Posts with the category “history”

     Tennessee Room staff and volunteers are very excited about our event next week: on August 25, the JMCL Tennessee Room will be the site of a workshop for History and Social Studies teachers. Area ...  Read More

An Invitation and Additional Preservation Thoughts      Don't miss an opportunity to hear author Larry J. Daniel speak about his book Richmond Views the West [University of Kansas Press, 2025] beginni...  Read More

Newspapers.com Tennessee Edition is now available.Our latest acquisition for research is a selection of Tennessee Newspapers from ProQuest’s well-known database. Six cities, representing all three gra...  Read More

This month, we are introducing a series that focuses on the history of African-Americans in observance of Black History Month. Looking back on the past leads to both celebratory benchmarks and painful...  Read More

While processing the Harvey Proctor Collection, I came across this awesome picture (left) of past presidents of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce that includes the years 1940 to 1974 . What is spec...  Read More

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States, a day President Franklin D. Roosevelt called “a date which will live in infamy.” In honor of World War ...  Read More