Unidentified woman assisting a man as he makes a Nine Patch quilt. A pair of needle-nose pliers and a pair of scissors are on the table in front of the man.
Three-page handwritten letter from Ammons at Lai Khe Base Camp to his family describing his assignment to the 3rd Platoon as a Rifleman. He will be carrying the M79 grenade launcher, two Claymore mines, trip flares, grenades, and a .45 caliber...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows calendar images, each with a particular date enlarged and circled. He has drawn images next to the calendar pages, including a picture of a track and field athlete, a soldier, a minstrel...
This page in Mitchener's diary shows the oncoming Russian advance into Poland and Germany in January 1945. It is captioned,"From Memel to Budapest" and "Uncle Joe Moves Again." The diarist has drawn a calendar with the date January 12 circled as...
This information from the Bureau of Agriculture, Mines, and Statistics communicates on a county-by-county basis (though not all counties are profiled) a kind of manufacturing census for the State of Tennessee. By including the manufacturer name,...
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...
This etching features a front view of the White House that includes the fountain on the front lawn. At the bottom of the drawing, the Wall name appears with the date 1937, and Wall signed the etching below. The inspiration image comes from the...
Thirty-day pass granting Pvt. Thomas J. Watkins, Co. H, 4th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, a leave of absence to visit his home in Arkansas. The Quartermaster was to furnish transportation by order of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell and Asst. Adj. Gen. T. O....
The title pages of a series of sketches dealing with Andrew Jackson. Drawing is entitled "Following Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845," and shows the image of the famous equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson. The artist's name and date are also given.
The official certificate of death for William Jennings Bryan. Bryan died in Dayton, Tennessee, on July 26, 1925. The stated cause of death was sudden opoplexy [sic]. The certificate gives the date, location, time and cause of death....
Scrap of a military record denoting the first names of negro enlistments in Colored Infantry Regiments. Also mentioned are some officers with the units. The notation of Gallatin and the date of 1863 most probably is associated with the formation...
Sampler made by Jane E. Penn. The sampler includes Penn's date of birth, October 14, 1816, and an image of the school she attended. Also stitched on the sampler is the verse: "Religion should our thoughts engage, amidst our youthful bloom, it...
Return of provisions received at Shelbyville for May 1863. List includes date, voucher number, names of quartermasters from whom goods were received, and types and quantities of goods received, including pork, beef, bacon, flour, candles, rice,...
Remington Model 1858 .36 caliber Navy revolver. This type of gun was mostly used by Federal soldiers. It was made by E. Remington & Sons in Ilion, New York. It has a patent date of September 14, 1858, inscribed on the underside of the barrel.
Powder horn belonging to James Turnbow. The horn has Turnbow's name, "LA," and date "1863" etched onto it. Turnbow served in Voorhee's 48th Tennessee Infantry. Turnbow was born and died in Lewis County, Tennessee.
Pocket wooden inkwell that belonged to David Preston Sherfy (alias George W. Garber) at the time of his enlistment in the US cavalry. The date, "1861," and "Byrds Point, MO" are scratched on the wood.
Pocket pistol, .36 cal., manufactured by Cooper Firearms, serial number 5344, patent date January 7, 1851; April 25, 1854; September 4, 1860; September 1, 1863; September 22, 1863
One-page handwritten ordnance abstract form, designated No. 3, which conveys by date, certificate number, quantity, and class the ordnance lost during the fourth quarter of 1864 for which Captain R. H. M. Donnelly of Company D, 13th Tennessee...
