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Knoxville (Tenn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 570 Collections and/or Records:

6th Ohio U. S. Volunteers Camp Site

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 2019.083
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Camp Poland. E. E. Swineford, Cincinnati, Ohio - photographer (photographer’s stamp in green on back) photo numbered 188 written on back in ink “Camp of the 6th Ohio U.S.N. -- Camp Poland, Knoxville Tenn.” written on back in pencil “The Dummy track runs just to the left of the picture”

Dates: 1898-1899

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

 Collection
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

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

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2016.016
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1950-1960

25th Anniversary Celebration of Shannondale Retirement Community

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.196
Scope and Contents

Program from the 25th Anniversary of the opening of the Administration Building and original Residence Buildings 100, 200, 300, and 400 on May 1, 1967 of Shannondale Retirement Community and Health Care Center, 801 Vanosdale Road, Knoxville Tenn.. Includes a history of Shannondale.

Dates: 1992

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

 Collection
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

1909 American Automatic Serial #1 (photograph)

 Collection
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

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

 Collection
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...
Dates: 1921

1921 Department of Treasury information booklet

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.091
Scope and Contents

Booklet sent to East Tennessee National Bank customers about the United States Treasury Department

Dates: 1921

1981 Animal Shelter Calendar (Paul Fogarty)

 Collection
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

1982 World’s Fair posters.

 Collection
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

A Marine’s Letters: The Correspondence of Lt. John Richard Ruggles, III., edited by Norman William Smith, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2016.010
Scope and Contents

A Marine’s Letters: The Correspondence of Lt. John Richard Ruggles, III., edited by Norman William Smith, Jr. Correspondence of Lt. Ruggles, 1967-1968, typed and edited by his brother-in-law. Lt. Ruggles died in combat in Thua Thien province, Vietnam, on February 28, 1968.

Dates: 1967-1968

Aerial photograph of the University of Tennessee campus

 Collection
Identifier: QSPC 2012.003
Scope and Contents

Oversize aerial photograph of the University of Tennessee campus, Knoxville, Tenn. Ca. 1950 (16 x 20”, B&W. 1 pc.)

Dates: circa 1950

African-American family photographs, albums, ephemera. Knoxville family, the chief identified person is Knoxville Police Dept. officer Lloyd W. Bruce.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0477
Scope and Contents

African-American family photographs, albums, ephemera. Knoxville family. Chief identified person is Knoxville Police Dept. officer Lloyd W. Bruce.

Dates: 1950s-1960s

Albert Van Gilder’s scrapbooks on Knoxville, Tenn. 8 volumes.

 Collection
Identifier: PAS 0165
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks compiled by Albert Van Gilder of Knoxville. Undated. Ca. 1880s-1910s. 8 volumes. Contains handwritten memories; programs; invitations; clippings and articles; George F. Mellen newspapers columns; stickers, etc.

Dates: circa 1880s-1910s

Alberta Ahler Photographs

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Identifier: SPC 1995.007 a&b
Scope and Contents

SPC 1995.007a: W.T. Webb Grocery Store, 946 South Seventh Street (later Fifteenth Street), Knoxville, Tenn. L-r: Harley Webb or Melvin Webb, W.T. Webb, ?, Lafayette (‘Fate’) Webb.5x7” sepia, mounted.; SPC 1995.007b: Home Guard (men in military uniform with rifles, drums). Front row, 5th man kneeling from left is Joseph Albert Ahler. 7x 9 1/4”. sepia, mounted.

Dates: undated

Alhambra Court and Home

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 2022.005
Scope and Contents

Six black-and-white photographs (2.75"x4.5" each) of Alhambra Courts (Knoxville, TN). All exteriors. One promotional postcard for Alhambra Court and Home, R. L. Fooshee, Owner. Color image of exterior.

Dates: unknown

Allen R. Coggins North Knoxville Family Photos

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 2019.111
Scope and Contents

-8 black & white photos of family members with identifications, mostly taken on Oklahoma Avenue. 1920s-1940s

-Group black & white photo of Local 457 International Woodworkers of America, Knoxville Tennessee November 15, 1946.

Dates: 1920s-1940s

American Airlines Flagship “Knoxville.”

