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Photographs from large collection of the Chamberlain-Dickinson-Hudson-Trotter families with no identifing information.

Scope and Contents The Chamberlain Family Papers consists of correspondence, certificates, photographs, address books, maps, programs, petitions, receipts, contracts, court records, deeds, WWII ration books, and estate documents Among the artifacts are Fred W. Chamberlain’s wallet, and the printing plate for William P. Chamberlain’s calling card. Certificates include William P. Chamberlain II’s certifications from Camp LeConte as well as certificates from his time at McCallie School. Chamberlain II’s 1933...

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Chandler Family Bible and Porter Family Bible. The Chandler Bible is The Holy Bible Old and New Testaments (New York: American Bible Society, 1854. The Porter Bible is The Holy Bible Old and New Testaments (Hartford, Conn.: A. C. Goodman Co. 1850)

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Papers include: personal and business correspondence; ledgers; account books; diaries; and a minute book of the Russellville Division, Sons of Temperance (1849-1851). A large portion of the collection relates to Charles P. Nenney’s life and business. For a list of selected correspondents, see A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection by Linda Posey (1974).

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Charles H. Hudson Papers. Includes business papers and railroad material, especially the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad.

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Memorial appreciation of the life of Charles J. McClung for the East Tennessee Historical Society signed by Horace Van Deventer, James D. Hoskins, and W. W. Woodruff, Jr. Original to Mrs. Anna McClung. This copy not signed.

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Family Bible of Charles McClung. Published by M. Carey, Philadelphia, 1816. 1 vol. + 2 loose papers, one a 1930 handwritten statement from C. J. McClung about leaving the Bible to the McClung Collection after his death.

Scope and Contents Papers include: personal and business correspondence; 9 letterbooks of outgoing correspondence; 3 ledgers with stock and personal finances; 2 account books of the American Cattle Trust; receipts, etc. Railroads include: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia; Memphis and Charleston; Knoxville and Kentucky; Knoxville and Ohio; Knoxville and Augusta; Southern Railway, and others. Businesses include: Southern Railway Security; American Cattle Trust; Western Union Beef; Lenoir City Company;...

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1. Bound issues of Chattanooga Daily Times from Jan 1, 1878 through June 15, 1878. Incomplete; missing and damaged pages/issues. 2. Bound issues of Chattanooga Daily Times from July 1, 1882 through Dec 31, 1882. Damaged pages/issues.

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Pamphlets from Chattanooga attractions: Incline Railway at Lookout Mountain; Ruby Falls

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Two photographs of Chattanooga families. Unidentified.

Scope and Contents 1) Cheek’s Cross Road leatherbound ledger. Located in what is now Hamblen County, TN, Cheeks Cross Roads was acquired by Jesse Cheek as part of a Hawkins County, TN land grant in 1789 along the intersection of Stage Road coming from Abingdon, VA and Kentucky Road between Kentucky and the Carolinas. He built a general merchandise store in about 1795 that was later expanded to add stock pens for cattle hogs, mules, and horses. The store and all 200 acres of the Cheeks Roads property were...

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Black-and-white panorama of Smoky Mountain scene “Cherokee.” Circuit camera photograph. (Embossed lower right “Robin Thompson.”)

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Cherokee Country Club Centennial Gala invitation, Saturday, February 10, 2008. 1 pc. (no envelope).

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Cherokee Phoenix, August 31, 1833. Vol. V, No 29. (newspaper)

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Two unsold stock certificates for $100 each (one blue, one green)

Content Description Preservation elements for a 35mm silent newsreel depicting the dedication ceremonies and opening day activities for a playground at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, TN, on July 18, 1948. Mayor James Elmore and multiple Knoxville "News-Sentinel" staff members appear in the film. Cineric, Inc. (New York, NY) and Magno Sound and Video (New York, NY) created the preservation elements. Scope and Contents Intertitles introduce viewers to the agenda...

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Provision return for seven men of Captain Anthony Metcalf’s Company, dated Jan 1814.

Scope and Contents The Christine Moon Armstrong Collection includes the genealogical research and correspondence of Laura Christine Moon Armstrong (Mrs. Frederick Emil Armstrong, Sr.) (1911-1994), of Tucson, Arizona. Christine Moon Armstrong was a descendant of William Moon (1744-1822). The bulk of the collection centers on the Moon family, and within the Moon surname it is arranged as follows: by individuals; family data; notebooks; Moon and other surnames; geographical divisions; genealogical correspondence;...

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Christmas greeting card from Harry T. Burn to his mother Febb Burn, ca 1930. Sent from Rockwood which dates the card between 1923 and 1931.

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1887 Christmas menu from the Hattie House (later replaced with the Imperial Hotel, and then the Farragut)

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Christmas Ornament from book “The Christmas Lantern” by Karen Claussen.

Scope and Contents 1) Church of the Brethren, 1890, "Minutes, The Brethren’s Annual District Meeting, held at Pleasant View Church, Washington County, Tenn. Oct 31 & Nov. 1, 1890. Lists all delegates and their homes. Queries include, no candy wagons to solicit outside their meeting, foot washing self-government, wearing of gold and other dress code issues, codes for women of the church, regular business. Mentions Rev. Henry Sheets from Flat Rock, names churches and their contributions to debt of Choto...

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Clippings of news articles about the Knoxville City Association of Women’s Clubs pasted into a scrapbook. Most articles have dates and newspaper identification. Some other pamphlets pasted in the book as well.

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City Water Works, Riverside Drive, Knoxville, Tenn. 1925. Blueprints + some typescript specifications from Alvord, Burdick, & Howson, Engineers, and V. A Matteson, Architect, Chicago.

Scope and Contents Album with 20 cartes de visite of Union Soldiers of 1st Tennessee Cavalry, most served in Company C. Many similar CDVs in Calvin M. Dyer CDV album (PC 0070).Photos labeled in ink on album page below each image.1) Gen. Geo. (George) H. Thomas 2) Col. Jas. (James) P. Brownlow 3) Col. Dyer 4) Lt. I. B. Self (labeled as Drury A. Brooks in Dyer CDV Album - PC 0070) 5) A. J. Gahagan 6) Capt. J. Lonas (labeled as Lt. Isaac B. Self in Dyer CDV Album - PC 0070) 7) John...

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Four page letter (double spread page, front & back) written by J. Benson Wier to his mother [Elizabeth Lipscob Wier] on March 9, 1863 from Morgan’s Hospital in McMinnville, Tenn. Includes original letter, typed transcript, and a brief commentary on the letter. Letter from the donor included in the folder James Benson Wier died later that year.

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Civil War Letters, 1864, Rufus P. Willson, 6th Tennessee Infantry, U. S. A. Rufus P. Willson (1844-1865) was from Anderson County, Tenn. One of the letters addressed to his mother and step-father, Vincent Packet and Mary Packet. Rufus served until the end of the war and was killed in the burning of the steamer Generall Lyon off Cape Hatteras on March 30, 1865.

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1) Brown square burlap bag with shoulder strap. One side with painted "CCC" and green tree with brown trunk. 9.25" x 10.25"

2) Round green and yellow CCC patch. Background yellow with green stitching of "CCC" and river with trees. 2.5" diameter.

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Ca. 1890s Bible containing Clabough family entries (Sevier Co., Tenn). Poor condition.