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Knoxville Female Seminary catalogs, 1849-50, 1850-51; E.T. Female Institute, 1848-49 catalog; Knoxville Female Institute circular and catalog, 1865-66.

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Knoxville Journal Ephemera: 1 wire service printout reporting the Moon Walk July 20, 1969; 4 autograph letters to Guy Smith, Knoxville Journal, signed by Estes Kefauver, J. Edgar Hoover, Everett M. Dirksen, Hubert H. Humphrey; Original Jo-Jo cartoon.

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Knoxville Negro Concert Series, 1939-1940. John Henderson, director. Knoxville High School. Roland Hayes, tenor. February 16, 1940 program. 1 pc.

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Program from the opening of the Knoxville Post Office, 1934. And H.R. Bill 15712, “For the erection of a public building at Knoxville, Tennessee.” (1902).

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Knoxville Public Schools-Memorial for President William McKinley, 1901. Program.

Scope and Contents East Tennessee Institute for Girls (Knoxville), 1895-96 catalog + 1898 clipping re: commencement; East Tennessee University order of exercises for commencement, 1857; Chi Delta Literary Society, U.T., 1883 program; University School (Knoxville) 1891-92 program; Public School Exhibition, Staub’s Opera House, 1877 program; Knoxville Public Schools, A Course in Reading and Literature, 1900; Girls’ High School (Knoxville) commencement, invitation, commencement week schedule; Miss Ogden’s School...

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Lamar House - Bijou Theater. Booklet for fundraising drive for restoration, published by Knoxville Heritage. [1977] 1 pc. (ephemera)

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Letter of the Hon. Hugh L. White to the Legislature of Tennessee on Declining to Obey Certain of Their Resolutions of Instruction and Resigning the Office of Senator of the United States. Washington: printed at the Madisonian Office. 1840. 15 pp.

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Includes letterhead from Sterchi Brothers, Knoxville, re: piano purchase; incomplete World War I letter from Arkansas; Maryville College program for “Daddy Long Legs” benefit for Red Cross, March 1, 1918.

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Broadside about Lightfoot Hal, Jr., a combined saddle and harness stallion. Gives lineage of the horse. Wm. A Chanabery, Palace Stable, Knoxville or John M. Harris, Sedgewick Blk., Knoxville. 1 pc. No date. Small tear near center. S.B. Newman & Co., printers. 12 x 18.”

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Littlefield & Steere Company letterhead (top of sheet only). Red Seal Brand. Manufacturing Confectioners. H.E. Littlefield, President. A.H. Steere, Vice-Pres. W.J. Bacon, Secty-Treas. No date. Has etching of building.

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Lonsdale High School commencement exercises invitation, May 18, 1910. Enclosure / calling card: Sopha Aralia Henderson. Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Tindell, Lonsdale (no stamp). (ephemera)

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Political ephemera re: Loudon County, Tennessee, Farmers Alliance and Hon. L.C. Houk and Hon. J.C.J. Williams. 1890. Headline: "Hon. L.C. Houk Snubs the Alliance. He Gets Wrathy in Reply to Their Civil Questions and Pours Out Vinegar Upon the Farmers Who Dare. Hon. J.C.J. Williams Keeps Serene and Answers Politely and Favorably." 1 pc. (torn). 10 x 16.75”

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Margaret M. Dickson (August 20, 1915-August 1, 2007). ‘A Celebration of the Life of Margaret M. Dickson’ memorial service program. August 7, 2007. 1 Pc. + insert with hymns. Miss Dickson was the Children’s Librarian at Lawson McGhee Library for many years and also served as acting Library Director.

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The Maryville Hand Book, Vol. IV. Presented by the Christian Organizations of Maryville College. Maryville College, 1913-14. Includes President’s Message from Samuel Tyndale Wilson, calendar for 1913-1914, faculty, college officers, college colors, school song, college organizations, etc. and many advertisements from Maryville and Knoxville businesses. Contains a few unsigned penciled notes. 1 bound volume (cover loose), approx. 2.75 x 5.25”

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M’Cormick’s (McCormick) Virginia Reaper and Mower. C. Powell & Co., Commission Merchants, Knoxville, Tenn. Dealers in Agricultural Implements, etc. Sinclair’s Straw-Cutter. Includes local letters of endorsement, all dated 1860. [1860] 2 printed pages on one sheet of paper + C. Powell & Co. Grocers, Knoxville, Tenn. envelope with upside down one cent stamp.

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Memorial program for Elizabeth Ann McDaniel Irwin (Mrs. John Rice Irwin), 1935-2008. Norris, Tenn. 1 pc. (8 pp.) Color, some 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...

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Card listing boarding rates for Montvale Springs, Blount County, Tenn., for the 1880 season; ticket for Knoxville Driving Park Association, no date.

