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- Watauga Purchase (Old Book A)
- Treaties
- This volume comprises the first land grant book created for the area which became Tennessee. Located at the front is the contract or treaty formalizing the land purchase between the Watauga Association and the Cherokee chiefs. It is followed by...
- Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents
- Sixteen Hundred Turkeys on Public Square, Fayetteville, Tenn.
- Turkeys; Plazas; Carriages & coaches; Courthouses; Horses
- Groups of men with horse-drawn carriages are gathered at the town square next to the courthouse. A flock of turkeys are gathered and the men are watching them.
- Tennessee Postcard Collection
- An Act for the Establishment of Washington College
- Universities & colleges
- "An act for the establishment of Washington College in honor to the Illustrious President of the United States at Salem in Washington County." The act is handwritten and is five pages in length. The resolution passed at Knoxville on July 10,...
- Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Universities & colleges; Educational facilities; Lecture halls
- This etching presents the front of some of the college buildings at Harvard University at the time Jackson was honored in 1833. The Wall name appears at the bottom of the drawing with the date 1937; Wall signed below the etching. The inspiration...
- Bernhardt Wall Etchings
- Campus
- Universities & colleges; Educational facilities; Libraries; Lecture halls
- Scrapbook page containing three images of Fisk University buildings. L-R: Chase Hall, the Library, and Livingston Hall.
- Fisk University Scrapbook
- Kissam Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville
- Universities and colleges; Dormitories
- View of Kissam Hall, Vanderbilt University. Shows multi-storied men's dormitory located on West End Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee.
- Tennessee Postcard Collection
- Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn.
- Universities and colleges; Educational facilities; Parks; Students; Dwellings
- View of Belmont College, Nashville, Tennessee. Shows mansion in an English-style garden or park. Shows students in park.
- Tennessee Postcard Collection
- Confederate veterans' reunion at Knob Creek
- Veterans; Military standards; Reunions; Group portraits
- Lawrence County Confederate veterans gathered for a reunion. They are flanked by a flag and two unidentified women. John Booker Kennedy (first row, second from left) is included in the photograph.
- War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
- Victor Vallette
- Veterans; Military uniforms; Portrait photographs
- Confederate veteran Victor Vallette appears in a seated position wearing a Confederate uniform. According to family friend and photograph donor Emma I. Sloan, the uniform was obtained for the photo from John P. Hickman during Vallette's 1910...
- War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
- John B. Kennedy with his Third Regiment flag
- Veterans; Portrait photographs; Military standards; Flagpoles; Daggers & swords; Dogs
- Confederate veteran John B. Kennedy is seated outdoors surrounded by his saber, his canteen, his cane, and a small dog. The flag of his regiment, the 3rd Tennessee Infantry, hangs on a pole behind him.
- War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
- Interior of a Southern Loose-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse
- Warehouses; Tobacco; Commerce
- An interior of a tobacco warehouse in Greenville, Tennessee, is shown with farmers and buyers from tobacco companies.
- Tennessee Postcard Collection
- Ruby Falls, Lookout Mountain Cave, Chattanooga, Tenn.
- Waterfalls; Caves; Lookout Mountain (Tenn.)
- The location of Ruby Falls within Lookout Mountain Cave is pictured.
- Tennessee Postcard Collection
- Cane Creek Falls, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee
- Waterfalls; State parks and reserves; Leaves; Fall Creek Falls State Park (Tenn.)
- View of Cane Creek Falls in Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tenn. Foliage is shown with waterfall in image.
- Tennessee Postcard Collection
- Cul-Car-Mac, the Falls of Fall Creek, near Smithville, Tennessee
- Waterfalls; Streams; Cliffs; Lithography; Books
- The falls of Fall Creek in Dekalb County, Tennessee. There is one man standing at the top of the falls, while two men are at the foot of the falls.
- Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
- Caroline Meriwether Goodlett
- Women; Civic leaders
- Mrs. Caroline Meriwether Goodlett (1833-1914). "Copy of the Caroline Meriwether Goodlett portrait, unveiled Nov. 21, 1944 - now hanging in the State Library" is written on the back of the photograph.
- War and Reunion - The Lost Cause in Southern Memory
- I'm livin' in hopes of gettin' a man, a real real man
- Women; Love; Courtship; Sheet music covers
- Cover art shows a well-dressed woman inspecting a line of prospective dates with eyeglasses. There are two small photographs (blue tint) included on the cover: Lew Roberts (songwriter) and Lulu McConnell (performer known for this song).
- Rose Music Collection
- Rachel Jackson
- Women; Presidents' spouses
- A portrait of Rachel Jackson as a young woman with a bonnet in her hair. The print was inspired by an image located at the Houston Public Library.
- Bernhardt Wall Etchings
- Howard physician on his rounds in Memphis
- Yellow fever; Communicable diseases; Physicians; Sick persons
- Howard physician of Memphis visiting patients stricken with yellow fever communicates the dire situation that the city faced during its 1870s public health nightmare.
- Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee