Howard-Smith Collection (Papers of the Smith (Howard-Smith), Gaines, McKinney and allied families of Hawkins County, Tenn. 1800-1923.) (Gift of Mrs. F.A. Augsbury, Jr.).
Scope and Contents
The Howard - Smith Collection includes manuscript letters and documents dating from 1800 to 1923 which were collected by Lida and Elise Howard-Smith. Included are letters of the Charles J. McKinney family (Hawkins County, Tenn.); James Gaines (Sullivan County, Tenn.) and Edmund P. Gaines (a military officer whose correspondence covers the War of 1812 and later conflicts); James T. Gaines (Hawkins County, Tenn.) and his correspondence with Governor Joseph McMinn; Eleanor Spurrier Rand; Eleanor Rand Howard-Smith; R. Spurrier Howard-Smith (“Sperry”); Eben Alexander in Greece; Anna Scott in Cape Palmas, Africa; Jno. B. Brownlow, and others. Subjects include: family news; military news from Edmund P. Gaines on the Indians and British, Fort Meigs, Fort Erie, Battle of Horse Shoe, Pensacola, surveys and boundary lines; slave sales; the move of Tennessee’s government to Knoxville, 1815; Thanksgiving holiday , 1844; 1855 letter from an orphanage in Africa re: the death of the brother of Reverend J. Howard Smith; acknowledgment of flannel donation to U. S. Sanitary Commission, Woman’s Central Association, N. Y., [1862?]; Civil War arrest of Charles J. McKinney, his imprisonment in Richmond and his arrival in Knoxville, 1864-1865; smallpox; State of Tennessee vs. General Robert Ranson, Major Thomas P. Branch, et al., 1866 (includes Governor W.G. Brownlow signature); politics; Charles J. McKinney appointment as Collector of Revenue, 1873; emancipation; religion; Eben Alexander as Legation of the United States in Greece, 1893, 1896; Gaines and McKinney genealogy inquiry. A detailed listing of the collection is available. The collection includes 72 folders in one box. A transcription of the items is also available in a separate box.
Dates
- 1800-1923
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
2 boxes
- African Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Anna Scott Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Branch, Thomas P. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- British Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brownlow, John Bell, 1839-1922 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cape Palmas (Africa) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Charles J. McKinney Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eben Alexander Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Edmund P. Gaines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eleanor Rand Howard-Smith Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eleanor Spurrier Rand Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Emancipation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Erie Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fort Meigs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Governor Joseph McMinn Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hawkins County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Howard-Smith Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- James Gaines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- James T. Gaines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pensacola (Fla.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- R. Spurrier Howard-Smith Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Religion Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Robert Ranson Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slaves Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smallpox Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Surveys Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Thanksgiving Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- U. S. Sanitary Commission Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- War of 1812 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Woman’s Central Association Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Howard-Smith Collection (Papers of the Smith (Howard-Smith), Gaines, McKinney and allied families of Hawkins County, Tenn. 1800-1923.) (Gift of Mrs. F.A. Augsbury, Jr.).
- 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
