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Scope and Contents The Armstrong Family Papers consist of the business transactions and personal reflections of Drury Paine Armstrong (1799-1856) and his son Robert Houston Armstrong (1825-1896). In 1823, Drury P. Armstrong married Amelia Houston, the daughter of Robert Houston. Armstrong was a well regarded businessman and town leader and was appointed to several positions throughout his lifetime. Robert Houston Armstrong was elected to the state legislature about 1850, representing Knox and Sevier Counties....

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Blue Diamond Coal Company, Justice Mine, Stearns, Ky. Lexington Group Meeting, Knoxville, 2011. Commemorative medal “Lexington Group, 175th Anniversary, Knoxville Convention, 1836-2011.” Copes of mortgage maps for southern and L&N railroads.

Scope and Contents The East Tennessee Packing Company (ETPC) Collection includes company records and documents pertaining to the 87 years of company operations, plus some relevant documents from before and after the company's time frame of existence. James B. Madden in Knoxville, Tennessee founded the company in 1895. The documents, ca. 1886 - 1984, include account books, deeds, corporate minutes, audit reports, and other related materials. The collection also includes photographs of personnel, property,...

Scope and Contents Minutes of Big Spring Church of United Baptists (1822-1870), McMinn County, Tenn (Isaac and Sarah Lane were initial members). Roster of members transcribed 10.2010. Three bibles: Isaac Lane Bible (1803), Frankie Sherman Rasnake Bible (1874) (no family entries), and the Tola Sherman Bible (no date)(no family entries). Land entry no. 2573 for Thomas Shearman/Sherman, McMinn County, Tennessee, March 5, 1826. Blueprint copy of “Timberlake’s Map of Overhill Indian Towns, May 3, 1906. Letter to...

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Genealogical research done by Flora Davis Maull (Mrs. Baldwin Maull) on the following families: Blackwell, Butt, Clark, Davis, Fain, Green, Glenn and Shelton, Grogan, Hubble, Ledyard, Marks, Marsh, Massey, Sandland, Thomas, Wall and Kirby, Williams. One box contains maps (mostly topo maps) from Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Folder 1 contains a printed volume: Genealogical Notebook of Flora Davis Maull.

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Collection of religious and educational books in French brought to Knoxville by the Buffat and Tauxe families. This collection also includes two maps of Europe and Switzerland and a photograph album. The photographs seem to have been made in Vevey, Switzerland.

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Two brochures for ‘The New Gatlinburg Inn,’ Gatlinburg, Tenn.. No date. Includes a map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Four brochures re: tourist attractions in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Homespun Valley Mountaineer Village (includes map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.); Christus Biblical Gardens; Chucky Jack, 1956; The Pi Beta Phi School, ca. 1944.

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Materials related to zinc mines in East Tennessee, includes photographs, slides, business records, maps, scholarly papers, artifacts, and ore samples.

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Front has color, hand-drawn map with images of buildings in Historic Rugby Village; back has history of each building. Map funded by an Appalachian Regional Commission "Gems of Appalachia" grant.

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Two maps.

Scope and Contents One bound volume of notes, maps, essays, and articles by Judge Jacob Peck (1779-1869, of Jefferson County, Tenn.). Ca. 1830s-1860s. Subjects include: geology; strata; earthquakes in the United States; mines (precious metals); extracts from Troost’s survey; Peck’s land grants (some with Birdseye); two letters (G. Troost, Nashville, 1840 and A.H.M. ___, Washington College, 185_); the Cumberland Mountains; Blount, Cocke, Davidson, Greene, Jefferson, Sevier, and Washington Counties, (Tenn.) A...

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Research on early roads and Indian trails in East Tennessee. Includes notes, typescripts, maps, topographical maps, and clippings.

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Volume 2 booklet listing code of ethics, regulations, brief history of the club, monthly agenda, and membership requirements for Knoxville High School students. A trail map of the Smoky Mountains is folded up and attached to inside back cover.

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Knoxville relief map (U.S.G.S. map), 1968. Framed. Edition 2 AMS. From Knoxville to Asheville, N.C.

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Knoxville South Waterfront. Vision Plan, 2006. Lists developers involved in the project. Color photocopy of photographic map with projected development drawn in. 1 copy. Ca. 25.5x42”

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Map Illustrating the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaign. 1 color steel plate engraving, printed in 1881 by J. R. Jones

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Hand drawn and hand colored map of East Tennessee, drawn by Lt. Sam (Samuel) B. (Bell) Palmer, Knoxville, August 1863. Confederate Flag at right. 15 x 9.5” 1 pc.

