Front view of York Institute in Fentress County. It is a large brick or stone building set amid pines, and has multiple windows and a low sloped roof. The words "York Institute" are laid out on the grass in the foreground.
A woman is standing on a porch near a wash tub with a wash board inside. The tub is raised by laying a wooden chair on its side. Two large lard cans just visible beside the chair may hold cleaning products. The woman is dressed in a sunbonnet, dark...
A woman is standing on a porch near a wash tub with a wash board inside. The tub is raised by laying a wooden chair on its side. Two large lard cans just visible beside the chair may hold cleaning products. The woman is dressed in a sunbonnet, dark...
Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
Head and shoulders portrait. He wears a yellow, striped jacket, red collar, white shirt, black cravat, silver necklace, patterned belt and silver headband, face paint and feathered headress.
Two small blackened brass buttons marked with a Texas state seal (Lone Star). TEXAS is written in raised letters around the five-pointed star. Since this object was manufactured in the North, it most likely predates the Civil War. Scoville...
Civil War soldier (possibly Phillip Bauman of the 139th Ill. Vol. Inf. Reg., USA). The 139th Ill. Vol. Inf. Reg. served the Federal Army during the Civil War. It was one of many regiments raised in the summer of 1864.
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...
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John B. Hamilton. She is critical of the conscription, and remarks that "I have not got any man to stay with me."
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to her husband, John Hamilton. She discusees the loss of the property and the slaves. She bemoans: "How long will this unholy war continue?"
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas Williams. She discusses patients at the war hospital in Columbia, rumors of the Yankees at Franklin and concern for her son, "Tommie."
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...
Music; Guitars; Audiences; Singers; Musicians; Concerts; Music halls
Photograph shows the entertainers on a raised stage and the backs of the heads of the audience, seated in a semi-circle. The facade of a barn is the background with a sign over the doors reading "WSM Grand Ole Opry." A small sign to the right of...
Music; Audiences; Singers; Guitars; Pianos; Hats; Music halls; Musicians; Concerts
Photograph shows the entertainers on a raised stage and the backs of the heads of the audience, seated in a semi-circle. A barn faade is in the background with a sign over the doors reading, " WSM Grand Ole Opry." The ductwork on the left side of...
Photograph shows five unidentified entertainers wearing white cowboy hats and standing on a raised stage. Visible from behind are the heads of audience members, seated in a semi-circle. A barn faade is in the background with a sign over the doors...
Photograph shows the entertainers on a raised stage and the backs of the heads of the audience, seated in a semi-circle. The faade of a barn is the background with a sign over the doors reading, "WSM Grand Ole Opry." A small sign to the right of...
Hobart Parrish describing how aware he was of the conditions in the Great Depression and the New Deal. He saw pictures from New York or Pittsburgh of people in soup lines. In his area they were unable to sell produce but mostly raised their own...
Military training; Military maneuvers; Military headquarters; Military uniforms; Military rations; Sutlers
Color lithograph of the 1st Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, in camp before the battle of Shiloh. The lithograph is based on a drawing by a soldier in the regiment. Pictured are tents, military equipment, and soldiers involved in various activities,...
