Events

Scope and Contents

Two Premier level weekend pass wristbands and an information flyer for the 2020 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn. March 26-29. The event was canceled due to COVID-19.

Scope and Contents Handwritten ID on back: ‘A dinner party tendered by the late Miss. Louise Manning in honor of Reinald Werrenwrath, baritone operatic-and concert star- when guest of the late Chester B Searle- property of the late John Ernest Yoe, loaned by his sister Della Yoe, White Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. Front row, L-r: 1. Ella Coffin (Mrs. Frank W. Flenniken), 2. Louise (late) Manning, 3. Reinald Werrenwrath who made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1919, 4. Victor Coffin. Second row, L-r:...

Scope and Contents

Program from a performance of Maya Angelou at University of Tennessee on October 21, 1982 presented by Women’s Coordinating Council with reception immediately following by Black Cultural Programming Committee.

Scope and Contents

Program for Anderson County Veterans Day, Fairgrounds, Clinton, Tenn. July 4, 1946. Includes a history of Anderson County naming many of the pioneer families. Local business and political ads. Printed by Courier News of Clinton. Approximately 50 pp.

Scope and Contents

Annual Spring Tour and Meeting. L-r: Dr. David Adkisson, President of Cleveland State College; speakers: Col. James F. Corn, Sr., Mrs. Maurine Tipton, Mr. Terry Townsend. B&W 8x10”

Scope and Contents

Ephemera of the September 6, 2012 presentation of two paintings by Barry Spann to the Howard H. Baker Jr. United States Courthouse. Includes invitation to the event, information sheet on the paintings, nomination for East Tennessee Historical Society 2011 Award of Excellence (for the research of the background of the artwork in the Courthouse), and photos of the Barry Spann artwork in the Courthouse.

Scope and Contents

Photographs and captions for display in 3rd floor display case at McClung Collection. The display highlighted the accomplishments of Robert Booker and Jack Neely in honor of the dedication of the McClung Microfilm Room as the "Booker-Neely Microfilm Room"

Scope and Contents

Broadsides / posters for Victorian Ball, Old North Knoxville, Inc. (ephemera) Feb. 13, 1993 (at the Candy Factory), dancing to Al Curtis and his band

Scope and Contents

Nine photographs plus printouts of news articles about Busch family. Identified photos include: --two photos of Busch family inside jewelry store, --two portraits of S. Harry Busch, --exterior of Royal Jewelers (504 S Gay Street), --A. K. Club Third Annual Ball (04/05/1937)

Scope and Contents

Cas Walker and J.S. Cooper fight, 1956. Photographs by Tom Greene (one of these pictures appeared in Life Magazine, March 19, 1956). 4 photographs + one copy negative.

Scope and Contents

Program for the April 14, 1950 Central High School Symphonic Band Concert.

Scope and Contents

Cherokee Country Club Centennial Gala invitation, Saturday, February 10, 2008. 1 pc. (no envelope).

Scope and Contents

Program of activities for Deer Lodge Abner Ross Memorial Center (D.L.A.R.M.C.) Centennial Fourth of July Parade, 1984. Includes lineup of parade participants, menu, map, and list of Board of Directors. Also contains 8.25"x1.5" embroidered ribbon bookmark with image of Abner Ross. Deer Lodge is near Rusby, Tenn.

Scope and Contents

Invitation and program - Dickson-Wright Mansion 200th Anniversary, 08/29/2021, Greeneville Tenn. "Putting the icing on the cake" A Re-inactment Wedding Ceremony of Miss Catharine Dickson to Dr. Alexander Williams. The event was a fund raiser to put shutters on the mansion. Includes newspaper article recapping event.

Scope and Contents

Five PHOTOCOPIES of photographs of: Eleanor Buffat launching SS “Knoxville City”, 1921; groups at the event; picture of the ship.

Scope and Contents

Advertisement for Estate Tag Sale at Colonial Hall (formerly Marbledale Plantation) in Knoxville, Tenn. The house was built by Colonel J. C. J. Williams (great-grandfather of Tennessee Williams) in 1842.

Scope and Contents

Material from the Expo 10,000 race sponsored by the Knoxville Track Club and other local organizations.

Scope and Contents

Fire at Liberal Arts Building at Chilhowee Park, Knoxville, Tenn. September 3, 1935. B&W 8x10” copy photograph.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains various documents related to the Friends of the Library Book and Author Dinner in 1988 and BookFest of 1991 and 1992 including lists of authors, schedules, photographs, pamphlets, and newspaper article clippings.

Scope and Contents

Group portrait at Opening for exhibit featuring Tennessee artists at National Museum of Women in the Arts. Left to right: unknown, Patricia Neal, Al Gore, Tipper Gore, Mary Costa, Patricia Howard. December 3, 1993.

Includes article from Knoxville News-Sentinel about opening.

Scope and Contents SPC 2017.006.001 Farragut High School football team, no date. Ca. 1900? Sepia. Image approx. 8.5 x 6.25” (damaged out mat trimmed July 2017). 1 pc. SPC 2017.006.002 Farragut watering place. At left: Erected by the Farragut School and Community 1910. 8 x 10” sepia. J.. Nesseler, Photographer, Knoxville. 1 pc.. SPC 2017.006.003 Farragut High School baseball game afternoon of Commuaureal(?) Day 1914. J.. Nesseler, Photographer, Knoxville. 7.5 x 9” 1 pc. SPC 2017.006.004 Gymnasium interior...

Scope and Contents

Two copies of the oversize postcard invitation to the Museum of East Tennessee History’s Night at the Museum on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 7:00pm. The event is virtual and honors East Tennessee Historical Society’s retired executive director Cherel B. Henderson. Tickets for ETHS Members are $75; General Public $100 with proceeds benefitting ETHS.

Scope and Contents

Invitation to "Dedication of the Booker-Neely Microfilm Reading Room" in the McClung Historical Collection. The room was named "in honor of Robert J. Booker and Jack Neely for their efforts to preserve and promote Knoxville's history." The event took place on June 2, 2021 at 4pm in the McClung Historical Collection. Presented by Glenn Jacobs, Larsen Jay, Indya Kincannon, and Tommy Smith.

Scope and Contents

Invitation issued by the Governor of Tennessee, The Monument Memorial Commission, and the John Sevier Statue Commission to the unveiling of the statue of John Sevier, Washington, DC. April 19, 1931. Envelope addressed to Laura Luttrell. Printed response card included. Also, photocopies of 1931 newspaper articles re: the unveiling of the statue.

Scope and Contents

Poster for the James Agee Celebration, a community-wide celebration. University of Tennessee poster. April 2005. 1 pc.

Scope and Contents

J. C. Penney Company, Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn. Ca, 1940s-1950s. B&W 8x10”. Includes two photographs of the October 1935 grand opening of the store.

Scope and Contents

Letter from John M. Lea, Nashville, Tenn., to George Andrews. September 22, 1886. ALS 1 p. Re: unable to make an address at the opening of the public library [Lawson McGhee Library].

Scope and Contents

John Z.C. Thomas at Hartsville Hearings, Courthouse, Nashville, Tenn. On 2nd day of limited appearance. Late October 1975. Photograph from The Tennessean. B&W 8x10” + 120 copy neg.

Scope and Contents

Brochure for The Knox County Regional Farmers’ Market (4700 New Harvest Lane) ca. 1992

Scope and Contents

Scientific Program Bulletin for the Centennial Meeting of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine, University of Tennessee Student Center, March 20,1957 “Commemorating a Century of Medical Progress 1857-1957”