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4-28-20

Pressing Forward: The Life of Elizabeth Roulstone, Tennessee State Printer

By Annabeth Hayes “By my marriage with the widow of Mr. George Roulstone late printer to the State, I have become possessed of the most extensive printing office that ever has been used in this state…”   -  William Moore, January 26, 1809, The Carthage Gazette In 1809, printer William Moore wrote an editorial in the Carthage Gazette concerning his business ties and the paper’s future. To properly explain how he came to own the paper and the prestigious... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Exhibitions Printing Women's History

When One Dollar and Two Quaker Oats Boxes Got You a Radio

By Oliver Arney One of my favorite memories growing up was opening up a new cereal box and discovering a quirky prize. Sometimes you had to mail back the proof of purchase to get a cool toy, which I was happy to do. At the Tennessee State Museum, you may be surprised to learn that we have a mail-in prize from the early 1920s in our collection and on display – a radio made out of a Quaker Oats container. That’s right, the same cylindrical container of oatmeal that many of us grew ... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 4-15-20
Exhibitions

Embodying Suffrage: a Museum Educator's Research into Anne Dallas Dudley

By Jennifer Watts The day had come for women to gather together and march for their right to vote. The crowd was around 2000 strong. Mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters cried out for support of their cause. The excitement and energy grew as the long line of women passed by; white dresses, yellow sashes and giant hats bobbing with each footfall. It was 1914 and the first suffrage parade in the South. As the group reached the end of the march from the Tennessee State Capitol to the ste... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 4-8-20
Suffrage Women's History

Shiloh: A Reflection through Artifacts 

By Richard White The trees are in bloom and the promise of spring again hovers over Tennessee. For most of my life, this time of year has meant a pilgrimage of sorts to Shiloh National Military Park in Hardin County, southwestern Tennessee. Being a native Tennessean, with strong family connections to the state’s history, the story of Shiloh was relayed to me at a young age. I was too young to remember my first visit, which exists now as only a faint family story. My parents t... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 4-4-20
Civil War

Answering the Call: Nursing and the Flu Pandemic of 1918-1919

by Lisa M. Budreau, Ph.D. When the United States entered the First World War in 1917, the US Army Medical Department officials believed they had learned vital lessons about disease from the Spanish-American War. Feeling better prepared for war than ever before, and with stronger preventive measures in place, such as a proven vaccination program against smallpox and typhoid fever, its preparation still fell short of the demands that lay ahead. Neither it, nor any other medical organization in... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 4-1-20
Women's History WWI

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