Who's turning heads now?
A new addition to 601 S. Gay Street is turning heads. But one head in particular is missing. If you’ve noticed the newly installed marble sculpture in a nook at the East Tennessee History Center, you will certainly notice a missing head, and a hand for that matter.
Louis Livingston Goodman and Knoxville’s Emancipation Day Auto Races of 1929
To mark the McClung Historical Collection’s 13th Moses Smith Day highlight, celebrating our esteemed Civil War veteran and Custom House policeman Moses Smith, McClung Reference Librarian Danette Welch looks at the life of another Knoxvillian who died on a November
DD-214 Veteran Story: Dr. John Edward Reinhardt
Dr. John Edward Reinhardt was born to Edward Reinhardt and Alice Miller Reinhardt in Glade Spring, Virginia, on March 8, 1920. The family moved to Knoxville by 1927.
DD-214 Veteran Story: Opal Wells Wayland
Opal Wells Wayland was born to William R. and Annie Graybeal Wells in Knox County on August 28, 1912.
The Lady in White: The Haunting of Old Gray Cemetery
In the summer of 1879, Martin Woody seemed to have it all: a successful business, a beautiful wife, healthy children, a modern house in a coveted neighborhood and a position as one of the best-known young businessmen and building professionals about town.
Meet Me at the AJ: A behind-the-scenes sneak peek at the iconic building
Tips for recovering photographs and heirlooms from a flood
Like everyone, we are heartbroken over the destruction from Hurricane Helene. The loss of life is devastating, and the loss of property is difficult.
Lovell’s Turkish Bathhouses and Massage Parlors, Knoxville’s Watering Place
“Beginning in the middle of the 19th century, the leisure class grew infatuated with a particular type of healthy getaway: the water cure. By the 1850s, a constellation of spa villages had emerged across 20 states.
Claudia Elizabeth Hayward Fired by Knoxville's School System for Getting Married
December 26, 1937, was among the happiest days of 23-year old Claudia Elizabeth Brooks’s life. Dressed in a brown tweed suit, draped in a fur coat, she walked down the aisle at Knoxville’s Second Presbyterian Church to marry her college sweetheart, James Woodruff Hayward.
Edward and Nannie Kline
Jesse and Susan Hinton
“…I knew him [Jesse] well as he was great friends with my husband [James Greenway]. He said he had a wife and some children back in Carolina and he intended, if he ever could, to go back to them. He wouldn’t pay attention to any other woman though he was a good-looking young fellow, a
Stella DeVault’s gingerbread and Malinda Russell’s A Domestic Cookbook
This year, recipe books and cards in the McClung Collection’s annual holiday cooking display feature Stella DeVault and Malinda Russell, local bakers who honed their culinary skills and business acumen during the days before the Civil War.
DD-214 Veteran Story: Edward Joseph Boling
Edward Joseph Boling was born to Samuel Riley Boling and Nerissa Clark Boling on February 19, 1922, in Sevier County. By 1930, his family moved to Knoxville, and as a high schooler, he worked as an usher at a local theater.
DD-214 Veteran Story: Evelyn Darst Belmont
Evelyn Darst was born to Guy Darst and Blanche Allison Darst on April 22, 1919, in Knoxville. She graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1940, where she was the first woman editor of the Tennessee Volunteer, the school’s yearbook.
DD-214 Veteran Story: Marvin Gerald Krieger
Marvin Gerald Krieger was born to Abraham and Pauline Krieger on July 31, 1920, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Abraham moved the family to Knoxville when he joined the Tennessee Valley Authority as a civil engineer.