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Anne Wetzell Armstrong Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSC 0930
Scope and Contents
Anne Wetzell Armstrong moved to Knoxville, Tenn from Grand Rapids, Michigan in the 1880s. She married Robert F. Armstrong, son of Robert Houston Armstrong, in 1905. She wrote two published novels (The Seas of God and This Day and Time) -- the first set in Kingsville (based on Knoxville) and the second in a rural Appalachian Community based on Big Creek. She also published multiple articles on women’s status in the business world and also wrote several plays. This collection includes copies of...
Dates:
1860-1940
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Capt. Oliver P. McCammon Collection.
Collection
Identifier: MSC 0654
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Captain Oliver Pinkney McCammon (O.P.M.) (1840-1897) of the 3rd East Tennessee Cavalry, Company L, also relating to the explosion of The Sultana and campaigns in Tennessee. Over 120 items, mostly correspondence between Captain Pinkney (1840-1897, Blount Co. Tenn.) and his future wife, A. E. McCall of Blount Co., during the war years of 1861-1865. Letters between Captain Pinkney and his father, the men in his regiment, and others. Also, McCammon's discussion of military...
Dates:
1861-1865
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville. Correspondence, 1864-1866.
Collection
Identifier: MM.1981.107
Scope and Contents
First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville. Correspondence, 1864-1866. 1864-1866 copies of correspondence between leaders of the First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville (including George M. White, D. A. Deaderick, W. S. Kennedy and J. S. King) and Federal Military officers. Re: damage to and possession of the church building and graveyard, building being used as a colored school.
Dates:
1864-1866
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Knoxville Film Council scrapbook. (scrapbooks)
Collection
Identifier: PAS 0175
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, letters, and ephemera about the organization and activities of the Knoxville Film Council. Some clippings dated and identified.
The Film Council was a subcommittee under the umbrella of the Committee for Public Understanding organized in the Spring of 1947. The Film Council first met October 20, 1947.
The Film Council was a subcommittee under the umbrella of the Committee for Public Understanding organized in the Spring of 1947. The Film Council first met October 20, 1947.
Dates:
1947 - 1948
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Lakin Letters
Collection
Identifier: MM.2020.003
Scope and Contents
1) Anna Lakin Limited Training Elementary Certificate of from the State of Tennessee Department of Education. 1 July 1925
2) Anna Lakin 1926 Teacher Contract. Millertown Elementary.
3) Anna Lakin 1927 Principal Contract. Inskip Elementary.
4) ALS from Stella Smith (Iowa City, Iowa) to Anna Lakin (Knoxville, Tenn.) 19 October 1929.
5) ALS from A. M. Feathers (Knoxville, Tenn.) to Prof. Edd Lakin (Knoxville, Tenn) 15 September 1931.
Dates:
1926 - 1931
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Laura E. Luttrell Papers.
Collection
Identifier: MSC 0146
Scope and Contents
Laura E. Luttrell Papers, gift of Ella Luttrell. Boxes 1-29 located 3rd floor genealogies. 8+ boxes newspaper clippings & 1-box government projects moved to 3rd floor files. Many other items moved into catalogued collection. 3 folders of family charts moved to oversize family charts: Murphy; McCutchen; and Luttrell & McMillan. Collection includes photographs, CDVs, photograph album, 1-box originals, personal and professional papers, and LEL's research note cards. Also, Mary M. Luttrell...
Dates:
1969
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
McMahan Papers,1829-1923, Sevier County, Tenn.
Collection
Identifier: MSC 0534
Scope and Contents
The McMahan Papers,1829-1923, contain documents of T. W. McMahan in Sevier County, Tenn. The collection contains original manuscripts, documents, two poems by Louisa Walker, and one issue of the Republican Semi-Weekly, Sevierville, Tenn., newspaper (August 22, 1885). Also: August 1862 Volunteer Descriptive List and Account of Pay and Clothing for Private Joseph F. McClurg
Dates:
1829-1923
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Smith Family Collection (Whitesburg, Tenn.).
Collection
Identifier: MSC 0102
Scope and Contents
(Folders 26, 43, 49, & 75 tell of the location of Smith Family artifacts, portraits, and papers located in libraries and museums other than the McClung Collection.) Includes Tomlinson family material & Tate Springs material. Folder 13 contains postcards showing views and bldgs. of the Tate Springs Hotel. Many other postcards are in this collection, most are 19th century. Tate Springs Hotel (Inn), Knoxville Farmers Convention, agriculture, Appalachian Exposition award ribbons and cards,...
Dates:
1794 - 1930
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Trotter Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSC 0969
Scope and Contents
The Trotter Family Collection contains materials descended through the prominent Sevier County, Tenn. Family. The Collection includes photograph albums of family members and travels, correspondence and other materials collected by Jess Wynn Trotter during her travels, scrapbooks containing historical clippings, and other ephemera related to the Trotter family.
Finding Aid available.
Finding Aid available.
Dates:
1867 - 1942
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
W. G. Brownlow letter
Collection
Identifier: MM.2019.067
Scope and Contents
Letter on lined note paper from W. G. Brownlow to L. P. Chapin. ALS.
“Knoxville, Tennessee, Nov. 17, 1864. L. P. Chapin: I have your letter in regard to John Hide [Hiele?], wounded and left in the Court House in Sevierville. He was taken to the House of a Mr. Rawlings, and died of his wounds, and was charity buried. I have no other particulars. W. G. Brownlow”
“Knoxville, Tennessee, Nov. 17, 1864. L. P. Chapin: I have your letter in regard to John Hide [Hiele?], wounded and left in the Court House in Sevierville. He was taken to the House of a Mr. Rawlings, and died of his wounds, and was charity buried. I have no other particulars. W. G. Brownlow”
Dates:
1864
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
Watts letter, 1813 (photocopy).
Collection
Identifier: MM.1990.008
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of October 26, 1813, letter from Ch. Watts, Knoxville, Tenn., to Mother & Sister (M. H. Watts, Beachtree, N. Y.). ALS 3 pp. + printed cover. Mentions his travels, brief description of Knoxville, business in Charleston, Creek Indians, etc.
Dates:
1813
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
WWII letters and cards to Mrs. J. M. Bevins, Knoxville, Tenn. Misc. letterheads and other items.
Collection
Identifier: MSC 0865
Scope and Contents
WWII letters and cards to Mrs. J. M. Bevins, Knoxville, Tenn Misc. letterheads and other items.
Dates:
1940-1945
Found in:
Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection
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