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  • Martin College, Pulaski, Tenn.
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    Buildings; Universities & colleges; Martin College (Pulaski, Tenn.)
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    Colorized photograph of graduates and other students standing in front of Martin College. Green one-cent George Washington postal stamp is glued on upside down on message side. Handwritten note, "Can you find Lizzie Grey on this?".
  • Tennessee Postcard Collection
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  • Special Order No. 206 assigning sergeant to Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent
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    Document dated July 30th, 1863, assigning Sgt. Zina B. Chatfield as Orderly Sgt., 12th La. Inf. Regt., Vols. of African Descent. Signed by T. S. Binert, Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Chatfield had been...
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Hobart Parrish comments on Civilian Conservation Corps recruitment
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    Hobart Parrish talking about joining the Civilian Conservation Corps. He speaks about recruitment site at Bethel College and not being old enough to join the Civilian Conservation Corps, so his birthday was changed from 1917 to 1916 to make him a...
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
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  • Correspondence from Robert Rutledge to Mary Minerva Rutledge, April 30, 1863
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    Civil Wars; War; Correspondence
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    Letter from Robert Rutledge expressing concern for his sick son, correcting an earlier assertion that a member of his company was killed, and describing plans to buy land in Texas. He asks his wife to buy needed provisions without concern for...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Militia uniform
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    Militia uniform donated to the Robertson County Historical Society by Philip Bell. The buttons might be from 1840-1850 if not earlier.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • SGT Christopher Ammons on his last patrol in Qui Nhon
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    Men; Soldiers
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    SGT Christopher Ammons, pictured on his last patrol in Vietnam, appears to be fully armed. He is wearing a soft hat commonly called a "boonie" or "bush hat." This one has a fabric tape band of branch loops around the crown. These loops are meant to...
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Captain Tom Ryman's house on Second Avenue
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    Houses; Fences
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    The house of Tom Ryman who personally designed much of the structure. Two-story wood frame Victorian with large wrap-around veranda, square tower on left, and second floor gazebo/porch; ornate iron fence around property. This is the earlier of two...
  • Ryman Auditorium
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  • The Address
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    Barbed wire; Ships; Military personnel; Prisoners; Public speaking
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    This page in Mitchener's diary includes a drawing of an old ship, the "Santa Maria," on which he has written, "Promise of the Future." Underneath, he has drawn a picture of a prisoner on stage, Colonel Darr H. Alkire, C.O. Stalag Luft III, West...
  • Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal
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  • Cloth Hall and St. Martin's Cathedral at Ypres
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    War; World War, 1914-1918; War damage; Cathedrals; Markets; City & town halls
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    This photograph features Cloth Hall and St. Martin's Cathedral in ruins.
  • Tennessee in World War I
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  • Tintype of Robert Archer Cheatham
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    Tintype of Pvt. Robert Archer Cheatham, Co. C, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. See shel047 and dick 079 for earlier portraits of Pvt. Cheatham.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Correspondence from Arthur H. Harris to George Carroll Harris, June 21, 1861
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    Civil Wars; War
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    Two-page letter from Arthur H. Harris of Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes of his recruiting expedition and his rifle company, of recruits hankering for action, of George's desire for a chaplaincy, and...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Correspondence from J. W. Maybin to John S. Brien, March 12, 1864
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    Correspondence; Cities & towns; Campaigns & battles; Troop movements; Surrenders; Plantations; Cotton plantations; Civil Wars; War
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    Two-page letter from J. W. Maybin of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to John S. Brien. The letter requests legal advice from John S. Brien, "one of the first legal minds in the United States," regarding his legal options after having seen much of his...
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • States of America
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    Maps; Statehood; Cities & towns; Rivers; Bodies of water; Indian encampments
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  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents

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