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Genealogical research on the Parker family done by W. S. Parker (William S.) of Knoxville.

Scope and Contents Oil portrait of Rand Walburn (d. 1919) Knoxville artist from 1905 until his death. Rand Walburn was married to Bertha Roth Walburn (later Mrs. Harold Clark) founder of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Folder contains newspaper clipping (undated) from art exhibit in Knoxville including work by Walburn. Three photographs plus one larger faded photograph of W. S. Barber and Walburn in Barber’s studio while the portrait was being painted. Small watercolor of mountains with name (Robert M?) on...

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Cabinet card of two unidentified children seated in outdoor scene. Photographer's mark at bottom: J. M. Wallace Studio Cor. Of Broad & Crozier Sts. Knoxville, Tenn. Studio only listed in 1891 City Directory as is John M. Wallace, newspapers.com shows newspaper ads from July 5, 1891 to August 27, 1891.

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Wallace W. Baumann Collection on Knoxville and other theatres (theaters). Boxes 1-5 are on the Tennessee Theatre, Boxes 6-9 on other Knoxville Theatres, Boxes 10-12 on out of state theatres, Box 13 Misc. theatre material, Boxes 14-15 contain printed material and brochures, Box 16 oversized folders of architectural plans and posters, and Box 17 contains two scrapbooks.

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War Ration Book No. 3. Issued to Margaret A. Cain of Xenia, Ohio. Four pages of stamps removed, four pages remain (one incomplete)

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Warwick’s Restaurant card, 314 Union Street, Knoxville, Tennessee. On back: The American Society of “Butt-insky” membership ticket issued to Mr. Jos. C. Rhea. No date. 1 pc. (ephemera)

Scope and Contents Washington Co., Fall Branch, Tenn., 1887, Receipt for Medical services of Dr. M.F. Geralds, M.D., for services to Col. S.K.N. Patton (commander, 8th Tenn.. Vol Cav., U.S., Civil War). Recd. from son, Landon H. Patton, signed by Saml. D. Vincent. This is a receipt for medical services received on the estate of Col. Samuel Kelsey Nelson Patton, who died in late 1886. Col. Patton was a famous East Tenn. unionist and activist who served in the Tenn. legislature during and after the...

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Early Washington County, Tenn, tax lists, 1787-1790. See itemized listing with the collection. An article on some of these lists appears in East Tennessee Historical Society Publications, No. 35, 1963, pp. 107-114.

Scope and Contents Artifact 2014.003 Washington’s Farewell Address, a Kingsport Press Miniature Presidential Book (1932). 1 miniature volume with blue cover with gold embossing. The books in this series are titled Addresses of Abraham Lincoln (1929), The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1930), and Washington’s Farewell Address (1932). The miniature books in this collection were created by the Kingsport Press training division as student exercises in 1929, 1930 and again in 1932. Although the books...

Scope and Contents Photograph album of black and white photographs of various water mills in East Tennessee and North Carolina. Also, typed description of photographs (7 pp.) + map locating mill sites (compiled February 1955; photocopy). Names of places and/or mills include: Nuff, Tenn.; Goodenuff; Bridgewater, N.C.; Armstrong Mill; Rice's Mill; Finley McClain’s Mill; Boomer; Max Patch; James M. Deacon Saw Mill; Bowman Mill; Jake Hick’s corn mill; old Morgan Mill; Falls Branch Roller Mill; Patterson’s Mill;...

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Burgundy paper bag with “Watson’s” printed in white across the front.

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DJ Mike Dodd portrait on two-color Country Song Roundup poster. Advertises WBAC show "The Mailman Show" 4:00-6:00pm Monday-Friday.

Content Description T-120VF Sony VHS videotape with various lectures given by William E. Nash to Sally Ealy's elementary school class in McMinn County, as well as two television appearances featuring Nash taped from the television. Description on container:Black History, Athens, Tennessee Professor W.E. Nash J.L. Cook High School Taped at Englewood School, Sally Ealy's History Classes1) 00-48 February 1986, Prof. Nash's Early Life 1887-19212) 49:39-1:55 March...

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Webb Scrapbook: Facts and Memories of Family (McNutt, Webb, Anderson, Woodson, Owen). From Mrs. Evelyn Goddard Kirby. Typed list [by Dr. J. C. Tumblin] re: selected highlights of the scrapbook.

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Werewolf Club of Knoxville. Scrapbooks and club history.

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Photo mounted on damaged board. No photographer ID. Front of building with monument stones in front.

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Wheaties cereal box with “Lady Volunteers, University of Tennessee, Lady Vols” with a photograph of Pat Summitt on the front of the box.

Scope and Contents 1) Tenn., Cocke Co. Whiskey Trials. 1920, handbill, "Notice to Public", containing sworn statements by David Baxter and J.C. Smallwood, swearing that Hamblen Co. Sheriff W.C. Carriger and Deputy Joe Caton were involved in sale of illegal liquor. Printed note at bottom supposedly from Sheriff Carriger. Size 8 1/2 x 11, folds, blank back. 2) Tenn., Hamblen Co., 1920 Sheriff election. G.C.McKinney statement in news clipping regarding business with David Baxter, complete sworn...

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Black-and-white photograph of Whittle swimming pool with swimmers.

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Small metal printing plate of Wiley Oakley (“Mountain Character”). (May have damage on center of face).

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Will E. Parham (1860-1946) was a woolen mill operator, a state legislator, and chairman of the Blount County Court for many years. He was considered “the Blount County historian” before such an office existed officially and spent many years researching the history and the family history of Blount County. His genealogy research includes information on over 400 family surnames.

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Small metal campaign button (white on dark blue, slightly more than 1/2”). Text: ‘Will McAdoo for President He Will!’ Ca. 1924. 1 pc. Housed in small artifact box.

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Will A. McTeer (papers 1871-1925) and A. S. Tilden family papers, Grundy County, Illinois and small artifacts. The Tilden family moved from Vermont to New York to Grundy County , Illinois.

Scope and Contents Tenn., Hawkins County 1821, Will of Danl. Syester. Rogersville. Daniel abandoned family, wife Hannah and all possessions in Va. and came to Tenn. over 20 years before. Remarried to Caty Shooks in Hawkins Co. and has a total of 12 children between the 2 wives. No mention of divorce. Wishes to equally divide his Tennessee, Virginia, and Maryland plantation lands and all properties (no mention of slaves) affixed equally among his surviving Tenn. wife and his children of both wives, as he hears...

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Will Parham photographs of Blount County (6 folders), East Tennessee and North Carolina. Also includes some non-photograph material and negatives. Will E. Parham (1860-1946) was a woolen mill operator, a state legislator, and chairman of the Blount County Court for many years. He was considered “the Blount County historian” before such an office existed officially and spent many years researching the history and the family history of Blount County.

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1) Approximately 100 letters from Anne Broome written to the donor between 1975 and 1983. Included is a beaver-chewed stick with Harvey Broome's mailing label attached, a letter from Anne describes where he found the object. 2) Research done by the donor for an article about Harvey Broome titled "A View in the Wilderness: The Miracle of Harvey Broome" published in Smokies Life Magazine, Volume 8, No. 1.

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Papers of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the River Ohio. No date, 1785-1797. Calendar finding aid available.

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The bible was published by Matthew Carey in Philadelphia in 1813. Front board of the binding, title page and some of the first pages missing.

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Family Bible of William Claiborne Chumlea (born 1845 in Knox Co., Tenn). New York: American Bible Society, 1871.

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Land grant #29642 for William Donahew signed June 16, 1856 by Governor Andrew Johnson.