Athens (Tenn.)

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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”)

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Barbara Jean Small scrapbook of Valentines, ca. 1930s. (Album in poor condition; cards generally good condition). + 1934 birthday postcard to Barbara Jean Small, Athens, Tenn. + July 26, 1948 membership receipt, Mrs. H. Lynn Small, Athens, Tenn., to Volunteer Electric Cooperative.

Scope and Contents Athens, East Tennessee. April 29,1865, contents include Lincoln Assassination and local Bushwhackers. To James H. Lowery, Esq., Athens, Tenn. From H. W. McNabb, Sand Springs. Mc Nabb anxious to collect money due him, he wants to buy a mower. Settlement of a relative's will and how soon to receive the money. "Please hurry up your collections, the Fall is a bad time to travel, as all the bushwhackers are not yet dead. Times are quiet here and the prospects for peace are brightening. I, with...

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[Grant University] Small group of 5 items (1 duplicate) from this Athens, Tennessee school. Regulations, programs, commencement, etc. Some paper damage or loss. Most 1900. Regulations, Commencement program, Sapphonian and Athenian Literary Societies program, Junior Class program.

Scope and Contents June 29, 1868, letter from Jane McCartney Doren, Columbus, O., to Pastor, Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, Athens, McMinn County, Tenn. ALS 6 pp. (2 pcs.) Re: she was one of the first members of Mars Hill Presbyterian Church when it organized in 1822; asks what churches are still there and in Blount County and their ministers; left 20 years ago with no friends there; predicted war based on slavery; taught by Dr. Pearson, Dr. Anderson, Rev. Mr. Eagleton; mentions mothers of slain soldiers, no...

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One volume containing the constitution and minutes of the Leonidan Secret Society. John R. Neal, Athens, Tennessee. Organized September 1, 1855, at Emory & Henry College. Minutes from October 1855 to October 1856. Essays and writings at back of volume, including The Birthday of Washington. John R. Neal was a member. Some pages torn or cut out.

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U. S. Grant University, Athens, Tenn., Class of [18]94 minute book. Secretary’s book, Class of ‘94/ Includes constitution of the class of ‘94; Class of ‘94 freshman year autograph class roll (P. 10); secretary’s minutes, October 24, 1890-May 10, 1894; Roll of 1891-92 (p. 140); Roll of 1892-93 (p. 141). 1 volume. Formerly called East Tennessee Wesleyan College, the name was changed to U. S. Grant University in 1880 and changed again in 1907 to Tennessee Wesleyan College.

Content Description T-120VF Sony VHS videotape with various lectures given by William E. Nash to Sally Ealy's elementary school class in McMinn County, as well as two television appearances featuring Nash taped from the television. Description on container:Black History, Athens, Tennessee Professor W.E. Nash J.L. Cook High School Taped at Englewood School, Sally Ealy's History Classes1) 00-48 February 1986, Prof. Nash's Early Life 1887-19212) 49:39-1:55 March...