicksburg, Miss., on September 4, 1862.
Josiah Stewart (J. S.) House registered to vote on June 24, 1869, in Dyer County, Tenn. He served as a private in Co. H, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, and in Captain King's Scouts, a company of about 40 men organized in 1864 to maintain order near...
Josiah Stewart House, Co. H, 47th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, signed this Parole of Honor in Memphis after the surrender. He pledges, "I will not take up arms again" against the U.S. Document issued by the Office of the Provost Marshal, District West...
Harriet E. King Johnson and Robert Boyd Johnson crayon print. Harriet E. King Johnson is wearing a locket in the photo. Robert Boyd Johnson was with the East Tennessee 6th Co. A regiment mostly in Gap and Chattanooga.
Small flyer advertising the showing of "Forty Days a King," the coronation festivities of George V of Great Britain, presented by the Kinemacolor Company in America. There is a photograph of the Coronation carriage.
Broadside advertising a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King at the War Memorial Building, a benefit concert by Harry Belafonte and Troupe at the Ryman Auditorium, a meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and an address by Spottswood...
Broadsides; Fraternal organizations; Fraternal lodges; Civil rights leaders
Advertisement for "Negro History Week and Masonic History Day." The Honorable John Wesley Dobbs will speak. An image of John Wesley Dobbs is included on the broadside.
Broadsides; Posters; Book fairs; Exhibitions; Bookstores; Book talks; Universities & colleges
Poster announcing a book fair to be held at the Alumni Memorial Hall at Vanderbilt University. The guest speakers include Robert Penn Warren and Robert Henry. Also listed are the companies that will have displays at the fair, which is sponsored by...
Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
Communication from the Inspector's Office in Richmond, Virginia, on furnishing a tablular statement of the operations of an office, December 27, 1864. An example of form to be submitted each month is hand-drawn at the bottom of the letter.
The first in a bound collection of colonial documents is a complete copy of the Proclamation of 1763 promulgated at the end of the French and Indian War by King George III of Great Britain. The item is hand-written in ink on paper, copied by John...
Pamphlet issued by J. L. MacFarland, Solicitor of Claims, instructing individuals on how to recover claims with the United States for personal property used in the war effort by the U. S. Army. Loyalty requirements are listed, as are the types of...
Confederate Voucher No. 34 stating the amount of food provided to sixty mules serving in the field under Major G. A. Atkins for November 1863. The mules consumed 19,824 pounds of corn. Voucher signed by Brigadier General William A. Quarles.
