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Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! Learn the story of our hometown and its ties to Hollywood

The library and the East Tennessee Historical Society present a feature exhibition at the Museum of East Tennessee History about moving images and movie theaters in local history.

Get to know Knoxville's literary giants

Pick up a free literary walking guide.

A spectacled man holds a home movie camera to his eye

The Walther Barth Film Collection at KCPL-TAMIS

Learn about the Walther Barth Film Collection at TAMIS and watch videos from the collection.

Library book returned after 76 years

In the category of it's never too late, we received an interesting package in the mail this month.

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs stands next to a Storybook Trail panel

Inaugural Storybook Trail unveiled in West View Park

Over 200 students from West View Elementary School made the trek to their neighborhood park to help cut the ribbon on the Library's inaugural Storybook Trail on Friday, Sept. 16.

Mayor Glenn Jacobs, Pastor John Unthank, and WBIR's Abby Ham

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Knox County Honors Pastor John Unthank

When Pastor John Unthank took the podium, the luncheon crowd was on their feet giving him a rousing ovation. On Thursday, September 15, the Advisory Board for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Knox County honored Pastor John at Cherokee Country Club for his work in children's literacy.

Close up of 1910 Appalachian Exposition emblem as printed in newspaper

New Digital Collection featuring the Appalachian Expositions

An ongoing project at the Calvin M. McClung Collection recently led to the discovery of the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Appalachian Exposition supplements.

A vintage newspaper classified ad solicits talent for a Knoxville, TN, recording company

Knoxville Gospel Quartet Preserved on Rare Record

TAMIS recently obtained a copy of the first record released by a Knoxville label, which also may have been one of its last.

In Search of Fort Sanders

In memory of Dr. Charles H. "Charlie" Faulkner, October 16, 1937–July 21, 2022

Knox County Takes Top Spot as Best-Read Area in Tennessee

Knox County leads in Tennessee and ranks high as one of the country’s best-read cities (53 out of 200), according to an education website, Preply.

Sepia portrait of a man in a US Army uniform. The man's name is hand-written below his portrait "Will A. McTeer"

Will A. McTeer & A. S. Tilden Family Papers

The McClung Historical Collection’s newly processed McTeer-Tilden Personal Papers sheds light on a prominent early Blount County family, the McTeers.

Library Seeks Marketing Intern

Knox County Public Library and its subsidiaries (i.e, East Tennessee History Center, Dolly Parton's Imagination of Knox County) are seeking an intern to help analyze best practices for program and service promotion with a focus on appropriate platforms and subject-level account creation, search e

Black-and-white image of the exterior of a shop with a sign "The MIdget Shoe Shop" above the door. The sign is partially obscured by a lamp post. A 1920s automobile is parked on the street in front of the shop.

Midget Family Papers

The Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection's newly processed Midget Family Papers is a treasure trove of Knoxville and disability history. It tells the story of a Tennessee family who found success through entrepreneurship, hard work, and perseverance.

A Historical Recreation of the Founding of Knox County, June 11, 1792, oil on canvas by William Rawson, 1992

June 11, 1792: The Founding of Knox County and Jefferson County, Tennessee

In 1792, the federal government’s western lands that eventually became Tennessee, especially the area around and beyond Knoxville, sat on the far edge of the frontier.

TAMIS's preservation efforts featured on WATE-TV6

For her "Positively Tennessee" news segment, WATE-TV6's Lori Tucker recently interviewed Audiovisual Archivist John Morton about the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound's on-going preservation efforts.

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