East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338
INTRODUCTION
Title: Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission Collection
Collection Number: Accession No. 12 ; Library of Congress No. MS 82-599
Physical Description: 0.45 linear foot; 12 folders
Creator: Tenneessee Civil War Centennial Commission
Repository: Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance: The Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission Collection was given to Sherrod Library, East Tennessee State University by Mrs. L. W. McCown on March 26, 1965. The collection was transferred to Archives of Appalachia on December 1978.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processing Information: David H. Goodin completed processiong an the collection was opened for research on June 21, 1979.
HISTORICAL NOTE
The Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission was established to celebrate the Civil War centennial. The commission had the additional responsibility of gathering material from each county on activities that occurred in those counties. The commission was established by an Act of the General Assembly, and functioned through the services of the State Library and Archives.
Mrs. L. W. McCown was appointed chairperson of the Washington County Civil War Centennial Commission. She refused the appointment but did agree to serve on the commission as a member.
The collection contains published material of the state commission and correspondence of Mrs. McCown and members of the state commission.
Important subjects covered in the collection include:
McCown, Mary Hardin
Tennessee. Civil War Centennial Commission
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Washington County (Tenn.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers
CONTENTS
Folder 1: Newsclippings of deaths of Civil War veterans in East Tennessee plus a letter from John M. Jones to Sarah E. Pouge, March 20, 1864 and a list of Confederate units from Washington County, Tennessee.
Folder 2: Statement of policy of the Civil War Centennial Commission, chronology of battles, skirmishes, and events, correspondence of Mrs. L. W. McCown and the Advisory Committee of the Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission.
Folder 3: Special organizational bulletins of the Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission, 1960-1963.
Folder 4: Information bulletins of the Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission, 1960-June 21, 1962.
Folder 5: Information bulletins of the Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission, July 20, 1962-January 1, 1965.
Folder 6: Publications of the Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission: Guide to the Civil War in Tennessee, 1960, and Instructions for Organization, Equipment and Uniforms of Military Memorial Units.
Folder 7: Civil War tours and Centennial Commission conferences in Tennessee, 1960-1964.
Folder 8: Correspondence of Mrs. L. W. McCown and the Centennial Commission and members of Advisory Committee, 1960.
Folder 9: Correspondence of Mrs. L. W. McCown and the Centennial Commission and members of the Advisory Committee, 1961.
Folder 10: Correspondence of Mrs. L. W. McCown and the Centennial Commission and members of the Advisory Committee, 1962.
Folder 11: Correspondence of Mrs. L. W. McCown and the Centennial Commission and members of the Advisory Committee, 1963-1964.
Folder 12: Miscellaneous correspondence and a list of Washington County Confederate units.
INDEX*
*Notation following the index term indicates file folder location of the indexed material.
Agenda, Confederate States Centennial Conference, December, 11, 12, 1960: 7
Booklet, Guide to the Civil War in Tennessee: 6
Booklet, Instruction for Organization, Equipment and Uniform of Military
Memorial Units: 6
Chronology, battles, skirmishes and events in Tennessee, Civil War: 2
Confederate units, Washington County, Tennessee: 1, 12
Conscripts, Carter County, Second Civil District: 1
Correspondence, miscellaneous: 7, 12
Correspondence, 1959-1960: 2
Correspondence, 1960: 8
Correspondence, 1961: 9
Correspondence, 1962: 10
Correspondence, 1963-1964: 11
Encampment at Zollicoffer, report of: 12
Grave Stone Record, John W. Blankenship: 3
Information Bulletin, May 5, 1961: 3
Information Bulletin, Numbers 1-7, 9-11, 15, 17-21, 23-31, 33-34, 36-42: 4
Letter, John M. Jones: 1
Map, "A Pictorial Map Showing Historic Shrines and Battlefields of the
Civil War, 1861-1865": 7
Newsclippings: 1
Pamphlet, "Battles of the Civil War": 7
Pamphlet, "Civil War Centennial Commemoration, Rutherford County":
7
Pamphlet, "Oaklands, House of History in Rutherford County": 7
Pamphlet, "Self Tour of Historic Murfreesboro": 7
Pamphlet, "Son of this House": 7
Pamphlet, "Stone's River Battlerama": 7
Pamphlet, "Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood":
7
Pamphlet, "Visit the Carter House": 7
Postcard, May 26, 1961: 7
Special Bulletin, "Question on Memorial Units": 3
Special Bulletin, September 12, 1960: 3
Special Organization Bulletin, Numbers 2, 4-11, 13-18: 3
Statement of Policy, Tennessee Civil War Centennial Commission: 2
Suggested check-off list, used in formulating plans for operation by city and
county centennial committees: 2