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“The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments” published in New York in 1858 by the American Bible Society. Contains one page of family records

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Research by Clarence Vance on the Vance and related families. Mr. Vance died on May 13, 1980. His material was delivered to Lawson McGhee Library, along with a desk and lamp (used by McClung Collection staff), and a small filing cabinet.

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Family Bible of the Clark Family, including James Clark and Nancy Sharp Clark, Published by H. C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia. 1823. 1 vol. Has two loose newer family entry pages and one clipping. Loose horse hair cover at time of receipt.

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Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of Depot Street, Clinton Tenn. One building marked "Studio"

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March 2020 issue of Cobblestone Magazine with the theme “Women Get the Vote!” McClung images of Harry T. Burn and Febb Burn used on page 32.

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Cocke Co. Newport letter about Bob Taylor rally in Knoxville, Feb. 1906. Describes Taylor's speech and tells of the competition among local factions in the crowd. "Boys got drunk on way back." 2 pgs. Rough edges, Pencil. No cover. From Mary G. to sister Lucile.

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Cocke County Farmers’ Alliance (Newport, Tenn.). Minutes, Nov. 17, 1888 - Oct. 9, 1891. 1 vol. (67, ca. 70 blank p.) 27 cm.

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Ledger book of school funds for Cocke County. Entries in book covers 1876-1881. Loose papers inside book cover 1865-1880.

Scope and Contents Includes: Armstrong, Seilaz, Buffat family photographs. 24 photographs, 1 framed; ephemera, including invitation, land company prospectus, valentine, train and boat schedules. 19 pcs.; Knoxville Weekly Tribune, August 22, 1888; maps (13 pcs.); World War II ration books (7 pcs.); Pamphlets: Catalogue, Fine Arts Section, Appalachian Exposition and The Way to a Man’s Heart. .(T. E. Burns Co.). Box 2: Armstrong House and Seilaz & Buffat photographs, a Knoxville souvenir book, and a broach...

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Two 35 mm B&W negatives of Col. Henry Ashby taken of the original photograph. Original photograph is in the possession of Dr. Anthony Hodges. It is a CDV, marked on the back: ” Published by E.& H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, NY from photographic negatives in Brady’s National Portrait Gallery.”

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Color print (11.25 x 18 inches) of painting of the Cumberland Court House by Joseph Edward Hodges used as the dust cover for the book “Cumberland County, Tennessee, 1956-1986” by Helen Bullard Krechniak.

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“Colored Women” (Metal sign for restroom door, black letters on white sign, with traces of red paint on the edges) From Brooks Circle Esso Service Station, Kingsport, Tenn., likely 1940s)--Removed 1960s. 1 pc.

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Special stamps and cancellations for World’s Fair (2), Albert Einstein, Polio Vaccine, Jamestown Voyage, and 50 Years of Rock and Roll.

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Commercial Color Slides of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Set “B” and “H” 5 slides per set. W. M. Cline Company Chattanooga Tenn.

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Typed history of Sharp's Ridge posted to Oakwood-Lincoln Park community history Facebook group. Written by Grady Amann

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Confederate Bond for One Thousand Dollars, Bond No. 2274, with all 36 redemption coupons unclipped. (In frame)

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Confederate Souvenir, 1861-1865. Two leaves with poem “The Confederate Note” and a faded piece of currency glued to a second leaf.

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Booklet listing the constitution and by-laws of the Young Men's Republican Club of Knox County adopted by the club members on May 20, 1905 at a regular meeting held in Knoxville.

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Cooper family Bible printed in London in 1698 by Charles Bill, 1698. The bible has an original binding covered on the exterior with cloth. The title page is missing but the interior title page at the New Testament gives the printer and date. Three pages of family record entries dated 1780-1810. Family tradition says the bible was carried by a family member serving as a soldier in the Civil War. The Cooper family was from Hawkins County, Tenn.

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Souvenir medallion with Appalachian Exposition, Knoxville, Tenn., 1911; verso American flag.

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Two account books of Benjamin Coppock: 1) School Account Book for Maryville, Tenn. September 1877-August 1879. Lists pupil names. Cover separated from pages. 2) Family Account Book of B.S. and J.G. Coppock January 1878-August 1879. Also includes a postcard of "View from Main Street, showing Court House in front, College Buildings in rear, Maryville, Tenn." Postmarked January 6, 1911 from Jacksonville, Fla. To Mrs. B.S. Coppock, 1425 Bank St., So. Pasadena, Cal.

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Copy of Mann funeral home "Treasured Memories" book with handwritten information on the funeral of Granville H. Ray (1879-1939).

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Twenty letters from Cordell Hull to John Fouche "Jack" Brownlow, Knoxville, 1928-1940. Topics include the Norris Bill, Muscle Shoals - Cove Creek Dam, and politics relating to dam legislation. The conclusion of the April 18, 1930 letter is missing.

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Cormick-Sydnor Family Bible, gift of J. P. Roddy III. Bible contains marriage, birth, and death records (1816-1900) for Cormick, Sydnor, Crews, Dorsey, Scott, Bourland, and Williams families. Bible is dated 1849 and its pages are loose from the covers. An 1872, hand-drawn certificate of college studies for Laura Sydnor was found in the Bible.

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Corporation tax book for the town of Knoxville

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Photocopy of correspondence concerning the fort and the threat of destruction of the site.

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Promotional booklet with list and information on sites of country music history across Tennessee to correlate with the release of Ken Burn’s documentary on country music. When visiting a site, the booklet owner could get the booklet stamped. Prizes were available depending on number of stamps. Program ran from October 2019 through October 2022 through the State of Tennessee’s Department of Tourist Development.

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Black-and-white photograph of exterior front of courthouse in Tazewell, Tenn. Men standing on the steps and around the building, also on the roof and seated on the windowsills. Written on back in pencil "Court House in Tazewell, Tenn. Where grandfather Tom Johnson was District Clerk for a number of years"

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Bible (Edinburgh: MDCCXCI) (1791). Name of Thomas L. Humes written (upside down) near the front. One page of family entries for James Cowan and family, includes John Humes.