Scope and Contents African American Morristown Normal and Industrial College, Tennessee, 1928 Radio School Magazine. Commencement Edition. Vol 1 #9. soft cover, 8 pg. Photo illus. Judson S. Hill D.D. President- photo of broom department. They also had dairy farm, manual training department for men and women making everything from cedar chests to barrels. Champions in baseball with team photo of basketball teams. College orchestra, advertising in back from black and white businesses, particularly dentist and...

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Mose L. Waller, Jr. political ephemera--campaign posters and cards, Mose L. Waller, Jr. political ephemera, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tenn.

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Two brochures from the Mountain View Hotel, Gatlinburg, Tenn.. One is B&W with A.J. Huff listed as manager and owner. Includes 1930 map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The second brochure appears to be later (undated) and uses some color.

Scope and Contents “An Act to Establish Courts” 1835, 4 pp.; Citizens Building and Loan Association pamphlet, Knoxville, Tenn., no date, 16 pp.; First Semi-Annual Report of the Covenant Building and Loan Association of Knoxville, ending June 30, 1891, 4 pp.; Commencement Ball ticket, Lamar House, June 15; Entertainment at the Coleman House invitation, February 22, 1895 (photostat); Hostetter’s Illustrated U.S. Almanac, 1883; Statement of Mossy Creek Bank, Jefferson City, Tenn., 1909; postcard from Mossy Creek...

Scope and Contents Norris Dam 80th anniversary / Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) material, July 2016. Includes printed material, paper fans, exhibit passport ((stamped), seeds, rubber bracelet, plastic water bottle, bumper stickers, notebooks, stickers, etc. Materials distributed at the 80th anniversary celebration (1936-2016) of Norris Dam, Norris, Tenn. July 2016. Also, material from TVA re: energy, American Red Cross, McClung Museum, etc. 2 of each item. Ephemera. Also, one copy of The Norris Bulletin (v....

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James O’Conner & Company Saddlery Goods illustrated advertisements. Knoxville, Tenn. 1885. Includes one oversize piece (fragile) on saddles; price list for saddles. 1 pc.; Buggies, road carts and phaetons. 1 pc. All 1885.

Scope and Contents Ossoli Circle scrapbook on the 75th anniversary of women’s suffrage and the Tennessee Suffrage Woman’s Memorial (in Market Square, Knoxville, Tenn.) , 2006. (scrapbooks). Includes photographs, clippings, printed material, cloth sash with ‘Vote for Women’ on it. Inside cover contains several autographs and comments. Scrapbook compiled by Wanda Sobieski and given to Ossoli Circle. (Cloth sash not in box 6/2018). Also included: invitation to GFWC Ossoli Circle’s 125th anniversary celebration...

Scope and Contents Q Ephemera 2012.003.001 Wool!! Burred, Picked and Carded. Robert Armstrong. No date. 6x9.5” (6 copies) Q Ephemera 2012.003.002 Wool Carding Establishment. Cedar Grove, May 22, 1839. Ramsey & Craighead, Printers. Damaged: fragile and torn. 8x11” (missing 4-23-2013) Q Ephemera 2012.003.003 SAVED!...Burring & Picking... Robert Armstrong. No date. Press and Herald Print. 9.25x12.75” (17 copies) Q Ephemera 2012.003.004 WOOL CARDING. Robert...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers of Principal W. D. Human, some related to the Clinton High School bombing in 1958. Part of the correspondence he saved is negative and even threatening, but some is supportive. Mr. Human’s three files were kept intact with the contents arranged by date. 1. ‘W. D. Human - Personal.’ No date, 1954-1969. Includes handbill “We Are in Sympathy with Little Rock! We Too Have Faced Bayonets! Walk Ou t-- Stay Out. Please Pass this on.” Five Feb. 1960 B&W snapshots,...

Scope and Contents Includes 3 8x10 b&w photographs of Park City Presbyterian Church (Miss Catherine Mincey, organist, no date; Church interior, Christmas, 1954; Vacation Bible School, ca. 1955 + photocopy and ID sheet). 2 booklets: Diamond Anniversary of the Park City Presbyterian Church, 1890-1965, Linden at Olive, Knoxville, Tenn. (small ‘diamond’ glued to cover); and Park City Presbyterian Church Centennial Reunion, Sept. 9, 1990, 21 pp.; and mailing list from 1990 reunion Park City Presbyterian (3 pp....

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Park City Public School Class Day Exercises and Commencement Exercises programs, May 1911. + 1911 Calendar, vol. III, Park City High School yearbook (damaged) + undated typed letter from donor (Margaret Love Powers/ Mrs. Allen Von Acuff) TS 2 pp.