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...
Displays routes and distances of major cities from the departure point of the stage from Abingdon, Virginia. Smaller towns and communities near those cities are also listed with the additional mileage that would be required to reach them. These...
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...
Composite photographs; Portrait photographs; Memorial works
Surviving staff of Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry unit are featured in composite form; oval images of Charles Anderson, J. B. Cowan, George Dashiel, Samuel Donelson, W. M. Forrest, and John W. Morton surround the central photo...
One-page printed and handwritten Confederate invoice form reflecting susbsistence stores delivered by one assistant commissary of subsistence to his counterpart in a Confederate outpost in Shelbyville. Categories of information include type of...
A soft cover seed catalog. Both the cover and back page are in color. The cover has a photograph of a cotton field, as well as a photograph of Oliver F. Tucker. Page 3 has a phtograph of Tucker, as well as a listing of the directors of the company....
Mitchener drew this image during his stay at a German POW camp. The image represents the registration process of prisoners at Dulag Luft, after which they were sent to Stalag Luft III. Eleven names, listed on license plates, are pictured. They show...
A log cabin residence with small surrounding log buildings is pictured. The area is rural and fenced in. People are scattered about and a man on a horse is pictured. The postcard is a photograph of a sketch or a print. Sepia tone.
The original and duplicate returns, the letter of transmittal, and all papers connected with them, were to be sent to the Chief of Ordnance in one package [Form No. 1 - (b.) For the use of Cavalry.].
Small four-page pamphlet detailing the program for the "Lee Banquet" to be held at the Maxwell House on January 20, 1913. The menu is listed as well as the music for the evening.
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows a poem called "The B-17," by POW D. Hughes. The poem is about the greatness of the B-17 bomber.
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows the continuation of a poem called "The B-17," by POW D. Hughes. The poem is about the greatness of the B-17 bomber. A drawing of a B-17 bomber with the word,"Glory!" above it can also be...
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows a poem called "High Flight," written by Pilot Officers John J. McGee, Eagle Squadron, killed in action. The poem is about the joy of flying.
Propaganda; Publicity; Public opinion; Slogans; Press
Uniformed Tennessee State Guard member with rifle in hand with a backdrop of a manufacturing plant and railroad. There is listed the criteria for enlistment and the individuals to contact, along with businesses and individuals who paid for the...
Printed Form No. 14, concerning charges to soldiers, specifies weapons damaged, lost, or destroyed and charged on muster and payrolls, first quarter of 1865; it also lists the names of soldiers and the conditions under which pistols were lost....
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Front view of Hickman County High School in Centerville. The picture shows a long brick structure with two floors and a basement. Multiple windows can be seen. The building has a unique entrance with a cupola. A low fence and light pole stand...
Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee
Listed as the Lillard School in the State Board of Education Records, this photograph has been identified by Maryville natives as the William J. Hale School. The building is a large imposing brick structure situated on a hill. At the time the...
