Lamar House

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Invitation to the Freshman Hop given to the Graduating Class of the University of Tennessee in 1878. The invitation reads "E.T.U. - Lamar House" with a vignette of marching Union soldiers above the letters. In 1879, the state legislature changed the name from East Tennessee University to the University of Tennessee.

Scope and Contents --Eight photographs of Elden Hawk and Maggie Hawk. **includes earliest known interior image of any space in the Lamar House (Auditorium Cafe circa 1911) --Discharge papers from military service (Elden Hawk) --Examination Preliminary to Muster-out of U.S. Service or Discharge (Robert H Hampton) --Letter to Elden Hawk from Joe P --Declaration for Pension for Children Under Sixteen Years of Age for Elden and Maggie Hawk’s children after both parents died --Detailed list of items...

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MM.1981.065 a: February 4, 1922 letter from Frances Hodgson Burnett, Madison Square Hotel, N. Y., to Mamie B. Foust, Knoxville. ALS 6 pp. (2 pcs. + envelope). Re: Miss Foust’s letter; the wedding dress Burnett wore to a ball at the Lamar House; New Market, Tenn.; Sally O’Neill. + June 14, 1940 clipping re: letter from Knoxville News-Sentinel. MM.1981.065 b: Typed transcript of February 4, 1922 Burnett letter to Foust + mounted newspaper clipping.

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Lamar House, May 1876. “Presentation of banner to McKinney Guards.” (formerly identified as President Rutherford B. Hayes’ visit to Knoxville). On back of card: Harry C. Mix, Macon, Ga.. Copy Photographs of stereograph (to size), plus three 8x10” enlargements of the image details. Thomas E. Wise, owner of original, did copy work and sent these prints, along with some photocopies, in 1995.

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Lamar House - Bijou Theater. Booklet for fundraising drive for restoration, published by Knoxville Heritage. [1977] 1 pc. (ephemera)

Scope and Contents Six posters, mailers or blue prints from the Lamar House - Bijou Theatre from the 1980s:Sidewalk Dance Theatre 1985, poster 26” w x 21”h Doubled-sided mailer for Bijou Series 1986, folded 11.5” w x 7.5" h, unfolded 29” w x 23” h “In Celebration of the Restoration of the Lamar House - Bijou Theatre, Knoxville, Tennessee”, no date, poster 21” w x 35” h (very nice, suitable for framing) Dogwoods Arts Festival, Jazz at the Bijou series, autographed by Woody Herman, 1986, poster...

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February 1881 printed notice of Chancery sale of the Lamar House Hotel property by auction. 1 pc.

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Lamar House Hotel, Knoxville, Tenn. receipt to Mrs. Blair(?) for boarding self and sister 3/4 days. $4.50. Signed by J.C. Flanders, proprietor, Lamar House. DS 1 pc. September 21, 1871.

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Lamar House stereoview. Presentation of Banner to the “McKinney Guards” Knoxville May 1876. ID handwritten on back (image previously (mis)identified as President Rutherford B. Hayes at the Lamar House, 1877). ‘Harry C. Mix Macon, Ga.’(stamped and handwritten on back.

Crease down center; tear damage on left side of right image.

Scope and Contents “An Act to Establish Courts” 1835, 4 pp.; Citizens Building and Loan Association pamphlet, Knoxville, Tenn., no date, 16 pp.; First Semi-Annual Report of the Covenant Building and Loan Association of Knoxville, ending June 30, 1891, 4 pp.; Commencement Ball ticket, Lamar House, June 15; Entertainment at the Coleman House invitation, February 22, 1895 (photostat); Hostetter’s Illustrated U.S. Almanac, 1883; Statement of Mossy Creek Bank, Jefferson City, Tenn., 1909; postcard from Mossy Creek...

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Terpsichorean Club Grand Bal Masque invitation + ladies invitation and envelope, 1871, Lamar House, Knoxville, Tenn. 1872 season tickets for the Eastern Division Fair, Knoxville, Tenn. (3 tickets); Euterpe Combination, Opera House, 1880 program.