Smith Family Collection (Whitesburg, Tenn.).
Scope and Contents
(Folders 26, 43, 49, & 75 tell of the location of Smith Family artifacts, portraits, and papers located in libraries and museums other than the McClung Collection.) Includes Tomlinson family material & Tate Springs material. Folder 13 contains postcards showing views and bldgs. of the Tate Springs Hotel. Many other postcards are in this collection, most are 19th century. Tate Springs Hotel (Inn), Knoxville Farmers Convention, agriculture, Appalachian Exposition award ribbons and cards, postcards, county fairs: Hawkins, Hancock, Hamblen Counties, Elmdale, tintypes, ambrotypes, Whitesburg, farming diary, autograph books, artifacts, clothing, correspondence, photograph of baseball team in uniform, and other photographs. 5 Family Bibles: 1898 Smith Family Bible, George Smith Family Bible, A.R. Tomlinson Family Bible, undated Tomlinson Family Bible, and the Samuel White Family Bible Genealogy of the Tomlinson, Smith, Colyer, Coltharp, White, Hurst, Davis, Williams families. A Finding Aid and a Separation List are available. .
Dates
- 1794 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
11 boxes
Language of Materials
English
- Agriculture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ambrotypes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Artifacts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Autograph albums Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Baseball Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bibles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clothing and dress Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coltharp family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Colyer family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- County fairs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Davis family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diary Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Elmdale Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hamblen County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hancock County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawkins County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hurst family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Appalachian Exposition Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville (Tenn.) -- Knoxville Farmers Convention Subject Source: Local sources
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smith family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tate Springs Hotel (Inn) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tintypes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tomlinson family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- White family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Whitesburg Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Williams family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org