Broadside advertisng a woolen mill in Fayetteville, Tennessee under the ownership of James M. Griffin. The advertisement encourages people to bring their wool to Griffin "for which he will pay the highest market price in cash" or goods.
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
William A. Geiger in color, standing with one hand on a chair at the estate of Dixon Place Downey in Vero Beach, Florida. Geiger was a member of the 149th Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was shot in the leg during the Civil War. He was originally...
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.
Portrait to the shoulders of Tolbert Fanning appears as an oval image within a squared cropping on page 6 of the book "Franklin College and Its Influences" by James E. Scobey.
Tintype of Thomas Stewart. Stewart was born in Quebec, Canada, and his family later moved to Indiana. Stewart enlisted in Co. A, 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment, USA. He was captured at the Battle of Atlanta. Stewart was a POW at Andersonville,...
Front and side views of the Northern Bank of Alabama flying United States flag under Federal military occupation. Numerous uniformed soldiers and guards stand in front of the building.
"The Fugitive: A Magazine of Poetry from the South," Published in Nashville, Tenn., was published from April 1922 to December 1925. Contributors to this issue: Witter Bynner, Donald Davidson, William Frierson, Robert Graves, Sidney M. Hirsch,...
Sheet music covers; Music publishing industry; Music title pages
Sheet music cover and lyrics of the "comic song" called "The Carpetbagger." Cover shows a drawing of a carpetbagger with the spoils of Reconstruction in a large carpetbag. The song is dedicated to General Ben Butler.
Former slave in talks with a former master whose continued paternal and patriarchal spirit is supposedly expressed in his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.
Ten page, soffcover, booklet detailing the advantages of settlement in Tennessee. The booklet describes the natural and man-made resources of Tennessee.
The boys' dormitory, Cottage D, at the Tennessee School for the Deaf with construction drawing to a close. Windows, doors, and front entry steps have all been added within the course of a month's construction, and no construction equipment is...
