Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932; School buildings - Tennessee
Side view of Bells Consolidated Rosenwald School in Crockett County. The prim-looking white schoolhouse has multiple windows and is set in a withered cornfield.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Group of unidentified individuals scattering straw on a hillside. Written in ink on the back of the photograph, it says: "Scattering straw on hillside to improve land. Retards wash."
Two Gardner bullets which were only made by the Confederacy. Unique bullet and specific to the Confederacy. Fairly rare. Used by Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. An attempt was made to stamp "CS" onto the belt plate which is most likely made of tin.
This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
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...
Letter from Arthur H. Harris to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville. He writes of the pervading excitement that has surrounded the 1860 presidential election in his area. Though he is glad the contest is over, he acknowledges the death...
Five-page letter written from John S. Brien in Nashville, Tennessee, to R. M. C[ornin], Esq. in Cincinnati, Ohio. The author expresses his views on secession, the Union, and Southern Rights as well as his hope for compromise. Says Brien, " I...
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...
Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
Historic buildings; Historic sites; Flags; Flagpoles; Military standards; Hotels
Certificate issued to Ernest N. Haston, a long-serving Tennessee Secretary of State, recognizing financial support and making him a member of the Association committed to restoring the Fort Donelson House. An image at the top of the certificate...
Map of G. F. Robinson unit's (and the Army of Northern Virginia's) march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and back to Virginia. See TSLA Mf. 1969 for all G. F. Robinson letters.
Inventions; Soldiers; Prisoners; Signaling; Water carriers; Shelters; Artillery (Weaponry); Equipment; Carts & Wagons; Military camps; Tents
Fifteen images illustrating the imaginative way that Civil War soldiers tackled a variety of transportation, housing, equipment, and survival issues. Engravings on the back of the page appeared in Frank Leslie's post-war volume "The Soldier in Our...
Letter from John G. Decker to his brother Phil commenting about the campaign in West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. See also the John G. Decker Papers, Mf. 1964.
Letter from Asa D. Oakley to wife, Mary Louisa Kennerly Oakley, dated June 25, 1864, from Point Lookout, Maryland (prison camp). Asa reports that he has been "treated mighty well" by his captors. Sgt. Oakley, from Coffee County, was in the 44th...
