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