Ushering in a New Year!

December 31st, 2024
by Evelyn Keele

Happy Holidays!
Welcome 2025! "Out with the old; in with the new."

As the saying goes, a New Year is definitely a time to look ahead with anticipation.
Off course, the Tennessee Room isn't so hasty to discard the past. We organize and archive!

Here are some examples pertaining to New Year festivities.

Elizabeth Bond Scrapbook Collection

Elizabeth Bond, a Jackson High School student, filled the pages of her senior scrapbook titled The Girl Graduate. Her entry for New Year's Eve 1920 (p. 106) shows party souvenirs and mentions the attention of two young men.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Liturgical Calendar 1943

St. Luke's Episcopal Church printed a parish calendar in 1943. Birthdays of parishioners are printed on the days of the month. Church directories and ephemera can be very helpful for genealogy research!

Jackson Sun - 01/05/1936

Herron and Evelyn Pearson Collection

The Jackson Sun, January 5, 1936, sec. 2, p. 1.

Socialite Evelyn Pearson (center) ,shown here in her prized Balenciaga evening dress, compiled scrapbooks and memorabilia connected to her husband Congressman Herron Pearson's (left) term in the House of Representatives from the 7th Congressional District. Pictured here with Albert D. Noe Jr. (right), manager of New Southern Hotel and President of Jackson Golf & Country Club ringing in the New Year at the Club!