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Papers of Dr. Herbert Acuff, operator of the Acuff Clinic, Knoxville. Papers from ca. 1940s-early 1950s. Includes photographs of 1948 dinner honoring Dr. Acuff, medical articles by Dr. Acuff, and papers presented by Dr. Acuff.

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Interior and exterior b&w photographs of the H. L. Dulin House, Knoxville, Tenn. (images 8"x19“ on album sheets 11"x17”)

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E.O. Lane house, Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tenn. 3 interior shots showing decorative painting on walls and ceiling. Taken by Citizen-Tribune staff photographer Mary Barron. The house was sold at auction on July 18, 1981. 8 x 10” B&W

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E. T. McNew & Co. Photograph (ca. 1920)

Scope and Contents The Earl D. Reed Collection contains Mr. Reed's two photograph albums and related printed material. The two photograph albums, which document his career with the U. S. military in the 1930s and 1940s, are particularly interesting, since these include photographs of the fighting between the Japanese and Chinese forces in China in the years before World War II. The collection, housed in two boxes, was a gift of Judy Cowden in December 2005. The collection includes: U.S. Naval Academy, two...

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5 framed color photographs of Cades Cove taken by Earl. W. Fox in 1973.

Scope and Contents Early 20th century local snapshots removed from album or still glued onto album pages. Includes: Whittles Aug. 1909 (man & woman in automobile); 11th Cavalry (view of parade); Galbreaths 1911 (view of lake); view of residences; 2 women beside Kingston Pike; 3 views of parade floats, [Appalachian] Exposition, 1910; man. woman & girl with cabin in background; Kincaid (truck as float?0; Circus Day-show lion in cage, elephant, camels & zebras by St. John’s Episcopal Church; railroad...

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings pasted in book (National Bank Act, 1890). Clippings include: Tate L. and Felix Earnest families; Mrs. W. G. Brownlow; Billy Sunday, Sen. Edward Carmack, etc.; Carmack for Governor button; two photographs (in Photograph Box 1) --Home Guard with Joseph Albert Ahler and W. T. Webb grocery store.

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East Tennessee Farmers Association, 36th annual convention. Knoxville, Tenn. May 18-20, 1909. Oversize photograph.

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East Tennessee Female Institute. Erected 1829, demolished June 1891. AKA Knoxville Female Academy. Located on Henley Street between Hill and Main. Photograph taken May 1891. Ext. bldg. with students. approx. 7 1/5 x 5” sepia, mounted + one 8 x 10” B&W copy photograph + one 8 x 10” B&W detail.

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Some photographs from ETHS publications, mostly Tennessee Ancestors

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Photographs of the completion of the East Tennessee History Center 2005.

Scope and Contents 25 B&W photographs (6 3/4” x 10 3/4”) on segmented linen backing with holes for photo album. All Thompson Photographs with ID numbers and descriptions on back. Quarries include: Victoria Marble Company (Knoxville, Tenn.), Knoxville Marble Company (Knoxville, Tenn.), Andres Stone and Marble Company, John J. Craig Quarry (Friendsville, Tenn.), Candoro Marble Company (South Knoxville, Tenn.), Tennessee Marble Lime Company, Tennessee Producers Marble Company (Knoxville, Tenn.), Appalachian...

Scope and Contents The East Tennessee Packing Company (ETPC) Collection includes company records and documents pertaining to the 87 years of company operations, plus some relevant documents from before and after the company's time frame of existence. James B. Madden in Knoxville, Tennessee founded the company in 1895. The documents, ca. 1886 - 1984, include account books, deeds, corporate minutes, audit reports, and other related materials. The collection also includes photographs of personnel, property,...

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SPC 2017.013.001 a:Guthrie-Bradley store, 1904-1918. Men in front of business. b: ID on back. 1 pc. SPC 2017.013.002. Printed image of Old Front Street, Sweetwater, Tenn Tree near old well. 1 pc. mounted on paper.

Scope and Contents Bluetone photographs from the estate of Miss Adah Stevenson: -Holston River from Union Bridge, ETV&G RR; -Carter Bridge Watauga River, ETV&G RR; -Custom House, Knoxville, before 1910 (copy neg. 8/87); -looking east from College grounds, Knoxville (copy neg. 8/87); -Pigeon River Bridge, ETV&G RR; -Holston River (near McMillans’ 121st mile post, ETV&G RR); -Austin Springs, Tenn; -between John & Carter, ETV&G RR; -old hotel at Warms Springs, N.C. (burned down); -Warm...

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Ed Westcott: Capturing History. Award Nomination for ETHS 2009. Includes a copy of the book “Through the Lens of Ed Westcott: A Photographic History of World War II’s Secret City” letters of commendation, newspaper articles, photographs.

