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Maryville (Tenn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Merritt Cates

 Collection
Identifier: SPC 2011.016
Scope and Contents

Real Photograph postcard (RPPC) of Charles Merritt Cates (April) Tennessee, “1920” Maryville. Dressed as cowboy, with hat, gun, holster, etc. 1 pc.

Dates: ca. 1920

Cherokee Table & Manufacturing Co. Stock Certificate.

 Collection
Identifier: Ephemera 2020.074
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Two unsold stock certificates for $100 each (one blue, one green)

Dates: 1910s

Chester Kilgore Photographs

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Identifier: SPC 2011.007
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Five mounted photographs + 1 oversize color postcard of the Andrew Johnson Hotel dining room. SPC 2011.007.001 Friends Normal School, Maryville, Tenn. J. Peden & Co., Main St., Knoxville. SPC 2011.007.002 J. Parnick Smith’s holiday sale signs on store, 1915, 205 Main St. (Maryville?). Taken by A.L. Butcher, Maryville, Tenn. SPC 2011.007.003 J. Parnick Smith store interior. SPC 2011.007.004 Costume party (Halloween?). SPC 2011.007.005 Unidentified house.

Dates: 1915

Coppock Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2022.008
Scope and Contents

Two account books of Benjamin Coppock: 1) School Account Book for Maryville, Tenn. September 1877-August 1879. Lists pupil names. Cover separated from pages. 2) Family Account Book of B.S. and J.G. Coppock January 1878-August 1879. Also includes a postcard of "View from Main Street, showing Court House in front, College Buildings in rear, Maryville, Tenn." Postmarked January 6, 1911 from Jacksonville, Fla. To Mrs. B.S. Coppock, 1425 Bank St., So. Pasadena, Cal.

Dates: 1877 - 1879

D. Hoyt religious essay, 1833; Rev. Joshua Lawrence remarks, 1830; Boaz family record; Julius Ochs & Co. bond, 1866. (photostats)

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Identifier: MM.1979.028
Scope and Contents

PHOTOSTATIC copies of: “A Series of Short Essays on Baptism,” Published at Maryville, T. by D. Hoyt, 1833. “Dolph’s Encomiastic Remarks on a Patriotic Discourse, Delivered at Tarboro, N.C. July 4th, 1830. By the Rev. Joshua Lawrence.” New Market, T. 1833. Boaz family record--births, deaths. Julius Ochs & Co. bond, 1866.

Dates: 1833; 1866

Edwin Jones Best, Sr. Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0272
Scope and Contents Research and writings of Edwin Jones Best, Sr., of Blount County, Tenn. (died 1993). Subjects include Greenback and Maryville, Tenn.; post offices; Civil War; businesses; churches; papers of W. B. Kerr & Company, 1911-1919; account books from East Tennessee businesses; extracts from the Maryville Daily Times; correspondence to Miss Cora Hammontree re: Charles Henly, ca. 1889-1897; J. B. McCollum manuscripts, 1851-1947; U.S. Official Postal Guides, 1880-1904 (some gaps); diaries of Mary...
Dates: 1889-1950

Fain Family Papers and Documents (Gift of Kathleen Franklin Todd)

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Identifier: MSC 0942
Scope and Contents Fain Family material inherited by Kathleen (Kathy) Franklin Todd. Includes newspapers, record books for the Franklin Bible Class of New Providence Presbyterian Church in Maryville, Tenn., deeds and other legal documents, portraits of Eliza Ruth Moore Fain and George Alexander Fain, the scrapbook of Ollie Lee Fain Franklin (souvenir cards, birthday cards, illustrations, and Confederate States of American $20 bill pasted into back; plus unsigned watercolor), and 1904 pocket business diary of...
Dates: 1860s-1910s

Grand Army of the Republic (G. A. R.) charter for Maryville Post No. 28. Will A. McTeer et al. December 30, 1884.

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Identifier: Ephemera 1884.001
Scope and Contents

Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) charter for Maryville Post No. 28. Will A. McTeer , William A. Teeguarden, William H. Kirk, Andrew M. Rule, George W. Huffsteter, John Eagleton, Andrew J. Neff, Francis M. Watkins, William A. Coker, Moses L. McConnell, William B. Seaton, James A. Ruble, Ben Cunningham. December 30, 1884. Signed by Edward S. Jones, Department Commander. DS with seal. 1 pc. (some tears along edges)

Dates: 1884

Henry & Minnie Gouffon correspondence

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Identifier: MSC 0976
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, primarily personal notes amongst members of the Gouffon and Anderson families. Includes some business correspondence-bills, banking, and medical. Also includes photocopy of David Babelay’s chapter on the Auguste Gouffon family from his book They Trusted and Were Delivered.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1885 - 1935

[Hillbilly Homecoming Parade], 1954

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Identifier: TAMIS F 2020.016.049
Scope and Contents

Scenes of downtown Maryville.

Dates: 1954

Jesse Brown (1776-1847) Family Papers.

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Identifier: MSC 0303
Scope and Contents Family papers of Jesse Brown (1776-1847) of Washington County, Va., and Carter County, Tenn., and descendants, especially Jesse Brown's son Elijah Brown (1817-1891) of Blount County, Tenn., as well as his family and descendants. The gift includes four Bibles, three having family records (Jesse Brown, Enoch Dexter Brown, and W. R. Hood-S. A. Rule). The collection includes a handmade record book on Jesse Brown's family, as well as land transaction documents regarding tracts in the following...
Dates: 1803-1952

John Trimble, Maryville, Tenn., letter to brother [Michael Woods] Trimble, Port Gibson, Mississippi Territory, July 18, 1813.

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Identifier: MM.2017.001
Scope and Contents Letter from John Trimble, Maryville, Tenn., to W or M Trimble [his brother Michael Woods Trimble], Port Gibson, Jefferson County, Mississippi Territory, July 18, 1813. ALS 1 pc. (2 pp.). (small holes; some tape). Recounts his tour of duty in East Florida with East Tennessee troops commanded by Col. John Williams of Knoxville. The troops destroyed Seminole towns (Feb. 7-23) which had been invading and pillaging citizens in Georgia. The East Tennessee troops were dismissed after the campaign...
Dates: 1813

Letters and ephemera, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Davis, Maryville, Tenn., 1917-1918.

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Identifier: MM.2013.030
Scope and Contents

Includes letterhead from Sterchi Brothers, Knoxville, re: piano purchase; incomplete World War I letter from Arkansas; Maryville College program for “Daddy Long Legs” benefit for Red Cross, March 1, 1918.

Dates: 1917-1918

New Providence [Presbyterian] Church Treasurer’s Books, May 1, 1881-December 31, 1892. 3 volumes. [Maryville, Blount County, Tenn.].

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1998.035 a-c
Scope and Contents

New Providence [Presbyterian] Church Treasurer’s Books, May 1, 1881-December 31, 1892. 3 volumes. [Maryville, Blount County, Tenn.]. Gift of W. A. McTeer.

Dates: 1881-1892

Nondenominational - Elizabeth R. Voorhees Chapel (Maryville College), various

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Identifier: Ephemera - Churches - Nondenominational - Elizabeth R. Voorhees Chapel (Maryville College)
Scope and Contents

Ephemera from Elizabeth R. Voorhees Chapel at Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn.

Dates: various

Notecard with a color reproduction of a panorama painting of Maryville, Tenn. made by Quaker missionary John Collins in the 1870s.

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Identifier: Ephemera 2017.017
Scope and Contents

Notecard with a color reproduction of a panorama painting of Maryville, Tenn. made by Quaker missionary John Collins in the 1870s

Dates: 1990-2000

Paul Wright, Maryville, Tenn., letter to Gracie. November 26, 1896 and letter from Papa to Gracie, June 6, 1899.

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Identifier: MM.2009.011
Scope and Contents Letter from Paul H. Wright, Maryville, Tenn., to Gracie. Nov. 26, 1890. Note added to top of first page: “My dead Gracie, I love thee so very much. Thy Mother.” ALS 2 pcs. (4 pp.). Mentions writers toothache and exhaustion, long walk with papa, stop at a school house called Shake-rag or Scab that had a spelling bee, invitation to and description of Thanksgiving meal, Lynn Hill’s 10 minute prayer before the meal, games after the meal. Letter from Papa, Maryville, Tenn., to Gracie June 6,...
Dates: 1896-1899

Rev. J. M. Hoffmeister diary, sermons, letter, essay.

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Identifier: MM.2019.006
Scope and Contents J. M. Hoffmeister, Presbyterian minister, died Jan. 31, 1864, in Bristol, Tenn., where he was the minister of the Presbyterian Church. Hoffmeister wrote “Come to the Rescue: An Appeal to the People of the South” published in 1863. Diary fragments, 1844-45, ca 25 pp.; College essay entitled “Maryville,” 4 pp,. signed by Hoffmeister and dated May 29, 1846, graded by Andrew Blackburn, who signed his comments; Love letter to “Lizzie” 1847; Speech “An Address on the Subject of the Maine Liquor...
Dates: 1844 - 1864

The Clark Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0901
Scope and Contents Business and personal papers, photographs, documents of John Monroe Clark (1868-1950) of Blount County, Tennessee and the allied families of Cates, Brabson, Foute and Pinkerton. John Monroe Clark was a successful banker, civic leader, businessman, and an active participant in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was instrumental in preserving and maintaining Clark’s Grove Cemetery and operated a large farm in Blount County. Other important individuals in the...
Dates: 1850-present

The Maryville Times (bound)

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Identifier: NWP 0096
Scope and Contents

One bound volume with The Maryville Times issues from January 7, 1920 through March 31, 1921 (96 issues).

Dates: 1920 - 1921

VWF-81, 1963-1964

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Identifier: TAMIS F 2020.016.081
Scope and Contents

Footage of Hillbilly Homecoming beauty contest in Maryville, TN, hosted by Lowell Blanchard; ferry trip off North Carolina coast.

Dates: 1963-1964