Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Songs; Ballads; Minstrel shows
Sheet music, consisting of six pages, with an etching of an "African-American" representing the "Old Contraband." The composers are listed on the front cover.
U.S. Order for Transportation #67101 for Angeline Taylor, refugee, to travel from Knoxville to Jonesboro, Tennessee. Taylor was 10 years old and was going to live with her mother. The order includes a letter to W. A. Wainwright at the Freedmen's...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67108 for Mary Phinny and child, destitute refugees, to travel from Knoxville to New Market, Tennessee. Phinny was "here on a begging excursion and wishes to get home where she has four little children." The order...
U.S. Order for Transportation #67122 for Antony DeGraft, destitute soldier, who had been robbed of his money and is unable to purchase food or lodging. The order permits him to travel from Knoxville to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and includes a letter...
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...
