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Gay Street and Wall Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. Circa 1917. Taken by Jacob A. Snyder; Deaderick Avenue Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tenn. Circa 1909. B&W 5x7: copy photographs.

Scope and Contents The Lillian Mashburn Collection contains newspaper clippings, brochures, and publications relating to both TVA’s Watts Bar nuclear facility whistleblower scandal and the Butcher brothers bank fraud scandal, both in 1980s East Tennessee. Other materials including correspondence, writings, real photo postcards, and genealogies reveal information about Mashburn’s ancestors and heritage. Newspaper clippings comprise a majority of the collection, recounting the breaking and...

Scope and Contents SPC 2011.005.001 Bridge construction on Emory Road at Little Flat Creek, Corryton, Knox County, Tenn. Ca. 1915. (also a copy in Two Centuries Collection 200-165-032 ). Mounted, 5x8” print. Sepia 1 pc. SPC 2011.005.002 Bridge construction on Emory Road at Little Flat Creek, Corryton, Knox County, Tenn. Ca. 1915. (also a copy in Two Centuries Collection 200-165-030). Mounted, 5x7” print. Sepia 1 pc. SPC 2011.005.003 First concrete bridge built over Little Flat Creek, between Emory Road and...

Scope and Contents Photograph of Aunt Tennessee and Uncle Jesse at the big cave, no date (1 pc.); two letters from Thomas Bible, Greene Co., Tenn., to Jesse M. Littleton. Jan. 6, 1866 and Aug. 10, 1869 + one envelope with three cent stamp (all laminated by donor); 1909 pension certificate to Martha T. Littleton, widow of Jesse M. Littleton. No. 678,066 + three pension increase notices, 1917, 1920, 1930. Muster Roll of Captain Isham Young. Co. I, 1st Regiment of East Tennessee Volunteers, United States Army....

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Lloyd Branson, painter at easel with self-portrait. B&W 2.5x3.5” + one copy photograph. Lloyd Branson painted the Taylor family at Greenwood in 1873.

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Lloyd Branson photograph of Madonna and Child. Sepia print of woman and baby, mounted on matte backing; signed in pencil.

Scope and Contents World War I scrapbook; information on the first airplane in Knoxville, Tenn., 1921; photographs; miscellaneous programs. Ten photographs and newspaper clippings were sent by Mrs. Bonsal via Bob Van Deventer on January 26, 1984. They were added to the collection in separate folders. The bottle used by Margaret Lockett to christen Knoxville’s first airplane. Includes photographic postcard of Mrs. Percy Lockett, ca. 1910 or 1911 Appalachian Exposition held in Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Percy Lockett...

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Lookout Mountain Views. Photographed and Published by J.B. Linn, Lookout Mountain, Tenn. 10 pcs. SV 2003.005.001 through SV 2003.005.010.

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Loudon High School Commencement Program, May 18, 1944; Commencement invitation; “Who’s Who of the Senior Class, 1944”; snapshot of group, Spring ‘44; photograph of graduating class (IDs on back).; newspaper clipping from the Loudon County Herald, June 22, 1967, ‘LHS Class of 1944 Sets Reunion.’; “The Class of ‘44” poem.

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Loudon Tenn Historic Preservation of the Carmichael Inn and the Orme-Wilson Storehouse by Rick Dover. (2007) Nomination of Rick Dover for ETHS award by Joe Spence, Loudon County Historian

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Louis E. Jones glass plate negatives and postcards. Most were made during Jones’ years living in Woodstock, N.Y. The photographs were used to make b&w picture postcards in various series: Kingston N.Y., Ulster, N.Y., Catskills, N.Y., Woodstock, N.Y., and the Great Smoky Mountains. Approximately 40 different postcards.

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One B&W Polaroid copy negative of Louis Edward Jones (L.E. Jones) and wife Emma Bucher Jones. Copied March 2001. One 5 x 7” B&W copy photograph of Louis Edward Jones (L.E. Jones) and wife Emma Bucher Jones. [ca. 1940?]. Mr. Jones came from Kingston, NY and was an artist. He owned the Cliffdwellers shop in Gatlinburg.

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Lucy Hansard Lett/George Felix Lett Collection. Photographs of the Beaumont Avenue area, Knoxville, Tenn 1910s.1920s. Additional material recd. 8-2013. Rule High School List of Deceased Alumni, 1940-1959.

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8 x 10” color photograph of East Tennessee Historical Society Director Cherel Henderson, Tennessee’s First Lady Crissy Haslam (wife of Governor Bill Haslam), and Steve Cotham, Manager of the McClung Historical Collection, Luncheon at the Governor’s residence, Nashville, Tenn. on June 6, 2012. Signed by Crissy Haslam. 1 pc.

Scope and Contents 45 carte de visites of Lynn family and others, some Knoxville photographers (T.M. Schleier, McCrary & Branson; also Bushong, Charleston, Tenn..). Seller’s listing with collection. Small photograph album (cover missing). 80+ pages. Dr. Wm. N. Lynn. Knoxville, Tenn., photo album from his father, Strother James Lynn, containing many early East Tenn. homes and locations. This album was acquired from the descendents/ heirs of the Dr. William and Edith Lynn estate. The photos are mostly of...

