Scope and Contents Bernice Stiles (May 6, 1905-April 26, 1997) material. Donated by her friend Edith L. Embrey from material found in Bernice Stiles’ apartment after her death. Ms. Stiles had no family left. MM.2016.006 a: Dec. 6, 1896, letter from S. G. Gilreath, State Superintendent, Department of Public Instruction, Nashville, Tenn., to ‘My dear Tom; (C. T. Stiles), Wilson Station, Tenn. ALS 1 p. Mentions Stiles’ good character, urges him to finish college. Also: CDV of Lillie Miller Stiles, taken by W. F.?...

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Brady CDV of William G. Brownlow (seated, right hand in coat). 1 pc. Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries, NY.

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CDV of William G. Brownlow. Taken from waist up, hand in pocket, light colored vest with watch chain, looking slightly to side.

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Eleven cartes-de-visite of Civil War Union officers. SPC 2014-013-001 Orlando M. Poe (signed). SPC 2014-013-002 M. ([Marsena] R. Patrick. SPC 2014-013-003 John G. Parke. SPC 2014-013-004 Wm. P. Sanders. SPC 2014-013-005 Rufus Saxton. SPC 2014-013-006 Robert C. Schenck. SPC 2014-013-007 Wm. Rosencrans. SPC 2014-013-008 [Lovell] Rousseau. SPC 2014-013-009 D. G. Farragut.(signed). SPC 2014-013-010 David G. Farragut. SPC 2014-013-011 Charles W. Sanford.

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CDV of Seymour A. Mynders (born 1861) in military uniform. On back: The Lindsey Art Gallery No. 108 Gay Street Knoxville, Tenn. Handwritten on back: Seymour A. Mynders Captain Company “C” President Phiol-mathesian Society University of Tennessee. + photocopy of typescript biography of Mynders.

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CDV of William G. Brownlow (Parson Brownlow) (standing with hand on column, pointing). Made by D. Appleton & Co., N.Y. A.A. Turner, Photographer.

Scope and Contents Eight CDVs of East Tennessee College students. Some handwritten identifications on back.--Chas. E. Cunningham, Princeton NJ Class '79. (Photographer's mark: F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia)--Will Cooke[?] (Photographer's mark: T. M. Schleier, Knoxville Tenn.)--Willie Mitchell (Photographer's mark: T. M. Schleier, Knoxville Tenn.)--Ellis E. Chaucy[?] (Photographer's mark: T. M. Schleier, Knoxville Tenn.)--P. P. Gilchrist, Courtland Ala...

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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Col. Haynes, carte d’ visite. (Rockwell & Cowell photographers, Petersburg, Va.) (ca. 1865)

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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"

Scope and Contents Twenty-three Civil War CVDs of men from the First Tennessee Cavalry. In an album that belonged to Lt. Col. Calvin M. Dyer--his picture was removed before the album was sold. Binding damaged. One album with clasp fastener. Index to Portraits: 1. Capt. Elbert J. Cannon 2. Lt. Col. Calvin M. Dyer (photograph removed from album) 3. Lt. John Roberts 4. Lt. John N. Hariss [Harris?] 5. Capt. Jacob K. Lones 6. Lt. James H. Smith 7. Sargt Martin L. Peters 8. Sargt James B. Clapp 9. Corpl Nathan A....

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Three CDVs of Frank Bearden (two by T.M. Schleier, Knoxville--one of those in uniform; one by C. Krutch, Knoxville, labeled ‘Frank C. Bearden at 21 years of age’); CDV of Meta Gavitt Adams ‘wife’ [of Frank Bearden?]. Taken by Churchill & Denison, NY.

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Horace Maynard (1814-1882). CDV 1 pc. Smiley’s Photograph Gallery, Opposite the Custom House, Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn.

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Letter from James Longstreet, Bt. Maj. (Brevet Major), USA, Subsistence Depot, 8th Dept., Sam Antonio, Tex., to Major General George Gibson. March 11, 1857 (possibly 1851?). ALS 1 pc. (2 pp.). Re: new maker and supplier of vinegar. + carte-de-visite (CDV) photograph of James Longstreet (Penciled on back: Emma Mason, Columbus, Georgia. 1 pc. in envelope.

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Photograph album of James Robinson Ogden, who came to Knoxville with the 2nd Ohio Cavalry during the Civil War, Leather 5x6” album containing mostly Civil War era CDVs (cartes-de-visite). 22 photographs. Subjects include: John Keyes, view of Knoxville(?), [General Ambrose] Burnside, General George Stoneman, James R. Mitchell, H.C. Squire(?), W. Chamberlain, Henry Chester, E.C. Ruggles.

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John Rankin CDV. Eurlbut & Henry Photographers, Greenville, Mercer Co., Pa. with 2 cent stamp. Name ‘John Rankin’ handwritten on the back.

Scope and Contents Twenty-four loose cartes de visite. Most written on back in pen with IDs.Wm (William) A. Anderson, D. A. Brooks, D. A. Brooks, D. A. and Mary Brooks, Sallie Buffatt, Tom Caldwell, J. Byron Clapp, Lucy Cole, Hugh Crawford, Gen. Benjamin Franklin, S. H. George, Mattie Frazier Harris, John Jett and Parker girls, W. Jett Norman, Homer Smith, J. H. Smith, Jud Smith, Maggie Smith, Mira Tillery, Russ Tillery, S. L. Tillery, S. L. Tillery, Claiborne Webb, “Dave...

