Literature; Organizations; Tennessee Wesleyan College
This is a typewritten page, the minutes of the Tuesday,
August 17, 1926 meeting of the Halcyon Book Club. It
provides the organizational structure of the book club,
lists the officers and members. The page is signed by "
Mrs. Williams,...
Ford, Henry -- 1863-1947.; Grannis, Frank C.; Lincoln Memorial University. Agriculture Department.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the visit of officials of Lincoln Memorial University, as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. They were entertained informally at their home, where "a large pipe organ built through three...
Agricultural extension work -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- Study and teaching. ; Lincoln Memorial University. Smith-Hughes Program.
This photograph shows three vocational agriculture students of Lincoln Memorial University, and the Ford vehicle associated with the vocational agricultural extension program known as the "Smith-Hughes" department. The person on the left...
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the work and needs of the Grace Nettleton Home: an orphanage for homeless mountain girls sponsored by Lincoln Memorial University. This home for needy mountain girls was founded by Mr. And Mrs....
Agricultural extension work -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- Study and teaching. ; Lincoln Memorial University. Agriculture Department.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the vocational agricultural courses taught at Lincoln Memorial University. Tuition is free and the students are "taught the scientific method of Dairying, Poultry Raising, Bee Keeping,...
Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Tourism.
This photograph shows the mountain road leading up to the "Pinnacle" of the Cumberland Gap region overlooking the surrounding tri-states of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Lincoln Memorial University. Nancy Hanks Department.; Weaving -- Tennessee -- Harrogate -- Education.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the weaving department of Lincoln Memorial University, as part of the Nancy Hanks Department: named in honor of Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Looms "more than two hundred years old are used,"...
American Missionary Association. ; Myers, Arthur Aaron.; Myers, Ellen Green.
This portrait shows Reverend and Mrs. A. A. Myers, of the American Missionary Association: these mountain missionaries made a significant impact on the religious and educational development of the Cumberland Gap, Tennessee region. Reverend A. A....
This photograph of the township of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, shows community members gathered at the entrance to one of the stores and local. It is probable that a special event, such as a speech or festivity has just occurred, as there are...
Boone, Daniel -- 1734-1820.; Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about Lincoln Memorial University as a "living memorial to Abraham Lincoln" in the famous area of Cumberland Gap: where the states of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky intersect. It was...
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Education.; Claiborne County (Tenn.) -- Education. ; Tazewell Academy -- (Claiborne County, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about Tazewell Academy, an educational landmark of the mountain region of Claiborne County, Tennessee. The building "was erected and chartered as an Academy about 1843." At the time the...
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Education.; Claiborne County (Tenn.) -- Education. ; Education, Rural -- Tennessee, East. ; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
An illustrated article from the "Mountain Herald" about a one-room rural school located at the head of Lonesome Valley, in Claiborne County, Tennessee. The school then furnished "as many or more teachers to Claiborne County than any...