Scope and Contents F.W. Taylor family papers, including: estate settlement papers of L. D. Franklin (n.d., 1841-1878); Graham family papers; Miller and Taylor family history; cabinet card of David Crockett; Treaty of Dumplin Creek program; Marshall J. Hughes patent papers, 1886; land grants and deeds, mostly in Grainger, Cocke, and Jefferson Counties, Tenn, n.d., 1795-1854 (some signed by William Carroll, Jos. McMinn, and President Franklin Pierce). Photocopies of land records are in folder 38; the donor kept...

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Farragut School exterior [ca. 1916]. 8x10” B&W

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Approx. 6.5 x 4.5” sepia photograph mounted on board. Includes two men, a woman, and two children outside a house. Under the image: ‘Photo by Blan__??’. One back of picture: sticker with ‘J. A. Dinamore, Knoxville, Tenn’ and penciled note________ A. Drummer, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 pc.

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Original photographic print (sepia) (about 6.75” x 4.5”) on cardboard backing (9” x 7”). 1 pc. ID from a copy of this photograph (200-134-012) identifies the picture as Eighty-five Union veterans of the Civil War at the fifth annual reunion of the Knox County Union Soldiers’ Association, Fountain City Park, September 9, 1909.

Scope and Contents History. Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tenn. 1 bound volume + several loose papers Volume opens with two missing photographs of the church and Rev. J. Polk Gammon. Volume contains: handwritten copies from Book of Minutes of Session, January 16, 1874- Sept. 23, 1875; Roll with member names; Minutes, January 18 - April 7, 1874; Congregational Meeting, July 23, 1876; Aug. 1, 18789 minutes; Statistical Report for year ending April 1, 1879; photographs of Rev. W.A. Harrison, Ella...

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Fire at Liberal Arts Building at Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tenn. September 3, 1935. B&W 8x10” copy photograph.

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Fire truck, firefighters, horse-drawn vehicles. Supposed to be Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Fire Department?). On thin cardboard backing. Tear, stains.

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First Christian Church, formerly Park Street Church, corner of Magnolia Avenue (formerly Park Street) and Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn. At this location from 1884 until the church moved to Fifth Avenue. Taken by Thompson Photographer, Knoxville. [Taken ca. 1912.]

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Five cartes-de-visites (CDVs), circa 1880s. All taken by T.M. Schleier, Knoxville, Tenn. Margie Hayes as a child (daughter of Margaret Lewis and Judge Henry Hayes, Arkansas) 2 pcs.; Isabella McKenzie (Margie’s nurse when her mother died) 1 pc.; Mr. Thomas Lewis (Margie’s uncle) 1 pc.; Lizzie Lewis (Margie’s aunt) 1 pc.

Scope and Contents F. W. H. Ottzenn's Award- Order of the British Empire. 1 framed document. Framed document-awarding membership in the Order of the British Empire to Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm Hans Ottzenn, Nov. 12, 1945. Ottzenn was a resident of Knoxville from 1945 until his death in 1971. The award contains a signature that is possibly written by King George VI. A photocopy of an article from The Knoxville Journal, July 25, 1948, concerning the presentation of the award + a photocopy of Mrs. Ottzenn's...

Scope and Contents 1. [Richard R. Forester, son Joseph, wife Martha J. Carnes Forester, daughter Julia]. Tintype. 2. Richard R. Forester, son of John Forester. Tintype in decorated paper mat. 3. End of 1st World War. Tower at left was First Methodist Church, formerly located at Locust & Church. B&W snapshot (some fading, sepia look). 4. Mr. & Mrs. R.R. Forester, 1906. Sepia print mounted on black mat. 5. [Veteran’s reunion?] Richard R. Forester 1st right. Sepia print mounted on black mat. 6....

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SV 2003.001.001: The War for the Union series, 1861-1865. Fort Sanders, Knoxville, exterior view, s6006. Stereograph. 1 pc. John C. Taylor, Hartford, Conn. ca 1890. This stereograph is actually of a fort on the coast of South Carolina. There were photos in the National Archives that identified this fort with Fort Sanders. The photographer who took the photo was the same fellow who photographed Fort Sanders, possibly explaining the mix-up.

Scope and Contents [Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee]. Samuel A. Cooley, photographer. December 1864. COPY photographs. One 8 x 12”, the other 4x6”. Title ‘Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee’ based on information provided by Roger Durham, Director of the U.S. Army Heritage Museum. Changed in 2007 from a title that misidentified this photo as showing Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Savannah, Ga, because ‘F. McAllister, Ga.’ was written on the negative sleeve. Attributed to George N. Barnard. Two plates...

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Two views of Fouche Block Building (Gay Street and Clinch Avenue), Knoxville, Tenn. Ext. One view shows location of Vernon’s Drugstore (Clinch Avenue). [December 1992]. B&W 8x10”

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Fountain City Grammar School composite, 1951. By Wright Studio, Fountain City, B&W 8 x 10.”

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SPC 2013.002 Four generations, three ways. Typed ID on back. Includes Vinson, Bond, Tipton, Kidd, and Hicks family members. Photograph belonged to W. E. Parham. All subjects alive and in Blount County, Tenn, February 3, 1896. About 7.5 x 7.75” sepia, 1 pc.

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Four mounted photographs by T. C. Farnham, Harriman, Tenn. Includes: scene at Oliver Springs--group with trestle bridge in background; man and woman standing on extended beam; man beside (partial view of) gazebo with steep roof, Sulphur Spring, Oliver Springs; gazebo or spring house, Sulphur Springs {Oliver Springs?}. 3.5x3.5” on 5x5” mounts.

Scope and Contents Four mounted photographs of the 21st Anniversary Celebration Rockwood Lodge No. 191, I.O.O.F. Rockwood, Tennessee, August 5, 1896. Sepia, 7.75x9.5” prints on 10x12” cardboard mounts. C .F. Steinwehr, Photographer, Rockwood, Tenn. 4 photographs. SPC 2014.003.001 View showing Peterman Building and Arch on Rockwood Avenue. (left side of mounting broken off). SPC 2014.003.002 View showing Bank Block, German Band, and our “Country Cousins.” SPC 2014.003.003 View showing Johnson Building, Peterman...

Scope and Contents 1) Black-and-white family group portrait, unidentified. Outdoors next to building. “Aug. 19, 1937” written in pencil on back. 3.25” x 5”2) Black-and-white portrait. Two young children, unidentified. Undated. Mounted on board. Embossed on board at bottom “Weiser. 119 1/2 Gay St. Knoxville, Tenn.” George Weiser was a photographer in Knoxville at that address 1893-1903 according to the city directory. 4” x 5.5” photo on 5” x 7” board. 3) Black-and-white...

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Framed photograph of Amelia Gillespie Fain, 1794-1864; Framed photograph of John Fain, 1778-1852 (gift of Mary N. Fain)

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Framed photograph of Mrs. G. W. Ross (1827-1915) and funeral ribbon of G. W. Ros (1891) (photographs, artifacts)

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Also includes some Bible family genealogy and correspondence with Richard Marius.

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Album of postcards, mostly East Tennessee; store ledger from Roane Mountain, Tenn., 1901; photographs, including 5 x7 “ photograph of Spanish-American War group with David Alexander Simerly seated at far right (related to pamphlet also given at this time, which was added to Pamphlet Collection: Roster of the Third Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, USA, 1898); ephemera re: Knoxville Marble from Jas. S. Clark & Co., Louisville, Ky.

Scope and Contents Frances Thompson; 7 boxes (over 17,000 negatives) of illustrations from her books about antiques and collectibles Frances (Jackson) Thompson was born in Dothan, Alabama in the 1920. She married Claude Thompson of Knoxville, Tennessee whom she met while he was in military service. Claude was a construction foreman for the firm Johnson & Gaylon of Knoxville. Frances became a writer on antiques and collectibles. Her articles were published in Relics Magazine, the Tri-Star Trader (a weekly...

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Francis Marion Hancock (1835-1864) Pvt., 9th Tenn. Cavalry US; died Gallatin, Tenn. 6-23-1864

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1/2 plate ambrotype (tinted) of Frederick S. Heiskell open measurements 9.75 x 6"; “Leviathan, Junior” broadside for stud horse, March 5, 1838; 8x10” photograph; 2 receipts; 1 cover; 1 Knoxville register receipt; Hu Brown letter; Frederick Heiskell letter to Maj. Gen. George Stoneman (“Fruit Hill, Knoxville, April 28, 1865”); 2 volume set of Hinton’s History of the U.S. (Heiskell’s copy)

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French’s School, ca. 1884 to 1886. Exterior with students. Appears to be same photograph as East Tennessee Female Institute, May 1891. approx. 7 1/5 x 5” sepia, mounted.

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This collection contains various documents related to the Friends of the Library Book and Author Dinner in 1988 and BookFest of 1991 and 1992 including lists of authors, schedules, photographs, pamphlets, and newspaper article clippings.

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Photograph of front of house. 850 Temple Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn.

Home of Fritz Staub (1861-1934), son of Peter Staub, founder of Staub’s Opera House/Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn. in October 1872.

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Full-length portrait of unidentified standing man, holding a hat and umbrella (ca.. 1890). “East Tenn. Photo Car, M. F. Timmerman, Manager.” 1 pc. Sepia About 4 x 5.5” on 4.25 x 6.5” mat.