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Mrs. Benjamin Cates’ speeches for the D.A.R. (Alice Smith Cates).

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1997.032

Scope and Contents

Speeches by Alice Smith Cates (Mrs. Benjamin B. Cates) (president of the Knox County Daughters of the American Revolution) (DAR): “ Blount Mansion: The Cradle of Tennessee”; “Blount Mansion”; “Captain Nicholas Martiau: The Huguenot Ancestor of General George Washington”; “Some Notable Colonial Homes in Virginia”; “Some Colonial Homes in Virginia”; “Yorktown.” Some handwritten, some typescripts. + Blount coat of arms (illustration for “Blount Mansion: The Cradle of Tennessee.”

Dates

  • 1940s

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

1 folder

Title
Mrs. Benjamin Cates’ speeches for the D.A.R. (Alice Smith Cates).
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository

Contact:
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
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