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“Lyons Mill, 100 years old.” 4.4x7” sepia toned photograph of mill with water wheel, mounted on yellow board. Right side of photograph is faded. Back side of mounting has printed list of “Views In And About Knoxville.” 1 pc.

Scope and Contents SPC 2010.002.001. M. H. Gass & Co. Traveling Photographers. (’Views and Groups a Specialty.’). Village of Jearoldstown (Jeroldstown?), Greene County, Tenn. Taken before 1900, possibly an election scene. Penciled caption on back. Hawkins Store, Post Office & Shoe Shop, Jim Simmons store, Allen Mill. SPC 2010.002.002. M. H. Gass & Co. Traveling Photographers. (’Views and Groups a Specialty.’). Logging scene, Mosheim, Greene County, Tenn. J. McDaniel. SPC 2010.002.003 Oxen and...

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Correspondence of three generations of the Charlton, Mabry, and Hazen families, Knoxville. 1832, 1854-1940. Also included are business papers, scrapbooks, and ledgers. A supplemental accession was made by Ronald R. Allen on December 30, 1993, which was incorporated into the collection.

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Photograph album of many members of the 1870 Tennessee Constitutional Convention, and autographs.

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Mabry - Hazen house, 1633 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn.. Home of General Joseph A. Mabry II (1826-1882) and Rush Strong Hazen. Built in 1858. Original photograph from the estate of Evelyn Hazen . Original photograph (mounted on board, damaged; corner missing) + 2 copy prints made in 1987. Copy negs. available.

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Mae Lynn Collection: includes photographs, receipts, postcards, stampless entires/covers, stamps, and ephemera. Listing with collection. + scrapbook of Spanish-American War clippings. Photographs include: Mae Lynn; Smith School in Kodak, 1902; Cherokee Knitting Mills on Baxter Avenue, 1925; Beech Springs School, 1912-1915; Grey Eagle steamboat; Aluminum Company of America WWII snapshot.

Scope and Contents Magill family photographs (most are unidentified). Children of Charles R. (12-20-1883--11-30-1960) and Anne Freels Magill (3-18-1888--1-7-1877). (children: Marie Magill Wall, Eula Cooper, Beulah McGill Cooper, Kenneth D. Magill, Joe Edward McGill. Moved in 1943 from father’s farm in Wheat, Tenn (Bear Creek Valley) to Dutch Valley, Clinton, Tenn.. Property taken for Manhattan Project. SPC 2014.004.001 Men in suits holding flowers in cemetery, U.S. flag. On back: Miss Julia Freels, Burns Mill,...

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Manuscripts belonging to the Norwood and Lenoir families. Also, 3 photographs: Oliver Temple and Aunt Jeanette Mabry (both T. M. Schleier Gallery, stamps missing) and Mabbie L. Mabry (T. M. Schleier, with stamp).

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QSPC 2015.001 “Tennessee School for the Deaf Faculty” 1926 (b/w 9.25 x 7.5 photograph mounted on board, made by “Fawkner Studio” Knoxville, parade, river scenes, Chavannes Lumber Co.? ; 29 b/w negatives (2.75 x 4.5)

Scope and Contents Photographs, Girl Scouts, Mr. and Mrs. James Dickson (parent), Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville/Knox County Public Library children’s services and branches; Helen Harris, Mary U. Rothrock; brass and copper vase “Presented to Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dickson by the members of Cherokee County Club, Knoxville, Tennessee, U S A, 1912”. Margaret Dickson was the longtime librarian of the Children’s Room in Lawson McGhee Library. The Children’s Room was named for her after her retirement....

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One sepia snapshot. Margaret Lupen(?) and Newt Bowerman on fallen tree. Sutter’s old mill in the background. Knox County, Tenn. Faint original.. 1 pc.

Scope and Contents Letters, photographs, and documents of Margaret Tappan Thomas of Knoxville; letters to Elkmont and some photographs. Includes University of Tennessee commencement material, 1928; Delta Delta Delta Sorority material; color reproductions of postcards including Appalachian Club, Elkmont (Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thomas), Unaka Springs, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone Park, etc.; correspondence; photographs of Mrs. E. L. Thomas (Margaret Lowther Tappan Thomas), Margaret Tappan Thomas (Branson...

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Marihall Walker, Barnett Studio, Columbia, Tenn.

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Material on Knoxville’s Market Square, ca. 1960s, removed from the files of Ben Barber, Barber & McMurry, Inc., Knoxville. Includes photographs; newspaper clippings, 1961-1963; blueline copies of 1928 architectural drawing of the Market House; magazine articles, 1962.

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6 B&W snapshots: Crockett Tavern, 1 pc.; unidentified courthouse, 1 pc.; Hildebrand house in Polk County, Tenn, May 1957. 3 pcs.; Inez Burns, Marshall Wilson, and Mrs. L.W. McCown at Nancy Ward grave (Cherokee heroine) , near Benton, Polk County, Tenn May 1957. 1 pc.