The Clark Collection.

Collection

Identifier: MSC 0901

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Business and personal papers, photographs, documents of John Monroe Clark (1868-1950) of Blount County, Tennessee and the allied families of Cates, Brabson, Foute and Pinkerton. John Monroe Clark was a successful banker, civic leader, businessman, and an active participant in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was instrumental in preserving and maintaining Clark’s Grove Cemetery and operated a large farm in Blount County. Other important individuals in the collection include Benjamin Davis Brabson, Dr. John W. Cates, Reuben Cates, Dr. Benjamin B. Cates, Johnnie Berry Cates Foute, Jessie Cates Clark, Dr. E. J. Foute, Dr, William T. Foute, and Ben C. Clark, the son of John M.. Clark., Benjamin C. Clark owned and operated Tallaquah Farms on the Little Tennessee River from 1931-1968 when the land was taken for Tellico Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority. There is considerable information on farming, medicine, and ferries, since the Foute and Clark families owned the McGhee/Niles property on the Little Tennessee River and operated Niles Ferry for a time. The medical doctors in the family practiced in Blount , Knox, Loudon, and Monroe counties through the last half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Recorded oral histories made with the donor have enhanced the documentation and historic value of the papers and artifacts in the Clark Collection.

Dates

1850-present

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

24 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Agriculture Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ambrotypes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bank of Maryville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Banks and banking Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Blount County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Brabson family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Brabson, Benjamin D., 1809-1866 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Brabson, Elizabeth Toole, 1821-1894 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cates family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cates, Benjamin B., 1865-1943 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cates, John W., 1833-1916 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cates, Reuben L., 1867-1925 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Clark family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Clark, Ben C., Sr. 1905-2001 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Clark, Jessie Cates, 1870-1946 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Clark, John Monroe, 1868-1950 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Clark/Foute/Niles/McGhee house Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Confederate soldiers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Foute family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Foute, Elijah Jefferson, 1861-1931 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Foute, Frances E. Pinkerton, 1871-1909 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Foute, Johnnie Berry Cates, 1873-1935 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Foute, William T., 1854-1925 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Knox County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lenoir City (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Little Tennessee River Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Loudon County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Maryville (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Medical care Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Monroe County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Niles Ferry (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Nursing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Physicians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pinkerton (Ontario Canada) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pinkerton family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tallaquah Farm Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Toole, Samuel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Traditional farming Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Trigonia (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
William Brabson Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings