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1 folder of Documents related to slaves of Bryan and Taliaferro families of Hawkins and Roane Counties.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2011.001
Scope and Contents 101. Slave Transfer. Estate Will, Hawkins Co. Tenn. 1831 - 1834. Joseph Bryan, Last Will and testament. His heirs are listed as children John Bryan, Thomas Bryan, Joseph Bryan, Rachel Proffit, wife of John Proffit, Betsy Sterling, wife of Thomas Sterling and Patsy Grady, wife of Duglas Grady. Son, James Morgan Bryan is given the home place and the Negro Slaves, Cenda and William. Minor son James Morgan and mother Betsey Bryan to stay on home place with minor sisters, Insey, Lettice, Peggy and...
Dates: 1831-1861
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

100 Ways to Use the Library. Framed poster. Gift from the Friends of the Library to the Centennial Celebration Committee of the Knox County Public Library System, Lawson McGhee Library.

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Identifier: Ephemera 2010.009
Scope and Contents 100 Ways to Use the Library. Framed poster. Gift from the Friends of the Library, May 1987, to the Centennial Celebration Committee, Knox County Public Library System, Lawson McGhee Library. Lawson McGhee Library, copyright 1986
Dates: 1986
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

100th Infantry Division. U. S. Army, World War II. SSgt. John H. Duncan.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2011.044
Scope and Contents European campaign Germany; training Fort Jackson.
Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

12 color copies of stereoviews (stereographs) in the Library of Congress.

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Identifier: SPC 2004.004
Scope and Contents 12 color copies (+ backs of two of the copies) (color laser copies) of stereoviews (stereographs) in the Library of Congress. Civil War scenes, including bridge at Strawberry Plains, railroad bridge across Platt Creek, environs of Knoxville seen from south bank of Tennessee River. + photocopies of Library of Congress order information, including call number and reproduction number (needed to order copies).
Dates: 1860s (images); 2004 (copies)
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

128 Years of Market Square Business: 1880-2008, compiled by Forrest Conklin for the East Tennessee Historical Society + 1 folder copies of articles about Market Square from library files and resources.

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Identifier: MM.2018.016
Scope and Contents 128 Years of Market Square Business: 1880-2008, compiled by Forrest Conklin for the East Tennessee Historical Society.
Dates: 2008
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

15 color snapshots

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Identifier: SPC 2002.007
Scope and Contents 15 color snapshots: -Aug. 1997: view of Interstate 40 when closed for rock slide, Tenn side near N.C. border. -Aug. 1997: I-40 N.C./Tenn line closed for rock slide, N.C. side shown. -Fall 1998: rebuilding I-40 interchange at State Rt. 92 near Dandridge, Tenn. -1998: Pizza Palace sign at night , Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn (since 1961) (2 views). -Ca. 1996: PlastiLine, Knoxville, Tenn. Shows original Long John Silver’s sign. -Ca. 1996: Pizza Hut sign, Andrew Johnson Hwy., Morristown, Tenn...
Dates: 1990s
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

16th Annual Art Auction At UT's Spectacular, Big Music Bldg. Auditorium, 1969. (posters)

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Identifier: Ephemera 2016.014
Scope and Contents Poster, yellow with bold lettering stating "16th Annual Art Auction At UT's Spectacular, Big Music Bldg. Auditorium 7:30 p.m. May 16," illustration of an astronaut at the top and references to "Open the Door," "2000 Space Odyssey" and "Hair," 26"h x 20"w, 1969. 1 pc.
Dates: 1969
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1760: Cherokee Victory at Fort Loudoun. Program and commemorative medal.

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Identifier: Ephemera 2019.034
Scope and Contents 1760: Cherokee Victory at Fort Loudoun. Program and commemorative medal, Medal made of pewter by Ted L . Shelton.
Dates: undated
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1796 Deed to Looney’s Bend Sequoyah Hills Property, Robert King to Moses Looney, Sr.; Pauline Sharp ephemera. [two framed items] + 1997 book (Reflections on Sequoyah Hills)

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Identifier: MSC 0538
Scope and Contents Deed, Bill of sale from Robert King of Hawkins County to Moses Looney, Sr., of Knox County Tenn 500 acres in Knox County on the north side of the Holston River above Fourth Creek December 1796 [Looneys Bend, modern Sequoyah Hills]; a group of 11 small pieces of ephemera and Mss relating to Pauline Sharp, including an 1870 invitation to West Point party for “Encampment” + book “Reflections on Sequoyah Hills”
Dates: 1796-
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

18 Real Photos of Knoxville, Tenn. & Norris Dam [decorative stamps, perforated and gummed].

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Identifier: Ephemera 2016.016
Scope and Contents 18 Real Photos of Knoxville, Tenn., & Norris Dam [decorative stamps, perforated and gummed]
Dates: 1950-1960
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1894 account of the gun fight between E. C. C. Judson and Robert Porterfield.

