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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Appalachian Exposition guest book for the library exhibit, 1911.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1997.113
Scope and Contents

Guest book for the library exhibit, Appalachian Exposition of 1911, Knoxville, Tenn. Includes signatures, addresses, dates, and comments. Some dates from 1913.

Dates: 1911-1913

Nomination for Marcia Nelson and Veta King for 2017 Community History Award

 Collection
Identifier: MM.2020.020
Scope and Contents

Nomination packet for 2017 Community History Award winners: Marcia Nelson (Pigeon Forge Public Library Directory) & Veta King (Pigeon Forge Public Library Staff Historian). Community History Awards given as part of the East Tennessee Historical Society’s yearly Awards of Excellence.

Includes DVD “Pigeon Forge Public Library Oral History Series - 2015 - Mr. Don Huskey - Pigeon Forge Memories DVD” and CD “Cornfields to Condos”

Dates: 2017

Public Library Collection (Lawson McGhee Library, Knox County Public Library, McClung Historical Collection, etc.).

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0254
Scope and Contents Records documenting the history of the public library from the founding of Lawson McGhee Library in 1886. Record include director’s records, board minutes of the library board, personnel, departmental records and records of branches; Lawson McGhee Library centennial material, 1986 (including scrapbook with photographs and clippings; videotape with LML centennial, public service announcements, local talk show interviews, and ‘Good Morning, America’ clip; audio cassette tape includes radio...
Dates: 1885-2018