Scope and Contents Research of Edith Owsley Reed of Blount County, Tenn., on the Owsley, Ousley, Housley family and related lines. Includes two sets of cards; photographs; information on the Owsley Family Historical Society; Ousley Genealogical Society; and Speak, Speake, Speakes, Speaks Family Association. Most material arranged by descendants of John Christian Owsley and wife Charity Barton Owsley. See Finding Aid for details. 18 boxes of genealogical research on 3rd floor, Box 19 with photographs in closed...

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Four photographs of Edwards family members of Tennessee, Minnesota, and Michigan. (1 photograph 7x5 inches) (3 photographs 6.5x4.25 inches) Amelia Edwards (dad’s sister) (Murdock, Knoxville TN); 3 relatives in MN and MI

Scope and Contents Research and writings of Edwin Jones Best, Sr., of Blount County, Tenn. (died 1993). Subjects include Greenback and Maryville, Tenn.; post offices; Civil War; businesses; churches; papers of W. B. Kerr & Company, 1911-1919; account books from East Tennessee businesses; extracts from the Maryville Daily Times; correspondence to Miss Cora Hammontree re: Charles Henly, ca. 1889-1897; J. B. McCollum manuscripts, 1851-1947; U.S. Official Postal Guides, 1880-1904 (some gaps); diaries of Mary...

Scope and Contents Collection contains the writings of E. E. Patton, speeches, personal papers, newspaper articles, and other publications. Writings include the subjects Knoxville and Knox County, Tenn. Collection also includes material of his wife, Lula Smith Patton; photographs; Sawyer genealogy; Patton family manuscripts; correspondence; Civil War manuscripts; autographs; diary of E. E. Patton re: Tennessee state legislature; William G. Brownlow correspondence, 1840-1874; Col. John B. Brownlow...

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Five PHOTOCOPIES of photographs of: Eleanor Buffat launching SS “Knoxville City”, 1921; groups at the event; picture of the ship.

Scope and Contents United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Region VII, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Norris, Tenn. Notebook with papers, drawings, maps, and photographs. Ca. 1952. *Bureau of Mines. Norris, Tenn, Laboratory. Soft cover notebook of photographs & drawings with handwritten captions. !1st photograph is dated 1945. *one folder with articles and clippings + piece of synthetic mica. Photographs, 7 pcs.; “History of the Electrotechnical Laboratory, July 1938-December 1952’ 9 pp....

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Family Bible given to Eliza R. Fain by her mother M.A. Moore, 1870. Eliza Ruth Moore married George Alexander Fain on July 21, 1854. Eliza R. Fain left the Bible to her daughter Kittie Rice Fain in November 1900. Eleven CDVs of Fain family members were found with the Bible. They were photocopied and the originals are in the box with the Bible. Subjects in CDVs include: Mrs. Eliza R. Fain and Mattie, Minnie Fain, Mrs. M.A. Moore, Belle Fain, and E.R. Fain.

Scope and Contents The first box of this collection consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to Belcaro, which was Ellen McClung’s family home. The rest of the collection consists of documents, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to the life and interests of Ellen McClung Berry and her family. Her interest in historic preservation is reflected in material on Glenmore Mansion, Ramsey House, the Old Deery Inn and the Association for the...

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Ellen Renshaw House Fletcher (1843-1907) kept the Civil War diary in Knoxville which was published as “A Very Violent Rebel.” After the war Ellen married James William Fletcher, and the family remained in Knoxville, Tennessee. She and her family are buried in Old Gray Cemetery. The collection includes photographs, small artifacts, and a few documents mostly from the postwar years.

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Hope family letters, no date, 1823-1838; poem “Our Boys,” 1884; three photograph albums containing Hope family snapshots and pictures of local resorts, the Appalachian Exposition, Great Smoky Mountains, Elkmont, Henderson Springs, Jamestown Exposition, World War I parade in Knoxville, ships, etc.; Thomas Hope documents; The Builder’s Golden Rule by William Pain, no date (before 1828). Contains notes and entries by Thomas Hope.

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Papers of Ernest T. Crawford, ‘Singing Evangelist,’ Clinton, Tenn. Ca. 1920s-1930s. Includes announcements of his appearances; photograph of Crawford and of river baptism; Crawford’s song “Don’t Let Him Call In Vain,’ Crawford’s Odd Fellows certificates, 1911, 1912; membership cards to Alpha Lodge, F.& A.M., 1913, 1915.

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Euclid Avenue Baptist Church Sunday School group, 1937. (panoramic photograph). Gift of Virginia Thomson.

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Eugene McCallie Branch (1923-1998) U. S. Navy photographs Born 19 April 1923 Knox County, Tenn.; Died 13 August 1998 Knoxville; includes a number of photographs of the initiation ceremony for sailors first crossing the equator