Schools

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Monthly Advisory Reports to Secretary of the District Advisory Board, 1907-1915. School reports from Judd Acuff, Teacher, Luttrell, Tenn.

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Full length portrait of (African-American ?) woman, with sticker at bottom: “A Merry Xmas To The Family From Sue.” Found in old gift book in 1991, no additional ID.; Shannondale School group, grade 2, 1967-1968. 5x7” color in holder. Belonged to Linda, age 7.

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1850 report of the number of children in the 18th District (county not identified) by Amos Carter. Includes a list of names followed by a number.

Scope and Contents Footage of Jubilee festival at the Lincoln Memorial University campus in Harrogate, Tennessee. Cars arriving, people walking around the campus and festival tent area. The Urban Appalachian Council tent is heavily featured, and an interview between a council member and an Appalachian high school teacher currently teaching in Cincinnati discusses the topic of students from Appalachian families in city schools. The teacher talks at length about students struggle to find an identity and the lack...

Scope and Contents The Armstrong Papers – Hileman Materials Collection is a collection of Armstrong correspondence and associated materials dating from 1880 to 1949. The papers were collected by Frances Hileman and later acquired by the McClung Collection. All of the letters in the Armstrong Papers-Hileman Material relate to Susie Armstrong or her extended family. Susie Armstrong was born Susie Norman in 1868 in Knox County, Tennessee, and married Thaddeus Armstrong in 1890. They had two children, Beatrice...

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Bolivar Female Academy, Madisonville, Tenn., 1867 catalog. closing school song, and opening session announcement; Greeneville Female Academy circular, n.d.; Jonesborough Female Academy circular, 1844; Sweetwater College commencement invitation 1891.

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Placemat for a supper given by the ladies of Knoxville for the benefit of Camp 104, S. of V., Sept. 30, 1886; printed Brownlow-Haws receipt, Knoxville, 1867; “Regular Democratic Nominations” card, 1888; Christmas program from First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, 1892; Knox County Central High School commencement invitation, 1911; May 1932 “Red and White” Boyd Junior High School journal featuring a “Washington Bicentennial Pageant.”

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Baker - Himel School 5th football team, 1904. 8 x 10” sepia, mounted + 8 x 10” B&W copy print. 120 copy neg. available, 1991.

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Baker-Himel Baseball Team, Knoxville, Tenn ca. 1905 1 8x10 black-and-white (sepia) photograph (7.25 x 9.25) mounted on board Knaffl & Bro., Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville Engraving Co. copy ticket on back, order no. 16235.

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1. 8x10” sepia print of [school] children and adults outside brick building. No ID. Taken by Porter A. M. Feathers, Traveling Artist, Whitesburg, Tenn. Mounted on 11x14” board. 2. 8x10” sepia print of [school] children and adults outside wooden building. No ID. Mounted on 11x14” board.

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Beaumont School, Knoxville, Tenn. Ext. 8 x 10” B&W

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Bell House School, Knoxville, Tenn. Interior and exterior, children dancing in schoolyard to phonograph. Includes 1 mounted sepia photograph of painting of the school by Lloyd Freeman , 1911 (corner of mounting broken). approx. 8 x10” B&W

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Record of Examination, Higher department, Bellview School, Knox County, Tennessee. Term of 1889-90. Lists name, age, grade, subjects and grades, remarks, etc. Signed by D. A. Shields, Teacher, February 1890.

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Journal kept by B. B. McCroskey (identified by donor as Benjamin Bayless McCroskey) at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., 1868-1871. 1 vol. Contains notes on speeches, fellow students, the class of 1871, etc. Later writings and clippings added by Benjamin Barratt McCroskey, ca. 1918. Re: Spanish-American War. Also: photocopy of sergeant’s appointment to Benjamin B. McCroskey, 15th Cavalry, January 1, 1904.

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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.

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Blue & Gray (East High School), v. 1 (1961-62), v. 15 (1965-66); Blue & White (Knoxville High School) v. 4-5 (1925-27), v. 29 (1950-51).

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Boyd High group of students. Schools. Mounted sepia, 7 1/5 x 5”.

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Brownlow School PTA scrapbook, 1955-56; Knoxville Central Council PTA scrapbook, 1929-1930.

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Brownlow School PTA scrapbooks and minutes, 1930s-1960s. Box 1: PTA Minutes: 1936-40, 1941-43, 1949-53, 1953-56. PTA Membership List, 1964-65 ‘PTA Now & Then’ Box 2: Treasurer’s Reports: 1929-30, 1939-54 (+ 1 p. 1937) Three check registers Box 3: Scrapbooks: 1934-35, 1935-46, 1947-48, 1953-54.

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Bryan Branner’s quarterly report from the University of East Tennessee, Knoxville. November (?) 27, 1860. Printed form with handwritten entries and note from ‘The President’ (Jos. Jas. Ridley) on back. 1 pc.

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Carter High School. Ext. with students. Sepia 8 x 10.”

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Carter School principal’s home, 1915. Sepia 8 x 10” (damage on lower right)

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Central High School, Fountain City, Tenn. Exterior

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1. Central High School Class of 1938. Thompson Inc. Photo A-2209 (McClung Collection does not have negative). Sepia. 13x10.” 2. Central High School Class of 1941. Thompson Inc. Photo A-4825 (McClung Collection does not have negative). B&W. 13.25x10.”

Scope and Contents Seven documents by or about Charles McClung, ranging in date from 1791-1827. 1. Grant no. 1911 North Carolina to Charles McClung for 1000 acres of land. July 13, 1791. AD 1 pc. 2. Christian Pickle and Charles McClung bond for John Aronwine. April 25, 1796. DS 1 pc. Given to C.M. McClung by S.C. Williams of Johnson City, Tenn. 3. Charles McClung letter to sister Mrs. Elizabeth McClung, near Lancaster, Penn. April 21, 1804. ALS 1 pc. Re: bearer of letter Hillis; Hugh McClung home from school....

Scope and Contents SPC 2014.017.001 Cherokee Indian School, North Carolina. Called “Yellow Hill” or ‘El-la-wah-dah.’ On the O-co-nh-luf-te River. About 1905. Miss Lucy Luttrell was school matron. 6x8” sepia print on board (mat is damaged). 1 pc. Donated June 29, 1936. SPC 2014.017.002 Cherokee Indian Reservation (Quallah Reservation). ‘El-la-wah-dah’ (meaning “Yellow Hill”) N.C. Oconalufti River. About 1904. 2 copies. 6x8” sepia print on board (mat is damaged). Donated March 2, 1927 by Laura Luttrell. Second...

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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.

Scope and Contents MM.1979.072a: accounts, receipts, etc. of S. Lyons & Co. Knoxville, Tenn. No date, 1859 (1862-1863)-1901. MM.1979.072b: five land entries in Hawkins County, Tenn. (Lewis Davis, 1819, signed by Jos. McMinn; Robert Smith, 1823; John Tucker, 1824; Robert Nall, 1825; David Ballard, 1825, signed by Wm. Carroll); [ca. 1840s] letter from John Carriger to son Dr. M. Carriger, Tazewell, re: national politics, murder in Jonesborough. ALS 3 pp.; 1854 letter to Nichols Barzar (?), Knoxville, from...

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From the estate of Jessie Fox Clevenger,. SPC 2011.011.001 Photographs Fair Garden School group, Rutledge Pike, Knox County, Tenn. Ca. 1911-12. IDs on back of photograph. Donor Jessie Fox (later Clevenger) is child on back row with check mark. SPC 2011.011.002 Burlington Civic Club. Tom Clevenger (back row at left). ca. 1940s.