Cottages A and B on the grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf. The two buildings are shown in the early stages of construction, with only the foundations completed. Scaffoldings are visible inside the foundation frames, and the foundation on...
The grounds of the Tennessee School for the Deaf early in the construction of the facilities. Several sites are seen in various stages of completion. The one nearest appears to have one floor installed and framing for walls. Buildings in the...
Ten page, soffcover, booklet detailing the advantages of settlement in Tennessee. The booklet describes the natural and man-made resources of Tennessee.
Original members of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Photograph shows 5 male members and seven female members. The title says: "The Jubilee Singers, Original Company from Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1871-1882, Eleventh Season."
Broadside featuring a phrenological chart of murderer "John A. Murril" as performed by Dr. A. Crane, Professor of Phrenology, in 1844. It rates Murril's strongest traits under the categories of propensities, feelings, sentiments, perceptives, and...
Militias; Military training; Military maneuvers; Boys; Teenagers; Young adults
Newspaper clipping featureing Seventh Regiment personnel who participated in the first large-scale maneuvers for the Tennessee State Guard that were held in Cookeville August 13-15, 1943. The two photographs contrast the types and ages of men who...
Lead crystal bottles that were buried when the Federal forces arrived near Early Grove, Mississippi, located on the Tennessee - Mississippi border below Moscow, Tennessee.
Pvt. Robert A. Cheatham served in Co. C, 1st Tenn. (Feilds') Inf. Regt., CSA, during the Civil War. Based on the uniform, it is an early war image, unusual for the 'C' on his cap. Calvert, a Nashville photographer, reproduced this image as a glass...
Portrait to the shoulders of Tolbert Fanning appears as an oval image within a squared cropping on page 6 of the book "Franklin College and Its Influences" by James E. Scobey.
Issued by the Memphis postmaster, M. C. Gallaway, these two-cent stamps were printed early in the Civil War and used for local delivery or printed circulars. They were improvised postage used before the Confederate government began printing stamps.
U. S. brass powder flask, part of the accoutrements of the rifle regiment, 1842-1855. The name of the manufacturer, Beatty, is imprinted on the back. By 1855, these types of flasks were eliminated from the armory, but were often used in the early...
Framed United Confederate Veterans (UCV) reunion flag. Confederate "battle flag" style, cotton fabric. Thread is of 3-ply mercerized cotton. This type of sewing was not used until early 20th century.
This volume comprises the first land grant book created for the area which became Tennessee. Located at the front is the contract or treaty formalizing the land purchase between the Watauga Association and the Cherokee chiefs. It is followed by...
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...