Scope and Contents Mrs. Sue Boyd Barton’s Collection of Civil War cartes-de-visites (CDVs). Most are military officers or personnel, Union soldiers, in uniform. Includes: G.M. Bascom; Samuel Boyce; Governor D. Campbell; H.S. Chamberlain; Capt. Chapin; E.J. Cobb & woman; Mr. Devereaux; F.F. Flint; Horatio Gates Gibson & family; Dan Hoffman; Capt. Howard; J. Elliott Jacobs; Loring Lambert; Wm. R. Patterson; Mrs. Wm. R. Patterson; Capt. Schecnk & child; Capt. Deane; Gen. Schofield; Lt. Sternburg; Gen....

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Parson Brownlow (printed carte d visite, etching of Brownlow). Prang & Co., Boston and Washington. 1 pc.

Scope and Contents The collection contains photographs, tintypes, a carte de visite album, a hand-stitched, woven alphabetical organizer, and various financial records including receipts, promissory notes, court judgements, and ledger scraps. Some of the photographs are identified, including a photograph of Rogersville Female Academy’s faculty and student body, and one of students and their instructor holding musical instruments. Another photograph depicts the Shenandoah Normal College baseball team. Most of...

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Photograph album donated by Miss Gussie Tutterow; owner of album not known. 4 x 5 6/8” album with 20 CDVs (cartes-de-visite), 4 tintypes, and 2 index cards. Most are unidentified portraits. Two IDs: Josie Hundly (?) and toddler Annie Pearl Hayes (born 1875). One of the index cards has an untitled poem with the repeated line ‘In the Upper Garden.’

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SPC 2012.009.001 President A. Johnson (Andrew Johnson) carte de visite. No photographer listed. 1 pc.

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CDV of three children. Reverse stamped with J. Bushong, Traveling Photographer. Identifications written on back in pencil Lillian B. Russell, 8 yrs. 7 mos., Edith F. Russell, 4 yrs. 5 mos., Maud V. Russell, 2 yrs. 5 mos. Newport, E. Tenn.

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Six unidentified photographs (cartes d’ visite size) of value for the names and addresses of photographers printed on the verso: J. Bushong, Charleston, Tenn; Smiley’s (T. H. Smiley, Knoxville, Tenn; J. M. Honey, Morristown, Tenn; A. T. Hunt, Knoxville, Tenn.

Scope and Contents Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. A.; photographs of members of the cavalry. Identified members of 13th Cavalry found in a family photograph album. “History of the Thirteenth regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. A. : including a narrative of the bridge burning; the Carter County rebellion, and the loyalty, heroism and suffering of the Union men and women of Carter and Johnson counties, Tennessee, during the Civil War” by Samuel W. Scott and Samuel P. Angel...

Scope and Contents Portrait Photographs / three cartes-de-visite with inscriptions (Eva Taylor, S. Tomlinson, Ann Lizzie Fisher) SPC 2016.009.001 “Your Friend, Eva Taylor, Happy Valley, Carter Co., E. Tenn.” (no photography studio). Mary Eva Taylor was the daughter of Nathaniel Green Taylor and Emmaline E. Haynes; she married Ethelbert Dudley Jobe. SPC 2016.009.002. “Ann Lizzie Fisher” (T. N. Thurman, Photographer, Athens, Tenn.) SPC 2016.009.003. “Compliments of S. Tomlinson to Miss Fannie Taylor, August 1,...

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Three CDVs of William G. (“Parson”) Brownlow. 2000-004-001: three-quarter view with hand in coat. 2000-004-002: portrait in oval shape (waist up), hand on lapel ‘W. G. Brownlow, Editor of the Knoxville Whig.’ Publ. by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, NY. 2000-004-003: portrait in soft oval (chest up). Publ. by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, NY.

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Child sitting on donkey with African American teen standing behind

Scope and Contents May 17, 1862 letter from ‘A Conservative Man,’ New York, to Dr. Brownlow. May 19, 1862 response from W.G. Brownlow, Astor House, to ‘A Conservative Man’ on same paper. ALS 2 pp. (1 pc.) Re: Cruelty inflicted on Union men was by people “raised and educated in the midst of slavery.” Brownlow replied that the worst actions he witnessed were by Northern men. W.G. Brownlow, Providence, note to Mr. Crossman. June 3, 1862. Thanking him for the memorial of Roger Williams. ANS 1 pc. Carte-de-visite...

Scope and Contents Photograph album (ca. 1860s) of cartes de visites from family of Hugh Andrew May White. Sophia Moody White, wife of George M. White (loose); Andrew Park, Jane Bowie, Langdon Bowie, Sophie Bowie, Margie Coffin Orto, Park Bowie, Alice McEwen, Hector and Ann Eliza Coffin (children); Lizzie Mitchell Moses (Frank Moses wife) (tintype); Hector Coffin (adult); Hugh Craighead; Belle Stephenson; Sophi Stephenson (child); aunt Cynthia White (grandfather’s sister) [daughter of James and Mary Lawson...