They Sang What They Lived: Carl and Pearl Butler
Rare Screening of The Signal Tower (1924) with live score by Roger Miller of Anvil Orchestra
When the Clarence Brown Film Festival takes place this fall, audiences will have the rare chance to see one of Brown's most renowned silent films, which had ostensibly gone missing for over 50 years.
Theodore Baehr, Jr. retires after 46 years at the McClung Historical Collection
Theodore Baehr, Jr. retired from the Knox County Public Library’s Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection in the East Tennessee History Center on May 1st.
Erskine-Williams photo album
The Erskine-Williams photograph album of unidentified Black portraiture at the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection contains more than 30 portraits, mostly cabinet cards of well-dressed men and women, as well as a few tintypes and cartes de-visite.
Rock A While–Robert M. "Bob" Adams (1940-2023) of The Fabulous Six
When longtime local banker and early rock 'n' roll bandsman Bob Adams passed away on January 3, 2023, a piece of Knoxville’s music history went with him.
Zygmunt J. B. Plater Papers (MSC 1022)
The McClung Historical Collection is happy to make available the newly processed Zygmunt J. B. Plater Papers.
The Walther Barth Film Collection at KCPL-TAMIS
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
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.
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.
TAMIS's preservation efforts featured on WATE-TV6