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Identifier: MM.nd.057
Scope and Contents Two-page handwritten account (1894) of the gun fight between E. C. C. Judson and Robert Porterfield, who was killed in Nashville.
Dates: 1894
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1909 American Automatic Serial #1 (photograph)

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Identifier: SPC 1995.004
Scope and Contents Knoxville Fire Department equipment (1909 American Automatic Serial #1 with American LaFrance type 31 6 cyl. tractor). Retired in 1950s to Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tenn., and later cut up for scrap. 8 x 12” color.
Dates: undated
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1921 Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Catalogs and Presentation to the Library Program

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Identifier: MSC 0952
Scope and Contents Includes Laura Luttrell’s annotated printed catalog of the original gift from Barbara Adair McClung of her husband’s, Calvin M. McClung, personal library to create the McClung Collection. One copy of original printed catalog with circa 2018 inventory updates. One unmarked copy of original printed catalog. One folder with circa 2018 updates to original catalog of missing items.One copy of Presentation of Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection...
Dates: 1921
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1921 Department of Treasury information booklet

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Identifier: Ephemera 2019.091
Scope and Contents Booklet sent to East Tennessee National Bank customers about the United States Treasury Department
Dates: 1921
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1981 Animal Shelter Calendar (Paul Fogarty)

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Identifier: Ephemera 2019.088
Scope and Contents Paul Fogerty was a cartoonist for the Knoxville News-Sentinel. The calendar features his cartoons, primarily with his character Jo Jo.
Dates: 1981
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair. Color slides and color negatives.

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Identifier: PC 0092
Scope and Contents 1982 World’s Fair. Color slides and negatives.
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair construction hard hat.

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Identifier: Artifact 2012.006
Scope and Contents 1982 World’s Fair hard hat.
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair (Knoxville, Tenn.). Press clippings and Scrapbooks.

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Identifier: MSC 0262a
Scope and Contents 1982 World’s Fair (Knoxville, Tenn.). Clippings of articles about the 1982 World’s Fair (Knoxville, Tenn.).from a professional clippings service provided to the WF administration
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair (Knoxville, Tenn.) (Souvenirs and Artifacts)

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Identifier: MSC 0262b
Scope and Contents Artifacts from the 1982 World’s Fair, mostly examples of souvenirs that were authorized by the Fair.
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair Pop-Up Advertisement Card

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Identifier: Ephemera 2020.002
Scope and Contents An advertisement card from the 1982 World’s Fair with a 3D pop-up scene depicting the Sunsphere, State of Tennessee Amphitheatre, and the United States pavilion.
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair posters.

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Identifier: Ephemera 2013.011
Scope and Contents Set of four 1982 World’s Fair posters. Plate 1: “Energy of the Past.” Plate II: “Energy of the Present.” Plate III: “Energy of the Future.” Plate IV: “The 1982 World’s Fair.” 21.5x22”. Embossed in lower right with ‘The 1982 World’s Fair’ and fair logo. Also a ‘contact sheet’ showing all four plates. E.H. Bunzen(?), artist. Copyright 1981. Produced by Great Graphics Corporation. Printed in Knoxville by Keith Press (donor worked for Keith Press). Gift of Chuck Stutzman.
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair site

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Identifier: QSPC 2018.005
Scope and Contents Four 16 x 20” color photographs of the 1982 World’s Fair site. Taken by Marvin Dockery. Signed and numbered 20/100.
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair slides, and other artwork. Created by Jerry Weintz

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Identifier: PC 0091
Scope and Contents 1982 World’s Fair slides and other artwork. Created by Jerry Weintz.
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair slides (from Marian Kozar)

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Identifier: PC 0026
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1982 World’s Fair Sneak Preview Pass

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Identifier: Ephemera 2020.014
Scope and Contents 1982 World’s Fair Sunsphere Attraction Sneak Preview ticket no. 049440. Good only for April 30, 1982. Price $1.50. Orange ticket with image of Sunsphere and fireworks.
Dates: 1982
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

1991 Operation Desert Storm poster. Gift of David Creekmore, 2000. (posters)

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Identifier: Ephemera 1991.001
Scope and Contents (Posters) 1991 Operation Desert Storm poster: “Operation Desert Storm Featuring U.S. Patriot vs. Iraqi Scud. Now playing, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.” Gift of David Creekmore, 2000.
Dates: 1991
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

3 mid-19th century portrait photographs

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Identifier: SPC 2016.024
Scope and Contents Ann Lizzie Fisher (photographer T. N. Thurman, Athens, Tenn.) ; Eva Taylor (Happy Valley, Carter County, Tenn/) (no photographer identified); S. Tomlinson, Cincinnati; S. Tomlinson (Photographed by Leo Weingarten, Cincinnati, Ohio) (inscribed “Compliments of S. Tomlinson to Miss Fannie Fisher, August 1st, 1873”)
Dates: 1870-1880
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

3-Twelve Luncheon Club Collection (Fountain City).

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Identifier: MSC 0375
Scope and Contents Yearbooks 1939-1999; Treasurer's Reports 1948-1992; and some member biographies of the 3-Twelve Luncheon Club. Local organization. The club was founded in Fountain City in 1938. (Gift of Mrs. A. L. Jenkins) Folder 13 includes a handwritten biographical sketch of Margaret Anderson Martin (possibly for membership consideration). The biography has several detailed accounts of daily life as a doctor’s wife in a small coal-mining community (now Lake City). Collection also includes a photograph of...
Dates: 1939-1999
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

35 mm color slides of downtown Knoxville and East Tennessee in the 1960s and 1970s, taken by Ronald Sabin

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Identifier: PC 0073
Scope and Contents 35 mm color slides of downtown Knoxville and East Tenn in the 1960s and 1970s taken by Ronald Sabin.
Dates: 1961-1979
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

36 button. (artifacts)

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Identifier: Artifact 2013.002
Scope and Contents Small metal round pin (5/8”) With blue border with white stars and a round white center with a red ‘36’ in the center. The 36 represents the 36th state needed to ratify the 19th amendment (women’s suffrage). Manufactured by Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, NJ (incorporated in 1892). 1 pc.
Dates: 1920
Found in: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

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