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  • State Supreme Court Opinion of Scopes Trial
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    Trials, litigation, etc.
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    Index and Opinion from the Tennessee State Supreme Court case regarding the Scopes Trial of July 1925 questioning the teaching of evolution in public schools. The opinion, filed in January 1927, dismissed the case; on a technicality, adding...
  • The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial
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  • Literary Entertainment for the Benefit of Central Tennessee College Library
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    Teachers colleges; Universities & colleges; Students; Laboratory schools
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    One page notice advertising a benefit for the Central Tennessee College Library. It includes the complete program for the evening and the names of the performers.
  • Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee
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  • "Grand Picnic," St. Andrew Chapel handbill
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    Sunday schools; Protestant churches; Entertaining; Picnics; Fund raising
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    Handbill advertising a picnic given at St. Andrew Chapel to raise funds for church indebtedness.
  • Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee
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  • "Grand Concert," St. Andrew Chapel program
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    Sunday schools; Protestant churches; Concerts; Music; Entertaining
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    One page program detailing a "Grand Concert" to be given in benefit of St. Andrew Chapel's Sunday School. Performers are listed on the program.
  • Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee
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  • Enterprise School
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    Schools; Wooden buildings; One-room schools
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    Simple wooden school building with a tin roof and brick chimney. Two windows and one door can be seen. A sign is posted on a wood beam in the front and it reads "Enterprise School." The building is in an empty, rural location with a few shrubs...
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Britton Lane School
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    Schools; Wooden buildings
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    Simple wooden structure with four windows and one door visible. The building is located on an empty plot of land with grass and a few trees in the background.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb -- The Boiler House under construction
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    Schools
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    The Boiler House under construction at the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb.
  • Tennessee School for the Deaf
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  • Pleasant Plains School
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    Schools; School buses; Outbuildings
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    View of the front exterior and yard of Pleasant Plains School. The school has two entry/exit doors and is wood frame.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Gladeview School (Colored)
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    Schools; Rural schools; Teenagers; School children; Students; Country life; African Americans; Automobiles
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    Group of African American children and teenagers stand in front of Gladeville Colored School off Bradyville Pike. An old automobile is in view. Sepia tone.
  • Dr. Harry Mustard Photo Album
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  • Old Lester Colored School and Church
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    Schools; Rural schools; Segregation; Churches; Bell towers
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    Wooden church building used as an African-American school. In the front corner is a bell tower.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Trenton Rosenwald School
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    Schools; Rural schools; School children; Teachers
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    The student body and teachers of Trenton Rosenwald School are pictured in a group shot taken at the front of the facility.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Old Bells Colored School (Abandoned)
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; One-room schools; Educational facilities
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    Front view of Old Bells School, a black school in Crockett County. At the time of the photograph, the school was abandoned.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Bucks Chapel Colored School
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; One-room schools; Educational facilities
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    Front view of Bucks Chapel School in Crockett County. This wooden building is constructed of unpainted horizontal boards. Two slender cut tree trunks support the front porch.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Bells Consolidated Rosenwald School
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
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    Side view of Bells Consolidated Rosenwald School in Crockett County. The prim-looking white schoolhouse has multiple windows and is set in a withered cornfield.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Mt. Zion Hebrew Colored Consolidated School
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
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    Two entrances flanked by windows are visible in this front view of Mt. Zion Hebrew Colored School. Two white men wearing straw hats are standing in the front yard. In the distance are cattle and trees.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Old Hall School (abandoned)
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
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    Side view of Old Hall School shows a dilapidated wooden building made of vertical boards. A Ford Model A automobile is parked at the front porch, and the school appears to be abandoned.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • War Creek School
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
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    Front and side views of War Creek School, a white educational facility in Hancock County. The two-story, clapboard schoolhouse is topped with a steeple and set amid a stand of trees.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Westside White Consolidated Grammar School
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
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    Brick school building has ten front windows, a large entrance, and a central chimney. A smaller building can be seen at right.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Rome Colored School (abandoned)
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
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    Clapboard structure, set on stacked stones, with two side windows and a double door entrance. A tree stump stands in the front yard.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses
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  • Mt. Olive Colored School
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    Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
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    Front and side views of a clapboard building set on rock pillars. The school is set among trees, and part of another structure can be seen in the background.
  • Early 20th Century Schoolhouses

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