Edward Dudley Tarpley worked as a miller in Texas and Mexico and served several months with the state militia. He arrived in Memphis, Tenn., two days after the Sultana disaster, and described the Mississippi River as being "gorged with dead...
After his brother Cpl. John Abernathy, Co. K, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, was injured at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va., Alfred traveled to find him and bring him home. Writing from Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson's headquarters, he asked Bettie to tell...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Chickens -- Hatcheries; Poultry Industry
Dozens of chicken pens outside the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp at the Buffalo Springs Game Farm near Rutledge, Tennessee. An individual can be seen checking one of the pens. Several of the camp's cottages can be seen in the background.
One sheet of charts and enumerations listing the number of officers, men, and musicians from the 26th Ohio that were killed, wounded, or missing in the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19- 20, 1863. The report was prepared September 26, 1863.
Special Order No. 1 from the headquarters of the 30th Tennessee Regiment of Volunteers in Dalton, Georgia, requiring the examination of and report on a lot of clothing, including jackets, pants, caps, hats, drawers, shirts, and socks. It includes...
Communication by Andrew Johnson, military governor of Tennessee, stating his support for the adoption of a Constitutional amendment to ban slavery in the United States.
Race relations riot that occurred in Memphis in May of 1866. The black population of Memphis had swelled from 4,000 to over 15,000 by 1865. The volatile mix of former slaves or contraband, long-time freedmen of the Beale Street area, four regiments...
Education; Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front exterior of the Spann Rosenwald School. It has two entry/exit doors and several glass-pane windows. There is an outbuilding in the side yard. Both buildings are constructed of wood frame.
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
View of the front and side entrances to Shady Valley School in Johnson County. A group of five unidentified individuals is shown sitting on the steps of the side entrance.
Education; Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of a weathered wood building. Several panes of glass appear to be broken or missing from the windows. A single water pump stands in the front yard. The building is surrounded by crops and wire fencing. "Old Eldridge White School -...
Education; Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of a white frame schoolhouse with one door and eight windows visible. Several tree stumps are located on the grounds. There is a sign over the four middle windows that reads, "Rosenwald School."
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