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3-7-23

Collection Highlight: Scopes Evolution Trial Archive

This story originally appeared in the Winter 2023 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Scopes Evolution Trial Archive, 1920s  The Museum recently acquired an exceptional photographic archive related to the Scopes Evolution Trial, more commonly known as the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. Formally “The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes,” the trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee, as a challenge to the Butler Act, a law that made the teaching of huma... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Museum Collection Newsletter Tennessee History

12-6-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection: Fall 2022

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Ruth Goodson Lane Collection, mid-1900s A collection of photographs, newspapers, sheet music, and uniforms related to the service of Ruth Goodson Lane was recently acquired by the Tennessee State Museum. Lane, a Nashville resident, studied nursing at Nashville General Hospital and trained as a World War II Cadet Nurse. The Cadet Nurse Corps, created in June 1943 ... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
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Collection Highlights: Orr Family Furniture Group

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Orr Family Furniture Group, 1815 to 1825 The Museum has received a donation of two pieces of furniture with an outstanding Tennessee provenance from the Orr Family of Marshall County. This desk and bookcase, together with a cherry tall case clock, descended through the family of Robert Orr (1764–1855). The desk and bookcase are ornamented with striking inla... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis at 11-29-22
Museum Collection Newsletter Tennessee History

7-6-22

Collection Highlights: Spring 2022

This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Ambrotype of Lucy The Museum recently acquired this ninth plate ambrotype of an enslaved girl, identified as Lucy. The ambrotype is accompanied by a manuscript document, detailing the sale of this nine-year-old girl. The document, authored by John W. Freeman, states, “Know all men by these presents that I John Freman (sic) of Robertson & state of Tenn have... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Black History Museum Collection Newsletter

6-29-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection: Spring 2022

This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Stickball Sticks and Ball by Jimmy Harlan and Michael Crowe, 2021 The Museum recently commissioned Eastern Band of the Cherokee artisan and woodcarver, Jimmy Harlan, to create a pair of stickball sticks for the collection. Michael Crowe, also a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, created the ball. Stickball has long been an important part of the social ... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
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This Is War: World War I Battlefield Replica Keeps Tennessee Military Memory Alive

By Lisa Budreau, Ph.D. This article appears in the Winter 2022 Issue of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly newsletter. As visitors enter the Military Branch of the Tennessee State Museum at War Memorial Building, a bronze plaque near the entrance serves as a reminder that without the dedicated efforts of state librarian and historian, John T. Moore, and his veteran friend, Captain George Wellington Beerworth, the Museum’s 20th century military collection mig... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig at 3-2-22
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2-23-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection - Winter 2022

This article appears in the Winter 2022 Issue of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly newsletter. Reelfoot Lake Night Rider Cases This rare Tennessee Supreme Court brief concerns the Reelfoot Lake Night Rider cases focused on violence that erupted when the West Tennessee Land Company bought tracts of Reelfoot Lake land, intending to drain a portion of the lake and use the land to grow cotton. Many community members who valued lake resources protested. On October 8, 1908, a vigilan... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
Museum Collection Newsletter Newsletter Winter 2022

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection - Winter 2021

This article appears in the Fall/Winter 2020/21 Issue of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly newsletter. Robert Churchwell Collection, 1950s to 2000s Born in 1917 in Clifton, Wayne County, Tennessee, Robert Churchwell graduated from Pearl Senior High School and Fisk University in Nashville. In 1950, he became the first African American journalist hired by a major southern daily newspaper — The Nashville Banner. Due to segregation, The Nashville Banner forced Churchwell to work f... Read More
Posted by Mary Skinner at 1-27-21
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New Acquisitions | Summer of 2020

This story also appears in our Summer 2020 Quarterly Newsletter. The Museum continually adds artifacts of significance to Tennessee history, art and culture to its collection. What follows are artifacts added to the collection prior to the publishing of our Summer 2020 Quarterly Newsletter. If you follow us on social media, you will note that this summer we also added new artifacts connected to Robert Churchwell, the first Black journalist hired by a major southern newspaper,... Read More
Posted by Mary Skinner at 9-23-20
Museum Collection Newsletter-Summer 2020

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