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...
"Funeral Is Held for James G. Moss - Funeral services for James G. Moss were to be held Friday afternoon from the Oklahoma Confederate home by Rev. George W. Lewis. Burial at Rose Hill will be directed by the Bettes funeral home. Ross was 80 years...
Double-sided, handwritten, one-page document lists those prisoners being held by Federal authorities. Those incarcerated include citizens, soldiers who have committed disciplinary infractions, and soldiers being held for possible court-martial.
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...
A 24 page soft-cover program of the Nineteenth Annual Fair of the Bedford County Agriculture Society held in Shelbyville, Tennessee beginning on September 5, 1889. The booklet includes lists of stockholders, advertisements, and the agricultural...
A 134 page soft-cover program of the Sixth Annual Fair of the Rutherford County Agriculture Society held near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, beginning on September 10, 1889. The booklet includes lists of stockholders, advertisments, and the agricultural...
Hard-bound book containing statistical information on Tennessee pertaining to oil regions, sheep husbandry, wheat, and grasses. The appendix has an interesting schedule of questions/answers involving over one hundred correspondents responding to...
Map of Tennessee referring to the mineral and agricultural resources of the state, featuring a table of the geological formations of the state, as well as an inset map of Tennessee copper mines. Shows location of furnaces, rolling mills, forges,...
The Nashville Inn is pictured. The text indicates that this site was Andrew Jackson's headquarters. The print was inspired by an image once held by the Carnegie Public Library in Nashville, Tennessee. The inn as well as two other buildings can be...
Broadside advertising an NAACP City-Wide Mobilization Meeting at Fisk University, featuring a speech by Thurgood Marshall, Chief Legal Council for the NAACP. Also speaking are members of the J. C. Napier Lawyers Association. The meeting will...
Advertisement for a lecture by three-term governor Bob Taylor to be held at the Opera House. A publicity photo of Taylor occupies most of the space, with the notation that the event is produced under the exclusive direction of the Rice Bureau.
Broadsides; Posters; Political posters; Political elections; Political campaigns
Large campaign poster urging the public to vote for the Democratic nominees: Cordell Hull, Henry Hollis Horton, William Emerson Brock and H. H. Hannah. There is a picture of each candidate on the poster. The election is to be held on November 4,...
Broadsides; Posters; Book fairs; Exhibitions; Bookstores; Book talks; Universities & colleges
Poster announcing a book fair to be held at the Alumni Memorial Hall at Vanderbilt University. The guest speakers include Robert Penn Warren and Robert Henry. Also listed are the companies that will have displays at the fair, which is sponsored by...
Centennial celebrations; Advertisements; Exhibitions; Anniversaries; Commemorations; Events; Festivals; Fairs; Eagles; Horses; Presidents; Government officials; Heads of state; Capitols; Seals (Insignia)
Printed advertisement for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville, May 1 to October 31, 1897. Includes inset views of Pres. William J. McKinley, Vice President Garret A. Hobart, the White House and the U.S. Capitol building.
