Men's four-fold brown leather wallet with compartments inside. Written in ink on interior is, "This pocket book was made by me in 1863. H. Clagett." Horatio Clagget was donor's great great grandfather, and in 1886, he founded the First National...
Family portrait of the Rupper family, from Hebbertsburg, Tennessee, posed in front of two hanging quilts. The image features eight family members. Two quilts hang behind them. One quilt features a Double T pattern, and the other has a series of...
One-page handwritten request from St. Cecilia Academy for permission from the Board of Trade to import coal from Cincinnati or Louisville for use in their school.
One page notice advertising a benefit for the Central Tennessee College Library. It includes the complete program for the evening and the names of the performers.
One page program issued for the college commencement on May 27, 1891. The program gives a complete description of the commencement activities as well as students on the program.
Broadside entitled "A Letter of Advice: To the Grand Order--the K.K. Klan-- throughout the U. States and Territories of America." The broadside was written by Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Broadside advertising a three-day fair to be staged at the Fayetteville Fairgrounds beginning October 10, 1872. This was to be the first annual fair of the Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association to be held in Fayetteville. ...
Medical education; Dental education; Medical students; Universities & colleges; Laboratory schools
Card advertising the thirteenth anniversary of the creation of Meharry Medical College. The ceremony was to be held at the Masonic Threatre in Nashville.
Pages 15 through 24 of a pamphlet containing diary entries from Mrs. S. A. Martha Canfield with regard to the Memphis Colored Orphan Asylum that she founded. Mrs. Canfield observed the efforts of Rev. I. J. Hoile with the colored schools of the...
Railroads; Railroad construction & maintenance; Construction; Embankments
A pen and ink sketch of a transverse view of an embankment on the Great Western Railway. The sketch shows Strickland's descriptions of the details used in the erection of railroad embankments.
William Strickland's sketch of a steam locomotive belonging to the Great Western Railway. Included are Strickland's written dimensions and details concerning the steam engine.
William Strickland's sketch of the wheel and flange of the Great Western Railway. The sketch shows details of the metalwork used in securing the rails. Dimensions of the various bolts and nuts are shown.
William Strickland's sketch of the ground plan of framings used in the construction of the Great Western Railway. Strickland provides dimensions of the structural frame.
Buildings; Universities & colleges; Martin College (Pulaski, Tenn.)
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?".