Scope and Contents Marshall A. Wilson Collection: Norris material: Families of Norris Reservoir Area (Author’s original manuscript copy--some photographs different from copy in McClung Collection); Norris area photographs & negatives ; Norris Reservoir Land Map (TVA, July 1936) (Marshall A. Wilson’s copy, hand colored & marked); “Norris Dam At Night” (panoramic photograph by Rell Clements). Tennessee Land Warrants: John and Landon Carter books, 1778-1784 (now published). Researched, abstracted and...

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Master plan of 1982 World’s Fair site (copy), 50.5 x 24” (no legend). 1 pc. Negative of Master plan of 1982 World’s Fair site (legend masked), 27 x 12” 1 pc. Master on vellum of Master plan of 1982 World’s Fair site (with legend). 27 x 12” All three items in one folder (separate folders around negative and vellum items).

Scope and Contents The McCammon-Henderson Collection consists of two boxes of manuscripts, clippings, photographs, photocopies of photographs, and biographical material on the McCammon family of Knox County and Davidson County, Tennessee. Correspondents include Samuel McCammon, William Cowan McCammon, Eliza McCammon, Martha McCammon, Euphrasia McCammon, John Randels, Joanna Randles, Lillie Randles and others Subjects include the Civil War, family matters, pensions, education, poetry, religions and other...

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Two brochures from the Mountain View Hotel, Gatlinburg, Tenn.. One is B&W with A.J. Huff listed as manager and owner. Includes 1930 map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The second brochure appears to be later (undated) and uses some color.

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Great Smoky Mtns. National Park, "Our National Park", brochure, early 1930s (no date). Promo for Conservation Association headed by Chapman and Davis to get us the Park. Brochure opens to reveal a photo of Chimney Tops. "What The Park Will Mean To the People Of Tennessee" is the theme. Map on front.

Scope and Contents Loudon County Historian Rhea Alexander’s collection includes correspondence and papers, photographs, research on families of Loudon, Blount, Monroe, Rhea, and Roane counties, Cherokee Indian families and records, typescripts of treaties with the Cherokee, Colony of Virginia Fort, historic buildings, “Beloved Landmarks of Loudon County,” Hiwassee District, Loudon Co. Bicentennial Film, tax lists, Civil War soldiers, Pioneers of Roane County, James Wyly grave, Regent Hiwassee Chapter DAR. Some...

Scope and Contents Ruth Moore Paine (1903-1990) was a native of Greeneville, Tennessee. She was married to Clarence Sibley Paine whose career took them to several states. Ruth Paine was a professional genealogist in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Michigan, and Tennessee. She was a member of the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Blount County Historical Trust These files relate to her parent’s lives in East Tennessee. Materials on the parents of Ruth Moore Paine: S. E. N. Moore and Elizabeth Beeler Moore....

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Savage Zinc Mine records, Jefferson County, Tenn. Includes business papers, photographs, zinc ore samples, 3 rolled maps. Mine closed in late 1996.

Scope and Contents Meigs and Rhea Counties,(Tenn.), research gathered by Stewart Lillard. Includes: Decatur Circuit, Holston Conference, M. E. C. S. volumes, 1879-1934; Meigs County fine assessments, 1840s-1850s; Meigs County marriage license transcriptions, 1836-1856; Rhea County marriage license transcriptions, 1818-1838; research papers by Stewart Lillard on Meigs County; East Tennessee Valley Railroad prospectus, 1907; Decatur Hosiery Mill stock certificates, 1936; abstracts of Books A-H of Meigs County...

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Map “Street Guide to Knoxville Showing Smoky Mountain Market locations” by KTrans.

No date. Published sometime between 1981 (when express rates were raised to $1.30) and 1985 (when the regular rate was raised from $0.60 to $0.75) (dates from KNS)

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Tennessee Literary Map poster, based on 1976 design. Ca. 1995? color 18 x 24”.

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"Tennessee Valley Area: Profile of Tennessee & Clinch Rivers Showing Existing & Proposed Dams" color map of Tennessee Valley Reverse: Photographs of TVA dams, during construction and in operation.