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Craig/Candoro Marble Company material: Deeds, contracts, records, and other business papers of John J. Craig, the John J. Craig Company, and the Candoro Marble Company. Subjects include: John J. Craig Candoro Marble Co. Great Bend Marble Co. Photographs John J. Craig Company Lucy Cage Craig W. J. Donaldson Model Garage Co. Albert L. Craig Greystone Marble Co. Lillie and W. C. Crouch Westmoreland Heights George Meddlin W. A. Neubert family property

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Papers and correspondence related to the Crawley family of Knoxville, Tenn.

Includes the George Crawley Letters - Collection of 32 letters of the Crawley family; the bulk of the material written by George Crawley in 1944 during his time at Fort Knox in basic training.

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The oval portrait is James Houston and Sarah Elizabeth Graves Bailey. The larger portrait is Robert Tate and Sarah Emmiline Campbell Gound.

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Numbered (475/1000) print of a watercolor painting by Patricia Mertig Sprouls (1921-2011) titled "Crockett's Tavern c. 1790" Crockett Tavern is in Morristown, Tenn.

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Early 20th century flyer from dry good store in Beulah, Tenn. "Crosby Quits Means every item must go … All to be sold at cost … C.L. Crosby Beulah, Tennessee"

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Seven Knoxville designs in cross stitch done by Margaret Reagan from projects created by the Knoxville Chapter, Embroiderers’ Guild of America. Included are the L & N Station, the Knox County Court House, the Southern Railway Station, Blount Mansion, Hopecote, the Market House, and the Westmoreland Waterwheel.

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Several hundred feet of silent 16mm film depicting the private life of the Crowder family in and around Knoxville, TN, from approximately 1947 to 1953. Some segments are duplicated throughout the collection.

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Cruze/Cruse/Crews family sheets. (Many photocopies).

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Front: Black-and-white portrait of D. C. Dukes. Handwritten in ink below the photo "Your Son, D. C. Dukes" Reverse: Photographer's mark: "W. E. Prall, Photographer, Gay Street, Knoxville, Tennessee, Also, Army of the Ohio, in the Field." Handwritten at top "To My Mother Taken at Knoxville Tennessee on the 14th of Decr 1864"

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The Pictorial Family BIble (Jones Bros,, 1881) Inscribed Byington, Tenn.

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Black-and-white group portrait of men in dairy uniforms outside a building with "Dairy Hall" in an arch over the door. Photographers mark in corner "Brakebill & McCoy; Knoxville Tenn."

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“Dance, Wonderland Club Hotel, To-night at 9 P. M., Orchestra, Elkmont”. “Van Dykes, Univ. of Tenn. Dance Combo” hand-lettered at bottom. Black letters on white posterboard.

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Family Bible of Daniel (1791-1860) and Betsy Meek (1791-1871), Strawberry Plains, Tenn. Bible printed in 1840.

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David M. Axelrod, Oak Ridge, Tenn. U .S. Presidential Candidate position paper, 2004 & 2008

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Three pamphlets from Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) originally belonging to Laura Luttrell:

1) 1914 Constitution and By-Laws of the National Society 2) 1922-1923 Program and Members booklet of Pottawatomie Chapter (Gary, Indiana) 3) 1923-1924 Program and Members booklet of Pottawatomie Chapter (Gary, Indiana)

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The bible was published in Edinburgh by Alexander Kincaid in 1792. The bible of Darby McCarty containing entries for McCarty and Hamblen families. Two pages containing family entries were loose from the Bible and have been placed in an acid-free folder in the box with the Bible.

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David A. Deaderick went to the California gold rush, ca. 1849-50, with the East Tennessee Gold Mining Company. He did not strike gold, but came back with a gold nugget he had made into a watch fob with a stone (amethyst?) or colored glass inlaid on the end, ca. 1852. His initials ‘DAD’ were etched into the stone.

Housed in small black jeweler’s box with ‘Huguenin’ on inside cover. This is where the family kept the fob for many years.

Scope and Contents David A. Sherman the first president of East Tennessee College (later University of Tennessee), principal of Hampden-Sydney Academy. ALS. Knoxville, 20 January 1817. Address panel present with manuscript “Knoxville, T./20 January 1817” postmark and manuscript “25” rate. Addressed to Gen. Hezekiah Howe in New Haven, CT.At the time of this writing, Sherman was at Hampden-Sydney. The letter is an order for books for the academy (244 books). Sherman also makes comments on Knoxville...

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David Henley Waste Book, January 2, 1797-December 31, 1798. 268 pp. (penciled page numbers ; done prior to receipt by McClung Collection). 1 volume. Original volume.

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Material from the personal files of David Scanlon concerning the Smoky Mountains and partner organizations.

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Approximately 270 feet of 8mm film depicting daily life in the community of Vardy, TN, circa 1947

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David Thomas Kirk: personal journals, family photograph album, newspaper clippings etc. 1899-1959. Kirk was a Methodist minister, farmer and house builder. Details of life in Bybee, Cocke County, Tenn. 2 boxes.

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Card for Deaderick Building Barber Shop, Julius Schwenke & Co. ladies' and children's hair dressing and hot, cold and shower baths in Knoxville.

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Mrs. Claude H. Frazier’s social membership card (all privileges except golfing) with Deane Hill Country Club. Card No. 689. Dated Jan. 1972.

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Deatherage and Durham Family Bible, 1873. + Family Bible of David Carson Sparks and wife Arminta Angeline Wilson Sparks, [1870]. Includes handwritten copy of the birth and death dates of the Robert and Mary Allen family of Blount Co., Tenn, written by David Carson Sparks.

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Large format facsimile of the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, printed by a 1848 newspaper.

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Deed, Knox County, Tenn., George Gallaher to William Gallaher for $600 a tract of 200 acres on the south side of Clinch River, being part of the tract on which George Gallaher now lives. Condition: William “not to get full possession until after my decease” Dec. 1834.

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Program of activities for Deer Lodge Abner Ross Memorial Center (D.L.A.R.M.C.) Centennial Fourth of July Parade, 1984. Includes lineup of parade participants, menu, map, and list of Board of Directors. Also contains 8.25"x1.5" embroidered ribbon bookmark with image of Abner Ross. Deer Lodge is near Rusby, Tenn.

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Democratic Politics Scrapbook, 1940.

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Newspaper clippings glued into scrapbook (some loose); include dates and source information for the majority of the clippings.