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2016.026
Scope and Contents

American Airlines Flagship “Knoxville” Includes printed color photograph from C. R. Smith Museum, Fort Worth, Texas where the airplane was apparently retired. Two color photographs at McGhee Tyson Airport, Newspaper clipping about stewardess Esther Carlson getting her wings May 1939

Dates: 1939

Anacin Manufacturing Co. “The Employees of Anacin Manufacturing Company, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 24, 1943”

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 2009.009
Scope and Contents

“The Employees of Anacin Manufacturing Company, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 24, 1943” (Army Navy E Flag on wall in photograph)

Dates: 1943

Andrew Johnson Hotel menu, 1941. (ephemera)

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2009.004
Scope and Contents

Menu from the Andrew Johnson Hotel, Knoxville, Tenn. Tuesday Dinner, February 18, 1941. Printed. 1 pc. Ephemera.

Dates: 1941

Andrew Johnson Hotel menu ‘The Tavern.’ (ephemera)

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2003.003
Scope and Contents

Menu from the Andrew Johnson Hotel, Knoxville, Tennessee. ‘The Tavern.’ Dec. 31, 1959 written in ink on the cover. Front cover has color photograph of the mountains, back cover has 8 color photographs of the hotel int. Menu printed inside (1 c.) with two loose inserts: dinner menu for December 31, 1959 and smaller listing.

Dates: 1959

Andy Hurst; Files on Knoxville area Artists.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0524
Scope and Contents

Andy Hurst; Files on Knoxville area Artists. Compiled while he was working on art and frame restoration projects for works by these artists. Also includes some information on works that he did conservation work on.

Dates: 1980-1015

Anne Wetzell Armstrong Papers

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Identifier: MSC 0930
Scope and Contents

This collection includes copies of many of her articles, typescripts of her plays, and a handwritten copy of her (as of 06/2019) unpublished autobiography. In addition, many family photos and other family ephemera, as well as correspondence (her father’s Civil War letters and other personal correspondence of AWA). There are a number of books (primarily novels) included with the collection -- including first editions of both of her novels.

Dates: 1860 - 1940

Anti-Strip Mining Question and Answer , 1975

 Item
Identifier: Cirillo Tape 18
Scope and Contents Question and answer session in Knoxville with anti-strip-mining activists from Campbell County. Activists meeting with a group from Knoxville to discuss a film on strip-mining screened the previous evening. Environmental and economic problems caused by strip-mining are discussed, including the need to reclaim strip-mined land and fight absentee landowners. Federal House Resolution 1000 (Strip Mining Abolition Act) and Tennessee state resolutions called the Mountain People's bill and a...
Dates: 1975

Antiques Roadshow, Knoxville, July 13, 2013. Event Guide, Magazine, Tickets.

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2013.015
Scope and Contents

Antiques Roadshow, Knoxville, July 13, 2013. Event Guide, Magazine, Tickets. Held at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Dates: 2013

Appalachian Merchant's Association meeting, Knoxville, March 4-6, 1918 [advertising blotter].

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2019.028
Scope and Contents

Knoxville, Tenn., 1918 Appalachian Merchant's Association meeting advertising blotter. Mentions talks by Manning, Carver and others, short course in merchandising, etc. Well used condition, but large, colorful image of Uncle Sam, pointing, makes this very desirable.

Dates: 1918

Architectural and design plans, the Gateway Pavilion at Volunteer Landing (Knoxville Regional Visitors’ Center)

 Collection
Identifier: APD 0027
Scope and Contents Architectural and design plans, the Gateway Pavilion at Volunteer Landing. (Knoxville Regional Visitors’ Center) “The site of the Holston Treaty, Volunteer Landing was destined to become a waterfront destination that residents and visitors of Knoxville could enjoy daily. In 1988, a Waterfront Task Force was established to study and develop recommendations for the protection, enhancement, and development of the seven-mile stretch of waterfront space along the Tennessee River. One of the Task...
Dates: 1995 - 2007

Architectural Plans for the Custom House, now East Tennessee History Center

 Collection
Identifier: APD 0040
Scope and Contents

Plans for the original Custom House and for alterations and addition (1979-2005) all of which were done by Barber & McMurry.

Dates: 1979 - 2005

Architectural Plans for the Knoxville Custom House and Post Office (Photocopies from the National Archives) (sheet 10 only)

 Collection
Identifier: APD 0014
Scope and Contents

Architectural Plans for the Knoxville Custom House and Post Office. (Photocopies from the National Archives) (Sheet 10, Elevation of the Prince Street (west) side of the Custom House

Dates: 1874