Smith Family Collection (Whitesburg, Tenn.).

Collection

Identifier: MSC 0102

Staff Only

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

Subjects

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