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The Walther Barth Film Collection at KCPL-TAMIS

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.

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.

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.

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.

Knoxville Gospel Quartet Preserved on Rare Record

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

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

Midget Family Papers

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.
