Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
"Jimmy Criddle P-10 mechanic & Negro C. C. C. boys working on Chev. truck; Automotive Instruction - J. M. Criddle, Otto Haslbauer with Negro CCC boys." is written on the back of the photograph.
"Star of Liberty" sheet music to Gov. I. G. Harris. Words written by Randel Weber. Music written by Dr. O. Becker. Entered according to Act of Congress, A. D.1861, by J. A. McClure, in the Clerks office of the District Court of Middle Tenn. C.S.A....
"The Bonnie Blue Flag" sheet music, dedicated to General John W. Geary and the Second Division, Twentieth Army Corps, United States Army. Entered according the Act of Congress A. D. 1864, by H. H. K. Elliott in the Clerks Office of the District...
War; Bridges; War damage; Military retreats; World War, 1914-1918
Bridge blown out by the Germans during retreat from Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. Bois St. Pierre, in the district of Souplet and Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France, October 17, 1918
Broadside advertising a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King at the War Memorial Building, a benefit concert by Harry Belafonte and Troupe at the Ryman Auditorium, a meeting of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and an address by Spottswood...
Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...
Broadsides; Political campaigns; Political elections; Politicians; Presidential elections; Electoral college; Delegations
Campaign poster for William Gibbs McAdoo in the Presidential primary election of 1924. The poster lists delegates for District 7 (Davidson County, Tennessee). Also included is a photograph of McAdoo.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Civilian Conservation Corps 1937 Yearbook image of Colonel George Dillman, Commander of the 6th Cavalry Regiment and the District Commander of "C" District of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Fourth Corps Area
Document is signed by an unidentified Odell from Sullivan County, Tennessee. The document is from the 1st Congressional Tax District, the State of Tennessee.
Envelope printed by Mumford and Company from the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U. S. for the Southern District of Ohio. Features an image of the Devil under which the text "the First Secessionist" is printed.
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
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.
General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
Grainger County 3rd civil district election return signed by Judge W. H. Meek, et. al., for the historic first referendum on secession in Tennessee, just prior to the Civil War. Tally 25 to 1 in favor of the convention.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Group of unidentified individuals scattering straw on a hillside. Written in ink on the back of the photograph, it says: "Scattering straw on hillside to improve land. Retards wash."
Prisons; Prisoners of war; Prison hospitals; Prison guards; Sutlers; Military medicine
Hand-drawn color map of the military prison at Johnson's Island in the bay of Sandusky, Ohio, where captured Confederate officers were held. Prison buildings and grounds are labeled. Drawn by Capt. J. T. Hogane, Topographical Engineer, C.S.A.,...
The document is a six page, unnumbered handwritten document found in the "Acts of the Southwest Territory." It is dated September 27, 1794 and signed by Governor William Blount and Secretary David Wilson.
The document is a four page, unnumbered handwritten document found in "Acts of the Southwest Territory." It is dated September 27, 1794 and signed by Governor William Blount and Secretary David Wilson.
