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, 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
- 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
- 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