A Vietnamese man who did various jobs around the Vung Chua Mountain base located just north of Qui Nhon. He may have been cutting grass around the mountain. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also available.
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the anguish of a mother as she cries over the image she envisions of her son, killed in fighting. The leaflet number is on the front (SP.2141). The reverse contains a list of eleven...
Two-page typed Special Order No. 188 contains military orders for a number of individuals plus a short note to his parents concerning his orders. On page two of the document are the orders assigning Christopher Ammons to his Vietnam unit. The note...
"Tales as told by one of the few remaining Ex Slaves in the South" from Liberty, Tennessee, in Cannon County. W. M. Organ Jr. worked with the Ford Motor Co., and Turner told Organ his story. 13 pages total. The old paper used was from an...
A letter from G. F. Robinson who was stationed at a camp near Spotsylvania, Virginia courthouse. See G. F. Robinson Letters, 1861-1864. TSLA Mf. #1969 for entire collection of Robinson letters. Describing Spotsylvania, "the battle field was the...
Pvt. Joe Paxton Lyle, Co. D, 63rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, wore this Confederate shell jacket. The buttons indicate artillery, though Lyle did not serve in artillery. The jacket is Richmond Depot issue. Lyle fought at the Battle of the Crater, was...
Small, leather-bound volume with handwritten will and codicils of Philip Van Horn Weems of Bon Aqua, Tenn. Weems recounts having been wounded at Missionary Ridge and has been mortally wounded on July 22, 1864, outside of Atlanta. He asks in writing...
Written on U. S. Christian Commission stationery to "Dear Brother" from A. J., J. A., and W. T. Easley. "We went under a flag of truce and I can tell you John it did not look right to see the Jonnys and Yankees all mixed up together Looks like war...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Hobart Parrish describing how aware he was of the conditions in the Great Depression and the New Deal. He saw pictures from New York or Pittsburgh of people in soup lines. In his area they were unable to sell produce but mostly raised their own...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Hobart Parrish describing what attracted him to join the Civilian Conservation Corps. He could get an education, earn money, and learn a trade. It was difficult to go to college, and he felt he would get the same preparation in the Civilian...
Audio excerpt of Jewel Allen oral history recorded as part of the Tennessee State Parks Folklife Project. He discusses how his wife learned to quilt from her family and how he began quilting himself. People have offered to buy his quilts, but he...
Report from L. Wheeler, Quartermaster's Agent, detailing the loyalty to the U. S. Government of specific individuals, all of Marion County. Of the 31 persons listed only seven (Esther C. Hall, John D. Wynix, Owen R. Been, James Griffith, Margaret...
Voucher of loyalty certifying James C. Bradford as a loyal citizen as attested to by Joseph Blackburn, Assistant Assessor for the 10th Division, 3rd District of Tennessee. The certificate states that Blackburn is "well acquainted" with Bradford...
One-page printed and handwritten Confederate invoice form reflecting susbsistence stores delivered by one assistant commissary of subsistence to his counterpart in a Confederate outpost in Shelbyville. Categories of information include type of...
Broadside promoting the Maury County Colored Fair that was scheduled for November 8, 1883. Participants were urged to take the train from Fayetteville, Lincoln County, or Lewisburg, Marshall County, in order to get to the fair. The cost of the...
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front and side views of a dark brick structure with windows on both sides and a columned front porch. A worn-down basketball court with two goalposts stands in the side yard.
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
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.
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Dilapidated one-story structure made of vertical boards and tin roof. A chimney can be seen on the right side of the roof. A crude bench is in front of the building.
