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Scrapbooks of Bert Vincent’s newspaper column “Strolling,” clipped without dates. Bert Vincent (1896-1974) was a regular newspaper columnist with the Knoxville News Sentinel from 1929 until his death.

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S. H. (Samuel Houston) Jestes married Bertha Jones January 1, 1914 in Morgan County, Tenn. (photocopy of marriage license in box). Correspondence arranged chronologically. List of letters included in box.

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Bethel Cemetery (Kingston, Tenn.) Southwest Point D.A.R. historic preservation project.

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Bethlehem Baptist Church Minutes. 1858-1901. The full name of the church is given only on an interior page. It appears to be in Monroe County, Tenn.

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Poem entitled “Joy” (“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of them that bringeth glad tidings”). By Betsey Beeler Creekmore. 1939. ADS 1 pc.

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History of Knoxville High School, Class of 1941B.

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Betsy Worden Mountain Landscape (watercolor) signed “B. Worden” lower right.

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Patton, Kerr, Barbour -- material from Betty P. Barbour

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Bible, Donahue. Captain Alfred J. “Jim” Lane--Recruiter and “Pilot to Ky.”

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Bible of J. M. and Martha Bridges Bowman, Campbell County, Tenn. Bible is in poor condition. Also includes one copy photograph [J.M. and Martha Bridges Bowman] and the image on a CD.

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Photocopied typescripts of: - 1859 list of slaves owned by Elizabeth Brabson - family Bible record of John and Elizabeth Brabson - family letters, 1844-1877, including three 1865 letters - Brabson Cemetery (Sevier County, Tenn.) listing

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Bibles WWII New Testament. Gift of Virginia K. Nelson, 1995. T.E. Watterson Bible, 1844 John Barringer Bible (may have come from Mrs. H.R. Duncan)--no family entries. Jane Jaques Bible (1871, New Testament) New Testament in French, 1851

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Big Ears Official Program, pass bracelet, Donor Benefits Card.

Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn. is an annual musical festival meant to bring artists and audiences together to create and share transformative experiences with a borderless mix of music, film, and conversation.

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Promotional portrait of Big John Tate by Champion Promotions Inc. Autographed.

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History of Big Spring Church (organized 1800? 1796?, Claiborne County, Tenn.). November 22, 1934, letter from W. S. Rosenbalm, Tazewell, Tenn., to John I. Snyder (Director, Land Acquisition, TVA) re: history of the Big Spring Church, its cemetery, is land to be taken for Norris Reservoir? LS 2 pp. (1 pc.) + 3 related memos and letters, a postcard of the church, and a printed page of church history.

Scope and Contents Big Valley United Baptist Church of Christ Record Book, 1877-1904. Union County, Tenn. Big Valley Church was organized with twenty members in July 1849. It was located in the Lost Creek area of Big Valley in Union County, Tennessee (formerly Grainger County, Tenn.). The name at its formation was Big Valley United Baptist Church of Christ. This record book contains an index, with the Constitution on pages 3-5; Abstract of Principles on pages 6-7; Rules of Decorum on pages 8-9; Church...

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Knoxville, Tenn., Geo. [George] Tobler, Dairyman, Pure Milk and Cream, December 1900, printed billhead to Mrs. Armstrong for $3.75. Says the bill is paid, signed Geo. Tobler.

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Bill Hunt Collection research on Knoxville High School 1 folder rec. May 2000 (added to Box 1) contains a history compiled by Mr. Hunt concerning the placing of the KHS building on the National Register of Historic Places. Folder includes 1 photograph of Bill Hunt.

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Bill Melton, “Tobacco Road” [a memoir of growing tobacco in East Tennessee in the mid-twentieth century].

Scope and Contents Bill Tracy (1920-1988) began his career in photography working in 1945 in the studio of Knoxville photographer Jim Thompson. In 1957 Tracy opened his own photography studio which he operated until 1976 when he turned his studio over to his son, Ernie Tracy. Bill Tracy’s photographs were featured in a number of books and publications including “Motor” magazine, Ed Trout’s “Gatlinburg: CInderella City” and Betsey B. Creekmore’s “Making Gifts from Oddments and Outdoor Material.” Bill Tracy was...

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Billy Graham Crusade in Knoxville, and Richard M. Nixon visit, 1970). Via John W. Gill, Jr. Re: Box of photographs of evidence from the trial of protestors at the stadium. 1970 protest of Vietnam War. Includes photographs.

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“The Parentage, Birth, Nativity and Exploits of the Immortal Hero James Keelan, Who Defended Successfully the Bridge at Strawberry Plains, and Alone, Put to Flight Fifteen Lincolnites on the Night of the Eighth of November, A. D. 1861. By Radford Gatlin. First Edition. Atlanta, Ga. Daily Intelligencer Print. 1862.” Carbon typescript, 14 pp. (+ photocopy). Printed copies are cataloged with McClung Collection Case Books and Pamphlet Collection.

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Color snapshot of painting of reclining nude woman hanging over the bar in the Bistro Restaurant adjacent to the Bijou on Gay Street, Knoxville. Used as a Christmas greeting postcard in December 2002 from Margaret (Grace) Boyd, sent to the McClung Collection. 4x6”.

Scope and Contents Exhibition guides for the Museum of East Tennessee History exhibit “Black & White: Knoxville in the Jim Crow Era” featuring the stories of African American artists Beauford and Joseph Delaney and Ruth Cobb Brice. The exhibit was presented as a timeline featuring selected moments from Knoxville’s history. The exhibit was designed by Adam Alfrey and Rebecca P’Simer, with Steve Cotham and Bob Booker providing research. The exhibit was originally scheduled to run concurrently...

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Blackberry Farm Brochures, Walland, Tenn.

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Photographs and genealogical information about Coy W. Black, Sr. Family (Greene County, Tenn.), John Boyd Family (Hawkins County, Tenn.), Frank Cain Clamon Family (Hawkins County, Tenn.), and Daniel Jones Family (Hawkins County, Tenn.).

Scope and Contents Will E. Parham (1860-1946) was a woolen mill operator, a state legislator, and chairman of the Blount County Court for many years. He was considered “the Blount County historian” before such an office existed officially and spent many years researching the history and the family history of Blount County. February 9,1945, letter from Blair Jones, Pell City, Ala., to W. E. Parham, Maryville, Tenn. Typed letter, signed. 1 pc. on Mays & Jones letterhead. Re: Taylor family research. Stamped...

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Genealogical collection compiled by Blanche Allison Darst, aunt of the donor. Research concerning Allison, Hodge, and allied families.

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Printed diploma (with blanks filled in) for Blanche Hooten, Southern Female College in Lagrange, Georgia (diploma written in Latin). DS Parchment 1 pc. with blue ribbon.