McClung - Thomas Family Collection -- Gift of Frincke & Dempster. (artifacts)
Scope and Contents
From the estate of Harold Carl Frincke, gift of Alexine Thomas Frincke Dempster and Harold Carl Frincke, Jr. Includes four pastel portraits possibly by Flavius Fisher, framed (Charles James McClung, Charles McClung Thomas, Charles McClung and Matthew McClung); hair pin (Hugh Lawson McClung, CSA --on loan from McClung Collection to ETHS Museum); handkerchief and lace head dress (Margaret McClung; black ‘thread lace’ shawl (Margaret Cowan McClung); flannel petticoat (Charles Thomas McClung); baby dress & petticoat (Charles Thomas McClung); framed sampler, 1834 (Margaret McClung); gray baby cape, ca. 1875 (Charles Thomas McClung), Cowan, McClung & Co. yard stick; Red Cross head piece (Mrs. Charles M. Thomas); ivory comb (Margaret McClung); 95 Tennessee automobile license plates, 1936-1986; 11 Knoxville automobile plates, 1952-1960; beaten biscuit table; 2 bricks from Chisholm Tavern site; TVA 50th anniversary Coca-Cola bottle, 1983. + recd. July 11, 2002: Concord Yacht Club ‘The Burgee’ flag designed by Harold Carl Frincke, Sr., Commodore from 1957-1959; Tennessee Centennial spoon, 1897; Russian Olympic pins; TNT pin (girls social club at West High School) of Alix Frincke Dempster; QT pin (girls social club at Tyson Junior High School, 1951-1953) of Alix Frincke Dempster; 1982 World’s Fair silver coin and small gold medallion were included in Tennessee Baskets, Inc. (owned by Alix Dempster and Betty C. Salisbury) + silver World’s Fair flame logo necklace; Knoxville Utilities Board (Miller’s Building) mug, ca. 2000. March 2002 Men’s Cotillion paper
Gift of Frincke & Dempster.
Dates
- Creation: 1834-2002
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
8 boxes
Language of Materials
English
General
4 portraits returned from Conservator Christine Young (May 19, 2009): Charles James McClung, Charles McClung Thomas, Charles McClung and Matthew McClung.
Topical
- Artifacts
- Branson, Lloyd, 1853-1925
- Bricks
- Chisholm Tavern
- Commemorative coins -- United States
- Concord Yacht Club ‘The Burgee’ flag
- Confederate States of America (CSA)
- Cowan, McClung & Company (Knoxville, Tenn.)
- Dempster, Alexine (Alix) Thomas Frincke, 1939-2017
- Hair pins
- Harold Carl Frincke
- Harold Carl Frincke Jr.
- Knoxville Utilities Board (Miller’s Building) mug
- McClung, Charles
- McClung, Charles James, 1866-1932
- McClung, Hugh Lawson
- McClung, Margaret
- McClung, Margaret Cowan
- McClung, Matthew
- Mrs. Charles M. Thomas
- Portraits
- QT pin
- Red Cross
- Russian Olympic pins
- Samplers
- TNT pin
- TVA 50th anniversary Coca-Cola bottle
- Tennessee Baskets Inc.
- Tennessee Centennial spoon
- Tennessee automobile license plates
- Thomas, Charles McClung
- Tyson Junior High School
- West High School
- World's Fair of 1982 (Knoxville, Tenn.)
- 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