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Medals and awards

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

1913 National Conservation Exposition ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2021.016
Scope and Contents

1) 1st prize blue ribbon 2) 2nd prize red ribbon 3) Sepia-tone photo snapshot from a row boat on the lake showing a man, closeup, dressed in conductors uniform and holding oars. Behind him is a large screened two-story building; a sign on the building "Hardware on this building furnished by Cruze, Lyons, Hayes Co." Written on reverse in pencil "Chilhowee Park, Summer of 1913, T.M.W." 4) Promotional guide. 15 pages.

Dates: 1913

Invitation to Annual East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame Dinner (April 4, 2019)

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.086
Scope and Contents

Invitation to 2019 Annual East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame Dinner held at the Knoxville (Tenn.) Convention Center on April 4, 2019. The event raised funds for Junior Achievement of East Tennessee, Inc. and honored Bill and Crissy Haslam. The event marked the 30 years of the Business Hall of Fame.

Dates: 2019

“National Academy of Design. To Lloyd Branson, Antique School, First Prize, 1875.”

 Collection
Identifier: Artifact 2012.005
Scope and Contents

National Academy of Design first-prize silver medal awarded to Lloyd Branson, 1875. The medal was designed by William Barber, chief engraver of the U.S. Mint, and cast by the U.S. Mint for the National Academy of Design in silver and in bronze. 2 1/2” diameter. Silver was given to the first-prize winner; bronze to the second. In leather case with blue satin lining, Tiffany & Co., New York. (Case is damaged; in two pieces.)

Dates: 1875

Nomination for Major William A. McTeer Camp No. 39 for 2017 Award of Distinction

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2020.022
Scope and Contents

Nomination packet for 2017 Award of Distinction winner: Major William A. McTeer Camp No. 39. Awards of Distinction are given as part of the East Tennessee Historical Society’s yearly Awards of Excellence.

Includes CD of video highlights from the Readmission Day 2016 at Old Gray Cemetery and souvenir program.

Dates: 2017