Mission Home / Home for the Friendless in Knoxville (photographs, ephemera)
Scope and Contents
1. Photograph of Mrs. N. Rabe, Knoxville. (woman seated in chair with pillow behind head). Taken by Stewart, Knoxville, Tenn. On card 4.25x6.5”. 2. Photograph, ‘Knoxville Home for the Friendless.’ Group of men, women and children in front of wood and brick building. Handwritten ‘Mama’ by one woman. No date. Approx. 7x5 x 8.5” mounted on larger board. 3. Composition book with ‘Act. of the Home of the Friendless.’ 1895-1896 handwritten records. Includes: names, age, date come, discharged. Also includes ‘Maple on the Hill,’ clipping entitled ‘Love,’ and small gold-colored ribbon imprinted with ‘Mission Home Orphanage.’ Back of volume: ‘Mrs. S.T. Ault, Rutledge Pike, Knoxville, Tenn.’ 4. Fifth Annual Report of the Mission Home and Hospital at Knoxville, Tenn. 918 State St. and 213 Front. St. For the Year 1894.’ Mrs. John R. Lauritzen, President. Printed, 6 pp. (1 pc.). Includes Physician’s Report and ‘Children In the Home’ (lists names and reasons). 5. Children’s Mission Home Friend. Knoxville, Tenn. Rev. J.R. Lauritzen, Spu’t., Editor and Publisher. May 1896. Vol. 1, No. 3. Includes list of some of the children and their circumstances. 6 pp., printed (held together by a straight pin).
Dates
- 1894-1896
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
- Charitable Organizations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children’s Mission Home Friend. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ephemera Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Home for the Friendless in Knoxville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ledgers and account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mission Home Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mrs. John R. Lauritzen Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mrs. N. Rabe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mrs. S .T. Ault Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Orphanages Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rev. J. R. Lauritzen Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Mission Home / Home for the Friendless in Knoxville (photographs, ephemera)
- 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
