Assorted Photograph Collections, Oversized Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Kirk photograph collection contains mainly photographs, ranging from the dates of 1894 to 1973. The photographs primarily focus on school class pictures, boats, railroads, and some scenery around the Clarksville area. The collection contains a scrapbook presumed to belong the Kirk family, but there are no names or dates listed throughout the book. In addition to the photographs, the collection contains a range of assorted materials, including a drawing of a dog from 1928, a newspaper...

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The Piatt Family Papers houses the personal family records of the Piatt family that lived in Clarksville, Tenn. The materials in this collection primarily dates between the years 1950 and 1960, with some materials from before and after this time period. This collection consists of correspondences between Dorothy and Robert Piatt. There are various newspaper clippings, photographs and other items such as receipts, and postcards from the Piatt Family.

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This collection consists of photographs from Charles W. Crow Sr. which document his personal life and tenures as executive secretary of the Tennessee Parole and Pardon Board from 1953 - 1960 and mayor of Clarksville from 1963 - 1978. Other images pertain to Crow’s life outside of his work with the state government, such as graduation ceremonies, reunions, and public tributes.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The “Photographs” series, which dates approximately from 1880s to the 1940s, includes a number of photographs that depict the Fort Family in both their casual life and official portraits of both close and distant members of the family. In addition to photographs of the Forts, this series also contains photographs of the Fleming’s home life, a scrapbook of candid and staged photographs, portraits of cousins of the Forts, and seemingly staged photographs produced by a photo studio in...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The “Photographs” series, which dates approximately from 1880s to the 1940s, includes a number of photographs that depict the Fort Family in both their casual life and official portraits of both close and distant members of the family. In addition to photographs of the Forts, this series also contains photographs of the Fleming’s home life, a scrapbook of candid and staged photographs, portraits of cousins of the Forts, and seemingly staged photographs produced by a photo studio in...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes 765 photographs and negatives relating to the Hodgson family. There are many unidentified portraits of men, women, and children dating back to the 1870’s. These portraits are assumed to be Hodgson family relatives and display various hair styles and fashion that have been popular over the centuries. A large majority of the photographs have been identified as more recent family members and many of the identified photographs are of particular family lines. There are...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes 765 photographs and negatives relating to the Hodgson family. There are many unidentified portraits of men, women, and children dating back to the 1870’s. These portraits are assumed to be Hodgson family relatives and display various hair styles and fashion that have been popular over the centuries. A large majority of the photographs have been identified as more recent family members and many of the identified photographs are of particular family lines. There are...

Description Black and white photograph of students of the White Chapel school in Montgomery County. The studens are all gathered in front of an exterior wall of the school. Handwritten on front: "1st Row - Left to Right - [Birdie?] Binkley, Mary Burrus, Lizzie Bellamy, Emily Marshall, Margaret Rollow, Pattie Marshall, Lucy Beaumont. Second Row - Thurman Hancock, Douglas Rollow, Jones Hancock, Richard Mitchell, Harry Anderson, Jack Killebrew, Mary Marshall, Ass't., Fletcher Beaumont, James Marshall, Neil...

Description Two photographs mounted to a large backing. The photograph on the left (labeled 10) is a black and white photograph of a line of cedar trees along the edge of a rocky clearing. The trees appear to be along the edge of a cliff. The photograph on the right (labeled 11) is a black and white photograph of two circular tents and a smaller tent placed along a line of cedar trees. Two people sit at the base of a tree to the left of the smaller tent and a third person sits on the ground to the right...

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Two photographs mounted to a large backing. The photograph on the left (labeled 12) is a black and white photograph of the top most branches of trees. The photograph on the right (labeled 13) is a black and white photograph of a lone cedar tree on the side of a small, rocky hill.